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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Read Piers Morgan's piece on Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson

I thought it was strange that during his ABC interview he said he felt his life was threatened by unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Asked why, officer Wilson said because Michael was big. Thing is, he's as big as the teenager so when he said he had no other choice but kill to him when Michael supposedly came charging at him, he goofed. Read what Piers wrote about it all on MailOnline
Darren Wilson is the first 6ft 4in, 210lb five-year-old in history - by Piers Morgan 
"When I grabbed him, the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five-year-old holding Hulk Hogan…that's just how big he felt and how small I felt from grasping his arm.' 
This is how Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson justified shooting black teenager Michael Brown. Reading this particular piece of evidence from the vast dump of Grand Jury documents released last night, it'd be impossible not to sympathize with Wilson. 
A lone 'small' policeman in a patrol car confronted by a gigantic Hulk. There's just one problem. Wilson, by his own admission in his police interview, is 6ft 4in tall, the exact same height as Michael Brown.

He also weighs 210lbs, which may be 80lbs lighter than Brown, but still makes him a pretty hefty unit.

Put it this way, I've never seen or heard of any 6ft 4in, 210lb five-year-old boys, have you?
Wilson paints a very detailed and vivid picture of the savage beating he took from Brown.
'I was hit right here in the side of the face with a fist,' he said. 'I think it was a full-on swing but not a full shot. I think my arm deflected some of it, but there was still a significant amount of contact that was made to my face.'

Then, allegedly, came a second punch.

'I see his hand coming back around…and he hit me with a full swing.'
Imagine being hit by two full swing punches at close quarters by a 6ft 4in guy weighing nearly 300lbs?
You would think the damage would be pretty severe, right?
Yet the photographs released last night of Wilson's injuries show what appears to be a very minor bruise on his cheek, a tiny shaving-style cut on his chin, and a bit of reddening around the back of his neck.


(By comparison, my three-year-old daughter – 38 inches high and 32lbs in weight - recently broke my wife's nose with a playful head-butt.)
Evidence presented to the Grand Jury says Wilson didn't feel the need to go to hospital, but agreed to after a conversation with his attorney. Hospital staff found no significant injury at all.
Yet Wilson says the reason he felt compelled to shoot Brown is because he feared 'another one of those punches in my face could knock me out or worse…I've already taken two to the face, the third one could be fatal if he hit me right.'

Fatal? Really? After two blows that didn't require medical treatment? 

Dig further into the weeds of Wilson’s account and you learn that Brown was supposedly carrying a bunch of cigarillos in his right hand when he delivered the first punch, then switched them to his left hand and passed them to his friend before delivering the second punch.

Yet despite all this apparently intense struggle going on inside the car, there was not a single trace of cigarillo found anywhere in the vehicle.


Wilson then claims that after the two punches, Brown made a lunge for his gun.
'I could feel his fingers try to get inside the trigger guard with my finger and I distinctly remember envisioning a bullet going into my leg.'
Hmmmm.
You're the one with the gun, you're the one who ends up doing all the shooting, yet you 'envision' a bullet going into your own leg? Sounds a very convenient thing to 'envision' when you're trying to justify shooting an unarmed teenager, no?

Wilson says he fired the gun twice but it 'just clicked'. The third time, it fired a bullet at Brown, hitting him and shattering the car window.
'He looked up at me and had the most intense, aggressive face,' said Wilson. 'It looks like a demon, that's how angry he looked.'
Well yes, Officer Wilson, you had just shot him. Most people would be pretty p***ed off at that point.

Wilson fires a second bullet at Brown, who then runs off wounded.
Wilson gives chase and says Brown stopped and turned around. 'He made a grunting, aggravated sound and he's coming back towards me.'
Wilson then fires more bullets, hitting Brown again.

