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Paul Shockley:
"“Mr. Lawyer wanted to answer the questions of the prosecution or the jury,” Fenster said, turning over his client for cross examination after only five questions.
Hautzinger’s cross examination is expected to continue this morning. The jury is expected to get the case today.
Lawyer testified Monday he and Firko, “didn’t hit it off real well.” Lawyer said he was taken aback by his superior’s “aggressive” approach to the job.
“I guess they do things differently in the metro area than we do here ... I guess that’s the best way to put it,” Lawyer told the jury.
Lawyer testified that Firko had been recently promoted and was transferred by the State Patrol from Denver and assigned to work with Lawyer, a probationary employee, before the shooting on July 20, 2010.
Firko had been assigned as Lawyer’s field training officer at the time of the incident, according to testimony.
Lawyer had been recently re-hired by the State Patrol following three years of self-employment, preceded by nine years with State Patrol in Grand Junction, and before that, three years with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department.
While subordinate to Firko, Lawyer had more law enforcement experience than the man responsible for his re-training, Hautzinger noted.
Lawyer testified he and Firko were “working together to break down the door,” after Kemp had briefly struggled with Firko. Kemp slammed the door in their faces, telling them to get a warrant....."
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