Trust is low, tensions high. In Paterson, cops are back out on the streets.
Updated on May 10, 2021;
Published on May 09, 2021
Officer Joel Torres, center, talks to a group of older men hanging out on Park Ave. while with rookie officer Ricky Navarro. Friday, April 23, 2021. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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In Paterson, as it has been in many towns and cities across the country since the killing of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis Police Officer, the relationship between residents and police officers is more tense than it has been in years. Locally, allegations of police brutality and the arrests of 10 officers in the last few years are fresh in city residents’ mind.
made by the thorogood company in wisconsin. they made quite a few different styles, i believe approximately 17 different styles of uniform shoes. many of these shoe styles were worn by police officers. this particular shoe was 831 style-6114, and that was the only shoe that thorogood put that sole design on at that time. navarro measured the print on kim s sweatshirt and determined that the killer wore a size 8, 8 1/2, or 9 thorogood shoe. the question now was to find the monroe police officer wearing them. you wouldn t leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen.
i still can t imagine what happened and what transpired in those few minutes, the last few minutes of kim s life. if i had an officer that was doing this, i don t care who it was, it shouldn t happen. nobody should suffer and die the way kim medlin did. but to get a conviction, prosecutors needed to prove josh griffin was the killer. with not having any dna, they actually had to build their case around that footprint. according to personnel records, griffin was the only officer to wear a size 8 1/2 thorino-style thorogood shoe. so, ricky novarro took a new pair of these shoes, made an inked impression and compared it to the shoeprint on the back of kim medlin s sweatshirt. navarro believes it was the only one that could have created that impression.
so, investigators tried to find some way to narrow it down. and latent evidence expert ricky navarro looked for clues on kim medlin s clothing. that s when he noticed a print on her sweatshirt. at that point in time, i could not determine whether i was looking at a footwear impression or some other type of object that left that impression on the sweatshirt. using alternate light sources and high-speed cameras, navarro concluded he was looking at the heel of a shoe. it was a type of shoe that was not flat from toe all the way back to the heel. it had a distinct heel in it which, like some of your hard-soled shoes would have, not like your athletic shoes would have. and there was a distinct v, or chevron pattern, across the print. navarro discovered the shoe was
navarro discovered the shoe was made by the thorogood company in wisconsin. they made quite a few different styles, i believe approximately 17 different styles, of uniform shoes. many of these shoe styles were worn by police officers. this particular shoe was 831 style-6114, and that was the only shoe that thorogood put that style design on at that time. navarro measured the print on kim s sweatshirt and determined that the killer wore a size 8, 8 1/2 or 9 thorogood shoe. the question now was to find the monroe police officer wearing them. sfx: car unlock beep.