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mouth to the police before you had time to really reflect
is he walked into that sign. He didn’t walk into that
sign at all, did he?

A Not after I saw the videotape, but Ms. Brooks
said, I heard her say that he walked into the thing, and
that’s the first thing that I said.

Q Now, Ms. Brooks said that he walked into the
sign, but you are the one has the sign doing the hitting,
right? So you would have been in good position that he
didn’t walk into sign either, wouldn’t you?

A At the time I thought I was pushing, not
hitting.

Q Okay. But when you review the videotape would
you agree that he didn’t walk into the sign, that you hit
him?

A A combination of the -- I mean he is making
forward progress and the sign is coming towards him.

Q Okay. He’s got that video camera up to his eye
when you hit him, doesn’t he?

A Yes.

Q And is it a free country, it is free for you to
protest, right? Is it free for him to walk behind you in
the street, even if he goes off the Scientology sidewalk
that in front of Scientologist’s place, he can do that,
can’t he? It’s a free country.