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Summer Lee: “I, frankly, believe we had an impact. We had an impact by raising the issue, and police departments themselves began to…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2011
I, frankly, believe we had an impact. We had an impact by raising the issue, and police departments themselves began to self-police and find better ways.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Sheila Jackson Lee discusses the impact of raising police brutality issues.

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