The grieving widow of NYPD hero Jonathan Diller was forced to cover her ears inside a Queens courtroom Tuesday as her husband’s final moments were recounted before her.
Stephanie Diller cupped her hands over her ears and glanced at the floor as the lawyer for career criminal Guy Rivera, her husband’s accused killer, described his death — and blamed police.
“All of the [Command Response Team] officers in this case, they are invested,” defense attorney Jamal Johnson told the jury. “They have a motive to lie.
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