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Stacey Plaskett: “The Virgin Islands and places like me are facing enormous murder rates, enormous disruption to our communities because…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2017
The Virgin Islands and places like me are facing enormous murder rates, enormous disruption to our communities because of this drug trafficking.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett highlights the impact of drug trafficking on violence in the Virgin Islands.

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