1:10:01
Mr Raplin asserts that the gun
was placed on him at the scene,
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that he was set up.
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- Who did it if not Raplin?
- That's for the police to find out.
1:10:09
I'm just representing the accused.
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Is it true that the assassin was a card-carrying
member of the American Civil Liberties Union?
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- I do not know. If he was, so what?
- Will Raplin be released?
1:10:19
No. There are witnesses who say he pulled
the trigger. He's being held without bail.
1:10:24
That's all for now. Thank you.
1:10:26
[Terry] After the attack on Bob's life,
the media outcry is unprecedented.
1:10:31
His face echoes across
the American landscape,
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on the covers of magazines,
in newspapers and on TV news broadcasts.
1:10:38
Roberts is proclaimed an American hero,
a martyr of the new right,
1:10:43
a crippled prophet for the future.
1:10:47
[Crowd] We want Bob!
1:10:49
[Terry] A week after the shooting,
Bob is to be released
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and transported to Pennsylvania by
Medevac helicopter in time for the election.
1:10:56
He's coming from the back.
1:10:59
Let's go!
1:11:00
[Chanting] We want Bob!
1:11:02
[Clamouring]
1:11:10
[Terry] What are the possibilities
of complete recovery?
1:11:13
[Menck] Like I said, it's up to the individual.
After surgery and rehabilitation,
1:11:17
he could move his toes in a couple of years
and walk a few years later.
1:11:22
To tell you the truth,
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it would be a miracle if he ever walks again.
1:11:27
As you've been denied access to him,
1:11:29
Mr Raplin has asked me
to convey his feelings to you.
1:11:32
First, he asserts his absolute innocence.
1:11:34
Due to a restrictive palsy in his right hand,
he would never have been able to fire the gun.
1:11:40
Second, he would like to express his beliefs
that Bob Roberts is involved in dirty dealings
1:11:45
involving guns, drugs and savings and loans.
1:11:49
And lastly and most importantly,
1:11:51
he would like to say
that as a witness to this incident,
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he saw the gun fired twice into the ground,
not at Bob Roberts.
1:11:59
What?