Abdul El-Sayed: “This is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets.”

“I saw for myself what was happening. They were laying siege to a city on the northern border, telling us that this is somehow about the border. It's not. This is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. We can do a lot better than ice. I think we need to abolish ice, start from scratch.” (07:16–07:20)

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