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Dick Gregory Protesting Capital Punishment

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    Comedian Dick Gregory on his efforts to fight capital punishment across the country.

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Mr.

Gregor I've been lucky my brother -- look to you in the family and not.

Welcome back home you -- that you happen to the lead and be out of new York and earthquake.

I don't know assistant -- -- gonna dog just a dot closed.

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And you know the national complete -- and yard is the national charitable -- are correct.

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Well -- a good point were you this morning.

Just left until I was down four -- Two to protest the execution.

In until last night.

The -- peel one of the guys who killed -- -- Huntsville Texas Huntsville Texas that -- did you stay.

We data out probably we -- we would -- twelve midnight pastors and stayed there.

Until.

6 o'clock yesterday after the execute actually executing with global it might -- CP 21.

Just at a hotel -- know we date we always outfit I don't know.

Help -- -- -- and Huntsville tomorrow you're going uphill battle well all my kind of I don't know that I would dissipate around.

Well it's you don't know I think about rodeo but Joseph braver.

Who was an eight time world champion.

Cowboys and have the government -- -- a good people do it in -- country.

I don't dump five to decent American visionaries wives -- -- so we're going -- -- -- We'll bring you -- a couple of -- the united side today and you know it won't be other tomorrow.

Mine are 101 or shorts amongst.

Why not just him to tell me about his excuse -- -- that student month.

Yeah he's been excluded -- -- is this one left of that they have a -- just a gimmick gets the execution and and I don't think the state have a right to kill somebody.

At home right to put -- in jail for the life that's that's part of the move and execution that we've seen in if you -- I was in the military.

And we wouldn't Biden indicating meet capital.

They came -- IP Powell called the -- that if they can't.

You can actually stop political a little little in the national waiting to treating people in in America today it's capital punishment.

-- this -- in the government can tell me that killing is wrong when they do it.

And so -- world.

Whole week I'll -- executions.

Done well when I have a good model for of the different systems is the -- -- and -- Obama I just didn't believe distinct.

Departed Cato.

And and and 101000.

And by the outlook and geology and in the management.

At around its protest -- -- -- -- the execution hadn't happened then.

Both -- Davidson and with that there and in came here.

And I just I really feel they have about the state killing people on the no way can be doesn't I can understand people who feel badly.

But -- -- -- -- drink -- and use cracked in.

And and and and rowdy and you'll have the right to kill me -- towel actually do that -- -- -- example that there -- currently about the -- There are -- are we were talking about this just -- -- our -- And -- a -- -- all time because.

In theory I think I support to death penalty if you're killer copper you -- -- together.

Or days or or all or that guy -- -- -- drag that black man behind you know.

Several established I want I was -- -- when yesterday.

Or -- saw I would be for -- him except other supplements itself.

If I had a -- Solved I mean if you make as specific -- you give me an individual.

And you say to me.

-- everywhere you that you were Euro one who's gonna have to pull the trigger -- -- lethal injection.

-- -- you know -- I don't know what I would doorknob but it was somebody killed.

-- remind you or org or -- or Deirdre.

-- Why do you name all the people who did not achieve low but if I let you take you could remain.

And that's what -- -- million so you're parking little.

Of course you know you don't pay out for a couple -- -- -- couldn't do it used Kryptonite kind of experience.

You couldn't.

That that you -- that's that's what people turning to your killed at where people love you.

More shot a rabbit you're probably years ago felt -- about -- started as a growth real lawyer with a scope on a -- was a long lawyer word rabbit is in in a -- I hit the rabbit.

A problem means -- -- -- around.

So I had to drive up.

And XQ two -- -- you don't want to tell you told you was talking to us that he's that I do suitable -- fled their.

Here is an engine He thinks ambulances government to -- got a -- we're -- -- -- Don't you ever if you give me give the bank -- is -- by -- -- -- a little at plus you think he's.