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Donald Trump: “That's what started it in Chicago.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 10:52

By the way, every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster. That's what started the problem in New York. And they don't change it. They don't want to change it. That's what started it in Chicago. I mean, bad politicians started it, bad leadership started it. But that was the one thing that's central. No cash bail. Somebody murders somebody and they're out on no cash bail before the day is out. (10:52–10:56)

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Asserts that no cash bail policies started problems in Chicago.

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