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Bryan Stow’s comment to jeering fans preceded beating, court told

Friend and fellow paramedic quoted Stow as saying “I hope they code”

By Harriet Ryan
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Bryan Stow, the Bay Area paramedic severely beaten at Dodger Stadium, was attacked after he used medical slang to express disgust with local fans taunting his group of San Francisco Giants supporters, according to testimony Wednesday.

A friend and fellow paramedic quoted Stow as saying “I hope they code” -- shorthand for suffering cardiac arrest -- of Dodger fans profanely jeering him and three friends as they left the Opening Day game last year.

“His voice was raised, but he wasn’t looking at anyone or directing it at anyone,” recalled witness Corey Maciel.

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