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It's,uh-Febru4ry 14,l817hours. Interviewwith0fficer(Gwer)Brown,

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nurrber 13-08510. My nanre is Sergeant Hong, H-O'N-G.

OfEcerJesse GranJ, J-E-S-S-E G-R-A-N-T-

I'm Harry Stem, andthat's spelled, uh, H-A'R-R-Y S-T-E-R-N.

Offi.cerGwendolynBrown, G-W-E-N-D-O'L-Y-NBrown, B-R-O-\MN'

So, Officer Brown, could you state your rank and badge number?

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Police of6cer badge number 16.

Okay. WhatwasthedateofyourhirewithBPD?
Seven-one-1991.

Do you have any prior law enforcement experiehce?

Yes.

And, uh, with who and length of experience

length of service?

Um, Richmond PD, approximately two years. Uh

which patol operations team do you work?

Patrol.

Uh, whieh team?

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What are the normal days worked and normal hows worked? For team three?

Monday through Thursday, uh, the shift starts at - 1530, ends at 0130. What mea or beal were you assigned to?
Beat four.

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Okay. And, uh, when i say specifically at a panicuiar shift, what we're refenin'to is the date of ineident, which gonna be February 12, Tuesday, and it occured sometime, uh, just before midnight, and what - we're gonna be referring to that shift. Okay, Tuesdaythe l2th, actually. So on, uh, Tuesday the L2th,uh, which beat were you working?
Beat four, Thank

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you. And, uh, who were your zupervisors during that shift?

Officer, ub, (Cardoza)

(Ross).

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(Ross). Are they your normal supervisors?

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When was the last shift you worked prior to Tuesday evening's shift?

tlh, the Monday shift,

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it. All right, and it was the same time

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Do you hold any secondary employment? No.

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tlh, did you work any overtime, ul1 prior to Tuesday's shift?
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Haveyoutakenanymedication? [nrecenttimes?

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have you consumed any alcohol in the past 24 hours?

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Do youhave any medical conditions?

No. Just prior to Tuesday's shift, when was the last time you slept? And how long, and between what hours, if you can recall?
okay, it would have been at Tuesday moming, when I got off. Probably went to bed about 3:30 am, and - woke up probably about 9:00 am. Okay. Did you sustain any injuries druing the incident
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I believe I hyperextended my left thumb, my dght forearm is still a little swollen, and my left shh I'm sorry, right shoulder - is still sore.

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Now starting at the, uh, frcnt belt buckle, going clockwise, can you describe what duty gear is on your dutY belt?
I have a keeper, a flashlight, uh - I believe mY 8m, another keeper * handcuffs, another keepei, anotherkeeper urn, my - a second flashlight the, uh, baton. I believe a keeper, then two, uh - my, um, aElmo pouchOkay.

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And my handcuffcase.
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Did your duty belt or duty gear sustain any damage?

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what vehicle make and model were you driving druing Tuesday's shift?
Uh, vehicle .!701,it's black and white marked rmit, uh, Crowu Victoria.

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Okay. And what kind of markings and emerger.cy equipment is on this

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um - markings on the door, the BPD emblems on - the passengff as vrell as the driver's door. And there's a Berkeley Police printed on the back of the trunk lid'

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tIh, emergency overhead lights, uh, there

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fue you a single ofEcer car or a paired officer car?

Single. The incident - when we refer t9 it.al the incident, it's regcrdin8, {r, the incident that occurred on, uh, Tuesday, the - February 12, time of report being

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2349hours. lncidentlocationis2l16AllstonWay,aparfitent5l4,hthecrty of Berkeley, and the, uh, involved person of interest is Mr. (Xavier) Moore. Okay, so when I refer to Mr. Moore, I mean Mr. (Xavier) Moore. And he's
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is deceased. Okay?

Yes,

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All right,

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- you have completed a - you - a preliminary,

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for this incident, is that correct?

Yes.

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Okay. And I'm holding it in my hand. It is complete, correct?

Yes. start talking more in detail about the, um - about what happened before the incident, druing the incident, and what happened after the incident. So if you can, uh, tell us, um - um - you heard a radio broadcast regarding a call for service? Is ttrat conect?

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Okay. Good. All right,

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Regarding this incident?
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Okay. Couid you describe that radio broadcast and what inforr.nation you leam*d from that broadcast? I believe it

- it came out as a 415- Between,

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Any call detaiis regarding this dispule or 415?

