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    GR N JUROR: An d t h e y would b e p r e s e n t

    i n

    t h e examine

    room?

    Du r i n g an y k i n d o f

    examlne

    t a k i n g p l a c e ?

    4

    GR N JUROR:

    Nods

    h e a d . )

    A My

    g u e s s

    would b e

    t h a t

    would b e

    up t o

    e a c h

    6 i n d i v i d u a l o f f i c e r w h e t h e r t h e y

    were c o m f o r t a b l e

    7 w i t h a c o - w o r k e r o r a

    s u p e r v i s o r

    b e i n g

    p r e s e n t .

    8

    O b v i o u s l y ,

    i f

    t h e y w e r e n t

    9

    c o m f o rta ble , I m s u r e a

    s u p e r v i s o r

    o r c o - w o r k e r

    10

    would

    l e a v e

    b u t

    i f

    t h e y

    a r e

    c om fo r ta ble , I m

    s u r e

    1 1

    t h e y

    c o u l d

    s t a y

    t o o .

    12 GR N

    JUROR:

    An d

    when th e d o c to r

    i s

    13

    e x a ml n l n g th e p a t i e n t would

    t h e r e

    b e a r e a s o n f o r

    14

    t h e

    s u p e r v i s o r t o

    b e

    a n s w e r i n g q u e s t i o n s ?

    15

    A I

    g u e s s

    would p r o b a b l y d e p e n d

    on

    what

    16 t y p e

    o f q u e s t i o n s

    t h e y

    would b e

    a n s w e r i n g .

    17 GR N

    JUROR: B ut

    t h e y r e

    n o t th e p a t i e n t ?

    18

    A

    T h e r e i s

    o b v i o u s l y an a s p e c t

    t o

    some s o r t

    19

    o f workman s comp o r payment l s s u e s o r a ny

    number

    o f

    20

    t h i n g s l i k e t h a t c o u l d

    a r i s e

    t h a t

    a

    s u p e r v l s o r ma y

    21

    t a k e

    upon h i s

    ma y t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r .

    But

    2 2 s p e c i f i c a l l y

    i n

    an y s p e c i f i c s i t u a t i o n I

    d o n t

    23 know. I

    t h i n k

    would b e

    e n t i r e l y

    d i f f e r e n t .

    2 4

    O b v i o u s l y , j u s t

    a s i f an y o f

    u s

    g o t

    25 h u r t

    l n

    a

    work

    p l a c e

    e n v i r o n m e n t ,

    I m s u r e a

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    supervisor

    a n d / o r c o - w o r k e r

    would

    be

    the re to

    a s s i s t

    ln w h a t e v e r way

    t h e y c ou ld th ro ug h

    t h e process

    3 GR N

    JUROR: I

    have

    one q u e s t i o n I

    have

    4

    a

    c o u p l e o f ques t ions one in par t i cu l a r

    i s

    a b o u t

    h is v i s i t

    to th e

    emergency

    room.

    I t s a y s

    in

    h is

    6

    t r i age

    repor t

    t h a t

    th e

    pa t i en t

    presented w i t h S t

    7 L oui s

    County

    P o l i c e to t h e

    emergency

    room fo r

    8

    eva lua t ion from

    home.

    9

    And when we had

    somebody

    t e s t i f y

    h e r e

    I

    10

    j u s t

    wa n t

    do

    you know

    i f

    he

    went

    home

    f i r s t ?

    1 1 A

    He

    d id n o t go

    home.

    12

    GR N

    JUROR:

    Okay.

    13

    A

    He

    went

    to t h e F er guson P o l i c e

    De p a r t me n t

    14

    a t

    t h e di rec t ion o f

    S e r g e a n t

    and

    he

    w a i t e d

    15 the re un t i l D e t e c t i v e

    ar r ived And

    16 o b v i o u s l y D e t e c t i v e d r o v e

    n o t

    w i t h

    b u t

    17 f o l l o w e d

    D a r r e n Wilson

    and

    I

    be l ieve

    C o l o n e l

    18

    from

    t h e F er guson pol ice s t a t i on to th e

    19

    emergency

    room.

    20

    GR N

    JUROR:

    o

    you know where D a r r e n

    21 Wilson l i ves

    or

    what s t r ee t

    or

    what I m t ry ing

    to

    2 2 d e t e r m i n e i s how

    fa r away

    he

    l i ves

    from

    th e

    23 hospi ta l?

    2 4

    25

    He

    l i ves qu i t e a ways away.

    GR N

    JUROR: I j u s t

    want

    to

    make

    s u r e

    I

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    u n d e r s t a n d what you were

    t r y i n g

    t o say e a r l i e r I

    know everybody

    has

    asked

    some

    q u e s t i o n s about

    some

    3

    o f

    t h e

    t h i n g s he

    t o l d

    us h e r e

    v e r s u s

    some o f

    t h e

    4 t h i n g s he t o l d you a b o u t .

    A Sure .

    6

    GR N

    JUROR: I want t o make

    s u r e

    I m

    7 u n d e r s t a n d i n g

    what you

    a r e

    saYlng

    because

    w i t h

    my

    8 work ll

    t a l k a

    c e r t a i n

    way w i t h my

    co workers

    t h e n

    9

    I would w i t h

    t h i s

    guy

    r i g h t h e r e .

    So I m

    assuming

    10

    t h a t

    it

    i s a c c e p t a b l e f o r

    t h i n g s t o

    be i n f e r r e d

    I m

    11

    a

    little

    nervous it

    i s a c c e p t a b l e

    t o go

    unspoken

    12

    t h a t

    you

    know c o u l d have h app ened t h a t

    he would

    13

    have

    t o

    e x p l a i n

    t o

    u s .

    14 A Can you g i v e me a s p e c i f i c example o f what

    15 you

    a r e making

    r e f e r e n c e to ?

    16 GR N JUROR: S e v e r a l t h i n g s . I

    c a n t

    17

    remember

    what

    S h e i l a asked

    b u t she

    asked

    a

    q u e s t i o n

    18

    and

    t h e n he

    asked

    a

    q u e s t i o n about d i d

    he say he

    was

    19

    unarmed.

