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Bill de Blasio: “We got to deal with this nationally on one level, but we don’t have any illusions about legislation anytime soon in the…”

On the recordApril 12, 2022
We got to deal with this nationally on one level, but we don’t have any illusions about legislation anytime soon in the Congress, so it really comes down to going back to the local level recognizing that just policing can happen, does happen, done right.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for local solutions to violence in the absence of federal legislation.

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