Tom Perez: “The Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Shepard-Byrd law, is a critically important law.”

The opportunity to make a difference here in Maryland are unlimited. I want to run for governor -- I’m running for governor because I want to make sure that every Marylander can realize their full potential.

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 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…

I appreciate that Larry Hogan spoke out against Donald Trump. So did I. I work for four years to get rid of Donald Trump and elect Democrats. But we need to do more.