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WATERBURY, Conn. 鈥?Lawyers in the defamation trial of Alex Jones agreed Friday not return him to the stand until next week after a contentious day of testimony Thursday about his promotion of the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.Jones lawyer, Norm Pattis, told the judge he would waive his right to cross-examine Jones and instead call him again as a defense witness next week. We think that this will streamline the proceeding, lower the temperature level and help the jury focus on what it needs to decide, Pattis said.The jury was sent home around noon.In his first day of testimony Thursday, Jones got into a heated exchange with plaintiff attorney Christopher Mattei, acc stanley usa using the lawyer of kubki stanley ambulance chasing and saying he was done apologiz stanley usa ing for claiming the shooting was staged. In recent years, Jones has acknowledged the massacre happened, but says the families of victims are being used to push a gun-control and anti-free speech agenda.Outside of the courtroom and on his Infowars show, Jones has referred to the proceedings as a show trial and a kangaroo court and called Judge Barbara Bellis a tyrant, posting an image of her with lasers shooting from her eyes.Jones was still complaining about the case, and the limits on what he can say, outside the courthouse Friday. Basically it would be like a boxing match where one guy has his arms tied behind his back and a gag in his mouth, he said. So this is totally rigged. Its an absolute total fraud. Jones also Ytrw Teach-ins under way on UC Berkeley campus
AUBURN, Mass. 鈥?The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer died after an exchange of gunfire Sunday as authorities closed in on him at a small town residence, poli stanley quencher ce said.The man, identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, burst out of a closet and opened fire stanley cup romania on the officers as they approached him inside an apartment in Oxford, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said at a news conference. Zambrano, who authorities said had a criminal history, was taken to a hospital, where he died.A Massachusetts State trooper, also wounded, was hospitalize stanley cup uk d but was up and walking later in the evening, authorities said. The name of the 18-year veteran and former Navy Seal wasnt released.The manhunt began after Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino was fatally shot during a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Tarentino stopped the vehicle on a residential road, and the vehicles occupant shot the officer then fled the scene, Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis said earlier Sunday. Auburn is about 45 miles southwest of Boston.The 42-year-old Tarentino was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester, where he was pronounced dead. He had been with the Auburn police force for two years and before that worked with the Leicester Police Department in his hometown.At the news conference after the manhunt, Sluckis assured the central Massachusetts community that residents were safe and that any threat to them was over. Officials said they had developed informa |