'At this point, it looked like he was almost bulking up to run through the shots, like it was making him mad that I'm shooting at him,' he said.
Crazy – eh? An unarmed teenager getting mad that an armed cop is repeatedly shooting him.
Wilson keeps shooting – he fires 12 bullets in total, hitting Brown six times.
The young man dies at the scene.
There are many aspects to Michael Brown's death, and the aftermath, that trouble me:
* The disgraceful fact that he was left lying dead on the street for four hours.
* The ludicrously soft-ball Grand Jury prosecution of Officer Wilson, who wasn't even cross-examined about the many inconsistencies in his story.
* The ridiculous decision to delay announcing the Grand Jury decision for eight hours yesterday, until it was late, dark and cable news had whipped everyone up into a frenzy of anticipation about potential trouble.
* The bizarre press conference Monday night by prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch – a man who seemed more interested in prosecuting social media than a policeman shooting dead an unarmed teenager. (In fact, not once during his entire lengthy statement did he even mention that Brown had been unarmed.)
* The disgusting looting and violence that erupted once the decision was finally announced, shaming the memory of Michael Brown.

But my real contempt is reserved for the legal system in America that allowed this to happen.
Darren Wilson's explanation for why he killed Michael Brown was eerily reminiscent of George Zimmerman's account of why he shot and killed another unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin.

Like Wilson, Zimmerman claimed he was being savagely beaten, and that his assailant was trying to grab his gun.

And in both cases, under Florida and Missouri state law - with which they were very familiar - that assertion was enough to justify them shooting dead a young black teen.
I don't believe Darren Wilson's version of events, just as I didn't believe George Zimmerman's.

I think they're a pair of trigger-happy wannabee John Waynes who felt empowered by their guns to mete out deadly justice to a couple of black teenagers who should never have been killed.
They did so knowing the law would shield them, not their victims.

It's not so much 'the system' that failed Michael Brown, or Trayvon Martin.
As civil rights campaigner W.E.B. Du Bois once said: 'A system cannot fail those it was never built to protect.'

106 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice write up

Unknown said...

jst 2much to read

Unknown said...

Ok

Anonymous said...

Pls I need summary of this


Amakadarlyn@yahoo.com

DEguebe said...

Oh oh... This matter self... Mc Baba Oloye says so via Opaeyin and Alombo

Unknown said...

Asin... all whites are racist....we all knw wat wld ve happened if d policeman was black nd. teenager was white.....hmmm

Anonymous said...

Thank you Piers. So true.

Unknown said...

Word!

Unknown said...

Well spoken. God bless u.

Anonymous said...

Darren Wilson deserves to be flogged
Stylist To Murdered Miss Honduras Found Stabbed To Death

jbankzE said...

Will al ds gist bring back d dead abi justice fr d dead? Dnt v tym fr al ds rubbish write ups

~@iamjbankz SA to President Jonathan 2015~

Anonymous said...

Well said

Anonymous said...

Omg. I think I just fell in love with piers morgan. He is freaking intelligent

BONARIO NNAGS said...

The bottom line is that this judgement left us wondering if actually US is the type of country it claims to be.
There's no downplaying it racism is still very much alive in the US.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

just unfortunate the Brown's won't get justice for the murder of their son. just so shameful

Anonymous said...

just unfortunate the Brown's won't get justice for the murder of their son. just so shameful

KWEEN said...

God bless Piers Morgan for this. Very heartbreaking situation. I sincerely hope the fake "police officer" will be mugged and brutally killed by unknown assailants soon. Stupid racist bastard!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm!!!....12bullets! Nawa oooo kept readin ds all ova and ova again!.iyanufemi2@gmail.com

ukbliss said...

So said racism everywhere

Unknown said...

Well said piers! The laws were never made to protect the black race. This is wht professionalism in Journalism should be all about...#StraightFact #NeverTakeSides

Anonymous said...

Sad!!!
But I think its too late for all this analysis..
Brown is dead...
Wilson is free..
And there's nothing we can do about it..
It also doesn't mean black kids will stop being killed...
It happens everywhere, even here in Nigeria.

Berry Miky said...

well said!!! may God rest young Michael's soul...we keep fighting the good fight

Unknown said...

Long essay
Save it for another day

#Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

Anonymous said...

Pierce has said it all just as it is! On a lighter note, the only thing wrong with Pierce is the fact that he reps ASSnal!

Anonymous said...

