“I was trying to get him to open up, speak to me, so if, you know, the whole time he was being defensive and stuff like that I thought maybe if I offered him you know something, to kinda like make him feel as though we could speak, that he would open up and kinda tell me as to why he was harassing me and chose to detain me,” Johnson testified.Īn investigator for the District Attorney's office also testified saying he interviewed a bus driver who was working that day. He said as they struggled - he asked Dages if he felt threatened by him. But that's when he says Dages pushed him down. He said once his friends arrived, he figured he could leave since Dages had nothing on him. Johnson said Dages then ushered him to a bench where he told him to sit down, and call his friends to make sure they were coming. He said at some point, Dages told him he was going to run his name to check for any outstanding warrants. Johnson said even though he felt uncomfortable, he complied. He said when Dages approached him, he started asking him questions about why he was there. On Wednesday, Johnson took the witness stand and testified that he was waiting for his friends to come to pick him up. Former La Mesa Police Department Officer Matt Dages faces a charge of falsifying a police report in the arrest of Amaurie Johnson, reports NBC 7's Rory Devine.
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