Perhaps I'm just being cynical...

...and not in relation to your possible cynicism.

done "under the color of law".
Police have great power, like life or death, so they should be held to a higher standard.

That night, Raja told so many different versions of this story that even his fellow officers doubted him. He tried to say that Jones pulled a gun on him immediately. He tried to say that Jones fought with him. He claimed that Jones was the aggressor. He claimed that Jones had shot at him (It would later be revealed that Jones' own gun, which was registered and permitted was clean of fingerprints and had not been fired.). In a final desperate move, he tried to claim that he feared for his life and was going to invoke the "Stand Your Ground" law, but this was denied by the judge. And on and on, delaying this trial for over three years.

What he didn't know was that Corey Jones was on the phone with AAA and had previously been on the phone with the Florida State Highway Patrol's emergency line, calling in his break-down. Corey was an employee of the county's housing department. Jones' phone was still on the open line when he was shot to death by Raja. Everything was recorded.


Raja waited for 33 seconds before calling 911 to report the death. One of the prosecutors, Adrienne Ellis, used this time interval in her remarks to the jury. Count out 33 seconds. If you're a cop and you've just shot and killed someone, what are you doing in those 33 seconds ? Well, if you were Nouman Raja, you're re-arranging the physical evidence and altering the crime scene.

I have followed this case since the night it occurred, largely because I was in West Palm Beach the night this story broke. It was such a clear case of murder.

Nouman Raja did not take the witness stand in his own defense. To me, that screams volumes.

When the verdict was finally read - and indeed throughout the entire trial - Raja never showed one bit of remorse. NOT ONCE.

This man killed Corey Jones in cold-blood and never thought he'd have to answer for it. In the end, it was the tape recording that proved he had lied about every single detail.

His sentencing will be on April 26th. I will be watching.

He broke the law and he knew it. He purposely killed a man because he is CRAZY. Only when cops are punished will the herd behave. I am so glad the lone nut was caught and it is time to catch more BAD COPS.