Very brilliant Mr Morgan...
flakymarshal@yahoo.com

Berry Miky said...

well said!!! may God rest young Michael's soul...we keep fighting the good fight

Eagle Eyes Media said...

Injustice everyday and everywhere!

Anonymous said...

Brilliant personal perspective to a very contentious episode...the last quote is the icing on the cake!

Unknown said...

It's a pity this is the situation we face everyday in the world and that is why crime will continue. Well said Piers.

RareSpecie said...

Nice one Morgan, nice one. The Law has always been an ass where black can be white n vice versa. If ya al don't believe me, then look for any honest Lawyer if u can find one and ask. Heard the albino toad is member of the KKK. AA over 2 u.

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Piers mogan, yu just gat urself a fan..... God bless yu man....
*GLO BRING 3G TO KONTAGORA*
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Right on point...its so sad that after all said and done, America is still a racist nation

Anonymous said...

Well said piers

ary said...

This is a big injustice! A black President and black Americans are still the minority!

Anonymous said...

Gbam!

Unknown said...

Oh no #shadingtears#

Walata said...

Piers was being honest dats good of him

Anonymous said...

12Bullets??....ahhhhh iyanufemi2@gmail.com

Na mi said...

Well spoken Piers Morgan, uve said it all.

Unknown said...

Piers Morgan, 1ce again i say thank you! Cos u keep sayn d truth just d way it is! RIP Michael & Trayvon. Ms_Oyinkansola

Anonymous said...

All this sentiment about race aside, one the guy was a thief and he was struggling with a police officer. Why was he struggling with a Cop in the first place,no one has the right to take ones life,but is not like the police walked into his house and shot him.

Anonymous said...

Its only God blacks that can save us from this white men but we 'll still keep figthing, we shall figth to the end...olubukola daniels aka blackmamba...

Janelicious said...

Thank you Piers Morgan for this write up. janeofodile.blogspot.com

Adalud said...

Wow!wow!i see a white man who disagrees!wow!

Anonymous said...

A system cannot fail those it was never built to protect. DEEP

Anonymous said...

buki; all whites? How?

Amy said...

Well said.

Anonymous said...

I'm wondering too

Anonymous said...

Dullard!

Anonymous said...

RIP brown, Hehehehe to all Nigerians going to born yankee baby, think twice o, America is still a racist country. Linda tell them o

Unknown said...

How did u make it through school?

Anonymous said...

D problem is d police officer is supposedly 'trained' to handle dz situations. Unfortunately he cud nt put dt training to gud use.

DLECTURER said...

Once it's a black versus white thing, justice flies out the window. Shame on America.

Anonymous said...

Olodo

Anonymous said...

The day someone shoots u dead on the streets. No one will hv time too.

lami said...

Nice write up. I watched the the darren wilson guy's interview this evening and there was no form of remorse. God help us all because its a very sick world we leave now.

Anonymous said...

So then no one should speak up....typical Nigerian mentality. I am afraid of the future Nigeria with the kind of comments from our youths

KASS said...

#summary the thing be say Piers Morgan sef no happy about the Jury decision and e believe say everything wey the police man wey shoot the black boy talk na original lie be everything. #thankMeLater

Anonymous said...

I pity for your type....Please bend down and read it will help your life

Anonymous said...

Really, did you just say that. ..smh

Anonymous said...

Fine boy, please read to enhance your self

Anonymous said...

Shut up and read it again

Anonymous said...

Anon 9:43pm. Go and read up on the situation before you started spewing bile here. He didn't steal anything! The snacks the media tried to claim that he stole was actually paid for, the receipt had been provided. He never tried to get the cop's gun, American police lie all the time about that when they wrongfully kill someone then try to justify it. Go and watch the videos of victims who police repeatedly punched while shouting "why do you want to take my gun! Why are you trying to take my gun!" For the police car recording to pick it up but they were outside the car camera range so the camera couldn't see. Fortunately for one of the victims, another cop car came to block his front after he already parked his car, the second cop camera recorded the whole thing but it never got submitted at the police station. The guy was booked to be sent to jail but someone grew a conscience in the police force and submitted the recording. The guy was facing about 8 yrs in jail if the recording hadn't been handed in. Other victims had been killed and no recording to prove that they never tried to take a cop's gun, I mean why would anyone try to take a cop's gun from him, really? I don't think the boy punched the cop either because, why would you punch someone who you know has a gun? Cop's have been victimizing people for years by telling this particular lie. Now, I don't think the boy is an innocent angel, but he never did anything that warranted him getting killed. He fought a store clerk days earlier and the cop who killed him wasn't even aware of that when he killed him so he could have pulled the trigger on any other black person on that faithful day and would still be claiming the same lies.

