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Stacey Plaskett: “I think what Maxine Waters says was that we should confront the system that's created, the individuals have to being out…”

On the recordApril 18, 2021
I think what Maxine Waters says was that we should confront the system that's created, the individuals have to being out there to protest.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett defends Waters' call for confrontation against systemic issues related to police violence.

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