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CASE NO.
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BERI{ELEY LOLICE DEPARTMENT
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STATEMENT TO INVOLVED OFFICER:
Officer 1@ $ Eft\ "fir" , you are b"i"g represented hete at this interview by8rulrq
your attomey, You ate not in custody andyou ate ftee to(PRINT)
conclude the interview at adly time. You are flot obligated to answer auy questions.
Arry answers you do give may bq used in a court of law. Having this in m+d, do you
wish to voluntadly ptoceed with the interviesr?
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INTERVIEW WITH OFC. KENNETH TU
lnterviewer: Sgt. Hong
02-14-1314t30 pm
Case # 2013-p0"?.1?
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6:7 INTERYIEW WITH OFC. KENNETII TUI Q=sgt Hong
9 Ql=Dr. Johnson
l0 Q2=(Sara) Burdick1l Q3=(Harry) Stern
12 Q4{onathan) Murphy
13 .A,=Ofc- Kenneth Tril415
16 Q: It is, uh, February 13, Wednesday, approximately 1528 houts, which is 3:28
17 pm. This is Sergeaat Hong, H-O-N-G, and in the room is, uh, r:m, Of,ficer Tu,
18 along with others, they can introduce themselves.
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20 Ql: Doctor Johnson, badge 26. J-O-H-N-S-O-N.
2t:2 Q2: (Sara) Burdick with (Rains), (Luchia), (Stern), B-U-R-D-I-C-K.
24 Q3: I'm (Harry) Stem, that's S-T-E-R-N.
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26 A: Otricer (Ken) Tu, uh, badge 2S,lastname's T-{J.
27ie Q4: (Jonathan) Murphy, M-U-R-P-H-Y, with (unintelligible).
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,b 'Q, Okay. Okay, (Ken), um, just warma confirm with you and yourrepresentative
31 that you signed the admonition.
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33 A: Yes, I have.
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35 Q: Conect? Waiver? All right. So - all right. So, could you state your
36 rank and your badge number?
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38 A: Police officer, badge number 38.39
40 Q: What's your, uh, hire date? With, uh, Berkeley Police Deparfinent?
4t42 A: Uh, April2007.
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44 Q: Do you have any prior law enforcement experience?
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INTERVIEW WITHOTC, KENNETH TUInterviewer: Sg. Hong
02-14-13/4:30 prn
Case # 2013-08510
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46 A: No.
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48 Q: Which patol operations team do you work for cunently?
4950 A: Cunentlyteam four.
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52 Q: What are your nonnal days work and your normal hours work?
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54 A: Normal days work are Monday through Thursday, hours work are 2030 houts,
55 which is E:30 pm, to 6:30 am.
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57 Q: What was your, uh, call sign during the shift that - yesterday evening?
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59 A: 4A3.
606l Q: Nowwhat area or beat is that assigned to?
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63 A: It's the north Berkeley dountoum area-
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65 Q: Okay. Beattluee?
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;7 A: Beattlnee.
69 Q: Okay. And your - team superuisors at the time of the - of yesterday's
70 incident?
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72 A: SergeanJ Philtips and Sergeant Huynh.
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74 Q: Huynh being, uh, H-U-Y-N-H?
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76 A: Yes.
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78 Q: Correct? Phillips, P-H-I-L-L-I-P-S?
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80 A: Yes.
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82 Q: Are - are they your normal supervisors?
8384 A: Yes.
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86 Q: Okay. LIh, when was the last shift you worked prior to yesterday's shift?
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88 A: Uh the prwious Thursday?
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0 Q: Okay. IVhat were the hours you worked?
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INTERVIEW WITH OFC. KENNETHruInteryiewer: Sg. Hong
02-14-1314:30 pm
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92 A: 8:30 pm to 6:30 am.
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94 Q: Okay. Do youhold any secondary employaent?95
96 A: No.
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98 Q: Did your work any overtime after the last shift and prior to this shift?
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100 A: No.
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102 Q: Have you taken any medication, proscription or otherwise?
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104 A: No.
105106 Q: Have you consumed any alcohol in the past 24 hours?
\07108 A: No.
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110 Q: Do you have ary medical conditions?
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ll2 A: No. Iln sorry, can I clariff one.thing? Yesterday's shift was a - it's aow
113 Wednesday, right?
114;;;,"i5 Q: Yes. (Unintelligible).
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ll7 A: I'rn sorry. The shift I worked beforc was the - the day before, the Monday
118 before.
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12O Q: Right. Okay. The Monday before.
Lzl122 A: The same hours.
t23L24 Q: Okay. Um-whenwasthelasttirneyouslept? Andhowlongandbetween
125 what hours did you sleep?
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I27 A: Uh, prior to this interview? Or prior to my shift last night?
128129 Q: Uh how about both?
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131 A: Uh, prior to this interview, I slept approximately one hour. Uh, since my last
132 shift, and prior to my previons shift, I slept approximately seven hours.
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134 Q: From yesterday's incident, did you sustain any injudes?
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Interviewer Sgt. Hong
02-14-13/4:30 pm
Case # 2013-08510
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No.
Do you wear any corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses?
No.
Um - can you describe for me your duty year, or1 your belt, from, uh, your
front b- belt buckle going, uh, clockwise, how yoru assembly's made?
Clockwise, I have, um - from belt buckle, I have a - double set ofhandcuff
casa, my duty fueann, my pistol, my ASP, my key holder, and then - on the
other side, I have my flashlight, my radio, baton ring magazine notches.