Anonymous said...

As if you'll even understand if you bother to read...

Wild card said...

Linda iwu nwannem, but seriously, no de fall my hand.... U dnt talk abt details or investigative reporting when u talk abt any news abt corruption in our country but u just de talk ur own views for matter weh no concern us...
See there is God n we all go die one day. No de fear our govt n politicians n say ur mind, we de behind u..... Talk well abt our politicians matter no b matter weh dem no send us

lululiscious said...

Re u alright,d police man lied and u believe his BS,how gullible can u be.Even if he stole,wat happened to shooting him on d leg in other to stop him from escaping.I'm sure u know nothing about d case but just decided to show ur stupidity by commenting.


**lululiscious**

Anonymous said...

God! God! I felt chills running down my spine reading this great, perfect article.
This is where whites are wiser. Fight with proves not with blindfolded eyes. Looting shops, forgetting this deals with every black family in that country.

More like in Nigeria where everyone one goes to work the next day after there government openly and unabashedly destroy their future, forgetting they are hunted down and killed daily by the same death they feared could come if they protest. Just that the death comes in another form: hunger, unemployment, insecurity, depression, sickness....

Anonymous said...

The most painful part of it all is that these blacks won't push hard to make it in the face of all this hatred and inequality, rather they find a vice to get addicted to and see no other positive way to make achievement. They'd be the ones robbing shops, going into prostitution, hating school and lazing around, waiting for the chance to be the next entertainers to the same whites who hated them. The cycle continues.
However, none of these justifies being killed in no way!

Unknown said...

Shame on America!! May his soul rest in gentle peace.

Anonymous said...

Are you that lazy??

Unknown said...

Amen to dat...and may he be shot 10times too for being as big as hulk

Richard said...

Sense. richard.yinka190@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Wait for ur child to grow up aand summarise it for U... Mtscheew!

Anonymous said...

Too bad! Rascism still exist, no doubt about that.

Anonymous said...

Wait for ur child to grow up aand summarise it for U... Mtscheew!

Anonymous said...

This write up is flawed and no other reult would be accepted by the majority of people i.e we blacks. Lets start with the weight, MIchael Bbrown weighd almost 40 KG more in weight that the police oficer. I think I need to repeat that, almost 40 G (38KG to be precise). Majority of the witnesses who were black have said h did attack officer Wilson but they are too scared to openly come forward and want to be anonymous. The second thing to note is that the young man just stole from a convenience store and pushed aside the young asian store keeper. Officer wilson was on the lookout for a suspect who had certain items in his possesion and guess who match it, Mr Brown. Lets drop all the black sentimental nonsense and face reality, as ex Major Guliani of New york said, "The African americans problem is not the white cop shooting him which happens less than 0.8% of the time, but a fellow black man killing him which happens over 94% of the time. I hope Linda for once prints this and helps in enlightening some of her followers.

Anonymous said...

If it was about romance, you'd be the first to finish reading it...foolish girl.

sade said...

Poor boy..crious injustice...mzsade23@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Am still dumbfounded....goose pimples all over me after reading through this piece of write-up ...how i wish i can have just 2 minutes access with d gad-dammed trigger-happy police officer, I will shot his brain out and still wait for him at d other side until am sure he's on his way to hell...

Anonymous said...

Cheesycarr or watever you call urself;maybe its your future son that will be shot in the nearest future and guess what?All of us on linda ikeji will fold arms and read the sad story of how ur family dint get justice and obviously there would nothing any1 can do about it oh oh too bad.stay tuned

Unknown said...

