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...haven't quite designed the program yet," McNitt says. "There is a cost implication to every nuance of the situation, and we're hoping for something that doesn't break our budget or your wallet...
...this point in his testimony, Carroll broke down and sobbed as he remembered approaching Diallo after the shooting stopped, his heart sinking as he realized Diallo was clutching a black wallet, rather than a gun. Carroll recalled kneeling beside Diallo, stroking his hand, saying over and over, "Please don't die, please don't die. Come on, keep breathing...
...McMellon again, he asked him, "Where are you hit?" McMellon responded, "I'm not hit." Was he surprised by that response, his lawyer asked Boss. "Yes, yes I was." Boss climbed back up to the vestibule, and approached Diallo. "I saw what should have been a gun was a wallet," he said. "It was on the tips of his fingers, outstretched. I yelled, 'Where's the f---ing gun?'" Then, he says, he ran, trying to figure out where he was, to get an address, so he could radio for help. The defense played the tape of the radio transmission...
Despite their relative lack of passion, Boss and Murphy both successfully underscored what their defense hopes will save their case: The officers felt their lives were in immediate danger, and saw, in the form of Diallo's wallet, a gun pointing right at them...
...after all, Carroll, the eldest cop in the car, who was the first to approach Diallo, the first to falsely identify the victim's wallet as a gun, and, arguably, the force that precipitated the barrage of bullets that killed Diallo. A tragic mistake was made, and the political storm surrounding this trial virtually guarantees that someone will have to shoulder the penalty. Sobbing on the stand Monday, Carroll was the embodiment of anguish - and, the prosecution may contend, of the bulk of the guilt...