Okay. After yesterday's incident, uh, did your duty gear or duty belt sustain
anytype of damage?
No.
Uh, regarding the vehicle that you drove yestgrday, what vehicle rnake and
model were you.driving during your shift yesterday?
It's a Ford Crown Victoria, uh, vehicle 1747.
When I say yesterday, I mean - at the, uh, 12th of February, Tuesday evening-
My previousshift.
Previous sliift.
Okay.
And what kind of markings Td emergency equipment is on that vehicle your
drove?
Uh, fiil, uh, BPD markings, it's gotthe - black and white vehicle with the
BPD shieid on the doors ind a - visible light bm.
Do you norrnally drive that particular vehicle?
Yes.
Are you a single offtcer or a double officer, uh, uh, vehicle?
Single.
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Uh - why don't we, uh - at this point, I'm gonna ask you about what you
obsaved in terms of the incidelt scene. But before tlat, 'cause it may be, uh,
already in your sqb- !n you report. Now do you have a report that you've
completed regarding, uh, yesterday's incident?
Yes.
All right. Okay. IIh - so - I'm just gonna read it out loud for the tape so we'll
know-exactly, uh, which report youte submitting. So - ttds, uh, report is a
supplemental report by offrcer Kenneth, K-E-N-N-E-T-H, lastname Tu, T.U,
thais Tom Uniou. And the report reads, "On2-12-13 at approximately 2357
hours, I respo:rded to assist with a report of a disturbance between roommates'
at2ll6 Altston Way, A-L-LS-T-O-N, Allston Way, the Gaia apartment
building. Caiq G-A-I-A. I arrived on scene wilh Berkeley police officers
(Bmum), badge 16, and smith,badge three. l,j[e coutacted the reporEd party,
Ilayes, H-A;-Y-E:S, in &ont of the building. Hayeq reported &at his
roomEate, Moore, M-O-OJR-E, was - was schizophrenic andoffhis
.medication and had kicked him out of the apartuent. [Iayes stated that Moore
*ededto.Ue placed oua 5150 hold. Hayes tookus gpto his residence,
aparfinenf number 514, Hayes opened the ftont door with this key, and OfiEcer
lilrowu) called into the aparfirrent ftom the doorstep, Moore safr.e to the front
door, and O.fficer @rown) initiated conversation with him. I stood by as a
cover officer to keep Hayes separated from Moore. Dudng this gsal6s{,
M*r. came in$eaiingly agitated and made a1l1n6rous paranoid, rambting
stateme,rts, Moore repeatedly stated that he was being followed by the FBI
and that he did not beiieie that we wele real police offi,cers. During the
investigation, Officer (Broum) placed Hayes uuder anest for an active ularfant
and diricted Officer Smith to tansport him from the scene. Officer Smith
placed Hayes in handcuffs and then escorted hirn dovtnstairs to his patol
iehicle. I iemained on scene with Offrcer @ror,vn). Offic9r (Brown) asked
Moore to come outside to speak to him. Moore agreetl and stepped outside of
the 4partrnent into the exterior walkway. Officer (Brovrn) ttren inforned
Moore that he was being detained for a warrant. Moore became exfemely
upset and was Enresponsirre to our verbal commands. Officer (Brovm) then
signaled me to aEempt to detain Moore in handcuffs' so I grabbed him by the
tefr wrist with both my hands. Moore immediately began screaming and
violently pulling away and ttren bact - and then ran back into the apartment,
pulling bin u (Brown; and I in u/ith him as we tried to detain him. Aperson
iater ilentified as Sterling S-T-E-R.L-I-N-G, was inside fre aparment living
room at the time and for the safety of all parties present, Officer (Brown)
directed him, Sterling, to leave the apartment. Sterling complied and weat
outside. Moore was able to pull himself out of my grasp and fell on his left
side into the matfress in the living room. He th- he ttren began kicking me as I
attempted to place his right arm in a control tro|dJ
sprawled into - sprawled
onto iis hip io an attempt to prevent him from further kicking me and again -
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and gained control of his right arm by placing it in a rear wrist lock. Moore
rolled onto his stomach with this left arm under his body, preventing us from
controlling that arm. Offrcer (Brown) requested code three cover, and several
o&er BPD units responded to assist. Moore continued to violently resist bytyihg to buck m- off- buck me offhim, kicking me and.trying to prrll his_
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right arm away from me. Aftef struggling for several minutes, we were able
tsgain controi of Moore's left arm and placed him in handcuffs' Due to his
size, we secured his arms behind his back witirtwo sets of handcuffs. After
being secr.ued inhandcuffs, Moore continuedto sffeam andqlick'_So other
BPDoffrcors used the ankle strap of a wrap device, wrap, W-R-A'P, wrap
device to secule his ankles. Moore continued resisting for a short period of
time before appearing to calm down. Once he cakned, we rollsd him onto his
side, and Offrcer (Broyrn) confirrned that he was breathing and had a pulse.
However, after approximately one minutes, Officer (Brown) reportedthat
Moore was no longer breathing and no longerhad apulse.We immediately
removed him fronr handcuffs and began CPR. I started compressions until
being relieved by Berkeley Fire Departnent para:nedics. I escoled Berkeley
Firebepartnentparamedics as theytansported IVloore to Alta Base Hospital.
I stood Ly at alta Base Hospital until being relieved by OfEcer Frankel, badge
26; Frankel spelled F-R-A-N-K-E-L." Andthat's the complete re-
supplemental report?
Yes.
Okay. All righr Could you describe for me the general description of the
area in which this insident occurred?
