Officer in party shooting should be fired
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Lawyers for the New York Police Department say the department should fire a police officer who dropped his cover and touched off the fatal shooting of an unarmed man after his bachelor party.
A departmental trial is being held for Detective Gescard Isnora (JEHS'-kard ihz-NOR'-uh) and Officer Michael Carey in the 2006 shooting of Sean Bell and his two friends.
Isnora says he believed Bell's friend had a gun. He said he came out of his undercover role and fired because he had no other choice.
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Department officials said Wednesday that Isnora wrongly fired and wrongly dropped his cover. They say Carey wrongly fired because Isnora did.
A department judge will review the case and make a recommendation. The police commissioner ultimately decides whether and how to discipline the officers.