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Bill de Blasio: “Charlaine and had to talk to Dante for years about the dangers that he may face. We've had to literally train him as…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2014
Charlaine and had to talk to Dante for years about the dangers that he may face. We've had to literally train him as families have all over this city for decades in how to take special care in any encounter has with the police officers who are there to protect him.
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Bill de Blasio
Democratic · New York

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Bill de Blasio discusses the need to educate his son about potential dangers he may face during encounters with police.

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