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Cedric Richmond: “Let's assume two kids go out at night to the school dance. When the Black mother is waiting by the phone and the phone…”

On the recordJune 25, 2020
Let's assume two kids go out at night to the school dance. When the Black mother is waiting by the phone and the phone rings and the child says, ``Well, there was a problem,'' and both kids say, ``We see police lights. The police are on the way,'' the White mother and parent is going to think help is on the way and feel relieved; the Black mother is going to get more concerned and say, ``Just do whatever they tell you, baby. Just come home. No matter how much they degrade you, just come home.'' There is a difference of policing in this country, and we are just asking to fix it.
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana
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Jun 25, 2020

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