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Cory Booker: I know growing up our experiences as our parents talked to us about police officers, talked to us about behavior, there…

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
I know growing up our experiences as our parents talked to us about police officers, talked to us about behavior, there was dramatic differences between the exhortations of Black parents, Latino parents, and White parents.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker reflects on racial disparities in parental guidance regarding police interactions.

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