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On the recordMay 14, 2019
And at a time when Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police, a document like the FBI's intelligence assessment is not just misleading, it is reckless and dangerous.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Ayanna Pressley condemns the FBI's intelligence assessment as reckless amid police violence against Black Americans.

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