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Donavan McKinney: “I introduced legislation to pull the cops off the street and…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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CAN DETROIT ELECT A PROGRESSIVE? | Donavan McKinney

Published | Video Starts at 1:08:40

Like in black community, it's a little different because like we're going through so much crime right now. Yeah. And we're already over policed. And so this can be a way. Cuz I introduced legislation, I'll say this, I introduced legislation to pull the cops off the street and use cameras instead. of utilizing them because a lot of the deaths that comes on the hand of police officers to black people stem from a traffic stop. Yeah. (1:08:40–1:08:48)

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