On the recordAugust 9, 2007
It wasn't over drugs. It wasn't over some kind of drug turf. It wasn't a beef. This just seems to be a heinous, patently evil crime that was not motivated by anything the young people did.
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transcripts.cnn.comCory Booker: “It wasn't over drugs. It wasn't over some kind of drug turf. It wasn't a beef. This just seems to be a heinous, patently…”
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Cory Booker describes the nature of the crime as particularly evil and without clear motive.
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