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Abdul El-Sayed: “There are so many ways that society has failed to deal with real problems and has used policing and jails as a stopgap…”

On the recordJuly 3, 2026
There are so many ways that society has failed to deal with real problems and has used policing and jails as a stopgap for all of these failures
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Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic · Michigan

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Commenting on societal issues at a panel discussion.

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