On the recordFebruary 7, 1995
Mr. Chairman, I am here because I heard the debate on this issue, and I have to tell you that the fourth amendment is not just words to me, it is protection, real protection. Let me tell you what it is like to live in a country which has no fourth amendment. I lived in South Africa, in fascist South Africa, and my mother was a fighter for justice and for truth. And she lived in fear, constant fear, that her home might be invaded, that papers might be taken out of context and used in trials by the government against people who believed in justice. And in South Africa, they longed for the fourth amendment, Mr. Chairman. They longed for that protection. Our police must be given the tools to fight crime, but it is our citizens who must be protected, in their homes, in their lives, and in their beliefs.
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