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Bill Clinton: “I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out…”

On the recordApril 7, 2016
I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on to the street to murder other African-American children. Maybe you thought they were good citizens. She didn't. She didn't. You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Bill Clinton defends his comments regarding crime and the impact of gang leaders on African-American communities.

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