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Officer Beaudette was the following questions, he was
asked about the videotapes, they were all given to him,
except one. Was Mr. Howd’s videotape handed over to you
immediately, as was Mr. Minton’s, they couldn’t seem to
find it. How long did it take to find it? A
considerable amount of time. The only videotape running
was Howd’s around that corner. The only one that could
have picked up what caused this man to say, Oh, you think
so, was Mr. Howd’s. Not orchestrated, not encouraged,
not expected, not wanted, oh, no.

Mr. Tyson said that he is such a smart man
and he is intelligent and he made a good living, all
those things are true. But you want to know what else he
is? He is a human being. He is a human being like the
rest of us that if we are pushed to the limit, that if we
are harassed, that if things are said to us to provoke us
then he is going to act like a human being, regardless of
what he does in life.

Mr. Tyson obviously had listened to the
entire Boston tape because he cross examined Mr. Minton
about the foul language on it. He could have played that
tape if he wanted to play that tape, and frankly, so
could have I played that whole tape if necessary, but we
chose not to do that. Again, if he thought it was
necessary, he certainly could have done it. Do you