If they had been in place, George Floyd might be alive today. They will put in place new accountability mechanisms, because clearly, people -- officers in Minneapolis who have done wrong have not been held accountable.
Tom Perez: “If they had been in place, George Floyd might be alive today. They will put in place new accountability mechanisms…”
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Tom Perez argues for the implementation of accountability mechanisms in policing to prevent future tragedies.
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