09/03/2018
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"The reason we are where we are right now is because of overtly racist policies, not 400 years ago, just in my lifetime, that were red-lining communities and disinvesting in communities."
"Our criminal justice system is so savagely broken. There's no difference in America between blacks, whites, and Latinos for using drugs or dealing drugs."
"I was the first person to come out for gun licensing, and I'm happy that people like Beto O'Rourke are showing such courage now and coming forward and also now supporting licensing."
"The people in my community, living in the projects, told me, don't give up on the people and the people won't give up on you."