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Demonstrators on what was supposed to be a peaceful march to montgomery for voting rights. they were less than a mile into their journey when just after crossing over the edmund bridge, they were viciously beaten by law enforcement and what became known as bloody sunday. to know that history is to have a better understanding of why a brawl on an alabama riverfront resignation is so deeply with african americans. joining me now is the mayor of montgomery, mayor stephen read. mayor reid, thank you very much for coming back to the saturday show. thank you so much for having me. mayor, what were your thoughts when you first saw that video? i think 24 saw the video, i was as surprised as everyone. certainly disturbed by it. and i was disappointed by the actions that those were in the wrong praise, doing the wrong thing took someone who is just doing his job, trying to get ....