I check my NDT, um, uh, sometbing (unintelligible) refenin' to the roommate was sshizop'hrciriq; gff his meds, and had * kicked the roommat e Well, I

out, Ibelieve.

Okay. And; uh, this, uh; incident occurred on your beat?

Yes.

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Okay. And you responded to this, uh, broadcast or assignmentl

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Do you recall who else was assigned this, utt, ulr, broad- who else was assigned this, uh, particular call along with you?

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And Officer Tu attsched himselfto the call.

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So you

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[rh, the Rp, who was supposed to be waiting outside, was not outside.

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Okay. Um-whatdidyqudo-whatdid5noudo?

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Okay. At whatpoint did Officer Smith arrive?

I believe he arrived right after, uh, the

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Okay. So you asked for radio to, uh, recontact Mr. Hayes,as yau say?
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H-A-Y-E-S, who was the reporting party" and eveutualln you made contact with him.
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And was that in the steet or in the apartrneat or in the complex? Right out in front of the complex.

Okay. And so did * do you have a oppotunity

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with Mr. Ilayes?

Aad could you recall vrhat Mr. Hayes told you at that time?

llh, he said that he was the one that called and that, um - his roommate had kicked him out, and that he was schizophrenic, offhis meds, and he needed to
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DidMr. Hayesusethattenn,i5-150?
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And:he said he was, I asked was his name on the lease? He said yes. And I said, "Well, wtry would your roommate kick you out?" He says, I'Well, he's been drinking and doing drugs all day. And he wanted money to get more drugs aird I told him I didn't have any mony, and we argued, and he toldme
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Okay. And it was apartment 514, conect?

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when you reached the aparlment, was the door open or door closed?

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Okay. Um, could you describe the - your surroundings just outside the apartnent? Briefly?

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Ilh, this is alarge, um, multi-apartmentcomplex. um, we wele onthe fifth floor. And it - its sorta designed iI}- like a rectangle shape, and there's a banister ail the way around the,,um, the floor. And the apartments arethere's a- I gUess average walkway around the entire, uh, square or rectangle with, um, banisters. Urq there's an open * plaza-like area at the - the bottom.
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Okay. And is ttre, uh, door to apartment 514 more on whictq uh, side of the building? North, east, west, or south?
More on the north. North side. Okay. So you reached the apartment doot, again, I'm sorry, was the door closed or oPen?
Closed.

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Wq uh, um, I aske4 uh, Mr. Hayes did he have the keys? He said he did' He unlocksd the, uh, door, opened ii, and I asked.him to step to the side. And at thatpoing I called into, uh, Mr. (Xavier)'
Okay. So, uh, hdr. Hayes unlocked the door aad he opened it for you"'
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ttroughthe open door, you called out to Mr. Moore. (Xavier) Moore.

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I believe I said, um, "f,Kavier)?" And this person caste to the door and opened it.

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Okay. Uh -now could you describe (Xavier) for me' A:

because l.was expecting to about five - seven, five probably uh, Uh, this Was a fair-skinned, uh, gray extensions all had, eighg heavy-set woman, or looked to be a woman, thl way down the back. Was in a, uh, sort of like a tube top animal print and a Was, uh ,"" u

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I dont recall any make-uP. Did he have shoes on? Do You recall? I don't helieve he had shoes on.

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was thrown I told him we were there because his roommate called and said he .r,, *O f said, "You wanna tell me whafs going on]r' 1!1d h1's standing at and, uh, he didn't the door, and tre started talking about things aUout the FBI i.rf ,uf., and * and I was, 'W-eU, why don't you feel safe]" . "Y*ll, you*Jou he t"o* fro* the FBI is, and they're - they're following me." And then he -name, othet one was it and Cmol Jart caltin' me different ,u*.t, like Gail and people, and he was I believe Wanda, and - I told him I wasnt - either of those about ;;y*! ,'Yy'ell, I see them right behind you." Aad then he starte{ talkin' as to why, airoru,rr, - so - I kept tryii' to bring him back to the convers-alion you kick your would * urn, we were there, and and I said, "Why - why -,why ,iOh, he's fin' stup1d," and I think he - at one point - or he ,oolmate out?,, crunchy, af-e you goilu at one point called him crunchy. And said, "okay, pointed over to Mr' And, and Isaid, "Who's Crunchy?" A"d

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very, um, theatrical? Because he had his hands in the doorway, you know"' mf., *O he's - he's just like - kept doing like this, and Sauntering? I don't know, explain this' Pretty much, You know, and."

