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did intentionally struck Mr. Richard W. Howd against his
will. Now, does that always mean that if somebody says I
didn’t want him to touch me, that a crime always occurs?
It’s funny how we bring our experiences into a courtroom.
And those of who are parents know that when kids are
growing up, you have little kids, and one is heckling the
living daylights out of the other kid, poking on him,
getting in their face, calling them names until finally
that one child, who wants nothing to do with the other,
pushes the kid. The little kid that falls down on the
living room floor goes running to his mother and says,
“Mommy, mommy, he hit me.” And the mother said, “You
know, I heard the whole thing. You want to know
something, (son or daughter), you deserved it. I saw the
way you treated your sister, your brother, and guess
what, I would have done the same thing to you. I would
have pushed you and put you right down on your fanny.”
Which is exactly what Mr. Minton did. He had it. He had

it. He had it in Boston, he had it from the Office of
Special Affairs. He knew the way they operated.

He knew very well what was going to come
up. He knew that he was being provoked. Mr. Howd, did
you Mr. Howd set this up and practice it, knowing this
was what you were going to provoke. No, I didn’t. Mr.
Howd, are you wearing glasses? Yes, I am. Mr. Howd, we