Ms. Hong, in the hours following the shooting, standing alongside protesters, you said, quote, the state sanctioned violence was an execution. Would you make those immediate declarations as governor, even though an investigation had not yet started? No. The governor has the largest microphone in the state and there comes deep responsibility with that. But what we saw in videos and what I had talked to folks who had witnessed that, I think what we saw, it was clearly the type of violence where no one's life should have been taken. (10:07–10:13)
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