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Cummings: ‘We Cannot Allow Black Men to Continue To Be Slaughtered’ (clip)
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C-SPAN
Name: C-SPAN
URL: http://www.c-span.org/
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Elijah Cummings
, Stephen Lynch
Name: Elijah Cummings
Employment: U.S. House of Representatives
Position: Congressman
Name: Stephen Lynch
Employment: U.S. Congress
Position: Congressman
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Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Name: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
URL: http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/
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07/08/2016 12:36 pm
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Lynch I have no ░░░░░░░░ questions I yield back ░░░░░░░░ Mr Director we are ░░░░░░░░ at the end I ░░░░░░░░ going to do a ░░░░░░░░ statement and then I ░░░░░░░░ the chairman will I ░░░░░░░░ to first of all ░░░░░░░░ want to go back ░░░░░░░░ something that Ms Watson ░░░░░░░░ said a little earlier ░░░░░░░░ an African American man ░░░░░░░░ this country 66 years ░░░░░░░░ moving towards the twilight ░░░░░░░░ my life we cannot ░░░░░░░░ black men to continue ░░░░░░░░ be slaughtered This morning ░░░░░░░░ woke up to my ░░░░░░░░ literally crying watching the ░░░░░░░░ of this guy Alton ░░░░░░░░ in Baton Rouge and ░░░░░░░░ she looked at the ░░░░░░░░ for Philando Castile in ░░░░░░░░ Minneapolis And I hope ░░░░░░░░ watch them There is ░░░░░░░░ wrong with this picture ░░░░░░░░ don t get me ░░░░░░░░ I am all for ░░░░░░░░ ve supported police I ░░░░░░░░ a lawyer and I ░░░░░░░░ how important police are ░░░░░░░░ I know there are ░░░░░░░░ many great folks But ░░░░░░░░ Director if you do ░░░░░░░░ else in your 2 ░░░░░░░░ plus days left I ░░░░░░░░ have got to help ░░░░░░░░ get ahold of this ░░░░░░░░ It is so painful ░░░░░░░░ can t even begin ░░░░░░░░ tell you And so ░░░░░░░░ don t want I ░░░░░░░░ been fortunate in my ░░░░░░░░ I ve been very ░░░░░░░░ that I have not ░░░░░░░░ harmed by the police ░░░░░░░░ I have been stopped ░░░░░░░░ million times Now with ░░░░░░░░ to this hearing I ░░░░░░░░ to thank you again.”
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