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On the recordJune 7, 2022
I am a walking testimony of how the criminal justice system and the gun control laws, which is steeped in racism, by the way, have failed the Black community.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the failures of gun control laws and their impact on the Black community.

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