Tom Perez: “We strongly support the First Amendment, and at the same time we strongly support the prosecution of people who use…”

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.

Criminal prosecutions, Anderson, are a necessary, but insufficient condition of justice. In a pattern and practice investigation, a team of lawyers and experts, former Police Chiefs, use of force experts, accountability experts will come…

I firmly believe that when union succeeds, America succeeds. And my long track record, that’s what this race is about.

I prosecuted a lot of police misconduct cases. I never had a Police Chief testify in my case. So the fact that Chief Arredondo testified, I thought was a significant part of that case and the fact that he is cooperating is a good sign and…