Mr. Pride chose to shoot, firing a single shot that killed Officer Peter Figoski in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2011, prosecutor Kenneth Taub told a jury on the first day of a joint murder trial against Mr. Pride and Michael Valez, the alleged getaway driver that night.
It will be up to the jury to decide whether Mr. Pride, 28 years old, intentionally shot Mr. Figoski as he made his escape at 2:20 a.m. from the basement apartment of a home in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.
Valez and Pride are also caught on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood fleeing the crime scene, including one that allegedly shows Mr. Pride ditching the murder weapon under a car, Mr. Taub said.
Mr. Pride had said in a taped interview with police that he ran into the 47-year-old Mr. Figoski on a narrow stairway as he was fleeing, fell and accidentally fired the shot as he stood up.
Mr. Pride was on trial with Michael Velez, 22, the alleged getaway driver and lookout man.
Mr. Wright also plans to argue that a taped confession Mr. Pride made to authorities wasn't voluntary.
Prosecutors argued Mr. Pride had every intention of firing the gun when he racked it before the robbery.
Mr. Pride faces the possibility of life without of parole if convicted.
The jury convicted Mr. Pride of burglary, aggravated manslaughter and second-degree murder, a lesser charge that carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Authorities said Mr. Pride had five prior arrests in New York City and had been wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault with the intent to kill in North Carolina.
The focus of the three-week trial had hinged on whether Mr. Pride, who has a lengthy criminal record, fired a 9mm handgun with the intent to murder a police officer, a crime that carries a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
After just less than 10 hours of deliberations over three days, the jury of 10 women and two men sided with Mr. Pride and his lawyers, who maintained their client fired the gun accidentally while fleeing a basement apartment of a Cypress Hills home in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2011.
Like his political hero Sam Rayburn, the legendary Texan speaker of the House, Mr Bentsen took pride in the fact that both sides liked him.
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Mr Raju's pride jeopardised the careers of tens of thousands of bright, dedicated professionals.
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He spoke of the party's pride in Mr Kohl, respected worldwide as both Germany's unifier and Europe's champion, while privately urging the obdurate old man to name his anonymous donors.
Mr Atkins talks with pride about his decision, alongside neighbouring Labour-controlled Wolverhampton City Council, to pay for and build a motorway junction to ensure a new engine plant run by Jaguar Land Rover would bring 1, 450 jobs to the area.
Mr. Parrish takes great pride in his job and is known around the world because of it.
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"The Wagonmaster went out on top, " Mr. Stuart said with pride.
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Mr Franco appeals to the wounded pride of mineiros, who reckon that their state no longer carries the political clout it once enjoyed.
"I wrote that letter, " Mr. Vahedi says with obvious pride.
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