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Tom McClintock: Withdrawing police protection from our streets, abandoning police stations to rioters, turning a blind eye to looting…

On the recordJune 9, 2020
Withdrawing police protection from our streets, abandoning police stations to rioters, turning a blind eye to looting, arson, and mayhem, all have an incendiary effect on insurrections.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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Criticism of police withdrawal leading to chaos and violence.

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