    He s a i d

    w e l l s e v e r a l

    t imes

    t h a t h i s hand

    20 was

    still l n

    h i s

    wais tband

    and

    I

    can

    s e e where some

    21 people

    would say

    t h a t

    he

    was

    h o l d i n g

    an l n J u r y o r

    22

    something b u t a s a p o l i c e

    o f f i c e r and

    a s a f e l l o w

    23

    p o l i c e

    o f f i c e r

    you d o n t

    know t h a t s

    what he

    was

    24 doing

    you t h i n k he

    c o u l d be so y o u r e t a k i n g

    a s a

    25

    p o l i c e

    o f f i c e r t h a t

    d o e s n t

    have

    t o

    be e x p l a i n e d

    t o

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    y O U .

    A

    C o r r e c t

    I

    t h i n k j u s t l i k e

    i s i n

    an y

    3

    i n du st r y o r a n y

    l i n e

    o f work I

    t h i n k t h e r e a r e

    4

    o b v i o u s l y

    t h i n g s t h a t

    d o n t

    n e c e s s a r i l y

    n e e d

    t o

    b e

    e x p l a i n e d o r a s you

    s a i d

    i m p l i e d

    i n

    an y i n d u s t r y .

    6 An d

    you make

    r e f e r e n c e t o

    t h e h a n d

    i n

    7

    t h e w a i s t b a n d . A hand

    i n

    t h e

    w a i s t b a n d t o me i n

    a

    8

    s i t u a t i o n

    i s

    a n

    a la rm i n

    an y g i v e n s i t u a t i o n

    b e c a u s e

    9

    I d o n t know a s a

    p o l i c e

    o f f i c e r I m t a l k i n g 1n

    10

    g e n e r a l

    t e r m s

    h e r e

    now

    I

    d o n t

    know

    i s t h a t

    11 p e r s o n s

    hand

    c o l d

    o r i s

    t h a t t h e y r e g o i n g t o

    12

    p u l l o u t a

    k n i f e o r

    a gun

    o r

    b a t o n

    o r w h a t e v e r .

    13 GR N

    JUROR: So i s p o s s i b l e

    t h a t

    t h e

    14 d i f f e r e n c e i s i n t h i n g s t h a t

    he t o l d you an d th e way

    15

    he e x p l a i n e d

    t h i n g s

    how he t o l d

    u s

    c o u l d s i m p l y b e

    16

    you

    a r e

    a

    p o l i c e o f f i c e r

    an d you know t h e s i t u a t i o n

    17

    you know t h e

    t y p e .

    18

    A I

    t h i n k

    t h a t s

    p o s s i b l e y e s .

    19

    S p e c i f i c a l l y

    i n

    th e s i t u a t i o n w i t h t h e h a n d 1n t h e

    20

    w a i s t

    I b e l i e v e I knew w hat he was making

    r e f e r e n c e

    21

    t o

    when h e s t a l k i n g a b o u t he makes me n t i o n

    t o

    2 2 f o u r t im e s you know.

    23

    GR N JUROR: I t

    1S

    a

    c o n c e r n ?

    2 4 A I t was o b v i o u s l y a

    c o n c e r n t o him

    an d

    t o

    25

    me

    a s a

    p o l i c e

    o f f i c e r would b e a

    c o n c e r n t o me

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    a l s o .

    MS

    ALIZADEH:

    L e t

    me a s k . I m s u r e y o u r

    3 l u n c h 1S

    h e r e . I f you w ant

    t o f o l l o w - u p

    w i t h

    him

    4 a f t e r l u n c h

    we c an do

    t h a t o r

    you

    t h i n k

    t h e r e s

    a n o t h e r f i v e m i n u t e s

    w o r t h

    o f q u e s t i o n s we ca n

    t r y

    6 t o f i n i s h

    w i t h him. H e s s t i c k i n g a r o u n d .

    7 I f

    f o r some r e as o n d ur i n g

    l u n c h

    you w ant

    8 t o a s k him

    s o me t h i n g e l s e you know w e l l

    b r i n g him

    9

    b a c k . But I know y o u r

    l u n c h

    i s p r o b a b l y h e r e . I s

    10 t h e r e

    a ny th in g p re ss 1n g

    r i g h t

    now

    t h a t

    you w ant

    t o

    1 1

    a s k him

    b e f o r e

    b r e a k ?

    12 GR ND

    JUROR: When you s p o k e w i t h

    o r

    13

    i n t e r v i e w e d

    O f f i c e r Dar r en Wilson a t t h a t t i me

    was

    14

    he

    r e p r e s e n t e d

    b y a n a t t o r n e y ?

    15

    He was y e s .

    16 GR ND

    JUROR:

    At

    a n y

    t i me

    d id

    h is a t t o rn ey

    17 s a y t h a t

    t h e r e s c e r t a i n

    t h i n g s t h a t

    you

    c a n n o t a s k

    18 him?

    19

    20

    He d id n o t n o .

    GR ND JUROR: He d id

    n o t .

    21 A No. As a m a t t e r o f f a c t I

    t h i n k

    d u r i n g

    2 2 t h e c o u r s e o f t h e i n t e rv ie w

    h is a t t o rn ey maybe s a i d

    23 two words.

    2 4

    GR ND JUROR: So he was p r e s e n t

    t h e r e

    w i t h

    25

    D a r r e n

    Wilson?

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    A

    Yes

    ma am y e s . He

    was p r e s e n t

    i n

    t h e

    2

    c o n f e r e n c e room when

    we i n t e r v i e w e d

    him. So was

    3 m y s e l f

    D e t e c t i v e

    D a r r e n Wilson

    an d

    D a r r e n

    4 W i ls o n s

    a t t o r n e y 1n

    t h e c o n f e r e n c e room.

    MS

    ALIZADEH:

    C o r r e c t me i f I m wrong

    I

    6

    b e l i e v e

    w e v e

    h e a r d

    t h a t h is a t t o rn ey

    was

    a l s o

    7 p r e s e n t

    w i t h

    him a t

    t h e

    h o s p i t a l ?

    8

    He

    was y e s .

    9 MS ALIZADEH:

    Ha d a c t u a l l y r i d d e n from

    10

    t h e

    F e r g u s o n

    P o l i c e

    Department

    w i t h

    C o l o n e l

    1 1 1n t h e

    c a r

    w i t h

    D a r r e n Wilson

    c o r r e c t ?

    12 A I d o n t remember

    s p e c i f i c a l l y i f he was

    1n

    13

    t h e c a r

    b u t

    he d e f i n i t e l y was

    a t

    th e F e r g u s o n

    14

    P o l i c e

    Department

    a n d he d e f i n i t e l y was

    a t C h r i s t i a n

    15

    No r t h we s t

    H o s p i t a l

    w i t h

    D a r r e n Wilson y e s .

