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Jerry Brown: I have been battle tested. Two blocks from here I built a place, right here, first one. Two blocks away, there have been…

On the recordJune 14, 2006
I have been battle tested. Two blocks from here I built a place, right here, first one. Two blocks away, there have been two murders since I moved in. That's why for me crime fighting is not an abstraction, it's not a political rhetoric, it's about survival. It's about life and death.
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Jerry Brown
California

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Jerry Brown discusses his experience with crime and the importance of crime fighting in his campaign for attorney general.

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