Um - okay. 2216 Allston Way is a - it's a apaftment building called the Gaia
apartnent building. It's a very large, multiunit, multiple floors over five floor
apartlent complex. Um - the - the floors are laid out in a - kind of a
rectangular fashion, overlooking a courfyard. Um, the incident took place in
apardent 5I4, which is ori the fifth floor of tlte aparfrnent complex. Uh,
again, front door faces outto a exterior walkway, ufu,.wittr a railing that
oierlookq the, u[ the courtyard. Uh, the interior of the apartnent, from what
I saw, I - I only saw the living room of it. It - it was a - it's'a hallway that
leads down to a small kitchen and small living room. From what I remember,
there was a mathess on the floor against - I mean, you're going in, the wall to
the right, um, and I don't remerirbertoo much else about the interior.
Okay. Uh, do you remember if it - remember if it was a studio or a one-
bedrlom or anything?
I believe it was a one bedroom. At least one bedroom'
okay.,About how far in did you go into the unit? when this - this occurred?
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02-14-1314:.30 pm
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272 A: The hallway's approximately,Iwould estimate, ma)&e ten feet long, um, that
273 opens into the living room where the maftress is. Um, I went in - into the
274 hallway, and, um, as far as - as the bed, so the middle of the living room is
275 where I was.
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277 Q: About as far as You went in?
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279 A: Yes.
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282 onto?
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284 A: Yes.
285286 Q: That's the bed that he.fell onto?
iil A: Yes. I- Ithtukthere'saframeoranything. Ithinkit'sjustamattressonthe
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Zgi A: Uh, Sterling was sitting on that mattress when we were - when we went in.
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296haveto knock?
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2gB A: When we got there, it was closed. Um - the reporting party, Hayes, unlocked
the door andopened thefrontdoor-
Q: So Hayes unlocked the door and opened it foryou?
A: Yes. He had his own key to the door, unlocked it'
Q: And when the door opened, what did you see?
A7 A: Um - nothing at first, he opened the door, and thqn, uh, Offrcer (Brown) called
out to Mr. Moore, the other involved party.
Q: What'd she eall him? Do you recall?
A: I believe she called him by his first name, (xavier).
4 Q: (Xavier)?
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315 A: Yes.
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318 Q:Okay. SoOfficer(Brown)calledhim. Sowhat-whatoccurredthereafter-
319 when that - after she called him?
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321 A: Officer - Offrcer (Brown) called out to Mr. Moore, and Mr. Moore came to
322 thefrontdoor'
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324 Q: Okay. Um, did Officer (Brown) explain what the pwpose of the police were
325 there for?
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327 A: I believe so. She initiated conversation with Mr. Moore. I was - maybe six
328 feet away between the doorway and Hayes, the reporting party, standing as a
329 reporting party.
330331 Q: Okay. Were you able to understand and hear what Officer @rown) was
332 telling Mr. Moore?
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334 A: A little bit. She was - speakin' rather quietly, I mean, it's a huge apartment
335 complex, we't'e not tryin'1o have everyotre hear, but - I could hear some of - of
336 what - whatthey were talkin' about
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338 Q: To the best of your recollection, and the - underqtanding you were - a- away,
33g and she was whispering, my - anything you can recil.ll as to what she was
340 asking Mr. Moore ortelling Mr. Moore?
341J42 A: I believe I remember her asking Mr. Moorb about rvhat the issue was with the
343 roommate, who lived in there, things like that
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345 Q: Okay. um - and tlren, uh - and then what happened after that?
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347 A: Um - so after that, they were both IDed at - identified at one point...
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349 Q: OkaY.
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351 A: ..,um - and the information was passed to, uh, Officer Smith, who began
352 conducting record checks. Uh'..
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354 Q: When you say record checkq, he's using his radio?
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358 Q: Afld he's use- he's doing what with his radio?
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He's, uh, providing the identifying information of both parties to our records
bureau, uh, to provide - to do, uh - corpus and NCIC checks.
So he's doin' - NCIC meanin'he's doin'warrant checks...
Warrant checks, probation status...
...based on first name, last name, birth dates, et cetera...
Yes. Yes.
...as standard radio procedure.
Yes. Got it. Okay. And then what did he find out?
Um - at one point during this contac! I guess, utu it was determined that
Hayes had a active warrant. Um - Ofificer (Gwen), utr, tasked, uh, Officer
Smith with confirmiag that warrant and then. tansporting her from the scene.
So Officer Smithtook custody of Hayes, uh, and escorted him away from the
aparhnen! and downstairs to his paEol vehicle.
Got it. And at this point, you and OfEcer (Brown) are still outside.
Yes.
Got it. And - whileyou and
Offrcer(Brovm) are outsidg from what I
understand, Officer Smith left with Hayes...
Yes.
...to take him to jail for his aclive waffant.
Yes.
Okay. Do you know - do you remember - do you know whaf the wanant was
for?
I was, um - I was on channel one, monitoring regular radio. traffic, so I don't
know what the warrant was for.
Okay. So. Ml. Hayes and Officer Smith is now gone'
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And the only remaining offrcers on the landing is yoU and OfEcer (Brown),
correct?
Yes,
Okay, So what happened thereafter?
So once - uh, once Hayes was moved from the scene, um, Offrcer (Brown)
asked, uh, I\ft. Moore if he could step outside a little fiuther and talk to us just
outside ttre apartment, um, just outside the doorway
Mm-hm.
