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On the recordJuly 16, 2016
This is not our community. This is not how we respond, and learning that the shooter was actually from Missouri confirms that.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Graves asserts that the violence seen is not representative of the Baton Rouge community.

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