1)都十几年过去了。同性恋都可以结婚了,连警察的行为规范都改了。(现在的行为规范,明文禁止持枪警察,在没有受到威胁的时候,把手指放在扳机上)。而且,枪也改了。以前是容易按下扳机;现在是用力才按得下。
2)2004年的案子,是 Grand Jury 没有起诉。而 Grand Juries 起诉过程是严格保密的,其结果也没有人能追究责任。2004年,Grand Jury 拒绝起诉。梁警官这个案子,他没有去 Grand Jury 作证,后来 Grand Jury 根据证据,支持起诉。然后在庭审中,梁被 Jury 认定有罪。
3)为什么两个 Grand Juries 结果不同呢? 2004 年,白人警察申请在 Grand Jury 面前讲自己的故事,把 Grand Jury 给说服了。估计他在开枪后,也按规定立刻报告 911了。没有其它违规的地方。在长达一小时的作证中,他估计得体地回答了 Grand Jury 的问题,表现得诚实。况且他有十二年的警务经验,也算是出生入死的主了。如果他说,他被门里面突然冲出来的人吓坏了,那么是有人可能相信他在说真话。换到梁警官,他的法庭证词,被陪审员认为是在撒谎。我认为这是一个关键不同。
4)他的搭档,没有说任何对他不利的话!而梁的搭档,呵呵,你们知道的。
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Officer Neri left the State Supreme Court building on Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn, where the panel has been hearing evidence, after testifying for about an hour and 10 minutes yesterday.
The officer waived immunity and chose to testify before the grand jury in the hope that his explanation of the events would convince the grand jurors that the shooting was not a crime, his lawyer said.
Officer Neri's lawyer, Stuart London, who spoke to a throng of reporters outside the courthouse, declined to discuss the details of his client's testimony before the panel, which by law conducts its proceedings in secret. But Mr. London said that the testimony had been emotional and that his client answered all the questions posed by a prosecutor from the office of the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes.
"He testified honestly and truthfully from the heart that there was no misconduct, and he went through in excruciating detail everything that occurred that night on the rooftop," Mr. London said. "We believe in the system, and we're hopeful that justice will be done and there will be no charges against him at all."
Mr. London also said of Officer Neri: "His heart goes out to the family."
"He's remorseful for the fact that they have suffered a serious loss in this case, but by the same token, we're protecting his rights," Mr. London said.