Michael Oliver
Michael Oliver is a police officer accused of shooting
Sean Bell of outside a nightclub where he had been having his bachelor party the night before his wedding to Nicole Paultre. It is alleged that he fired 31 shots at Bell.
Acquitted
The Sean Bell Trial ended on April 25, 2008. Oliver was acquitted on all charges. He faced felony first-degree and second-degree manslaughter charges and assault and reckless endangerment charges. The two other officers, Marc Cooper and Gescard F. Isnora were also acquitted.
Fast Facts:
- When: November 2006
- Charge: Manslaughter
- Waived right to jury trial
- Fired 31 shots
- Age: 36 years old
- Over 600 arrests in 13 year career
- Accused of making racist remarks while arresting a black taxi cab driver in 1995, but settled that case for $10,000
- Acquitted: April 25, 2007
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