{"id":159860,"date":"2026-03-11T00:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159860\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:39:47","slug":"nearly-100-cops-pack-nyc-court-amid-murder-trial-in-slaying-of-nypd-officer-jonathan-diller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159860\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 100 cops pack NYC court amid murder trial in slaying of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 100 of New York\u2019s Finest packed into a Queens courthouse Tuesday as the murder trial of the career criminal accused of gunning down <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/29\/us-news\/widow-of-slain-nypd-cop-jonathan-diller-recalls-his-final-day-coping-with-loss-in-emotional-first-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD hero Jonathan Diller<\/a> got underway.<\/p>\n<p>The phalanx of cops stared down Guy Rivera, 35, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/us-news\/thug-accused-of-killing-nypd-hero-cop-jonathan-diller-cowers-from-grieving-moms-gaze\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly shot the on-duty officer during a traffic stop<\/a> in Far Rockaway on March 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the largest show of support yet for the slain cop, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/30\/us-news\/jonathan-dillers-son-reaches-out-from-behind-fallen-nypd-detectives-casket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left behind his wife and an infant son<\/a> \u2014 with NYPD uniforms filling the courtroom and spilling out into the gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rivera allegedly shot Jonathan Diller (here with his infant son) during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway on March 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 police officers attend the first day of the trial regarding the murder of NYPD officer Diller. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Diller\u2019s widow, Stephanie Diller (right) at the Queens courthouse on March 10, 2026. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJonathan Diller was a talented person who could have succeeded at any profession that he would have chosen,\u201d NYPD PBA President Patrick Hendry said outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he knew he had a mission in life \u2013 to help people and save lives. And he did that every day as a New York City Police officer,\u201d Hendry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, his family is going to have to re-live this nightmare for the next three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rivera during his pre-trial hearing in Queens Criminal Court on October 21, 2025. Dennis A. Clark<\/p>\n<p>Police have packed the courtroom for two dozen past court appearances for Rivera, a career criminal with 21 prior busts accused of shooting Diller as he investigated a suspicious vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>In court, the alleged cop killer wore a pumpkin-colored shirt and an orange neck tie for opening statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should be behind those bars for the rest of his life,\u201d Hendry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 100 of New York\u2019s Finest packed into a Queens courthouse Tuesday as the murder trial of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[57,9,24,63,103,104,122,124,123,4721,58],"class_list":["post-159860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-trials","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}