| Trial
Begins As
US DOJ
Seeks Death
Penalty on
Saipov for
West Side
Attack with 28
Counts
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 9 - Sayfullo Saipov is now
in a trial that may result in
the death penalty for killing
eight people with a van along
the West Side Highway.
On May 4,
2022 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Vernon S. Broderick
held a conference on the case
and Inner City Press live
tweet it
here
and below.
On January 6,
2023 after a
long jury
selection
that Inner
City Press
covered, some
below, Judge
Broderick
confirmed that
the trial
would start January
9. And
it did.
On
January 9,
2023, Inner
City Press was
presented and
live tweeted,
thread here:
All
rise! Judge
Vernon S.
Broderick: Mr.
Saipov, can
you understand
the
interpreter?
Saipov:
Yes!
Judge:
Jurors, about
the trial, you
may not tweet
or blog or
discuss - even
with
yourselves.
Now, the
openings.
AUSA
Alexander Li:
On the West
Side there is
a bike path.
On Oct 31,
2017, it was
the scene of
horror. There
was a bus,
with children.
It was by
Saipov
AUSA
Li: He crushed
their bodies,
left them
bleeding to
die. He ended
eight lives in
his vicious
attack. Why?
He proudly
said he did it
for ISIS, the
brutal
terrorist
organization.
He killed to
be become a
member of
ISIS, right
here in New
York.
AUSA
Li: He joined
ISIS in 2014,
using an
encrypted app.
There was a
photo of a
bloody tire,
with the
caption, Run
over them
without mercy.
He started
planning. He
planned to mow
down people
from the West
Side to the
Brooklyn
Bridge. He
rented a Home
Depot truck
AUSA
Li: He drove
the pick up
truck into
Manhattan. At
Pier 40, he
struck. He
raced onto the
bike path. He
plowed through
a family that
was visiting
from Belgium.
He murdered a
woman. Then he
hit a second
family from
Belgium. The
wife lost her
legs
AUSA
Li: He struck
a group from
Argentina,
killing all of
those on the
left side. He
murdered five
of them. He
swerved toward
a woman from
New Jersey. He
ran over two
young
Americans.
Then he
crashed into a
school bus,
with two
children in it
AUSA
Li: He had
knives and
fake runs. He
jumped out
yelling,
Allah-U-Akbar!
He aimed the
runs at
police, who
shot him. The
attack was
over. At the
hospital, he
spoke to the
FBI, proudly.
He wanted to
display an
ISIS flag in
his hospital
room
AUSA
Li: We will
show the
knives, and
his notes. You
will hear from
witness about
the roar of
the engine,
the searing
pain... We'll
show you video
of him in Home
Depot, and
video of the
school bus.
The
racketeering
conspiracy in
the indictment
is ISIS.
AUSA
Li: We ask
that you
follow Judge
Broderick's
instructions
on the law and
use common
sense. If you
do, you will
find the
defendant
guilty.
Judge
Broderick:
We'll take our
lunch break
now.
***
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