    16 GR ND JUROR: A p u b l i c c i t i z e n o r p o l i c e

    17 o f f i c e r

    w a l k i n g

    down t o

    th e p a r k

    t h e y r e

    s i t t i n g 1n

    18 a c a r

    a n d

    t h e y a r e s t r a n g l e d

    an d

    b e a t e n t o d e a t h

    19

    t h a t s

    a

    h o mi c i d e a n d

    t h e r e

    i s no weapon i n v o l v e d ;

    20

    1S t h a t

    c o r r e c t ? A re

    p h y s i c a l

    h a n d s

    e v e r a

    weapon

    21 o r you b e a t

    me t o d e a t h ?

    2 2

    A

    I s

    a h o mi c i d e ?

    Yes.

    A

    h o mi c i d e

    i s

    23 s i m p l y

    a

    manner o f

    d e a t h b u t

    more s p e c i f i c a l l y

    a

    2 4 h o mi c i d e

    i s a d e a t h a t

    t h e h a n d s o f

    a n o t h e r

    p e r s o n

    25 so y e s would b e

    a h o m i c i d e .

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    GR N

    JUROR: An d

    h a n d s would b e

    a

    weapon?

    A

    Could b e a b s o l u t e l y

    y e s .

    3

    GR N JUROR:

    So I m g e t t i n g

    t o

    th e p o i n t

    4

    t h i s

    o f f i c e r

    f e l t he was

    i n

    d a n g e r o f b e in g

    b e a t e n

    t o

    d e a t h s i t t i n g

    i n

    h i s c a r you c o u l d

    a lm os t s a y

    6

    t h e r e

    was

    a

    weapon i n v o l v e d

    a t t h a t p o i n t

    t h a t s

    7 where I m

    c o n f u s e d a

    l ttl b i t .

    I

    u n d e r s t a n d no

    8 weapon

    1n

    th e form o f

    a

    p i s t o l

    o r handgun

    i f you

    9

    a r e

    1n

    d a n g e r t h a t

    y o u r l i f e was

    i n

    d a n g e r

    t h a t

    you

    10 a r e

    b e i n g

    b e a t e n

    t o

    d e a t h

    i s t h e r e

    a

    weapon

    t h e r e

    1 1

    o r n o t ?

    12 A Well

    t h e r e s

    a

    weapon

    1n

    th e s e n s e

    t h e r e

    13 1S

    s o me t h i n g

    i n a

    hand?

    GR N

    JUROR:

    R i g h t .

    4

    15

    No.

    Can you

    u s e

    y o u r h a n d s

    a

    weapons

    16 y e s .

    17

    GR N

    JUROR:

    R i g h t . T h e r e

    1S

    no

    18 r e q u i r e m e n t t o

    s e e

    a p h y s i c a l weapon gun

    k n i f e

    19

    f o r

    a p o l i c e o f f i c e r

    o r

    c i t i z e n t o d e f e n d t h e m s e l f

    20

    o r 1n

    t h e c a s e o f

    a p o l i c e o f f i c e r t o u s e d e a d l y

    21 f o r c e .

    You

    d o n t n e e d

    t o

    s e e

    a

    handgun

    t o d e f e n d

    2 2 y o u r s e l f w i t h

    d e a d l y f o r c e

    i f you

    a r e p o l i c e

    23 o f f i c e r you assum e y o u r l i f e i s

    i n

    d a n g e r by means

    2 4

    o t h e r

    t h a n

    a p h y s i c a l

    weapon?

    25

    A I f a p o l i c e o f f i c e r

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    MS

    ALIZADEH:

    L e t

    me s t o p you h e r e .

    W e r e g o i n g t o g i v e

    you p r i o r

    t o

    y o u r d e l i b e r a t i o n s

    3

    what t h e law

    s t a t e s

    when a law

    e n f o r c e m e n t o f f i c e r

    4

    c a n

    u s e

    f o r c e when a p e r s o n

    d ef en d in g th em se lv es

    c a n

    u s e

    f o r c e a n d when

    t h e y

    c a n

    u s e

    d e a d l y f o r c e .

    6 An d s o

    you know t h i s would b e

    maybe h i s

    7

    u nd er s t a nd in g o f t h e law

    b u t

    we h a v e t a k e n

    g r e a t

    8

    p a i n s

    t o

    make

    s u r e

    we

    a r e

    gOlng

    t o g e t

    you t h e law

    9

    so

    t h a t

    I d o n t w ant anybody

    t o m i s in te rp re t

    t So

    10

    I m

    j u s t

    g o i n g

    t o

    s t o p you

    t h e r e a n d

    w e l l

    g i v e

    t

    1 1

    t o

    you b e f o r e y o u r d e l i b e r a t i o n s okay?

    12

    13

    GR ND JUROR: Okay.

    GR ND JUROR: Kind o f a

    f o l l o w - u p

    on what

    14

    h e s saY1ng.

    15

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    c r i m i n a l a c t i o n you know you h a v e t o h a v e

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    t h o s e

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    c o n s i d e r w h e t h e r you b e l i e v e t h e o f f i c e r s a c t i o n s

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    GR N

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    e v e r y o n e s t o wa r d p a r t A a s you made r e f e r e n c e ? I n

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    b e e n a r r e s t e d f o r

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    would b e d i f f e r e n t you know

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    r e p o r t .

    20 MS ALIZADEH: They

    s h o u l d know a l l

    o f

    21

    t h e i r o p t i o n s .

    2 2

    GR N

    JUROR:

    I f

    I m

    h e a r i n g

    you

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    l n

    23

    h i s

    r e p o r t

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    he s a y i n g t h a t

    b a s e d on

    t h e t r a j e c t o r y

    2 4 o f

    t h e

    b u l l e t s he

    i s g o i n g

    t o

    show

    a d i a g r a m o f

    25

    p o s i t i o n i n g

    o f t h e body t h a t r e s u lt e d i n t h o s e

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    i n j u r i e s ?

    2 MS WHIRLEY: I d i d n t go i n t o d e t a i l

    3

    q u e s t i o n i n g of

    him

    and t h a t s where th e

    o t h e r

    4 o p t i o n

    comes i n

    and

    we

    w i l l

    t a l k

    about

    t h a t i n a

    minute

    but

    what he

    s a i d b a s i c a l l y

    i s h i s

    r e p o r t

    6

    w i l l

    t a l k

    about th e t r a j e c t o r y of th e b u l l e t s and

    7

    what p o s i t i o n t h e body was

    i n

    when was shot

    based

    8 on h i s f i n d i n g s .

