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filming it, you are at a unique disadvantage when you
have got a camera up to your eye as to what is going on,
wouldn’t you say that? It’s like looking at the world
through a straw, isn’t it?

Q So, Mr. Howd was at a disadvantage when you are
taking those offensive steps towards him, aren’t you ——
isn’t he, he is very much at a disadvantage?

A I don’t think so.

BY MR. TYSON:

Q Mr. Minton, we talked about it being a natural
reaction if somebody reaches for you to put your arm out.
Would you agree that that is a natural reaction? It’s
not unusual, I mean that happens.

A Not necessarily.

Q Not necessarily. It’s a fair reaction, it’s
not an unusual reaction is it?

Q Okay. And not being an unusual reaction you
still at that point taking the second affirmative, and
offensive step to back him against that wall, don’t you?

A I think if you look at the video, Mr. Tyson,
you have got the sequence incorrect. That is not what