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“I should have just kept going,” Glover, now 62, said to himself one day after the stabbing, while waiting for a police interview to begin. “I should have just kept going.”
When Glover made those statements, he did not know at the time that Jolly’s injuries were fatal. Since his arrest, Glover has since been held in the notorious Rikers Island jail complex. Glover’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin, said in his closing that cops and prosecutors acted hastily — deciding he was guilty without weighing all the facts. “They did the perp walk. They paraded him in front of the camera,” and then, “That’s it.”
The prosecution’s witnesses testified “through the lens” of helping the government rather than with integrity — from the paramedic who treated Jolly to the pathologist who reviewed his autopsy. “Everyone’s testimony is tainted and slanted,” Celesin claimed, later saying, “All these witnesses are being evasive and dodging the questions.”
Glover, who wore a suit and kept his hair in a braid, was turned slightly toward the jury during closings. He appeared to be attentive.