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On the recordSeptember 28, 2020
far too much of the discussion around the issue of White supremacist infiltration in policing focuses on whether this problem exists at all, and we have known for generations that it is not a question about whether this problem is an issue, it is a matter of how we have allowed it to sustain for so long.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes the longstanding issue of white supremacy in policing.

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