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This is Barry Truse, I'm Hank Clibinoth.

A quick recap. The coroner's inquest is in its second day. So far we've only heard from one

person who witnessed the police shooting of AC Hall. That's Eloise Franklin and that's about

to change. Another civilian witness will take the stand and he'll contradict Eloise's

testimony in some important ways.

Barnette and Darius Hopper were a young couple, a white couple as you know, living and making,

newlyweds. We found that Barnette worked at a tire company and Darius, as you may remember,

worked at the Shrimp boat restaurant. Now it was Barnette's gun that was stolen and it was Darius

who said she saw the guy who stole it. Both will testify. Barnette Hopper takes the stand first.

The attorney defending the police officers is the state legislator, Denmark Groover, a segregationist.

He takes Barnette Hopper back to the morning after the shooting. Now that's when the police

discovered the pistol in the grass behind the school. Don't forget now we're using actors here.

When you first saw it at that some distance, did you make any statement as to whether it looked like

yours? Yes sir. I said it looked like mine. And it did. But up close, he could see obvious differences.

The main one, the gun wasn't even the same brand as his. I examined the pistol and said that it

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