Chapter 7: George Smith
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🗓️ 15 February 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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George Smith speaks to us in his first-ever recorded interview, from a correctional facility in Corcoran, California.
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| 0:29.2 | Last week on Norco AD |
| 0:32.5 | I've heard people talking |
| 0:34.7 | You know about hey |
| 0:36.4 | I had no business being up there with a gun. |
| 0:38.0 | He didn't know how to handle. |
| 0:39.6 | And did he shoot Evans? |
| 0:41.9 | You could really see that. |
| 0:43.2 | The defense really had nothing to say. |
| 0:44.8 | In terms of minimizing the conduct of any of the defendants, they couldn't do it. |
| 0:51.4 | All I kept hearing and it started ringing in my ears is guilty. Guilty. |
| 1:03.4 | All right. Can you hear me? Yes, I can. Okay, good. We're recording right now. Okay. I would |
| 1:08.9 | like to make a statement before we begin first. Is that okay? |
| 1:11.9 | Okay. Yeah, of course. All right. Okay. I want the listeners to know that I'm deeply ashamed |
| 1:21.9 | and embarrassed for my role in this crime. First of all, and that kept my silence because I was thinking this thing would just go away. |
| 1:34.3 | But obviously it hasn't, and there are things that should be said to the Delgado and Evans family for this ultimate tragedy for them, that |
| 1:48.5 | I wish the situation were not so, and I ask their forgiveness for it. |
| 1:55.3 | That I'm glad for the opportunity, and with that, thank you, Antonia, for this forum to be able to say this. I'm ready. |
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