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Ayanna Pressley: Thank you, Chairman Raskin, for convening this hearing. I think it is worth repeating history...

On the recordSeptember 28, 2020
Thank you, Chairman Raskin, for convening this hearing. I think it is worth repeating history...
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the historical roots of policing linked to slave patrols.

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