They are, left, to right, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss, and Richard Murphy. The jury in the Amadou Diallo murder trial is deliberating the fate of four New York City police officers accused of deliberately gunning down the unarmed West African immigrant.
Defense wraps up closing arguments.
After three hours of jury instructions from New York State Supreme Court Judge Joseph Teresi, the panel began deliberations early this afternoon. The basic issue you have to determine, the only issue for your determination, is whether the people have proved any defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The police were in his Bronx neighborhood looking for a rape suspect when they encountered Diallo. They say they thought he had a gun. In his instructions, Teresi told jurors New York state law gives police the authority to question individuals on a street and to ask what they are doing in the area.