So Offrcer, uh - IVI1. - Mr. Moore agreed and came outside and was sbnding
on the lauding with us. Uh, at that point, uh, Offlcer (Brown), uh, infrcrmed,uh, IvIr. Moore that he also had a warrant and that he was gonna be a .
detained or.arrested for that warrant. Um - iW. Moore became - pretty upset.
It was - just - was yellin', "No," things like, '1rlo," and things like, "I need to
call the FBI," rnd.irrst makin' statem.€xfs like that. um - officer (Brovun) yras
tryin' to - tryin, to latt him down verbally, just get him to calm_down He - he
wasn't - he wasn't listening, he wasn't caiming, he wasn't iistening to her
verbal commands or anything So at that point, she signaled me to - to - try
and detain him in handcuffs, go hands-on with him.
Okay. Can I intemrpt?
Um - so when, uh, Offrcer @rown) told you that, um - she verbally told you
that Mr. Moore had a warrant?
I mean, she told Mr. Moore in my presence that he had a warrant
Okay. Do you know how she foturd out about the warrant?
No.
Okay. And - you said to the best of your fecollectior, when Mr. Moore found
outthat he had a warrant, he became upset, conect?
Yes.
Okay. And you said just a seconds ago that, um - that Mr. Moore was saying
tirat he needed to call the FBI.
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451 A:He was - throughout the oontact, he was referencing the FBI, whether it be he
452 needs to call them or - being followed by the FBI'
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455 was he showing the behavior of an upset person? Was he screaming, was he'..
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457 A: Yes.
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459 Q: .flaring his arms, (unintelligible)?
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461 A: He - he started to elevate his voice towards us. I wouldnt say at the timete's
462 screaming, but he's - definitely starting to get - more and more upsel Voice is
463 getting higher...464qis Q: okuy
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467 A: ...getting louder, uh, waving his arms around in a-..
468'59 e: Okay. So, uh, at - one - and at one point, Officer (Brown) asked you to do
what, take ahold of him?
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472 A: Yes.
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474 Q: Or -canYou describe that?
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476 A: It - it was all aonverbal between Officer (Brown) and I, she - when it became
477 clear that Mr. Moore was not goin'to - calm down and comply with het verbal
478 commands, she - looked at me, nodded towards - towards Mr. Moore, just -
479 looked at me like this and - indicated like that'
480
481 Q: OkaY.
1il:, A: That the - dirqcted the head - 'cause the head shake towards Mr. Moore.
484
4g5 e: Okay sg you wero - you basically showed that she basically - got your
4t6 a6ention, she, uh - sh- nod her head, and swaying it, in a fashion, telling you,
487 ''lJh, we have to," in your interpretation was, "we have to handcuffthis
488 person."
489
49712 e: Okay. And you knew what exactly what she was referrin'to, and so you
moved in?
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Yes.
okay, And what did you - what did you - when - when you said-she
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*oriaot comply wittrher command;, what do you mean by her commands?
To calm down? Or - what corlmands?
Yeah, she was - she was - well, she was tellin' him he needed him to - well,
she was askin'him to calm down, but she was also telling him, "Hey, Mr'
Moore, you need to - you need to come with us. You - you're g-orna come
with us.- We're gonn4" basically, t'You're gotrna come with us.u And, uh -
Mr. Moore's responseto that was, "No, no, no."
so when officer (Brown) was tellin'Mr. Moore, "You',re gonna come with
us,'t des. that mean he's gonna have to go to jail?
Yes.
Is whatshe was telling Mr. Moore?
Yes.
Okay. And to your recollection, IvIr. Moore understood what you guys were
saying?
Otr, yes.
There was no question that that's what Offioer (Brown) was ffyin'to, uh; tell
Mr. Moore, which was, "You have to go to jail on your warrant.'r Is that
correct?
Yes.
All right, I'm sorry I intemrpted. So you moved in and you took a hold of him
a certain waY.
I - I grabbed - so I used both my hands, and I grabbed hdt. M9or9's right - uh,
,o, *ittut time - grabbed his left wrist, uh, I got atwo-handed gnp on his left
wrist. Um - I believe at the same time Offrcer @rown) moved in as well and
engaged the other side of his body. As soon as I made contact with Mr.
M;;, he just started screaming, um - he was pulling away as hard as he
could, tying to flail his a:ms, and then he - started backing up and nrnning
i*t" tL apuiment. Uh - I was able to maintain my grip for a while, he just - I
couldnt iop him, he was so big. Just kept pulling u1 back into the apattment,
we're still trotdng on. We - he pulls us through that hallway, and w- we'te
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539 coming towards the bed in the living room. At that time, I see Mr. Sterling
540 sitting on the bed. Mr. Sterling immediately jurups 1q), runs to the other side
541 of the room, uh, we come crashin'through, Mr. Moore breaks free of my grip,
542 falls onto the bed, um, and just starts kicking at me.s43
5M Q: Kicking.
545
546 A: Yes, withhis feet.
547
Q: Can I intemrpt? So, uh - to your recollection, uh, what is Mr. Uh, Moore's, uh,
549 gender?
A: Llh - IVIr. Moore is a - is a male.
552
Q:Ivftn-hm.
554
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A: But - I believe he's a - transgender male? Or...
Q: Okay. Um - howtall was he?
A: Maybe five nine, flve ten?
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Q: Okay. How much you thirk he weighs?
A: Uh, approximately 350 pounds.
Q: Okay. So he's a large man.
A: Yes.
Q: Okay what made you, uh, believe that he was transgender? What physical
appearances?
