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Chris Murphy: “In Bridgeport, CT, we had epidemic levels of school-based arrests... school-based arrests plummeted by 50 percent.”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
In Bridgeport, CT, we had epidemic levels of school-based arrests... school-based arrests plummeted by 50 percent.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses the impact of removing police from schools on student arrests.

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