First all those who won't read a write up before commenting shame on you!!! For those looking for summary that's why you won't grow, you are advice to read a book even if it's one a year so your brain won't see a common write up as a big deal. RIP Will you sure did not get justice. Sad

Unknown said...

That is problem with our youth
Easy to open your legs
Hard to open your books

Unknown said...

@least Piers Morgan is white it has nofin 2 do wit race bt d in d interview wat ferguson sed was meant 2 send him 2 life imprisonment cos ow can u shoot som1 dats unarmed 12tyms.....

Unknown said...

As in ehh....This matter sef...Michael brown was shot dead.....racism. ....booo hooo hoooo...oohh 0h puleeeese someone should spare me. ...the truth is he was a fool...what d hell was he thinking. ..attacking a police officer....who was sitting inside a police car....only fools die... the guy was even a thief sef...better him than d young promising officer

Anonymous said...

@chichi Cynthia 7 rose powell,lame brains, you're a disgrace to womanhood. how did you pass exams?? wait, I doubt you'r even educated! article was too long abi, fish brains!

Anonymous said...

BOTH AMERICA AND BRITISH POLICE ARE RACIST , THEY ARE DEMONS .

,I CAN NOT START TELLING YOU MY EXPERIENCE FROM THE BRITISH POLICE IN LONDON.

ALL THESE SO CALLED OYINBO ARE WHAT I CALL, CONIVING LITTLE SHIT WHO ENJOY KILLING ANY COLOR OF BLACK.

THESE PEOPLE ARE THE TERRORIST OF THE WORLD .

AFRICAN KEPT ON GOING TO SLAVE MASTERS COUNTRIES.

AS IF ,WITHOUT THEM OUR LIVES COULD NOT BE BETTER.

WE NEED TO STAY IN OUR COUNTRIES , AND HELP OURSELVES ,

OUR PROBLEM IS THAT SOME OF US DO NOT BELIEVE IN HARD WORKING.

WE ARE LAZY , WE THINK LIKE A ZOMBIES, WE BEHAVE LIKE A ZOMBIES.

SOME BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOCKLEHEADULLERS, WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR MINDSET AND LEARN HOW TO LOVE OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY IN OTHER TO STOP GOING TO SLAVE MASTERS.

ugo said...

Well, i have done my investigation and come up with the reason why Wilson shoot Brown. As a young police officer he has been training on his shooting abilities and accuracy with woods, tins, bottles and human effiges but not real human that's why he chose Brown a bloody black with know history and a slave. If not why should he shoot him severally an unarmed boy? because he saw him as a training tool.

Anonymous said...

Piers Morgan hit the nail on the head. What happens to shooting the suspect at the Leg, or even shooting the arm Wilson claimed was hitting him. It obvious Wilson could not control his rage at Brown. Justice must be served, we don't want no peace we want equal rights and justice.

Anonymous said...

Well said MR MORGAN. God bless you. It was obvious that that so called.police officer was in a rage and felt he would get away with it. DONT EVEN BELIEVE THAT HE WAS SCRATCHED BY the teenager. Where is the footage. You killed him because he walked away from you when you told him to stop. A whole 12 bullets, 6 hitting its target. That is hate right there with intent to kill. They now left the teenager for 4hrs lying in the streets.
I READ THE COMMENT SECTION OF THE DAILY MAIL in England out of curiousity alas they were all supporting the killing, making funny remarks about the dead teenager. Tells you racism is a disease in some.

Anonymous said...

A system cannot fail those it was never built to protect.'well said piers. it was never built to protect the blacks nd what shock me is that they have a black president

Unknown said...

Wot too much to read abt this interesting write up,sum pple re just to lazy divinely...well said morgan

Anonymous said...

Which fine boy? Fine boy without brain. Ur type is what is wrong with the world today but if it was ponographic material you'd read.

Anonymous said...

Lmao...wait 4 him at the other end??.....now that's some deep shii.

Unknown said...

#Deep#sad
Impressive write-up.
GOD Shall Judge them all.
Rip Michael Brown.
Rip Trayvon Martin.

