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On the recordMay 18, 2015
Nobody has made that claim here. I don't know why certain of my colleagues here say, well, they are not outraged when a Black person kills a Black person. That is not the issue here.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Gutierrez addresses misconceptions about outrage over violence in the Black community.

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