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Ilhan Omar: “If we're not going to go back to pre 2002 in looking at how…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Ilhan Omar Holds First Town Hall Since The Attack By A Man With Syringe

Published | Video Starts at 51:15

Because right now, the agencies that are put together do not have accountability in the way that that formation exists. And it's very important for us. If we're not going to go back to pre 2002 in looking at how these agencies used to operate without this level of brutality that we are seeing, then we need to figure out a different system. that can work for people where little children are not afraid of federal agents, you know, trying to carry out the duties they were designated to carry out, but instead end up terrorizing whole community. (51:15–51:30)

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Asserts that current operations of agencies under the Department of Homeland Security are more brutal than pre-2002.

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