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Eric Holder: “Let me be clear. Translate my 'appropriate' to 'no.'”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
Let me be clear. Translate my 'appropriate' to 'no.'
Said by
Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder clarifies that lethal force would not be constitutional in the described scenario.

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