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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A newly-released video graphically shows former rap mogul Suge (shug) Knight running over two men with his pickup truck.
The surveillance footage from a Los Angeles-area fast-food restaurant shows one of the men getting knocked down as the pickup reverses. The truck then speeds forward, running over the fallen man and a second man, who was killed.
A lawyer for Knight says the video posted by the website TMZ shows that the men attacked Knight before he drove over them. He says the video will help in Knight's defense against charges of murder and attempted murder.
But a lawyer for the family of the man who died says Knight should have driven away, instead of using his truck as a weapon.
Sheriff's officials aren't commenting on the contents of the video. They say they didn't release it.
Authorities allege that Knight intentionally ran over the men, killing Terry Carter and seriously injuring "Bone" Sloan. The confrontation occurred shortly after Knight was told to leave a location where a promotional video was being shot.
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APPHOTO LA103: Marion "Suge" Knight, right, appears with his attorney Mathew Fletcher, left, in court for a hearing about evidence in his murder case on Monday, March 9, 2015, in Los Angeles, Calif. Knight is accused of striking two men with his pickup truck, killing one, during an altercation in a Compton parking lot in January.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool) (9 Mar 2015)
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