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Julian Bond: “I can only go by what I read in the papers or see on TV, that what seemed to happen is this police wannabe followed him…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2012
I can only go by what I read in the papers or see on TV, that what seemed to happen is this police wannabe followed him, against the orders of the police, got out of his car, confronted him in some way. We don't know what happened then. But we do know that Martin is dead. He's shot in the chest. He's killed. And I can't imagine what he might have done or could have done that would make that happen, that would prompt that. That would make that excusable.
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Julian Bond
Alabama

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Julian Bond shares his thoughts on the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the circumstances surrounding it.

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