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Eric Holder: What happened last night was a pure ambush. This was not someone trying to bring healing to Ferguson. This was a damn…

On the recordMarch 11, 2015
What happened last night was a pure ambush. This was not someone trying to bring healing to Ferguson. This was a damn punk. Punk, who was trying to discord in an area that's trying to get its act together and trying to bring together a community that has been fractured for too long.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder describes the shooting of police officers in Ferguson as an ambush and criticizes the shooter for undermining community efforts.

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