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Bill de Blasio: “We've had to literally train them as families have all over this city for decades in how to take special care in any…”

On the recordDecember 21, 2014
We've had to literally train them as families have all over this city for decades in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

De Blasio discusses the need for families to prepare their children for interactions with police.

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