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Bill Clinton: Absolutely, yes. One of the things that I think we have to do, first of all, is try to get this out on the table in a…

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
Absolutely, yes. One of the things that I think we have to do, first of all, is try to get this out on the table in a way that is both forthright but not threatening. I had a group of African-American journalists in here a few months ago, and virtually everybody in the room said they had been stopped by a police officer for no apparent reason. I mean, it was chilling to me. And now I just sort of--every time I'm in a room now with a number of African-Americans and Hispanics I'll cite this just to see how many people will speak up and say, ``Well, that's exactly what happened to me; it's happened to me a lot.'' Just today I was meeting with a guy who said, ``Oh, yeah,'' he said, ``I got stopped once just waiting for a taxicab, like there was something I was doing wrong, standing there waiting for a taxicab, in my suit.'' Ms. Enda. So what do you intend to do about it?
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