Mr. Leavelle. No; if you ever slopped hogs and throw down a pail of slop and saw them rush after it you would understand what that was like up there—about the same situation.
Mr. Ball. I'm through. Do you have some more questions, Mr. Stern?
Mr. Stern. There was just no response. You asked them to cooperate with you?
Mr. Leavelle. Oh, yes; they would be asked to stand back and stay back but wouldn't do much good, and they would push forward and you had to hold them off physically. Of course, I realize I am not running the police department but if I had been running it wouldn't have been nobody up there; like I say, I was fed up. Fact of the business, one time when I was trying to escort some witness out of there—I don't recall who it was at this time—but I was trying to get them through that crowd and taking them down the edge of the corridor and I stopped and I looked down and there was a joker had a camera stuck between my legs taking pictures so that's just some indication of how they acted.
Mr. Stern. Was any consideration given to clearing the corridor?
Mr. Leavelle. A lot of consideration was given to it by me but, of course, I didn't have anything to do with it.
Mr. Stern. Was it discussed?
Mr. Leavelle. I imagine just among the men up there. The officers working in the bureau probably did. I don't know whether it was discussed on a higher level or not. I have no knowledge of that.
Mr. Stern. There were actually television cameras in the corridor?
Mr. Leavelle. Well, yes.