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officer Tu is standing, um - standing by, um, officer smith is - taking down Mr. Hayes' information and pointing him - um - af - at one noinf - ^ informea me thathe had an outstanding wafratrt. I believe it was $5,000' And probably asked if I wanted it confirmed, and I said yes. And he said it wil} take a little while, because it was a manuai rvarrant, and San Francisco would have to * activate it manually, something to that effect. So once it was confirmed, you know, I told him, "okay, you can take him down- on down to
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Okay. So youlre talkin' about Officer - Officer (Brandou) Smith, who ran a refetence check using his police radio, is that correct?
Yes.

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okay. Uh - uh, and - and officer smith found that lv{r. Hayes had a $5,000 *urr*t and that eventually it got confirmed, and you inshucted Officer Smith that you wanted Mr. Hayes arested for the warrant? Is that correct?
Yes. at this Okay. Um - 81d, uh, did Officer Smith run any inquiries on Mr. Moore point? Or...

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Officer Uh, he went back to his car. When - when Mr. Smith - ['m sorry. going S#m arrived, he asked, um, what was the name of the person we were he said, "Is his name (Xavier) s- fXavier) Moote?" And I said, io ,'Well, he has a $10,000 warrant out of San Francisco." I "ont*t, ,,r,os.,, He said, just moved from San Francisco'" And said, "Well, this particular individual just to make surc." He went back to the he sajd, "Let me go back to my car, just - we all went car, did something bn the NDT, he came back, and we upstairs. with Mr. Okay.. At this point, in your mindset, while you're on the landing for his warrant the has Moore, lur. frfoor., you're it iot i"g this gentleman,

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Yes. Is that your mindset? Okay. Um, so after, uh, Mr. Hayes'warrant was confirmed, did - uh, did Mr. - did Officer Smith leave with Hayel? Yes.

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Okay. And r,vhile Officer Smith Ieft with Hayes down the elevator out the building, you were still on the landing speaking with Mr. Moore along with Offrcer (Ken) Tu. Correct?
Yes.

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Okay. So now Officer Smith is now gone with Mr. Hayes, now can you -can you now tell us the story about - tell us exacfly whafs now happening from
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I'm still tacking with NIr. Moore, and - he's - he's becoming a little more theatical, and talking aboutthe FBI, and continuing to call me other names...
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I said, "Well, you can use the phone down at the station, but we need to go we need to take care of this." A1d he was like, "No, I'm gonna use the phone here., And I said, "we really need to go, and- and lefs go on down and just get this eJeared up." Ald at that point, I looked at Officer Tu, and he took, u*, oo* of lylr. Moore's hands, and I took the other, and he just - exploded. * start grabbed his hands back like this, and I believe officer Tu had two

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Can I intemrPt at this Point?

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Okay. And Mr. - m- to your - to your, uh, recollection, Mr. Moore understood that you were intendlng on arresting him, is that correct?
Yes.

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Okay. And when he wasnt complying, when you were tyin' to, uh, use verbal judo and get him to comply, he wasn't complying, he wanted to step inside and cali the FBI and clear this up. But eveutually you felt necessary that you guys had to take a hold of Mr. Moore, is that correct?
Yes.

A:
Q:

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All right.
took the

So you

said Offlcer (Ken) Tu took one ann and while you while you took the other. Do you recall which arm you took?

-you
so

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I was on the side,

Hip

it would have been his right.

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right. Okay. And Officer Tu took his left

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Yes,

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A:rdthen you- earlier, you motioned where rvhen onbe, uli, you both of you got took a hold of Mr. Moore's arms, he basically flung in a upward motion, and while you were - had grasp ofhis arms, that pulled both you and (I(en) Officer Tutowards his direction, inward towards the apartment- ts that corect?
Yes.

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Okay. And so - he did so, and - did, um, did he fiy to tum and run inside? Or did he drag you and Officer (Ken) Tu in as he was going backwards into
the apartment?

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A:

Initially, um, we're going backwards into the apartment, and I believe he started to tura sideways, and at that point we fell.
Okay.

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And it was onto the mattress.

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Okay. Could you describe this mattoess to the best of your recollection? It was.a twin-size, uh, mattress that was on the floor'

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Okay. Though
No.

- was there - bed's - bed, uh, frame or anything like that?

