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Jamie Raskin: “There is nothing in this bill that should objectionable to anyone who cares about public safety truly, who cares about…”

On the recordJune 9, 2020
There is nothing in this bill that should objectionable to anyone who cares about public safety truly, who cares about antidiscrimination and pledges themselves to it, who cares about the rule of law, and who cares about this country, and who believes, as many have said today, that they owe something to Mr. Floyd and his family and even to Ms. Jacobs and her family, because police officers are made unsafe by the current system.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin defends a bill aimed at improving public safety and addressing discrimination.

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