    9 Now

    t h e

    o t h e r

    o p t i o n l S as

    Kathi

    was

    10 s u g g e s t i n g

    I

    could

    f i n d

    ou t

    i f

    you want

    t o

    ask

    him

    11

    a

    q u e s t i o n

    l i k e

    you had

    a

    p r e t t y d e t a i l e d q u e s t i o n

    12 r i g h t

    then

    I could t r y

    and reach

    him again

    and see

    13 i f he

    l S a v a i l a b l e

    maybe

    we

    could do

    a

    conference

    14 c a l l

    and you can

    ask him

    some q u e s t i o n s about what

    15

    h i s

    r e p o r t

    would

    say t h a t

    he

    d id n t t a l k

    about here

    16 o r how

    may d i f f e r o r how

    i s more complete

    17 Was t h e r e a n o t h e r

    opt ion?

    I t h i n k those

    were t h e

    18 two o p t i o n s . m I

    missing one?

    19 MS ALIZADEH:

    The o p t i o n s

    a r e

    cont inue

    20 without t h e

    r e p o r t o r

    without

    a

    conference c a l l .

    21

    MS WHIRLEY: T h a t s

    th e

    t h i r d

    o p t i o n .

    22

    MS ALIZADEH: Or

    l e t s

    j u s t

    wai t

    f o r

    th e

    23

    r e p o r t on

    Monday

    a t

    noon o r l e t s

    g e t him on a

    24 conference

    c a l l

    and see i f he can e x p l a i n

    t o us

    what

    25

    might

    be

    i n

    h i s

    r e p o r t t h a t

    he

    d i d n t

    t e s t i f y

    t o

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    when he was

    h e r e

    o r we n e e d

    t o

    h a v e

    him

    b a c k

    l i v e

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    f o r

    you

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    q u e s t i o n

    him i n

    p e r s o n .

    3

    I m n o t

    s u g g e s t i n g

    an y o f t h e s e .

    4 MS

    WHIRLEY: Yeah

    1S up t o

    y o u .

    MS

    ALIZADEH: These

    a r e a l l

    y o u r

    6

    d e c i s i o n s .

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    th e one who

    t a l k e d t o him

    7

    t h a t s

    why

    I t o l d h e r t e l l

    him

    w hat you

    s a i d .

    8 MS

    WHIRLEY:

    T h a t s

    w hat he

    b a s i c a l l y

    9 s a i d .

    10 GR ND

    JUROR: He

    s a i d t h a t

    he

    c o u l d

    t e l l

    1 1 h i t

    r e p o r t

    i s

    g o i n g t o

    b e t e l l

    u s

    what p o s i t i o n th e

    12

    body was

    i n

    when he was

    s h o t .

    13 MS

    WHIRLEY: H e s

    g o i n g t o

    b e

    g l v 1 n g

    a n

    14

    0p1n1on

    1S my

    u n d e r s t a n d i n g

    i s

    he w a s n t

    t h e r e .

    15

    A

    T h a t s

    d i f f e r e n t t h a n w hat he

    s a i d

    when he

    16

    was

    h e r e

    s o i f t h a t s t h e

    c a s e

    t h e n I

    t h i n k

    we

    17

    n e e d

    t o

    w a i t u n t i l we h a v e th e r e p o r t .

    18 GR ND

    JUROR: What he

    s a i d 1S

    a

    19 pr1ma dona. How

    much

    t i me

    he n e e d

    t o

    do a

    r e p o r t

    a

    20

    f i n a l r e p o r t .

    Ev e r y

    t i m e

    he

    s a y s s o m e t h i n g

    he

    21 c h a n g e h i s mind I m

    s o r r y b u t t o me

    h e s a

    pr1ma

    2 2 dona.

    23

    MS

    ALIZADEH: T h i s

    d i s c u s s i o n

    you

    s h o u l d

    2 4

    a l l

    h a v e b y y o u r s e l f a n d o f f t h e r e c o r d . Here

    i s

    25 t h e

    t h i n g

    an d t h i s i s one

    t h i n g

    t h a t I w a s n t p a r t

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    o f t h e

    c a l l S h e i l a

    was. I m a s k i n g h e r some o f

    2

    t h es e q ue st i o ns

    b e c a u s e I a s ke d

    h e r now I m

    3

    c r o s s - e x a m l n l n g S h e i l a .

    4

    S WHIRLEY:

    N ot gOlng

    t o h a p p e n .

    S ALIZADEH:

    I s he

    g o i n g t o s a y

    6

    s o me t h i n g d i f f e r e n t t h a n w hat he t e s t i f i e d to ?

    7 S WHIRLEY: An d my

    u nd er s ta nd in g lS no

    8

    n o t

    n e c e s s a r i l y

    d i f f e r e n t u n l e s s t h a t s

    a

    9 c o n c l u s i o n

    you

    ma y

    come

    up w i t h .

    I t i s

    b a s i c a l l y a

    10 more

    d e t a i l e d

    an d

    compl et e

    r e p o r t r e g a r d i n g

    t h e

    1 1 t r a j e c t o r y o f t h e b u l l e t s an d th e p o s i t i o n

    t h a t

    th e

    12

    body was

    i n

    when

    t

    was

    s h o t .

    13 I f

    you

    a l l r e c a l l

    s o me t h i n g d i f f e r e n t

    t h a t

    14

    he

    s a i d

    when he t e s t i f i e d I m n o t

    s u g g e s t i n g t h a t

    15

    you a r e

    b u t

    t h a t s you know f o r you

    t o

    d e c i d e .

    16 He b a s i c a l l y s a i d t h a t h i s r e p o r t

    would b e a b o u t

    h i s

    17 f i n d i n g s

    I m

    r e p e a t i n g

    t t h i s i s v e r b a t i m t h e

    18

    t r a j e c t o r y o f t h e b u l l e t s an d th e

    p o s i t i o n

    o f t h e

    19

    body when he was

    s h o t . I d i d n t

    q u e s t i o n

    him

    an y

    20 f u r t h e r t h a n

    t h a t .

    21

    S ALIZADEH:

    So

    we

    h a v e th e

    e v i d e n c e

    a l l

    2 2 s e t

    up i n

    th e room

    f o r

    y o u . F i r s t o f

    a l l do

    you

    23 n e e d

    me t o c a l l

    b a c k

    t o a n s we r

    an y

    2 4 f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n s

    a t

    t h i s t i me ?

    No o k a y .

