Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Day One: Tears fill the courtroom as voices of Lindsey, officers who discover him, played

Radio Traffic is then played for the court. This is obviosuly different from the civilian calls that came in that night.

The license plate number of Rivera's car - DYG 1394 - is heard being read by Thomas Lindsey as stopped the car over, giving them a "Code 4."

Numerous other officers are then heard all responding to the dispatch of shots fired, and Officer Armstrong makes note that they've gotten several calls about shots fired.

Officer Poccia can be heard shouting "we've got an officer down!" as he approaches the scene.

As the voices are heard, the eyes of friends, family, and fellow officers tear up as they all try to fight back the emotion of hearing Lindsey's voice followed by the tragic events that followed.

As they run the license plate number after the events, the recording tells us that the car actually belonged to Naomi Diaz, not Rivera.

The recording stops, and almost the entire court room wipes their eyes, be they officers or civilians.

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