A: Uh, extemely highgitched voice, um - and - just - I guess ttre - the - the facial
features are starting - or - look - somewhat feminine, too, and the clothing he
wmt weadng urus a - was a skirt with a - like awrap-around slart and - and
kind of a tube-top upper top clothing
Q: Did he have any type of women, uh, uh,. women's.make-up on?
A: No, he had tong hair, and...
Q: Long hair? How long?
, A: I - I believe a little past the shoulders. Uh, not too clear on that.
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Interviewer: Sgt. Hong
02-14'1tl-430Prl.c"tu
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584
585 Q: Do you recall what the top and then the skirt looked like? To what was the -
5g6what it was - what it looked - what was the description of his - top and the
587 skirt?
588
589 A: So the cop, again, is like a - a - light:colored, realty thin material 'uh - almost r
5g0 like a - a l- not a lace material, but a reaily, really thinmaterial, tube top that
Sgt kinda went, uh, 6 little above the belly button to the upper chest. I-Ih, ald the
5gZ skirt was, uh, almost the same material, wrap-around skirt.
5g3
594 Q: Okay.
s9s596 A: That was...
597
598 Q: Was there a certain color or pattern to it?599
600 A: I don't remember apattern, but - I - I justrememberitwas alightereolor,
601 maybe like a beige or - color, something like that'
602
603 Q; Right. How - how tall are You?-t4
A: I'm, uh, approximately six three.
606
607 Q: OkaY. How much do You weigh?
608
609 A: Two hundred and thirry pounds'510
6l I e: So you are, um - so, you know, so you're now on the bed, and he's starting to
6LZ kick.
613
61,4 A: Yes.
615
616 Q: That's where we left off.
617
618 A: Yes.
619
620e:
Now up to that point, would you k- would you describe IVh. Moore as a strong
627 person?
622
623 A: Yes.
624
625 e: Okay. Would you believe that he was, uh, overpowering you and Officer
626 (Brown)?
A: Yes. :'
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Interviewer: Sgt. Hong
02-14-l3l431pmCase # 201 3-085 I 0
Page'15
Uh, so he's now Iaid down on this, uh, makeshift matkess that we described?
Yes.
Is he on his stomach or on his back?
He's facing the wall, so he's on his left side.
Okay.
At - at the - initially, when he fust fell dovun.
And you said he was kicking at you.
Yes.
Um -,a11right, so go ahead and continue.t
So - at that point, now that he's down, um, to prevent him from kicking me,
uh, I sprawl on top of his hips. So - by sprawl, I - I put t]re - my entire upper
torso on his hips, and that ailows me to kinda control his legs and his hip to
keep him frorn, you know, thrashing too mu.ch and kicking me in the chest and
legs anymore. Um., once I'm in thatposition, I kinda have a good reach to his
right arm,'cause it's right in front of me, so I'm able to grab his dght arm,
forceit behind him, and I - I'm able to - to get into a rear wist 1ock. So now
I've got contol of liis right arin. Um - at some point, he - he r- he rolled onto
his stomach, and his left arm is.underneath hinl um, and he's not - he's not
givin'it up. So Officer (Brown) can't access that arm. Both my arms are tied
up, I can[ help her at all as far as hyin'to restrain the other arm. Uh, Offrcer
@rown) calls for acover, I believe code three cover, and after several
minutes, uh, several other Berkeley police units anive to assist.
Okay. Do yourecall, um: so fou and Officer (Brown) are the ones inside?
Yes.
Uh, actually, almost immediately, once he popped up, urn, Officer (Brown)
directed Sterling to - to go outside.
He complied?
Yeah,'he complied.
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. 02-14'13/4:30pm
, Case#'O'"rTil8
674
675 e: Okay. Um - you and Officer (Brown) are inside, and who are the other
676officers that came in, um - um - to assist you? Do you recall?
677
678 A: Um - the very first one to come in, I believe, was officer Smith, and tlen after
679 that, I remember Officer Mathis, Gardner, and Castimiler, Um " I - [ don't
680 remember anYone else.
681
6g2 e: Okay. So you remember inside the apartment with you and Officer (Brown)
6g3 is Officer (Brandon) Smith, S-M-I-T-H; Offi.cer (Brian) Mathis, M-A'T'H-I-
6g4 S; Officer Tim Gardner, G-A-R-D-N-E-R; anil Officer Castimiler, C-A-S-T-I-
685 M'I-L-E-R, Castimiler, conect?
lli A: Yes.
688d89 e: Ard those are the, uh, four additional officers you recall being inside the
690 aparfnent, uh, with you and Officer @rowni as you guys were, uh, f,ghting
69l. with, uh, as you g;uys were struggling with off - urn, Mr. Moore, correct?
692
693 A: Yes.-94
e: So how did you guys eventually take control of him, if - if you did so?
696
i;? A: Um, we were able to - orce we got control of his arms, we used two sets of
69g handcuffs to handcuff his arms behind his back, At one poinl, due to his
699 kicking,uh, the - the wrap was deployed, but only the ankle shap was used.
700
7uQ:okay.Soyou.weresuccessfulinhandcuffrnghirn.742
703 A: Yes.
7047.A5 Q: Ald You guYs used two sets'
706707 A: Two sets behind the back,
708
709 Q: WhY?
710
7ll A: Uh, due to his large size, we didn't wanna - you know, one set would not have
712 been aviable oPtion.
1i:- Q: so the handcuffs are completely, uh, on him"'
715
7t6 A: Yes.
Q: -..and now you are trying to restrain his legs'
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7tg720 A: Yes.
