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Lyndon Johnson: “It must remain so, for the concept of a centralized police force is repugnant to our national tradition.”

On the recordOctober 29, 1967
It must remain so, for the concept of a centralized police force is repugnant to our national tradition.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Crime Prevention and Control.

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