Originally Posted by Iceveins
Originally Posted by jace
Coffey was a known liar, I would not go by his version of things.
Can you givean example of him lying? He's always seemed pretty straight up and matter of fact to me.

I also don't know why he would lie about NOT putting the cigar in his mouth? If anything he would want to accept that to get credit for it. It's very plausible for Galante to have died with it in his mouth, I'm convinced the masked gunmen were more of a ploy to take attention away from the bodyguards. I think the bodyguards had a cue to take Galante out as soon as the gunmen entered, Bonventre probably blasted him while he was lighting the cigar because the lighter was still in his hand.



He took credit for solving crimes he did not solve, such as the Son of Sam case. Other cops or detectives would do the work and make arrests in high profile cases, but he would step in to do the perp walk and handle interviews, always taking credit he did not deserve. He was close friends with reporters and would leak stories to them, and they would write favorably of him. Look him up, research him a bit.