Cavalier Johnson: “If somebody commits an act of death, harm, or destruction in…”

“Because what I've said constantly is that when people decide to break law, when they decide to hurt people, if we don't hold them accountable, and folks, you guys hear me all the time, right, say that If somebody commits an act of death, harm, or destruction in this community, they should be held to account. So if people are not held accountable, then they believe that that gives them license to go to some other neighborhood to hurt somebody else, to damage somebody else's property.” (19:09–19:14)

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