Day One: Prosecution; "Keep an Open Mind"

Proseuction continues its opening statments, saying that it was the 800 block of john street was where an officer found the neon parked, with a hispanic male and female standing near it. She says that as he approached the car, the male told him "I didn't do it," and as he was arrested, crack cocaine was found on his person.

She says that this male was Sammy Rivera, and the female - Naiomi Diaz, his girlfriend.

She asks the jury to think of all the officers working that night as they heard the words "officer down." She says they must have been thinking that whoever was in that Neon must be the one responsible for "assasinating our officer, our friend, our brother," saying that they must have assumed Rivera was the shooter or connected with the shooter, telling the jury the officers' judgement was blinded by the incident; that they had never dealt with anything like this before.

Prosecution says the officers were "in shock," "hysterical," and "angry." She says that the killing of Officer Lindsey was extremely personal. He was their friend, she says. "Officer Lindsey was their brother," she adds.

She asks them to keep this all in mind as they hear testimony from civilians over the next few days, saying they will hear things about some of the conduct of some of the officers invovled in the case in the hours following the shooting.

"please keep an open mind," she said.