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Summer Lee: “First of all, coming from Chicago, very large city, Houston, the fourth largest city in the Nation, the whole criminal…”

On the recordMay 20, 2009
First of all, coming from Chicago, very large city, Houston, the fourth largest city in the Nation, the whole criminal justice system skews itself to inner city neighborhoods.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Comments on the bias in the criminal justice system affecting urban areas.

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