Do you also hold the North Carolina General assembly responsible? Who set the laws governing pretrial release that may have affected this crime? Well, look, I think Every politician who didn't work hard to keep violent criminals behind bars deserves to have some of the blame. But at the very top of that list is Governor Cooper because at the time that we are pushing these soft on crime policies, Governor Cooper was the man in charge. (31:35–31:43)
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