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The Case of Nelson Cruz
📻 Episode #383
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 10, 2023
About This Episode
On March 28th, 1998, Nelson Cruz was celebrating his birthday over Chinese food with friends when they heard shots fired down the block. Police were immediately on scene to make an arrest, yet somehow, Nelson became the target of a notorious pair of NYPD detectives. Jason Flom talks to Nelson Cruz and Justin Bonus, Nelson’s…
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The Case
On March 28th, 1998, Nelson Cruz was celebrating his birthday over Chinese food with friends when they heard shots fired down the block. Police were immediately on scene to make an arrest, yet somehow, Nelson became the target of a notorious pair of NYPD detectives. Jason Flom talks to Nelson Cruz and Justin Bonus, Nelson’s attorney.
https://www.change.org/p/brooklyn-district-attorney-eric-gonzalez-nelson-cruz-is-innocent
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/181-jason-flom-with-danny-rincon/
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00:05:08“Speaker 2: what the two cops say at one thirty one five Speaker 2: in the morning when they're interviewed by none other than Speaker 2: Detective Lewis Scarcela and Detective Steven Kimmel. And just to Speaker 2: tell you who those men are, I mean, they're probably Speaker 2: some of the most storied police officers in the country”
00:18:31“Speaker 3: think of, I wrote. And at this time Derek ended Speaker 3: up going home in twenty eleven. So Derek always told me, listen, Speaker 3: I'm not gonna forget about you. Once I'm making home, Speaker 3: I'm not gonna forget. And I don't heard that so”
00:32:27“Speaker 4: with my wife and a parole officer came. So he's like, so, Speaker 4: you went to parole two weeks ago. I said, yes, sir. Speaker 4: He said, do you want your decision. When he said that, Speaker 4: I started getting nervous already, because I could have sworn”
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