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Okay- So when you said you fell, so Mr. Moore, did he fall on his back, or did he fall on his - on his front?
He

fell more on his stomach, partially sideways.

Oh, okaY'

All right. What...

Because I was on this side of him.

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You were on ttre - now his left side. You're describing.

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No,I'm still on the right side of him.

So he's

falliag on his stomach.'.

This way, onto the mattress.

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Mm-hm. Now you're on Mr. Moore's right side.

A:

Ih

stilt on the same side I was on on

when I was ouiside the - the door.

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Gotit. Okay. Gotit. Llhsoyoufell. Washisentirebodyfellonthe matrress? orjusthis,uhmaybefromwaisthigh? canyou-canyoumake...

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No, his entire bodY.-. His entire bodY- feli.

.-. his entire body So You fellalong

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fell on the mattress.

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with him?

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Mm-hm. And You're on his right side.

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Right' Did and - did you

along with the He was

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with You? Before?

- do you - do you remember if of{icer

(Ken) Tu also fell

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we all went down'

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You atl went down' Onto the mattress'

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okay. Gotit. Allright. Um-andlowyouare-youfe-andthenyour

struggle is - you Is that correct?

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- y6u and Offircer (Ken) Tu tryrng to handcufflW'

him to get the cuffs on'

Moore?

StiU trying to, uh, resffain

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was Got it. And -you said at one point there was one handcuffthat successfully laced on Mr' Moore's wrist Yes.

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I believe it was the right one'

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Rightone. Wasityou,then? Thatwasabletotoputthecuffonhirn?

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Got
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it.

under his - his, And then !ut_f-ou_s-ard that the other hand was butied [s that his chest whi}e Mr. Moore was on top of the, uh, mattress.

conect? Yes'

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Okay. Um*balking' Meaning"'

his back up up andback um - pretty much I guess you would say flinching

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All right.
Or up and down, up and down, because Officer Tu was partially straddled him, and he's just- balking like a horse. was his positioning?- wu: to try to control Mr. -Mr', weight his tike, uh, uh, Officer Tu, was he using uh, Moore?

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okay. okay. Got it. And is officer Tu, what

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I would

- I would have to speculate that that's what he was doing.

Okay. All rigbt. So he's - okay. Um - md, uh, Offiser Tu, to your knowledge, hels - he's, uh, over six foot would you say, correct?
Yes.

A:
Q:
fL.

And Offi,cer Tu is over 200 pounds, would you say?

Yes.

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Okav. And would you consider Officer Tu a strong person?

Yes.

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Tu okay and you're saylng to yow - at the time, when only you and ofEcer large is a l- rather *# tfr.r., were you uira dm.*t Tu, and who - Officer Tuyou having a of you two the were and strong-officei, were you have difficult time controlling lv{r. Moore? Very difficult.
you needed Okay. Got it. Um - so - at - s- at a certain point, you decided mori assistance. Isthat correct? Correct.

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Okay. So you used Your radio?

Yes.

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you made for To, uh, ask for additional help? The first radio brad- broadcast

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uh, send additional offtcers.

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to the

Okay. All right. Um - and after you made the radio broadcast, you went back - trying to resffain I!{r. ...

I stilt had a hand on him.

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Okay. All right.

When

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even when I made the radio

call.

Okay. Okay. Um - would you say, uh, Mr. Moore was, uh, kicking you, uh, or Officer Tu at all at that point? Or...
He was kicking - he was not kicking me, because I was closer up, um, towards his shoulder area.

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Okay.

But I could

see

him kicking.

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Okay. Allright. Didyouatanypoint,wereyouatall-puttingyour,uh, body weight on his l- uh, on his neck or on his chest area during this touble?
I probably was putting my weight on

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on his

his shoulder blades.

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Shoulder blades. But not directly on his chest or directly on his neck or his

head. Correct?
No.

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Okay. Um, and, um - well, you're additional officers anive?

Yes.

the struggle continues, md

- at * did

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Oka)r. Do you remember which officer entered first to assist you and Offrcer
Tu?

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I don't remember which one. And adish- and - um - thereafter, at the time that you, Officer Tu, and the additional officers were able to successfully handcuffMr. Moore, about how mafl.y officers were there at that time when the successful handcuffing took place?
Got

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- two?

Possibly

three.

Okay. So a total of five at that Point?

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Yes.

