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Mark Dayton: Had they been white people in the car they wouldn't be dead.

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
Had they been white people in the car they wouldn't be dead.
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Mark Dayton

Editor's note · Context

Dayton highlights the racial disparity in police shootings, suggesting that the outcome would have been different for white individuals.

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