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Chris Murphy: “The law has been protecting corporations from their…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator EXPOSES The "6 Cults" Controlling American Life (w/ Chris Murphy)

Published | Video Starts at 12:39

Who has the law been working for? Right. The law has been locking up black people at scale. The law has been protecting corporations from their wrongdoing. The law locked up nobody after the collapse of the financial system in 2008. And so people are just like, you know, you want to hold our democracy and our legal system, like, up on a pedestal. (12:39–12:45)

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Asserts that the legal system shields corporations from accountability.

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