721
722 Q: And with the, uh ankle strap parse- portion of the wrap device, correct?
7.23
724 A: Yes.
72s
726 Q: Were you guys able to, uh, secure and r- restrain his legs?
727
728 A: I believe it - it was actually deployed to hirn
729
730 Q: Other than being deployed, it was - he - he.,.
731
732 A: I mean, it was - used on him.
733734 Q: ...wrapped it - used on him. Okay. And so now I - is he still kicking - evgn
735 though he's handcuffed, even though his, uh, legs hre now - ankles are - are
73i6 tied together with the shap, is he still physically resisting?
737
738 A: Yeah, once - once he was secrued, he - he still struggled. He was screaming-39 aud kieking briefly, um, and before - at least to me, it appeared he - he
,40 decided to - or he calmed down a little he stopped strui;gling so much. He
741 siopped struggling. LIh...
742743
744 Q:Okay.
745
746 A: ..timewise - I really can't say how long it continued after - uh, it wasn't very
747 long, but - he did continue afrer being secured.
748749 Q: To the best of your recollection, from the time that when you and Offtcer
750 (Brown) went hands-on meaning you - you took physical hold of Mr. Moore
751 to the time that he was trow restrained in handcuffs, with - his ankles
753 minutes it was during that duration?
754755 A: Oh, gosh. Maybe - I'd say anywhere between three to five minutes.
7s6757 Ql Okay. So he's calmed down. Conect?
758
759 A: Yes.
760
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Interviewer:' Sgt' Hong
02-14"1314:30 Pm
Case# 2013-08510
Page 18
763 A: Once he's calmed do11n,. um, he's no longel kigking at us, we rolled him onto
764 his side. Um - we rolled him onto his - left side'
765766 Q: OkaY. And whY did You do that?
767
768 A: Uh, to prevent oxygen asphSxiation'
769
770 Q: okay. It's part of the training that youreceived?
7Vl
772 A: Yes.
773
774 e: Okay. And while he's on his left side, he's, uh - is he still calm now at this
775 point?
776
777 A: Yes, at this point he's - he's - he's - not responding to questions, but, um - ITTg remember Office. (Brown) reporting that he was - did occur breathing, and
77g chest was moving with breath, and he did have a - a- catotid pulse.
780
7g l e: Olcay. Did you at ary time during the struggle, the tlueg-to-five-minute
7gZ rnuggfe yoohud with iVIr., uh, Moore, did you at all strike him in anyway?
'83
A: No'
785'186 Q: Open hand, close&hand, no strikes?
787
788 A: No.789
7g0 Q: Did You kick him in anY waY?
791
792 A: No,
793
7g4 Q: Did You use Your, uh, OC sPraY?
795
796 A: No.
797
798 Q: Did You use Your baton?
799
800 A: No,
801g02 e: Did you - did you use any other, uh, um, item on your duty belt that is, uh,
803 hard to strike him with?
804
805 A: No.
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Did you use the firearm in any way to, uh, his Mr' Moore?
No.
Did you see if Officer (Brandon) Smittr used any ffie of strikes or kicks?
As far as I saw, no
Did you see Officeq uh, Smith use LC?
No.
Did you see hirn use a baton?
No.
Did you see if officer Smith ever used any type of blunt object?
No.
uh, from officer Mathis. Did you see if he used any strikes or kicks?
No.
Any OCs?
No.
Any baton use?
No,
Any other blunt objects?
No.
And I'11 go back, and you did not see officer smith nor Mathis use their
firearm in anY waY?
Correct.
Theiriduty Pistol?
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Ifierviewer: Sgt- Hong
02-14-13/4:30 Pm
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854 A: Conecl
855i* e: Uh, for Officer Gardner, did you see him you- d- deploying any strikes or
857 kicks?
859 A: No'
850
861 Q: AnY OCs?
862863 A: No
864865 Q: AnY baton use?
866
567 A: No'
868
S(ig Q: AnY other bluntobject?
870
871 A: No'
872'73 Q: AnY fireann use?
d74
875 A: Not
g77 e: Um - second to last, Castimiler, Offrcer Castimiler, did you see any strikes or
878 kicks?879880 A: N9.
881
882 Q: AnY OC use?
883
884 A: No'
885
886 Q: Baton?
887
888 A: No'
889890 Q: Uh, blunt object?
891
8g2 A: No'
893
894 Q: AnY firearm ?
895
)6 A: No'.
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Interviewer: Sgt. Hong
' 02'14'1114:10 Pm
Case #.2013'08510
Page ll
And lastly, for Officer, uh, (Browu), aia you use - see her deploy any stikes
or kicks?
Any OC?
No.
Baton?
No.
Any other blunt objects?
No.
An{ uh, her firearm?
No.
Okay. Was the struggle primarily - one last'- on the bed itself not on the
ground?
It was ahnost entiretY on the bed,
On the bed. And at one point - at - at what point was he l- where was he laid
on his side? On ttre bed or on the ground?
On his side, he was, uh, still on the - on the mattress
Okay. Oh, so you kept lrim on the mathess the entire tiriie.
Yes. Yes.
Now, uh, we left offwhere, um - which offrcer ohecked to see he was still
breathing and he had a pulse and he was fine?
I-Ih, Offrcer (Brown).
So - I'd say maybe - maybe about a minute after - after we rolled him onto his
side, um - offiser (Brown) reporiinq tlrat sh9 didn't think{e.
was breathing
any more, and she could no longer feel a pulse at the carotid.
