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Elizabeth Warren: “It was wrong to react so impulsively without positive evidence of disloyalty, even though we felt we had a good motive…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
It was wrong to react so impulsively without positive evidence of disloyalty, even though we felt we had a good motive in the security of our State.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Earl Warren reflects on the wrongful internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

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