I understood that I was going to get pushback. But never did I or could I have ever imagined that I would be mocked, that I would be ridiculed, that I would receive hate mail, that I would receive death threats, they would describe how my husband would be killed coming out of my house, and how no police officers would -- officers would respond, how they would target my children, right?
Marilyn Mosby discusses the backlash she has faced while fighting for racial justice and against mass incarceration.
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