Anonymous said...

I agree with some of the things your saying. But Nigerians WOULD LOVE THEIR COUNTRY MORE IF the politicians stop looting. NIGERIAN infrastructures are non existent and the govt dont care. People are getting older as each day go by and are starting TO REALISE THAT THE COUNTRY MIGHT NOT BE FIXED IN THEIR LIFETIME, hence need to check out to oyinbo land. And not say that all diasporians overseas are 419ers or lazy. Yes Oyinbo police are terrible not one black person has anything good to say about them. BUT OUR GOVT NEED TO PUT THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER. THEY say the young shal grow and take over but with these politicians even govt ministries that we have, they are old and refuse to give the youth a chance.
Only in NIGERIA WOULD an employer ASK FOR OVER 10yrs work experience. Only IN NIGERIA WOULD AN APPLICANT BE ASKED TO PAY FOR A JOB APPLICATION FORM.

Anonymous said...

I think your comments in itself has holes all over it.
There is no justification in siding the teenager if he stole from a shop. How many shoplifters have you heard of been killed. Also if there was a scuffle and one refuses to accept your comment that the teenager just attacked the guy, (a policeman with visible revolver in his hustler) just like that. What seems to have transpired was the officer trying to arrest the teenager on citing him. The boy refused, he tried wrestling the boy to ground as they normally do only in this case he couldn't. The boy got out of the scuffle and begin to walk away. He shouted at the teenager to stop it seems he gnored him and this trigger happy officer shot 12 times with 6 hitting its target.
Whatever happened to CALLING FOR back up when he knew he couldn't arrest him. His ego was bruised seeing that he couldn't handle the teenager and instead took the opportunity to kill him whilst the teenager walked away from him.
YOU MADE A MISTAKE HERE IN YOUR CRITICISM. I DO agree with you though that black on black crime need to stop.

Anonymous said...

You are a fool. When we black people behave like savages

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Anonymous said...

I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TRY AND READ THIS WRITE-UP. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF TRULY WILSON WAS FRIGHTENED OF BROWN'S SIZE(DESPITE BEING CONFIRMED TO BE UNARMED), THEN HE IS NOT FIT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER COS HAD IT BEING HE WAS FACED WITH A NOTORIOUS AND ARMED CRIMINAL, WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT THE CRIMINAL WOULD HAVE A UPPER HAND(DEFINITELY) AND BROWN WOULD MOST LIKELY BE DEAD NOW. SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE?

Anonymous said...

You are a goat,why bring in arsenal

Ivy said...

I'm amazed at the comments people keep dropping concerning this topic, and it breaks my heart that some people are saying a lot of dumb things...this is a very straight forward and glaring issue, you shoot an unarmed teenager, more than once with him taking two bullets to the head and you tell me the officer had no intent to kill him? how convenient!
Can anyone remember that this boy ran away from the police and there was quite a distance between them that could have given the officer an opportunity to either shoot in both legs or even arms....this is plain racism, devaluation and waste of a young man's life...i pray God console his family but honestly, Michael Brown did not deserve to die (either he stole cigarette or not, assaulted the officer or not, officer had the upper hand, he was the one with the GUN not Michael)

Anonymous said...

For some of you saying these follow-up coments are waste of time etc,well I won't be suprised if your loved one becomes a victim and you go online shouting it and no one cared. . .then you will learn what is called Natural-Retrogressive-Effect.
#iknowwhoiam

Anonymous said...

U must b sick for sayn dat! What makes u think the officers account of the incident was true? There r so many inconsistencies in his version of events. There was even an eye witness, but the prosecution didn't consider his testimony! Now is that a fair judgement? Think before you post stupid comments.

Anonymous said...

HE GOT PAID 500K BY ABC FOR HIS INTERVIEW & HE HAS RAISED OVER 500K FROM DONATION.

Walata said...

Anon 11:13am thanks for ur comment pls dnt mind the other anon 9:27am is he not a slave in his own black man's country smh at ur future, cos u dnt have any future with wat my eyes are seeing in naija

Walata said...

God bless u n ur family well said

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