On the recordDecember 8, 2014
The fact that our low-income and minority communities are over-policed and under-protected is the spark, but poverty and economic deprivation is the kindling and that is what lights the flame.
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congress.govCory Booker: “The fact that our low-income and minority communities are over-policed and under-protected is the spark, but poverty and…”
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Booker discusses the link between poverty and over-policing in minority communities.
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