Okay. Do you remember who they were? At"' A:

Um- Officer Mathis?

Okay.

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officer Gardner
Okay.

and

I don't remember who the ottrer person was

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At that

at that time.

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able lo Alt right And so you said that you Yele - that you were of Mr' handcuffipg uh, set, double a do and together, r;ts, Iinhthem

take trvo

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Yes.

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Moore, correct?

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Okay.So,um-Mr.Moore'shandcuffed'Allright?Now-ishecontinuing

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Yes.

uh, restraint attempts okay. Do you know if there were any other restraint Uein! made by aty other offrcers on IvIr' Moore? [Ih, just trying to hold him down'
Just hold him down'

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Mm-hm.
uh - tryingto keep - or offic-ers, utr, use their 1dr. Moore to*[., did you witress any gther or head area or stomach weight to, trh - oo - on ttir. Moore's chest or neck Putting their knees on cerhain areas of Mr', um,

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as you describe,

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using io hold Mr' What did - aparrment- what were the (uninte[igible) Moore down? The"' Their hands' what parts of Mr' Their hands. okay. And they were holding primarily Moore's bodY? don't know which officers, I beiieve officer Tu was still staddled him, and I but someone was holding his legs'

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Trying to holdhis legs down'

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keep

keep

keep his legs doun'

To keeP from kicking'

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stitl bucking PretlY wildlY'

okay. Allright. um-doyoulnowifthelegswereresfrainedinany

manner? Do You recall?
wrap Not until, um - the sergeant arrived with a

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strap" Axd they were able to use the strap' the ankle
OkaY.

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"'to restrain his' um -1is'enkles

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Okay. Now * unl

device?

do you remember which sergeant brought up this wrap

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Q:

I believe it was Sergeant Phillips.

okay. All right. uh - so now Mr. Moore',s hands are successfully handcuffs, his legs or his slkles ale succ.essfully restained in the strap. Is ivlr. Moore
still struggling? Or continuing to resist?

A:
Q:

Yes.

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Okay. During -the f- the time that this - your - the struggle with Mr. Moore, the tirne that Mr. Moore was, uh, resisting to the time that, uh, he was handcuffed and his legs were restrained, was Mr. Moore yelling anything, screamingn uh, was - what was he saying anything at that period of time?
There was one - one point - at one point, he said, was gortrg to stop, um, resisting.

A:

"Okay' Okay'' Like he

t',

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From the time that the doorwuy, when you and Offtcer Tu first tried to take a hold of Nk. Moore and he, uh, backed into the apartmentand the struggle began to the point where other officers arrived and assisted and you - and the officers and yourself were suocessful in handcufling Mr. Moore andrestraining his yow legs, uh, how long do you think that period of time was? To the best of

okay. But during that, um - well, let me

ask you

- if you iq recal[.

estimation?

A:
Q:

- no. It - it seemed like forever.

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Mm-hm. Uh, I honestly couldn't tell.

Okay.

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I honestly couldn't.

K- you cant give an estimation in minutes or seconds? A: Q:

It just seemed like it todk foreverOkay., Um, during thatperiod sf time...

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... was Mr. Moore yelling?

I don't recall him yelling.

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Okay. Washe*using,uh-washetellin'you*youandotherofficers anythiilg? Was he verbalizing anything'?

I don't recall

only the

- thing I remember
he

him saying was, "Okay. Okay." uokuy, okay," did he actually

okay. All right. And when

stop?

- when he said,

He Slowed down.,.

Mm:hm.
... just enough for us to - when we were putling his arm out, he said, "Okay, okay.n Andsohekindofrelaxedalittle.

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Uh-huh. And then it was on again.

Onagain. Okay. What-didyou-duringtheperiodfrom-again,the

doorway to the time that he was handcuffed, during that struggle when you (unintelligible) period, did you - did you yourself and or hear other officers give verbal commands to Mr. Moore? And if so, what were those commands? I know Officer Tu kept telling him, "Stop resisting, stop resisting." We both
did.

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Okay. Um - do you recall any other officers saying anything to the best of yourrecollection?

I-I-don'trecall,
"Stop resisting," was

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you heard, "Stop resisting'" And...

Mm-hm.

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...you said it was (unintelligible).

Yes.
,

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that period from the doorway to the time that you to successfully were - were able handcuff I\4r. Moore, didl\&. Moore at all verbalize to you that he was having trouble breathing?

Okay.

All right. During

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No.

