Posted on 04/02/2026 7:51:19 AM PDT by Twotone
An explosive verdict was reached Wednesday night in the slaying of hero NYPD cop Jonathan Diller — with the jury acquitting the shooter of the top charge of first-degree murder and settling on manslaughter.
Guy Rivera, 36, who fatally shot the officer and married dad outside a cell-phone store in Queens two years ago, was convicted on all of the lesser charges, including aggravated manslaughter, attempted murder of Diller’s partner and weapons raps.
Rivera killed Diller in Far Rockaway on March 25, 2024, in a caught-on-video scuffle with New York’s Finest.
Cops were investigating a suspicious vehicle when Rivera shot Diller and had a gun pointed at a police sergeant’s chest when another officer at the scene shot and wounded the goon, authorities said — with the drama captured on heart-stopping bodycam footage.
Rivera, who was a passenger in the parked Kia Soul, was arrested at the scene along with driver Lindy Jones, while Diller was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Jones is awaiting trial on felony gun possession charges.
As the deliberations began Wednesday, Rivera’s mother sat in the front row of the courtroom just 6 feet from her son — and sobbed when bodycam footage of the fatal shooting was played after the jury requested a second look.
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Somebody needs a lesson in first degree murder...
He intentionally shot him... That’s a pretty open and shut case of first degree murder.
Manslaughter? That’s when you punch somebody and they die because your strength was more lethal than you thought it was.
If the jury admitted he attempted to murder the cop’s partner, why would they believe he wouldn’t have also attempted to murder the guy he killed? The argument that he wouldn’t have deliberately shot because he knew he’d get into trouble makes no sense when you realize he also attempted to kill the other cop.
New York is a hellhole.
2nd degree murder. 1st degree requires an element of premeditation that’s absent here.
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Decent people should not live in NYC.
This disn’t help...”defense attorney Jamal Johnson”
“2nd degree murder. 1st degree requires an element of premeditation that’s absent here.”
That sort of seems to be the MO of the Soros Attorneys/AGs; to purposely throw cases that do not fit their narrative, if they charge them at all. The goal is to have average citizens lose faith in the justice system.
Corrupt judges have the same effect, and there are many.
The plan, disgusting as it is, appears to be working swimmingly!
Ugh, New Yorkers are going to get what they vote for, good and hard. Stupid jury.
I’d like to see the jury
Judge should have reeled in the defense attorney who put the police force on trial
And there is the lady cops angle which didn’t help
A travesty I felt sorry for the wife
Yet another example of how New York is turning into a Social Justice banana republic.
NY Jury black perp white victim. It was lucky there was a guilty verdict at all.
Venue is everything now
I never understood how jews and others marched to their des until now. I am watching the genocide of white people.
Not one protest.
It's NYC, not shocking at all.
They'll give him 20 years, and he'll be out in six.
Yes, premeditation could be an issue here.
Overcharging is a big recurring problem.
Then throw in a sketchy juror pool, gameplaying in jury selection, politics crowding in on all sides, and activist judges ... well, the legal system is going off the rails, especially in places like NYC.
I’m surprised we don’t see more people taking things into their own hands. When the legal system collapses, vigilantees step in. Or a police state steps in.
But in this case, first degree murder might have been overcharging.
How many weeks will the scumbag have to spend in jail for his crimes?
Expect more of this in Democrat hell-holes. Juries give out weak verdicts. Then judges give out weak sentences.
Any young cop would be crazy to work in such a place. But I suppose the older ones might be able to hang on until retirement.
“ I’m surprised we don’t see more people taking things into their own hands. When the legal system collapses, vigilantees step in.”
Most people think that cops, courts, and prisons were invented to protect good people from bad people.
Actually it’s the reverse that’s true.
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Rivera had 21 prior arrests. From Grok:
“What was the result of the 21 arrests of Guy Rivera before he shot and killed Jonathan Diller?
Guy Rivera, the man convicted in the 2024 shooting death of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller, had a lengthy criminal record with approximately 21 prior arrests (including at least 9 felonies) before the incident.
en.wikipedia.org
Key outcomes from his prior arrests and convictions:
2011 arrest: Charged with assault and robbery (first-degree assault). He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. He was released around 2014.
en.wikipedia.org
2015 arrest: Possession of a controlled substance (felony). He received a 6-year sentence and was released from prison in 2021 after serving nearly five years.
newsweek.com
While incarcerated: Convicted of a hate crime for throwing feces and urine at correctional officers.
en.wikipedia.org
Other arrests: His record included repeated drug, violence, and gun-related offenses. As recently as April 2023 (about a year before the Diller shooting), he faced a gun-related charge and was released on bail.
dailymail.co.uk
Many of the 21 arrests resulted in limited or no long-term incarceration due to pleas, bail releases, or other dispositions common in the New York criminal justice system at the time. He had at least one prior state gun conviction.
facebook.com
These repeated encounters with the justice system did not prevent Rivera from being on the streets in March 2024, when he was a passenger in a car stopped by police in Far Rockaway, Queens. During the encounter, he allegedly shot and killed Diller. “
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He shouldn’t have been able to have a gun but he did - and was set free on bail after charged with it - and also did that day and had it ready to fire. The defense accused police of lying, blamed the whole thing on law enforcement. Claimed he shot accidentally during the scuffle but still ended up pointing the gun at Diller’s partner after shooting Diller.
The defense very clearly relied on the narrative that the po-po are out to get black men. And the jury rewarded them for it.
This guy was arrested 21 times over a 12-year period on various felonies including violent felonies & charged and let loose on bail for a gun-related charge (after he was not allowed to have guns) a year before this murder. Grok says: “Rivera’s repeated light sentences, plea deals, and bail releases stemmed from local Queens court proceedings under progressive bail reform laws, prosecutorial discretion, and judicial decisions—not direct action by the state Attorney General. Critics have pointed to these outcomes as examples of recidivism enabled by New York’s criminal justice policies during this period. “
IOW, the thugs in the NY legislature who perpetuate the claim that blacks are treated unfairly are directly responsible for this murder.
And the idiot jury members in NY allowed them to get away with it - and will cause more and more murders, both by increasing the number of career criminals on the streets AND by making it crazy for good cops to want to remain in NY.
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