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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A fatal shooting by a state trooper that helped inspire the march from Selma in 1965 and the "Bloody Sunday" protest that preceded it will get a fresh look next week by a special grand jury.
Former State Trooper James Bonard Fowler has insisted for years that he shot black Vietnam War veteran Jimmie Lee Jackson in self-defense when Jackson grabbed Fowler's pistol during a melee in a Marion cafe.
"There is no question about who did the shooting. The question is whether this was a murder or it was something else," said District Attorney Michael Jackson, who is not related to the victim.
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