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Did he ever at all tell you that he need

No.

that he was hurtin' in in any way?

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Did he ever say that he needed ambulance because he was physically, uh, injured in any way? No.

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Okay, Um

at- at*
A:
Q:
Yes.

at a certain point, does he

um

* so. Now he is handcuffed, and his legs are reshained. LIh,

stop resisting?

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Okay. Describe how that came about.

Once, uh, his legs were restrained, he - resisted for a while. And then he just stop.ped, Kindalike - like he was going to take a rest.

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Okay.

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And I am

* I s- just - k"pt watching him:

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Okay. When, uh, when he took his rest, as you said he resting? His body position?
He was partially dn his side, um, and partially more stomach? Halfway on his side.

as you

put it, how was

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like

- halfiray

on his

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Okay. Atl right. So * you

No.

he wasn't completely on his stomach or face 0t...

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Q:

Okay. He wasn't completely on his back. He was essentially more so on his side. Do you remember left side, right side? Do you recall?
It would have to be - it would have been the left side.

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Left side? Okay. And so there's a * time when he's takin' a rest. Okay. And what happens during this rest period? What happens next? I'm.watching him, and - I don't see his chest moving. So I said, "I don't think he's breathing." And so we pulled him over completely on his side. And I could see his chest start - starting to move.
OkaY.

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And I say, "Okay, he's breathing." And I checked pulse. And he had a pulse.
Okay.
He moved his head a

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little, like this, and...

little bit as you...

So he shrugged his shoulders, shook his head a

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He ...

-he

moved his head, I remember.

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Q;

(unintelligible)' AU right.

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And...
Were his eyes open? I'm sorry. Do you recall?

I don't recall.

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Okay. Was he you as what?

He's breathing'

w- chest is going - chest is moving was indicated for * to

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He'sbreathing. Okay. Allright,so-yousawthat,youmovehimonhisside. Mm-hm.

So what haPPens next?

t02t

At that point, I just kept watching his chest'

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Axd it was probably about - probably about a minute, 'cause it was a short time there after - I notice his chest wasn't moving anymore, And I said, ''l don't think he's breathing."

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And I checked fOr a pulse, I said, "[ can't get a pulse, I can't eet a.pulse,"'and nlet's getthe cuffs off him, get the cuffs offhim'" We they were like, immediately took the cuffs off and - pulled him over on his back... Mm-hm.

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,.. but the matbess was so

soft, we pulled him onto the floor"'

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Right.

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to start cPR. And, uh, called for code tt[ee cover - I mean code tbree for BFD.
.-.

- code

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IvIm-hm. wanted, um Because we,d achrally called for BFD earlier, because we wrap wasn't large enough...

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the

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Q:

Mm-hm.
um [ believe it was ... to restrain hirrU and we needed reskaints. And, uGethiy herg code thtee.r' iogeent (Amber) who got on the radio an{ said, ,Caise I yelled out, "Code tlree, code three, code three, he's not

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brreathing, code three' "

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Mm-hm.

A:

And I heard her on the radio- Um..' Making the request for code three"'

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A:

Mm-hm.
... Berkeley fue Paramedics.

A:
Q:

Right. who's okay. Got it. All right. And so now Mr. Moore's onhis back. whot givin the chesi compressions, do yourecall? Uh, Officer Tu.

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Offrcer

Tu? Okay. Um, and what were - what were you doing

at that point?

A:

At this point, I - I held his head to open up his airway.

Okay.

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And I said, "someone run downstairs, get a mask, get a mask. "And they said, "B - BFD's here."

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see.

A:

And then, um...

Mask rneaning the

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the breathing safety apparatus thing,

A:
Q:

Right.
at this point in juncture, while the, uh, CPR is is being, uh, done on Mr. Moott, uh, to the best of your recollection, do you recall who the other officers other thatr you pnd Officer Tu and Officer Phillips, uh, do you know who else was in the room during

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Right. Okay. Atl right, So

- um - uh-

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that period time still?

A:

I thiilk it's Sergeant Phillips. ['m sorry, Sergeant Phillips.

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Officer lvlathis...
Okay.

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Okay.

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And I don't remember who else. Do you

room?

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do yOu recall any other, uh, supervisor or sergeant rank there inthe

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Uh, at one point, I know of, uh, Sergeant (Cardoza) was there, but I dont know if he was there doing the - CPR or not.

