On the recordJune 3, 2019
I go through CLEAR, everything, trying to reduce the fact that somebody sees the name Cleaver and, all of a sudden, I am a member of the Black Panthers, and I am harassed.
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congress.govEmanuel Cleaver: “I go through CLEAR, everything, trying to reduce the fact that somebody sees the name Cleaver and, all of a sudden, I am…”
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Cleaver addresses concerns about racial profiling linked to his name.
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