    25

    Now

    you

    a l l a s ke d

    a b o u t t h e d u t y b e l t

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    which

    we

    do have 1n

    evidence

    and you w i l l be a b l e

    t o

    2

    see it

    but I

    have th e

    photographs

    of

    it

    when t h e

    3

    duty

    b e l t

    was

    s e i z e d ,

    and

    it looks l i k e

    t h i s was

    4

    s e i z e d

    by D e t e c t i v e

    who

    you have

    a l r e a d y

    heard from.

    6

    So

    I

    w i l l l e t you look

    a t those

    and

    I ll

    7 mark

    t h e envelope

    t h a t

    c o n t a i n s

    those

    photos .

    There

    8 a r e SlX

    1mages Grand

    J u r y

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    9 Grand j u r y

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    107

    10

    marked

    f o r

    i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

    11

    S ALIZADEH: Obviously we

    had some

    12

    m a t t e r s dur ing t h e

    lunch hour t h a t

    kind of kept

    me

    13 busy

    with

    t h i n g s . I

    d id

    t r y t o

    look f o r

    t h a t

    14 Quantico r e p o r t

    about th e

    gunshots t h a t

    you h e a r .

    15 And I

    know

    I

    have it

    I

    h a v e n t had

    r e a l l y t ime t o

    16

    s e a r c h

    through my s t u f f f o r

    it. So

    while

    you

    a r e

    17

    looking

    a t

    evidence

    I

    w i l l

    t r y t o l a y my

    hands

    on

    18 t h a t

    as

    w e l l .

    19 You

    want

    t o h e a r

    th e i n te r v ie w of

    20 b e f o r e you

    go look a t

    th e

    evidence?

    Yes.

    21

    So

    can you t e l l

    me

    can

    I

    look

    a t my

    22 little c h a r t .

    23

    Playing

    of th e i n te rv ie w of

    24 by t h e FBI. The fol lowing

    1S a

    25

    t r a n s c r i p t i o n

    of

    t h a t

    i n t e r v i e w . The

    Witness

    w i l l

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    be

    2 T

    FBI:

    Today

    i s August 25th 2014

    3

    Time i s approximately 7:12 p m

    This

    i s

    Specia l

    4

    Agent

    of

    the FBI along

    with Specia l

    5

    Agent

    with the FBI We are here

    to

    6

    t a lk

    with This

    i s regard ing the

    7

    Michael Brown the death of Michael Brown The

    8

    c iv i l r igh t s inves t iga t ion

    with S t Louis

    Divis ion

    9

    of the FBI We are a t the of f i ces of h is

    a t torney

    10

    11

    12

    i f you could j u s t

    s t a t e your

    13

    name and spe l l

    fo r me?

    14 T

    WITNESS:

    15

    16 T

    FBI: I f you could glve

    me your

    date

    17

    of b i r t h and

    your

    address?

    Address

    WITNESS:

    8

    19

    20

    21

    T

    FBI: And you unders tand t ha t

    th i s

    22

    interview

    i s being

    recorded?

    23

    T

    WITNESS: Yes

    24

    T FBI:

    Are you f ine

    with

    t h a t being

    25

    recorded?

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    T WITNESS: Yes.

    T FBI: Okay.

    So

    we a r e

    h e r e t o

    t a l k

    t o

    3

    you t o d a y

    a b o u t

    th e c i v i l r i g h t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n we

    4 h a v e r e g a r d i n g t h e d e a t h

    o f

    M i c h a e l Brown. I f we

    c o u l d j u s t s t a r t we h a v e h e r e a t th e

    6

    Can you t a k e a

    look

    a t

    t h i s

    map a nd

    7

    p o i n t o u t

    t o

    me

    where

    you t h i n k

    y o u r

    a p a r t m e n t i s ?

    would

    be o v e r

    T WITNESS: U h -

    T FBI:

    8

    10

    h e r e .

    1 1 T WITNESS: Okay

    12

    T

    FBI:

    You

    t h i n k t

    was

    13

    T WITNESS:

    Yeah.

    14

    T

    FBI:

    I f you

    w o u l d n t mind j u s t

    15

    c i r c l i n g

    t h e r e

    a n d i f you c o u ld k in d o f p o i n t o u t

    16

    wh i c h s i d e

    o f

    t h e b u i l d i n g

    y o u r e

    o n .

    17

    T WITNESS: Would

    be

    h e r e .

    18

    T FBI: Okay. Can you p u t l i k e a l ttl

    19

    s t a r

    t h e r e ?

    Okay.

    20 ow

    a b o u t

    i n i t i a l i n g t h a t

    too?

    So

    we

    can

    21

    look

    a t

    t h i s

    l a t e r an d know t h a t

    t

    was you t h a t

    2 2 marked

    t

    an d

    e x a c t l y

    where

    t

    i s t h a t you a r e a t .

    23 I s t h a t

    where

    you were a t on Au g u s t t h e

    2 4

    9 t h 2014?

    25 T WITNESS: Yes.

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    T

    FBI:

    Were

    you 1n

    your

    apartment

    or

    ins ide

    you r a partmen t?

    3

    T

    WITNESS: Ins ide

    4 T

    FBI: About what t ime S

    t ha t you

    th ink

    t ha t t h i s has happened?

    6

    T

    WITNESS: About 12:35 S r igh t

    7 before

    about

    12:35

    a t

    the ea r l i e s t and the l a t e s t I

    8

    glve

    12 :45

    9

    T

    FBI: I f you could t e l l

    me what

    you

    10

    were

    doing

    t ha t day, walk me

    through

    what happened

    11 r igh t before and r igh t through when you heard the

    12 shots?

    13 T

    WITNESS: I was 1n my room, I probably

    14

    inaudible

    Before

    12:35 but I know I was 1n

    the

    15 house.

    I never d id anyth ing t ha t morning. I was

    a t

    16

    home

    a l l day.

    And I was t a lk ing

    a t

    approximately

    17

    12:35 the t ime t ha t I gave, I heard the sho ts while

    18

    I was t a lk ing to my f r i end on Glad.

    19 T FBI:

    What i s Glad?

    20

    T

    WITNESS: Glad i s a soc ia l

    app

    t ha t

    21 you

    can

    download

    on

    your

    phone

    and you

    can

    have a

    22

    multimedia exper ience

    through t ex t ing and video.

    23

    T

    FBI: Okay.

    Is

    t ha t on a Google

    24

    phone, iPhone,

    what kind

    of

    phone?

