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Ayanna Pressley: We had a former FBI official on the record who said that Black identity extremists pose no threat to our public safety.

On the recordJune 3, 2019
We had a former FBI official on the record who said that Black identity extremists pose no threat to our public safety.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley references an FBI official's statement on the lack of threat from Black identity extremists.

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