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Robert C. Byrd: “It is time for this Nation's Capital to quit temporizing with criminals.”

On the recordMay 17, 1968
It is time for this Nation's Capital to quit temporizing with criminals.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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May 17, 1968

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Speaking on crime and policing in Washington, D.C.

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