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Okay. So - you're tending to the, uh, Mr. Moore's, vh, aiT way, uh, Officer Tu is doing the chest compressions. Eventually fire department paranaedics arrive, conect?
Yes.

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Q:

Okay. And

- if I may just speak on yoru behalfl they're loading hi* ry on the

him away.

gurney, and they take

Uh, ttrey started - uh - they took over the chest compressions and administered oxygen. And they * they continued doing that, and, uh - they moved around the mattess and the bedding to get the gumey in there... Got

it.

OkaY.

... md, um, got him onto the gurney and took him on out.

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Okay. And once the fire pararnedics and Mr. Moore have now exitedttre aparfinent, what's happening now?
Uh, I

- I believe I told -

the sergeant, uh, "We need to get an I.D. tech up

here."

Mm-hm.
I believe Sergeant (Cardoza) started'assigning officers to do, urr, contact the - the neighbors, someone was assigned to contact urn - Mr. Sterling, that's the individual who was inthe apartmenl

Um-

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initially. And I do know Officer Smith,

he ran back upstairs. When I called

for cover.
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He was there also-

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Officer- Mr. Smith.

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'Cause he was there early on, (unintelligible).'. Yes.

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Okay, All right. Um

tasked with assignments, uh, urn, whatwere you doing before you actually had left the property and went back to the station? What was your role at that

and then, uh, while all of the other officers gettin'

point?

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I was talking with Sergeant, utu Phillips and Sergeant (Cardoza), because, uh - she staled somsone needed to - follow *re arnbulance, IIh, to the hospital.

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Mm-hm.

Officer Tu volunteered to go, and she's she's really concerned about his, um, well-being, because - he was s- um - sweating, seemed to be out of breath, 'cause he had been doing the chest compressious...
And, um

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Mm-hm.
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he kinda limped a liffle bit, knowing that he had back

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... and I ask him, I said, "(Ken), are you sure you're okay?" And at that point, she said, "'We should get another officer, um, to f- to go," and I'and I believe Sergeant (Cardoza) said, "Eithet one of you guys go." You know, and I said, "f'm stayinghere till this scene is secured-" And so (Kea) said, "Ill go." And um - Sergeant (Cardoza) was like, "You need to go to the station. You need to get you start writing. You need to go to the station and start writing." I " Offtcer saido "I'm not leaving tilt the scene is securt.rr He said, "[ have

such and such, I don't remembel who it was." He sai{ "He'11 secure the scne," Atthat time, the I.D- tech ceme. And I left-

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' Mm-hm. So you left and went backto the station to prepare...
Yes.

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Okay. Okay, Who was the scene supervisor to your - to your knowledge, who was the supervising officer on that incident?
.., police report?

Being that it was my

he's mY sergeant."

beat,

considered Sergeanl uh, (Cardoza), because

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... um - just because, urn, Sergeant (Amber) got there first, I didn't consider she was the scene supervisor till he got there.

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I see. Okay. So ultimatelily, Sergeant (Cardoza) was the scene supervisor,

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That was my impression.

... of that Yes.

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Great. All right. Um - um - during, uh, the entire episode, the incident involving, uh, uh yoru contact as well as other officers' contact with IvIr. Moore, it*y timi, uh, did you stike Mr. Moore with a closed fist or open
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Did you witress any other offtcers doing the same?

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At any time, did you hit Mr. Moore with, uh, your ASP or - or wood baton?
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Did you witness auy other officers do the same?

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At any time, did you strike Mr. Moore with any other blunt object, whetheron your duty belt or in the aparffirent, uh, Mr; Moore?
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Did you OC Mr. Moore?

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Did you at - did you discharge your firearrn at Mr. Moore?

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Did you

did any other officers?

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No.

Did any other officers as a blunt

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yor1 yourself or any other officers use your firearm.

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Okay. What about kicks? Did you kick Mr. Moorc in any fashion?
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Okay. Um- let's see. I'll take apause, and...

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(Gwen), uh - I know you mentioned that Hayes had said something downstairs about, uh, Mr. Moore usiug drugs, drinking all day' When - in your co.ntact with him, did you see any sigus or symptoms of, you know, influeuce of drugs or alcohol that you couldtell?