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943
944. Q: And she verbalized this to everybody?
945946 A: Yes.
947
948' Man: After about a minute? Is ttrat what you said?
949
950 A: Yes
951.g,, Q: That's - um - afterabout aminute from whatpoint?
9s3gS4 A: From rolling, uh, NIr. (Brown) - I'm sorry. After - a minute after rolling Mr.
955 Moore onto his side.
956
958
959 Q: Okay. A minute uft*l - after rolling him onto his side,
960
961 A: Yes.
96253 Q: Correct, Okay...
t64965 Man: That's what he said.
966967 Q: So thdn, uh, now that Officer (Brown), o- annoutrced to everybody that, uh,
968 Mr. Moore'was not - Mr. Moore was not brealhing and had no pulse, what did959 you do? What did the officers do? Iriciuding yourself)
970g7l A: Uh,weimmediatelyremovedhimfromhandcuffs. Uh-movedhimtohis
972 back and onto, uh, the floor so we could - start CPR, I believe - I believe
g73 Officer Gw- uh, (Brown) is the one who - uh - cleared his airway or checked
g74 his airway, and then, uh, I began compressions.
975
976 Q: Okay. And you began compressions-
977
978 A: Yes.
7g
80 Q: Do you remember who, uh, released the handcuffs?
981
982 A,: {.}h, no,I don't.
Vl^i Q: okav' Do vou'was the legs still restrained?
',6 A: I don't know.
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988 Q: Okay. So, uh, Officer (Brown) is doing the, uh, airway, and you are doing the
989 compressions
990
991 A: Yes.992
991 Q: Do you recall who requested, um - it - was there at aily point before this or up
994 until now that the pararnedics were summoned?
995
996 A; I doh't know.
997
998 Q: You don't know? Okay. Do you know - or do you recall hearing who - do
999 you recall anybody requesting paramedics at this point?
A: Uh, yeah, I dont remember who was, but I remember hearing the request over
the radio for - for fire department.
Q: Okay. And (unintelligible) do you recall the, uh, why the request was made
over the - do you reimember the words used by the...
A: I don't.
n08
9 Q: Got it. But you,.uh - but you - you recognized it was radio taffic regarding
the request for, uh...
A: Yes.
Q: ..,, uh, Berkeley Fire Department paramedics.
A: Yes.
Q: Okay. About how long do you estimate you wore doing chest compressions
before the paramedics anived?
A: A few minutes, um - I - best guess , again,another maybe - another maybe
three to five minutes...
Q: Okay.
A: ...of compressions.
Q: Now the fire, arnbulance - paramedics arrived,..
A: Yeq,
/ Q: ..and did they take over?fiz
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A: Yes.
Q: All right. And - was, uh - and then was Mr. Moore, uh, taken by the
Paramcdics?
A: Yes.
Q: Okay. So he was loaded up in to standard, uh, gumey, and they wheeled him
. away and took him a- took him down, et ceter4 and took him to the hospital?
.A.: Yes. Yes.
Q:Okay. Were you still present when they, uh - when Mr. Moore was taken by
the Pararnedics?
A: Yes.
I Q: Okay. After the paramedics Ieft, qm - scratch that. Um - at this point were
there any superisors on scene?
)J
A: Yes.
Q: Who's on scene?
A: Sergeant Phillips - and Sergeant (Cardoza).
e: Do you remember - do you know, uh, at what point Sergeant Phillips and
Sergeant (Cardoza) arrived?
A: I don't recall.
Q: Don't recall? Okay. Now, uh - what oceuned, uh to the best of your '
recollection after Mr. Phillip - I\ilr. Moore was taken and qnly the ofEcers
remained in the - what occuned - generally, what occuned afterthat?
A:Um - ['m not sure, I got tasked with escorting the ambulance to the hospital,
So...
Q: Got it.
A: ...I - I traveled down the ambulance to Alta Base.
6 Q: So you,- you, uh, followed ttre ambulance'
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1080 Q: In Your Pafrol vehicle.1081
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1083
1084 Q: To AltaBase?
1085
1086 A: Yes.
la871088 Q: Um - and they - and then Mr. Moore was taken to the emergency room?
1089
1090 A: Yes-
1091 ',
l0g2 e: Okay. Do recall, um, uh, uh, if - okay- And then after that, you stayed at the
1093 hosPital.
10941095 A: Until relieved, Yes.
1096
1097 Q: Until relieved. Who relieved you?
)98
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1101 Q: Do you recall what - tlretime that you were relieved?
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1103 A: LIh,uh,appmximately0130hours. Alittleafter0130.1 104
1105 Q: okay. And thereafter, ybujust refilrned to the station?
1 I06fiA7 A: Yes.
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I 109 Mau: Now can you describe what the - bed was like when you guys fell onto it first?
1 110 Like - what - what - uh, was a frame to it, I think you said there wasn't - was -
1111 how far it was offthe gror-rnd?
|tt211 13 A: Um - best of my recollection, I - I don't believe there waS a frame, and I think
1l 14the - the mattress was sitting on the floor.
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i116 Man: Okay. Wasaboxspring? Or...
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1118 A: I-Idon'tthirtk.--
1119'lZA Man: ...itls stood - (unintelligible) close to the ground, or " (unintelligible)?
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Yeah, um - okay, and then you moved him sffto - for when - when you
removed the handcuffs, you put him on his back, andyou
removedhim offthe
bed to the hard floor, to the carpeted floor when you guys started
compressions? That...
Yes.
..,okay. Um - and then separately,I donl know if you already answered this,
you don't need to reanswer it. Um . have youhad aprevious contact with Mr.
