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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Isn't it the case that there have not been escalating tactics? Shouldn't we give these demonstrators their due that…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
Isn't it the case that there have not been escalating tactics? Shouldn't we give these demonstrators their due that there has been cooperation with the police and instead of escalating tactics, they have self-policed their movement?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues that demonstrators have cooperated with police rather than escalating tensions.

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