Jacob Frey: “Troops and federal agents by the thousands have been…”

“And the fact that you all are standing up means the world. Never in a million years did I think that we would be in this place where Troops and federal agents by the thousands have been deployed on a great American city. where the Department of Justice is used as a weapon to silence dissent with the very foundational principles of our democracy and of our republic are questioned.” (02:13–02:20)

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