The man acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2024 traffic stop shooting of an NYPD officer whose killing attracted the attention of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was sentenced Monday to more than 100 years behind bars on the lesser charges on which he was convicted, prosecutors say. Guy Rivera was convicted by a jury in early April of aggravated manslaughter, attempted murder, and weapons possession. It took jurors less than a day to nix the first-degree murder charge in the death of Detective Jonathan Diller. During an emotional hearing in a Queens courtroom packed by uniformed police officers and Diller’s family, the judge said Rivera “most certainly will” die in a prison cell. “Your sentence to me was determined the second you pulled that trigger,” Judge Michael Aloise told Rivera. “It took me five minutes to calculate the numbers. It’s going to take you a lifetime to calculate the damage you caused.” Rivera’s trial lasted three weeks. The case became a focal point during President Donald Trump’s campaign to reclaim the White House, cast at the time as an issue of “law and order” by the then-Republican candidate. Then-candidate Trump attended the officer’s wake and continued to cast the Democrat-led city as a hotbed of crime throughout his run. Crime and Courts May 7, 2024 Man facing murder charges in shooting death of NYPD officer pleads not guilty NYPD Mar 30, 2024 Funeral service for fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller held on Long Island NYPD Mar 28, 2024 Hundreds mourn fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller at Long Island wake Authorities had said one of the officers spotted a suspicious object bulging from Rivera’s hoodie as he and another man walked to a parked car and got in. According to police, the officers were questioning the driver when Rivera, who was in the passenger’s seat, suddenly pulled out a gun and shot Diller. A bullet hit Diller below his bulletproof vest. At the time, he was the first NYPD officer to be killed in the line of duty in two years. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less