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Karen Bass: “I just thought that it was tragic. It was tragic. And it was also insulting the idea that the charge they indicted him…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2020
I just thought that it was tragic. It was tragic. And it was also insulting the idea that the charge they indicted him for is the bullet went through a building, not her life, losing her life was not indigestible. I think that they should have allowed this case to go to trial so that there could have been true justice.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Bass expresses her disappointment over the charges related to Breonna Taylor's death, emphasizing the need for true justice.

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