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And then you are going to see him retreat across the
street, getting away from the church property, and
leaving it. You are also going to see instead of Mr.
Howd, a member of the Office of Special Affairs, saying,
“Fine you are leaving.” He didn’t do that. He went
right after him. He followed him. He took his step off
the roadway, and went after him as Minton was retreating.
This is what happened when he did.

(Whereupon, the video was played for the
jury.)

MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: You are going to
have an opportunity to see these whole tapes in total.
What is important for take into context however is Robert
Minton’s state of mind. And what you have to do, the
evidence is going to show, and what the Judge is going to
instruct you at the conclusion of this case, if somebody
acts in self-defense, what is their state of mind. What
were they thinking? What went through their mind earlier
in the day? What went on in their lives? And most
importantly, what did he believe that the Office of
Special Affairs was capable of doing to him? In order to
do that, and for only this purpose, because is not in the
video that I am going to show you right now, and this is
specifically to establish the state of mind of Mr.
Minton, to show you an incident that happened in Boston,