Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Real life murder trial Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:29:26 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 120 Message-ID: <20240517222926.000041f1@example.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 04:29:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="87df3933598c1950ae9df11fc0249109"; logging-data="2731397"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+3xXbiCtC+PENDIlHrAW8VOmSNO2fv2Lw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:FVJsn5iBtz7I5mfEx6XUxxYOap0= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240517-14, 5/17/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 6317 On Thu, 16 May 2024 01:28:22 -0000 (UTC) "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > Adam H. Kerman wrote: > > >. . . > > >https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/14/did-a-chicago-police-officer-kill-his-girlfriend-in-self-defense-a-jury-will-decide/ > > > > Did a Chicago police officer kill his girlfriend in self-defense? A > jury will decide. > > By Madeline Buckley > Chicago Tribune > PUBLISHED: May 14, 2024 at 5:19 p.m. > UPDATED: May 14, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. > > Days before she was killed, Andris Wofford found a gun nestled among > clothes in her laundry basket, prosecutors said, and then made a > prophetic comment to a friend. > > "If anything happens to me," prosecutors said she told her friend > shortly before her death in December 2021, "Pierre will have done it." > > She was referring to Pierre Tyler, the father of her 9-month-old > daughter and then a Chicago police officer, according to prosecutors, > who said her prediction would soon come to pass. > > After an argument over another woman, Tyler fired a shot that killed > the 29-year-old mother in her apartment in the 2100 block of North > Nashville Avenue in the Northwest Side's Galewood neighborhood, > according to police and prosecutors. > > But Tyler, 32, standing trial on murder charges, is arguing that the > shooting was in self-defense. He plans to take the stand later this > week, his attorney said, a relatively rare choice because of the risk > of going up against prosecutors for questions under oath. > > His attorney, Tim Grace, argued that Wofford was shot after she > pointed a weapon at the off-duty cop in a jealous rage. Prosecutors > painted a different picture, telling jurors that Tyler fatally > attacked Wofford -- as she pressed him about his relationship with > another woman -- before he launched a calculated cover-up. > > The jurors, who were sworn in Tuesday, will decide which version they > believe. Family and friends gathered in a courtroom at the Leighton > Criminal Court Building, at times tearfully stepping outside when > crime scene photos and videos were on display. The trial is expected > to last until Friday. > > As far as Tyler's status with the department, a Chicago police > spokeswoman Tuesday said he was "inactive" but did not have further > information. He has been held without bond since his arrest and his > name does not appear on a current list of city employees. > > "Andris was a 29-year-old mother of two daughters. ... She was a > daughter to Carl and Lisa," Assistant State's Attorney Michelle Papa > began in her opening arguments. "She had family and friends that cared > about her." > > It was early December, and Andris, a social worker, was in the midst > of preparing for the Christmas season, Papa said, taking out the > stockings and putting up the Christmas tree. She also made a > consequential decision to confront Tyler about his marital status, > Papa said. > > "She believed he had been married to another woman," she said. "That > decision is what cost her her life." > > Grace said Tyler wasn't married, but Andris had misunderstood > something she'd read in a court filing. > > Tyler came to Wofford's apartment to talk while the children were with > relatives, Papa said, but the two began arguing. As the night grew > later, Papa said, Wofford gathered her stuff and got ready to leave, > to pick up her daughters. > > "She opened the door ... and the defendant shot her one time in > face," Papa said. "And then he left her to die in a pool of blood in > the front entryway of her apartment." > > Tyler quickly started covering his tracks, including texting her > mother that he couldn't get in touch with her, Papa said. > > A detective who interviewed Tyler testified Tuesday that Tyler told > him he was meeting with a confidential informant alone during the > shooting. > > During his opening statement, Grace argued that Wofford became enraged > when she thought she learned Tyler was married. He said she texted > friends, telling them she was "about to go TF off." He was about to > leave, Grace said, when Wofford pointed a gun at him. > > "Pierre does what any human being would do," Grace said. "He defends > himself." > > Afterward, Grace said, Tyler "made mistakes" because he felt no one > would believe that Wofford's killing was in self-defense. > > "He's a police officer, military veteran. He's a man, she's a woman. > Nobody is going to believe him," Grace said. "These mistakes he made > doesn't make him a murderer, it makes him a scared, panicked person, > a human being." > > Later in the week, Grace said Tyler would take the stand to explain > what happened, going up against questions from "experienced > prosecutors." > > "In the end, you're going to see a broken man take that stand," Grace > said. If nothing else, this case is a strong argument for the schools maximizing reading comprehension in every student. If she had better understood the document she read, she might very well still be alive today. -- Rhino