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Eric Holder: “Unless we get at this gang problem, we won't get at what I think is really the root of our violence problem in too many…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
Unless we get at this gang problem, we won't get at what I think is really the root of our violence problem in too many of our cities.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder links gang issues to broader violence problems in cities.

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