Mr. BENOIT: Everybody's been talking about this is south Louisiana, and for it to be sprung up on everybody like it was a big surprise, it just kills me, you know, 'cause I know that this was not a surprise.

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"I think they hurt their cause more than helping it when they protest like this, " Ms Mills said.

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"But I do think whenever there is a cross-racial killing like this, it does cause a lot of concern, and it's certainly something we have to address and look at, " he said.

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It was a case of, it did feel very much like, well if I'm going to cause this much chaos to a lot of people, then maybe I should just, you know, bow out.

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