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“But it is not December 29 that haunts me. It is the night of December 28, the night before the killing.”

The horror of that night. The fear they must have known, surrounded as they were by angry, intoxicated, armed men who had hunted them and now held them captive.

Those men, women and children were helpless to do anything to protect themselves, and surely there were those among them who knew with unwelcome certainty that this would be their last night on earth.

The human truth of that night so insightfully rendered in your telling, Professor Richardson, is your power - that is what distinguishes you and that is why so many of us are here.

Thank you.

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“The human truth of that night so insightfully rendered in your telling, Professor Richardson, is your power - that is what distinguishes you and that is why so many of us are here. “

What R. Dooley said . . . .why so many of us are here.

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Very well said. My thoughts exactly.

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I wholeheartedly agree.

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