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Lawyer: Ex-FSU QB provoked by racial remark

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ESPN college football reporter Mark Schlabach discusses Florida State's decision to release freshman quarterback De'Andre Johnson after video was released of him punching a woman at a bar.
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Former Florida State quarterback De'Andre Johnson's attorney told NBC News on Tuesday that his 19-year-old client punched a woman in the face after she called him racial epithets and provoked him.