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Cedric Richmond: “But we had a past police chief who said, when there was a spate of people who were dying because of chokeholds, he said…”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
But we had a past police chief who said, when there was a spate of people who were dying because of chokeholds, he said at a press conference the reason that African-Americans were dying of chokeholds was because our veins were different, they collapsed quicker.
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana

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Richmond discusses past police chief's racist comments on chokeholds affecting African-Americans.

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