Political Quotes

Steve Cohen

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Sep 22, 2019

I most certainly do because I think we have a duty. We take an oath of office to uphold the Constitution.

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Sep 22, 2019

We are given the power to sanction or countervail a president through impeachment who we feel the facts show has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

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Sep 22, 2019

I think it has. Of course, it depends on the facts as they are developed. And if they are very close to what we've read in the reports from 'The Washington Post,' of him basically leveraging military aid to the Ukraine that they need to…

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Sep 18, 2019

Do not demand community respect for law enforcement while advocating for those very policies that you know will destroy their trust.

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Sep 18, 2019

Later this week, I am going to introduce the Deadly Force Independent Review Act, which would provide independent review of instances when a Federal law enforcement officer has used deadly force.

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Sep 18, 2019

It is a shame the Department of Justice, which has been effective in the past, has stepped back from providing independent review and accountability for police practices.

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Sep 18, 2019

You can't have absolute independence if the DA has to go to the grand jury and if the DA indicts a policeman, gets a policeman indicted, then the police, as we saw in New York--

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Sep 18, 2019

Yes, so that I as the detective don't have to interview or investigate somebody, I worked with for 20 years.

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Sep 18, 2019

We also need to collect data and technology to be useful about policing practice, to make law enforcement more responsive and responsible.

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Sep 18, 2019

I am deeply concerned about the crisis of trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

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Sep 18, 2019

It is especially disheartening to hear the Attorney General of the United States attack local mayors and prosecutors for their efforts to respond to their local community.

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