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Mr. Moore appeared to be * it was hf,rd for him to fosus. Because when I kept nrying to brring him back to answer my questious in regards to what was gorng on with he and his roommate, he kep talkin'about the FB[, aud - callin me these other narnes - and dinosaurs, so - it was - at the point where -.I felt uoh, he he maybe5l,S0'here." He's he's defiuitely irot makin'any . like, sense. And then again, his roorurrate,'I - I had the knowledge that he had been doing drugs quite a bit that day, so I was under the impression that he's probably Fetfy high and -...5{50=all*in one.

Okay. fuy
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any physiological signs that you recall? tlh--.

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Okay. Um - when you mentioned the - when he kinda pulled you guys back into the - to the room and you guys fell on the matbess, can you describe where in the aparhnent that mattress was?
It's

it's on the floor, on the

I wanna say the norttr wall.

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Mm-hm.

'cause [

- we had an opportuni. ty to go up there...

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when I picture it, and correct me if you just remember it differentiy, but when you fust walk in, there's a - like a really small aknost entryway...
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Mm-hm.

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I'd call that goes into sort of a- living room? kitchen, everything but a bedroom are4 and then sliding doors that lead into avery small bedroorn Thafs - they almost look - if the doors were open, Ild think it would almost look like all one - not very bigroom?
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Right.

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So when you walk ttre - walk in, and the bathroom's to the left, this very short hallway oace you step into this living room area" the mattress was right here.

Up against the wali. This wall.

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Or off to the sides in there?

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it was in * in that corner.

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Okay. Okay. And, uh - when * when you - the his stomach? Is how he fell, is that correct?

- I believe you said he fell on

He fell on his stomach and side, 'cause he had his arm bwied up under his
torso.

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Okay. And - first, when you fell, did you fall on top of him, on the matffess, some - Iike how did you fall? In relation to him?
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I still -

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'Cause he's like this, and I went oyer him, was trying to hold onto this hand, and when he pulled, I went

like this.

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And I lost the gnp. On his hand.

Okay. Is that sort of across his bcdy? Is that how you're deseribing it?
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Okay. And, uh, how about (Ken)? Where did he end rrp?

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(Krn) end up shaddling him. Okay. Like...

Like across the

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Okay. Okay. Um * I know you mentioned (Ken) was using his weight to contuol Mr. Moore, and I was curious, does that mean- like his whole body's laying on top of him? Or he's - using his hands in a specific part of his body to kinda - hold him down and his weight like that?
He's using his hands.

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what part of his body

he have his hands?

So he

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Weil, he still had - hold of the - the arm that we had the handcuffs on. still had that - that hand, um, holdin'onto that one.

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Okay. fud - at the t- well, during the time he was on his stomach, or even wa.s his fdce maybe a little bit cocked on his side, where is his face? Was in the matkess or a$ray from the matbess or - how was that?

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It was facing - to the side. To the side.

Okay. That I can remember.

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Didit-diditappearhis-mouthandnosewereobskucted? Ornot obstructed? Beeause of that? If you could tell?

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any other supervisors or command present besides Sergeant Phillips and Sergeant (Cardoza)? At any time?

Okay. Um

- do you remember

No. No?

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Okay., Axd - had you - prior to this contact, had you ever dealt with IvIr. Moore or known of him or * just had any other contacts?

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she mentioned that he had a

Um, his mother called the station, I beliwe, it may have been a month or so ago, asking for a welfare check, and said that her son was

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Do you recall what

the specific issues the mom was talking about?

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hfixm. Okay. Is, uh - you report - uh, you mentioned ltdr. (E lovard) Sterling. 'And, uh was Mr. Sterling the genfleman that was in the room that you told to leave at * that day when you fust arrived there? Remember, you said you were fighting - you md - you and Offficer Tu were siluggling with Mr. Moore, and there happened to be a - sorneone in the room.
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Would ttrat be Mr. Sterling?

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Okay. Um - had you at - that time, on scene, any chance to speak with IvIr; Sterling? Did you have an opportLrnity to speak with him? After the incideat? Or...
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Okay. So you - you never - even spoke with Mr. Sterling, got a statement from him or anything else?
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Uh, I know - that, uh - you answered this question that you believe, uh, based on the information that Ofiicer Smith had given you that Mr. Moore had a wa:rant. If yorl, uh, if he hadn't had a warraflt, would you have taken hfun, uh, for evaluation?
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No. Hgw do you feel about this incident? In.retrospect?

I know that I didn't do anything wrong. I know the officers on scene didnt do anything wrong. But it still doesn't change the fact that a man is dead. Is that upsetting?

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