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...Scott Elliot...
...Shrrie Elliot, one of Diallo's neighbors, was walking home past Diallo's apartment on the night of the shooting and says she saw the four plainclothes officers climb out of their car, guns drawn, and surround Diallo's entryway. Defense lawyers had hoped that Elliot, an unwilling witness, would provide a key piece of information and leave it at that. She obliged to a certain extent, saying she heard someone yell "Gun!" before the shooting began. That cry, the defense team contends, is evidence the police saw Diallo as a threat and were justified in firing on the unarmed...
...Elliot's testimony continued, however, it became clear she wasn't doing the defense much good; she insists she couldn't tell who hollered "Gun!" and conceded on cross-examination that it could have been Diallo, despite previous declarations that it was one of the officers. Elliot also testified the officers shot at Diallo long after he'd fallen down, contradicting comments she made a year ago on WNBC, when she told an interviewer she "couldn't believe how long [Diallo] stayed up." Elliot, now considered a hostile witness by the defense, will face cross-examination next week...
...While Elliot's apparent inconsistencies may eventually nullify the legal effect of her testimony, it's hard to overestimate the emotional impact her tearful testimony may have on jurors, says White. "Up to this point, the testimony had been pretty dry." And although Elliot is admittedly unclear as to who yelled "Gun!" it may not matter in the long run. " There are two questions at the heart of this case," says White. "Did the police officers warn Diallo before they started shooting him, and did they keep shooting him after he'd gone down?" Even assuming the police did shout...
...least annoying. That's after Chase Manhattan, America's third largest bank, announced Tuesday that it will no longer sell information about its customers' finances to telemarketers, and won't release any information at all without written consent. It wasn't an entirely selfless move - New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer, who accused Chase of violating the self-imposed contract terms of its new accounts, nudged the bank into reform...