THE JAMES BOYD PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW IN ITS 5TH DAY … AND LOOKS LIKE IT COULD CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. IT’LL DETERMINE IF FORMER APD COP KEITH SANDY AND OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ WILL BE TRIED FOR BOYD’S DEATH ON SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
ON THURSDAY, POLICE TRAINING EXPERT RONALD MCCARTHY TESTIFIED FOR THE DEFENSE THAT THE OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED WHEN THEY FIRED ON BOYD DURING A STANDOFF WITH THE HOMELESS CAMPER IN THE FOOTHILLS IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. MCCARTHY TOLD THE COURT BOYD WAS NOT SURRENDERING, AND IT WAS THE OFFICERS’ DUTY TO CARRY OUT THEIR TRAINING.
