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>> in this particular case then, did you ask to be present during the time that the recording was to be played for the family? >> i offered to be present, yes, sir. >> and that was accepted? >> no, sir. >> were you excluded from the room? >> yes, sir. >> nothing further, your honor. >> thank you. cross? >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> the mayor made a decision not to have you in there; is that correct? >> i believe i asked the city manager if he wanted me nobody the room and they declined. >> the city manager was your boss? >> that's correct. >> so is the mayor, i'm assung, too, ...

And i want to focus you at this point, simply were you aware that that decision had been made, that the tape was going to be played for the martin family? >> my recommendation was that the 911 -- >> i want to be careful a little bit, that's why i focused the question. i don't want to spend a lot of time dealing with the decision to play the tape. i want to focus once that decision was made and we'll talk about from that point forward. so you were aware, were you not, that a decision would be made that the tape would be released to be played to the martin family; is that correct? >> yes. >> onc...

That time, too? >> i can't remember if it was all in the 911 call or just that last 911 call, but i do remember that i took control of the mouse or the clicker or whatever it was that they had and i was able to rewind that same tape over and over again. >> did you want to, i guess, hear your son's voice over and over just to -- at that point did you get any comfort i guess is what i'm trying to ask? >> object again, same objection as before. overruled. >> may i have the question read back for argument? >> i'll be glad to rephrase the question. >> thank you. >> you were playing that recording...

You were still dealing with this, his death? >> yes. >> now, this was back -- god, it was sometime in march. it was later it, it wasn't like days later you were dealing with his death? >> did you write down one, two, three, four five or are you estimated you played it 20 times? >> i'm estimating i played it 20 times. >> and you played it over and over. were you trying to deal with it? >> it's not so much i was trying to deal with it. i was trying to official out the night of federal budget 26, 2012, why did this defendant get out of his vehicle and chase my son. >> and you weren't there when i...

It was with the city manager. >> and the recording itself was played in the mayor's office, correct? >> yes, that's correct. >> i apologize. did you finish answering? >> i did. >> and you were not present in the mayor's office? >> i was not in the mayor's office. >> you were in the same build bug not in the mayor's office when that was played? >> that is correct. >> and you were asked about the lineup. you're talking about you don't want to have it suggestive, you don't want to have -- normally a lineup includes six photographs and have you a person look at the lineup and then identify if they...