    25

    T

    WITNESS: Andro id phone, Google phones

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    and

    iPhones

    I th ink have the access

    to

    t ha t

    TH

    FBI: Okay

    Your

    phone

    i s what kind

    3

    of

    phone?

    4 TH

    WITNESS:

    Android

    TH

    FBI: Android okay

    So

    i s an

    app

    6 t h a t you downloaded t h a t you

    can use to

    video t ex t

    7 people

    regula r

    t ex t

    messaging

    t ha t you type ou t a

    8 message t h a t kind

    of

    thing?

    9

    TH

    WITNESS:

    Right

    I t i s a soc ia l

    app

    10

    where

    you

    can

    t a lk and meet

    people

    and you

    can a lso

    11 t a lk

    to fr iends

    meet

    f r iends and send t ex t s and

    12 video

    13

    TH

    FBI: Who was

    t ha t you were t a lk ing

    14 to go

    on

    Glide

    t h a t day?

    15 TH

    WITNESS: I was t a lk ing

    to

    16

    17 TH FBI:

    Can you sp e l l th a t fo r me?

    18 TH

    WITNESS:

    19 TH

    FBI: o you n o w s l a s t name

    20

    TH

    WITNESS: I t 1S a name So

    21

    1S

    22 TH FBI:

    23

    TH

    WITNESS:

    24 TH FBI:

    25

    TH

    WITNESS:

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    T FBI:

    2 T

    WITNESS:

    Yeah

    3 T

    FBI:

    So

    you were t a lk ing with

    4 t h a t day?

    T

    WITNESS: Yeah

    6 T

    FBI:

    So

    you th ink

    about 12:35 12:45

    7 ln

    t h a t t ime per iod?

    8 T

    WITNESS: Yeah

    9 T

    FBI: And

    can

    you t e l l me

    what

    was

    10

    p r l o r

    to

    the

    recording

    t h a t you

    played

    fo r

    us

    p r lo r

    11

    to

    us s t a r t i ng

    th i s

    recorded in te rv iew

    can

    you t e l l

    12

    us what was happening before you made t h a t

    13

    recording?

    14 T

    WITNESS: In the house

    with

    me?

    15 T FBI:

    Yes

    16 T

    WITNESS: I never

    l e f t

    the

    room

    I was

    17 ln

    the room most of the t ime I was lay ing down on

    18

    my bed

    al ls

    came ln I was j u s t

    in

    my room Jus t

    19

    r ea l ly have the day you know j u s t not doing

    20 anyth ing

    a t

    t h a t

    moment

    21

    T FBI:

    Okay

    22

    T

    WITNESS: But j u s t

    ln

    the room most

    of

    23 the t ime lay ing down on the bed

    24

    T FBI: And

    p r io r

    to sending

    the video

    25

    messaglng

    you a l ready

    showed

    us d id you see o r hear

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    a n y t h i n g

    p r i o r

    t o

    t h a t r e l a t i v e

    t o t h i s

    c a s e ?

    TH

    WITNESS: J u s t t h e

    s h o t s

    t h a t I

    3

    ment i oned an d

    t h r e e s h o t s

    b e f o r e .

    4 TH

    FBI: You t h i n k you h e a r d

    t h r e e s h o t s

    b e f o r e you s e n t th e

    v i d e o ?

    6 TH

    WITNESS: About

    t h re e s h o ts .

    7 TH

    FBI: o you know how

    long

    t h a t was

    8

    b e f o r e you s e n t th e v i d e o b e f o r e you made I m

    9

    s o r r y , made t h e

    v i d e o ?

    10 TH

    WITNESS:

    Maybe

    a b o u t

    I

    d o n t know

    1 1 maybe

    a b o u t f i v e ,

    s i x s e c o n d s

    maybe.

    12 TH

    FBI: Okay. You h e a r d th e

    s h o t s

    an d

    13 you t h i n k you h e a r d

    t h r e e

    s h o t s ?

    14 TH

    WITNESS: Yes was l o u d .

    15 TH FBI:

    Okay.

    16 TH

    WITNESS:

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    I

    t h i n k ,

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    17

    roommate

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    18

    a n d t h e n I would n e e d

    t o

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    19

    when

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    20 s e n d t h e v i d e o th e v i d e o I h e a r d more.

    21

    TH

    FBI:

    So

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    23 t h a t

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    2 4

    TH

    WITNESS: About

    t h e n y e a h .

    25

    TH

    FBI: An d t h e n t h e v i d e o t h a t you

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    showed

    u s p r io r a g a 1 n

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    WITNESS: Yes.

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    FBI: T h e r e i s

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    6

    message a s w e ll?

    7 T

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    8 T

    FBI: An d t h e n do you h e a r a n y t h i n g

    9

    more a f t e r t h a t you s t o p p e d the v i d e o did you h e a r

    10

    a n y more

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    T

    WITNESS: No .

    12 T

    FBI: Was

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    13 t i m e

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    14

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    15 T

    WITNESS: No I was

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    16 a p a r t m e n t

    the whole t i m e .

    17

    T

    FBI: Okay.

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    18

    r o o mma t e s name a s

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    19 T

    WITNESS: Uh

    20

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    FBI: Can you sp e l l th a t fo r me?

    21

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    23

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    and h e s

    your

    2

    3

    4

    THE FBI:

    r i d of

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    6 A

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    8

    apar tment o you have any

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    9

    THE

    WITNESS:

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    people

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    11 t ime

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    t h e r e

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    12

    13

    14

    THE FBI: Okay

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    16

    THE

    FBI: He came a f t e r .

    17

    THE

    WITNESS:

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    18

    THE FBI: Can you s p e l l h i s name f o r

    me?

    19

    THE

    WITNESS:

    20 THE FBI:

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    24 THE

    FBI: A ll r i g h t .

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    25

    apar tment during t h e t ime of t h e shoot ing?

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    TH

    WITNESS: He

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    FBI: Okay I t h i n k t h e

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    6

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    7

    was

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    8

    t h a t ?

    9 TH

    WITNESS: That came i n t o

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    10

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    12 TH

    FBI: Who was t h a t t h a t you a r e

    13

    t a l k i n g to?

    14

    TH

    WITNESS: The eyewi tness was

    15

    t e l l i n g

    me t h a t

    16 TH FBI:

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    17

    18

    19

    s name?

    TH

    WITNESS:

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    21

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    23

    24

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    TH

    FBI: Okay

    TH

    WITNESS:

    TH

    FBI: o you know

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    TH

    FBI:

    s l a s t name

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    TH

    WITNESS: Yeah.

