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    "title": "Civil Rights Victory: Troy teen calls acquittal in gun case 'the right verdict'",
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    "created": "2012-07-14 16:11:47 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>A recent Troy High School graduate was acquitted Thursday of all charges in his arrest for carrying a rifle through downtown Birmingham.</p>\n<p>A jury in 48th District Court found Sean M. Combs, 18, not guilty of brandishing a firearm and disturbing the peace. Wednesday, Judge Marc Barron issued a directed verdict dismissing a charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer after Combs' attorney, James Makowski, argued that city attorney Mary Kucharek had not proven that offense.</p>\n<p>\"I think they came up with the right verdict,\" Combs said after his acquittal. \"It took them a while, but at the end of the day, I think it was the right decision.\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120712/METRO02/207120447/Troy-teen-calls-acquittal-gun-case-right-verdict-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs\">Troy teen calls acquittal in gun case 'the right verdict' | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com</a></em>.</p>\n"
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