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Q When he says, “Are you assaulting me? Are you
assaulting me?” That part?

A Well, hold on, the first thing that he did was
grab the strap to my video camera and try to pull the
video camera out of my hands. Then he pushes me into the
building with his sign.

Q Wait a minute. Isn’t it true that he starts to
grab the strap and then he turns around and starts to
walk and says, “Oh, you think so?” Isn’t that the I
thought that is way it went?

A No, it didn’t. If you watch the video, he
grabs the strap and he says, “How would you like me to
pull this out of your hand?” And that’s when I grabbed
onto the video camera with both of my hands. Okay. Then
he lets go of the strap and he pushes me into the
building. That’s when you see the camera jumble. I just
push him back so that I could get some room to maneuver
out of the way. That’s when he starts screaming about me
assaulting him and then pushes me back into the building
again.

Q Just before that particular complaint, where he
says, “You are assaulting me now.” Did you say anything
to him that provoked him?

A I didn’t say anything at all.

Q Right after that you hear Mr. Minton say, “It’s