    TH

    FBI: Okay.

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    4

    Brown?

    TH

    WITNESS:

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    6 TH

    FBI: And

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    7

    head

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    8 TH

    WITNESS: Well I was j u s t t r y i n g

    t o

    9

    g e t informat ion o r d e t a i l s

    about

    what

    happened.

    10 TH FBI:

    Okay.

    11

    TH

    WITNESS:

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    12

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    13 i n a u d i b l e . )

    14 TH

    FBI:

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    s h e s t h e one t h a t t o l d you

    15

    t h a t

    t h i s

    camera had

    been

    removed?

    16 TH

    WITNESS:

    Yeah.

    17 TH

    FBI: You d i d n t see t h e camera

    18 removed?

    19 TH

    WITNESS: No.

    20

    TH

    FBI: Okay. o you know w hich cam era

    21

    was d i d

    she

    t e l l you?

    22

    TH

    WITNESS: No.

    23

    TH

    FBI: Well then t h a t s

    something

    we

    24

    can

    fol low up

    with

    h e r

    s i n c e

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    25

    independent

    knowledge

    of t h a t camera S

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    TH

    WITNESS: No I c a n t t h i n k of

    something

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    knowledge

    of w hich cam era

    2

    and who removed

    from

    where

    was?

    3 TH

    WITNESS: Right

    4

    TH

    FBI: Was

    t h e r e

    anyth ing e l s e

    i n

    t h e

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    would

    be

    h e l p f u l

    f o r

    6 us?

    7

    8

    anything

    9 TH

    FBI: I

    asked

    you b e f o r e

    about

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    10

    you would

    be

    w i l l i n g

    t o

    share

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    video

    t h a t you

    11

    showed t o

    us today i s t h a t

    something

    you a r e

    12

    w i l l i n g

    t o

    share

    with us?

    13 TH

    WITNESS: Yes

    14 TH FBI: We

    w i l l

    go ahead

    and have you

    15 s l g n

    a form t h a t al lows you know gives us

    16 a u t h o ri z at i o n t o

    take t h a t o f f

    your

    phone

    and take a

    17

    copy of t h a t d i r e c t l y o f f

    your

    phone

    18

    Okay Anything e l s e ?

    19

    I d o n t want

    t o

    g e t i n t o what she t o l d

    20 you what you

    t a l k e d with

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    21 informat ion a way

    t o

    c o n t a c t her?

    22

    23

    24

    TH

    WITNESS: No

    TH

    FBI: You d o n t .

    TH

    WITNESS: I mean w e l l she has a

    25 s i s t e r t h a t I t a l k

    t o so

    h e r s i s t e r .

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    THE FBI: W h a t s h e r s i s t e r s name? I s

    2 t h e r e

    a

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    a t ?

    3 THE

    WITNESS:

    4 THE FBI:

    h a t s s

    l a s t name.

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    6

    THE FBI: Okay.

    o

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    number

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    7

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    who s u p p o s e d l y

    8

    saw what happened?

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    10

    who

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    you know where

    sh e l i v e s

    a t

    12

    1n t h e

    a p a r t m e n t

    complex?

    13

    THE WITNESS: d o e s n t l i v e 1n

    14 a p a r t m e n t

    complex

    d o e s .

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    15 THE FBI: Again

    was t h e one

    16

    t e l l i n g you

    a b o u t t h i s

    camera?

    17 THE

    WITNESS:

    Yeah.

    18 THE FBI:

    D id you

    t a l k t o y o u r o t h e r

    19

    roommate w a s n t t h e r e

    b u t

    y o u r roommate

    20

    d i d you t a l k

    t o

    t h a t roommate d id t h a t

    21 roommate d id sh e s e e a n y t h i n g was sh e o u t s i d e ?

    2 2

    THE

    WITNESS: No

    sh e

    was

    i n s i d e .

    23

    THE FBI: She

    was i n s i d e .

    2 4

    THE

    WITNESS:

    She

    was

    i n s i d e .

    25 THE FBI:

    So

    sh e may h a v e h e a r d s o m e t h i n g

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    she

    was not

    o u t s i d e t o

    be a b l e

    t o

    see

    anything.

    2 THE WITNESS:

    Right .

    3 THE FBI:

    Okay. Again any

    o t h e r

    4

    q u e s t i o n s ?

    o

    you have

    s

    address?

    6 THE WITNESS:

    No.

    7 THE FBI:

    Okay.

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    8 now 7:26

    w e l l

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    9

    End of t h e recorded

    i n t e r v i e w .

    10

    MS

    WHIRLEY:

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    12 MS ALIZADEH:

    This 1 S

    Kathi Alizadeh we

    13 j u s t

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    J u r y

    E x h i b i t Number 49

    14

    which

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    a s ta tement

    from

    15

    which was recorded by t h e

    FBI

    16 p r e v i o u s l y , previous t o h i s

    t es t imony b e f o r e t h i s

    17 grand Jury.

    18

    Are

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    any

    o t h e r

    recorded

    s t a t e m e n t s

    19 t h a t I i n d i c a te d t o

    you

    t h a t we

    have a v a i l a b l e ?

    20

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    t h e r e c o r d s

    sake

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    21 know

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    22 t h e

    s t a t e m e n t s a r e on.

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    23 dur ing your d e l i b e r a t i o n s you want

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    24 p l a y

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    25

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    you want

    t o

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    where

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    4

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    6

    t h e r e t h a t d i d n t g e t

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    7

    d i d n t

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    8

    And

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    s t a t e m e n t s

    9

    t h a t I

    d id not have

    p r e v i o u s l y t h a t I s i n c e

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    10

    g o t t e n .

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    11 was done i s

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    12

    was done t h e

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    13

    marked

    t h a t

    as Grand

    J u r y

    E x h i b i t Number 109

    14

    This

    i s a d i s c t h a t has a s ta tement

    of

    15 t h a t

    was done by t h e

    FBI on

    16 September 2nd

    of 2014

    I d i d n t

    have

    t h a t

    17 p r e v i o u s l y

    t h a t s Grand

    J u r y

    E x h i b i t 108

    And a

    18

    recorded

    s ta tement

    of

    t h a t

    was done

    19

    t h e day b e f o r e

    she

    t e s t i f i e d f o r you guys and t h a t s

    20 Grand

    J u r y

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    21 So

    a l l

    of t h e s ta te m e nts

    t h a t I v e

    22

    i n d i c a t e d t h a t

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    have

    23 t h e t r a n s c r i p t s f o r o r

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    have them

    on

    d i s c f o r you

    24

    t o l i s t e n t o

    whenever you need

    t o a l l

    r i g h t .

