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Joe Biden: “What I didn't, I never had to tell my daughter. If she's pulled over, make sure she puts for traffic stop, put both…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2020
What I didn't, I never had to tell my daughter. If she's pulled over, make sure she puts for traffic stop, put both hands on top of the wheel. And don't reach for the glove box because someone may shoot you. But a black parent, no matter how wealthy or how poor they are, has to teach their child when you're walking down the street, don't have a hoodie on when you go across the street, making sure that you in fact, if you get pulled over, just yes or no sir, hands on top of the wheel.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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Biden discusses the different conversations parents have with their children about safety during police encounters.

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