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Val Demings: Schools fail? Call the police. Let them handle it. This is too much to ask.

On the recordMarch 10, 2021
Schools fail? Call the police. Let them handle it. This is too much to ask.
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Val Demings
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Demings emphasizes the unrealistic expectations placed on police to address failures in education and social services.

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