    25 With

    t h a t

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    s t a t e m e n t s you w ant

    t o

    l i s t e n to ? You

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    know.

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    4

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    6

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    t h a t a l l r i g h t ? An d

    7

    t h e n you g u y s ca n l e t

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    8

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    y o u r e

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    t h a t

    14

    you c an b e g i n y o u r d e l i b e r a t i o n . Y o u v e

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    made a

    15 d e c i s i o n

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    2 2

    t h a t

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    S

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    you we have p r e p a r e d th e r e l e v a n t s t a t u t e s and

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    unders tand and r e a d . Of course i f you have any

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    t h i n k a r e a p p l i c a b l e

    t o th e

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    12

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    13

    glve t h e foreperson t h e i n d i c t m e n t s and I w i l l p i c k

    14 up t h e

    e x t r a s .

    15

    MS ALIZADEH: So th e i n d i c t m e n t s

    t h a t

    we

    16

    have p r e p a r e d t h e r e lS an ind ic tment

    f o r

    murder l n

    17

    t h e f i r s t

    degree

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    18

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    a c t i o n

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    19 two

    c o p l e s .

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    f o r

    murder i n

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    degree

    and armed

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    c o p l e s .

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    f o r

    v o l u n t a r y

    manslaughter

    23 a

    Class

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    two

    24 c o p l e s .

    25 An ind ic tment

    f o r

    i n v o l u n t a r y

    manslaughter

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    i n

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    6

    p r e t t y much l a y s o u t t h e

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    12 we

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    15

    c h a n g e . Even t h o u g h t h i s

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    19

    p ro ba ble c au se i s t enough

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    20

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    f i r s t p a g e

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    25 he was a r r e s t i n g

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    w hat you w ould b e c o n s i d e r i n g 1n y o u r d e l i b e r a t i o n

    a n d we h a v e p r o v i d e d you w i t h d e f i n i t i o n s o f a s s a u l t

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    8 S

    ALIZADEH:

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    9

    a b o u t s o me t h i n g ?

    10

    S WHIRLEY: S u r e .

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    S

    ALIZADEH:

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    1n th e v e r y

    12

    b e g in n in g o f t h i s

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    f o r you

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    15

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    16

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    19

    c a s e l a w.

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    s o r r y United S t a t e s

    Supreme Court

    c a s e s .

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    6

    what t h e Supreme Court

    says okay

    7

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    t o

    8 f o l d t h a t 1n

    h a l f

    j u s t

    so

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    you know

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    9 n e c e s s a r i l y

    r e l y

    on t h a t because t h e r e

    i s a

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    10

    of

    t h a t t h a t d o e s n t

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    11 t h e

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    s ta tement

    12

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    d o n t

    know

    13

    i s

    t h a t

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    t h a t

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    14 MS

    WHIRLEY: Law

    enforcement

    o f f i c e r s

    use

    15

    of force

    i n

    making an a r r e s t

    y e s .

    16

    MS

    ALIZADEH: That does c o r r e c t l y

    s t a t e

    17

    what t h e law i s

    on

    when an

    o f f i c e r

    can

    use

    force and

    18

    when he can

    use deadly force i n

    a f f e c t i n g an a r r e s t

    19 okay

    20 I

    d o n t

    want you

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    21 r e l y

    on t h a t

    copy o r

    t h a t p ri n t- o u t

    of th e

    s t a t u t e

    22

    t h a t I v e

    given you a

    long tim e

    ago

    23

    MS

    WHIRLEY: Did you have a

    ques t ion?

    24

    GR ND

    JUROR: So

    w e r e t o

    d i s r e g a r d

    t h i s .

    25

    MS

    ALIZADEH: I t i s not

    e n t i r e l y

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    i n c o r r e c t o r i n ac cu ra te b u t

    t h e r e

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    3 GR ND

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    8

    much

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    9 GR ND

    JUROR: The

    Supreme C o u r t

    f e d e r a l

    10 Supreme C o u r t

    o v e r r i d e s

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    s t a t u t e s .

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    f a r

    a s you n e e d

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    know

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    We

    d o n t want

    t o

    g e t i n t o a

    13

    14

    15 s t a t u t e .

    16

    GR ND

    JUROR:

    MS ALIZADEH:

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    17

    law c l a s s .

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    19 t o

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    20

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    25 i n s t r u c t i o n .

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    r e l a t e s t o t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t you ma y h a v e h e a r d

    2

    r e g a r d i n g M i c h a e l Brown.

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    4

    r e l a t e s t o

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    th e i n d i c t m e n t i f you h a v e

    6 q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

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    7

    d e f i n i t i o n s s o

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    9

    s t a n d a r d b u t

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    c a n do it

    12

    13

    MS ALIZADEH:

    MS WHIRLEY:

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    14 t r u e

    b i l l you

    a l s o

    must

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    you

    15 b e l i e v e Dar r en

    W i l s o n you f i n d p r o b a b l e

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    16 t h a t s th e

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    17

    c o mmi t t e d th e o f f e n s e an d t h e o f f e n s e s

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    18 1n t h e

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    19

    t o

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    20

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    2 2

    f o r c e

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    2 4

    l a w f u l

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    25 c o n s i d e r i n g

    s e l f - d e f e n s e

    an d

    u s e

    o f f o r c e i n making

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    an

    a r r e s t .

    You have

    a l l

    t h e

    informat ion

    you need

    i n

    3 those

    documents

    t h a t

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    t o help i n

    your

    4

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    w e r e not

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    anywhere d i d

    6

    you have something?

    7 GR ND

    JUROR: No

    8 MS

    WHIRLEY:

    And

    t h a t s enough

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    you

    9 s t a r t e d

    and h o p e f u l l y t h i s w i l l

    c l a r i f y t h i n g s

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    10

    you

    as

    you

    go

    through

    th e i n di c tm e n ts .

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    t h i n k

    11 we have

    a l r e a d y t a l k e d

    about

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    12

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    t o go through

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    t o

    13

    look

    a t

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    a t

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    t ime but

    you must make a

    14 d e c i s i o n whether

    i s t r u e b i l l o r

    no

    t r u e b i l l f o r

    15

    each i n d i c t m e n t .

    16 MS

    ALIZADEH:

    And

    as was

    brought up a t

    17

    t h e very beginning of t h i s and what we