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Eric Holder: “I was a young college student driving from New York to Washington, stopped on a highway, and told to open the trunk of…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2009
I was a young college student driving from New York to Washington, stopped on a highway, and told to open the trunk of my car, because the police officer told me he wanted to search it for weapons. I remember as I got back in the car and continued on my journey how humiliated I felt, how angry I got.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder discusses his personal experience with racial profiling.

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