Moore?
I can remembef one previous contact, um, a while ago. Uh, it was a welfare
check. Um - at a different address. And, agair,I was a cover officer, so Idon't remember too much, but I remember it was a - another welfare check, a
5150 eval. Evaluation.
Do youremember if he was transported?
Uh - he was not transported at that time.
What about the, uh, other two parties, either of them, either Mr. Sterling or,
uh, IvIr. ulu (tlayes)? Have you ha.d contact with them previously?
I don't - remember any previous contacts withthem-
Okay. Thankyou.
Um - actually, I have a quick question. Do you know why inde,pendent, uh,
why based on radio taftlc, based on what officers told you wheii you guys
firsl arrived, why you were sum.moned there in the first place?
To the address?
Yeah, to the address.
Yeah, we went there - initially, it was a - a - the initial call notes were likb a
roommate distprbance, in the notes, uh, the roomrnate was - saying his' uh, Iguess he got into an altercation . the reporting parfy repOrted he got into an
iltercation with his roommate, who was schizopluenic and off medioations.
AII righr And, um - are you, um - are you 11 5 50 qualified or DRE?
No.
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I168 Q: Okay. Um, do you recognize based on your training experience when a
1169 person is under the influence of some type ofnarcotic substance?
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1171. A: Yes.1172
1173 Q: Okay. lVould ycu describe Mr., uh, Moore as being under the influence of.
ll74 some type of narcotis substance?
1175
1176 A: Appeared to be, yes.
l1771178 Q: Appeared to be, okay. Um - would you describe Mr. Moore as having, um -
l79 being - having - drunk in any way, like the general object of symptoms of180 somebody under the influence of alcohol?
181
lI82 A:LIh - I didnt notice the objective - objective symptoms of alcohol, but I wasn't
183 really very close, paying super-close attention in the initial coutact.
I 85 ' Q: Okay, Do you recall inside the apartment in plain view if you sa1ry any kind ofcontraband, illegal - legal items in the aparfuient?
188 A: I don't.
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Q: Okay.
Man: Were you advised at any point by any parties who were on careen whether
there were weapons, uh, in the presence?
A: Not that I can recall.
Man: Okay.
Q3: Did, uh - (Harry) Stern with a couple of questions. At any point did Mr.
Mobre express, uh, the fact that he was having touble breathing or needed
medical assistance?
A: No.
Q3: And is it fair to say fhat during the course of the struggle, up unto a certainpoint, he was jelling or speaking or making noises?
A: He was screaming. Loudly.
Q3: Okay, And - can you pinpoint a place in time where that stopped, if itI stopped?
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Um - it - it stopped when - he stopped screamingat the same time he stopped
kicking and shuggling
And where - where was he placed - where was he physically at that point?
Was he on his side, on his stomach...
At that poiat, he was still prone on his stomach-
Okay. And did he continue - verbali"ing at all once he was rolled onto his
side in a position of recovery?
No.
Let me check something out. Was he put on his side - in response to
anything? 'Or as just part of the standard practice of how you haindle suspects?
It's - preffy standard..It's
- once they're not combative; put 'ern on their side.
At any point in time did you observe anyone placing their body weight on Mr.
Moore's upperbody.
Uppq, body...
..while he was in prone Position?
Not on the upper bodY.
Dicl it appear to you at least from your vantago point that based-on his position
and *he; the - officers were that Ivtr. Moore would be able to breathe?
I'm sorry, carr You repeat thet?
sure. From your vantage point, where you - where you were, uh, during this
struggle, *otd you - form-an opinion about whether or not Mr. Moore could
breathe, uh, ryhen he was in the prone position?
He- he appeared able to breathe'
Okay,
And the fact that he was yellin' at us - kinda indicated to me that he was still
breathing.
Which direction was his head facing?'Was
it tilted one way or the other or
straight ahead?
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1Z5g A: If I remember correctly, when he was prone, his face was tilted to his right.
16t Q3: At any point, did anybody put a.ny pressue on his neck or on his head?
A: No'
Q3: I don'thave any other questions,
Q2: Yeah, you - you were talking about, um - what Mr. Moore was saying_
verbally around the time that Offlrcer @rown) informed hi{n that he had a
*urrani, and he started getting more angry. What was he doing physically
around that time?
A: He was - he seemed real antsy, kinda fidgety, he was - he couldn't stand still,wils - was - kinda rockin'back and for*r and stuff, movin'his arms around,
and - and lookin'all over. His...
e3: was he sweating?
'8 A: I don't remember.
Q2: That's it for me.
.Q3: Big(John)? Aoythingelseyouwarnaadd?
A: No.
e: Thinkin'. Give me a - give me a second., uh - uh, you had a chance to speak
with Mr. Hayes, the reporting party, corrbct?
A: I - I didnt sPeak to him.
e: Oh, you didn't speak to him at all. No conversation took place,
A: No.
e: Okay. Got it. Did you - did you question him in any way as to, uh, why he
called or whatwas Mr. Moore's, uh, conditionwas et cetera, et cetera?
(Unintelligible)?
A: No. When he walked up, I just directed him to Officer (Brown), 'cause she's
the handling officer'
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Q: Got it.'so you had no conversation with Mr. Hayes.
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A: No.
e: Okay. All right, Um, concludes the interview with Officer Kenneth Tu, T-U,
1615 hours,.that's 4:15 pm, Wednesday, February 13.
This transcript has been reviewod with the audio recording submitted and it is an accurate
tanscriPtion.
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