Cellphone video of Brandon Scott & Munir Bahar speaking at 300 Men March rally

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A digital video of speeches at a 300 Men March rally in Baltimore, Maryland. The video was captured with a cellphone and has color and sound. The footage opens with Brandon Scott giving a speech about violence in Baltimore, stating that "We have to stop killing each other." Scott wears a black t-shirt with [300 / MEN MARCH] printed on it in large, white uppercase letters and holds a megaphone in his hands. Councilwoman Sharon Middleton and 300 Men March leader Munir Bahar, both of whom can also be seen wearing 300 Men March t-shirts, stand adjacent to him. He goes on to say that "The reason I don't drink alcohol is because of all the liquor [?] right here across the street. Because my dad made me clean up that mess every day.

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