Free Reply to Response to Motion - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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Cadorna v. City and County of Denver Case No.: 04-CV-1067-REB-CBS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 04-CV-1067-REB-CBS WILLIAM R. CADORNA, Plaintiff,

THE CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, a municipal corporation,

REPORTER' S TRANSCRIPT TRIAL TO A JURY OF 8 - VOLUME I

Proceedings before the HONORABLE ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, commencing at 8:15 a.m., on the 19th day of June, 2006, in Courtroom A701, Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado. APPEARANCES MARK F. BRENNAN, 7394 South Downing Circle West, Centennial, Colorado, appearing for Plaintiff. Suzanne M. Claar, Official Reporter 901 19th Street Denver, Colorado 80294-3589 (303)825-8874 PROCEEDINGS RECORDED BY MECHANICAL STENOGRAPHY TRANSCRIPT PRODUCED BY COMPUTER

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dedicated, and serving the public is accurate? How many of you think that's true? How many of you think that policemen and prosecutors are just like everybody else? There are some good ones and some bad ones, and you have to judge them individually? All right. I think we have a pretty fair-minded group of people here. How many
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tell me something. Mr. Hooker,

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some of your biggest heroes. A I suppose my father and grandfather, both. Q Why is that? What about them made you think they were heroic? A They were very good people, and I think they were good role models. Q Ms. Milton, how about you? Who are your heroes? James Herriott for what you do. All Creatures Great your favorite show? A Yes. I would have to say my employer. Q Who is that, by the way? May I ask? A His name is did you Wayne Sargent. Q What is it you like about him? A He is very fair and very honest and very kind and compassionate. And never loses his temper. Q I wish I could say the same about me. My Irish i s a little too strong. Must be and Small

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Mr. Kelly, who do you count as your heroes? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A Well, opposite ends of the spectrum. My wife No. 1 I have been married to for 31 years. My folks are equally as loved, and Chuck Yeager. Q That was a truly brave man. Are you a flyer yourself? A Used to be. Q In the Air Force? A No, just privately. Q I see. Mr. Richardson, do you have any heroes? A Yeah, my wife and my daughter. Q What is it that makes your wife a hero? A Because she puts up with me, and the things she does for me. Q ThatTs exactly the way I feel about mine. I am right there with you. Mr. Martinez, who are your heroes? A I guess my father would be. That's the only one. Q Did he work pretty hard to raise a good family? A Yes, he did. Q And teach you the right things? A Yes, he did. Q How about you, Mr. Meyers? You were in the military. You must have quite a pantheon of heroes. A Admirable Grace Hobbin, Q Why particularly him? A She was the first significant female in all male-dominated

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In fact, I didnt play with it much. I always just kind of sat and admired it, and allowed me to feed my fantasies about some day rescuing one of the neighbor girls, Puffy Vogel or Debbie Buchanan, from a fire in my fire outfit. And it gave me a lot of joy. It was not until I went away to college, and a couple of my nephews, who were not quite so respectful of it, did a great deal of damage to it for which I have never completely forgiven them. In fact, there is some question whether they will be in my will because of it. But I think what I want to address here today is the fact that we in erica all love our heroes and, of course, we tend to think of those who give of themselves on behalf of others as heroes. We all, when we were kids, wanted to be Matt Dillon or Paladin or Ben Cartwright, or whatever it might have been that we watched on TV, because those were people who lived according to principles that we all admired and respected, and in a way we did not know that the world was a far more complicated place than was portrayed on television, and for that I am thankful because it gave us a sense of idealism that our own children today seldom are able to share in this seemingly much more complicated world in which we live. Bill Cadorna started out his life after school as part of United States military, courtesy of the local draft board,