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Jacob Frey: “You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do that anywhere…”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 23:12

Once that's been established, as far as we can tell, there are countless incidents where the arrest, the detention is indiscriminate. You can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do that anywhere in this country. Not because I'm a progressive liberal mayor or whatever, you can't do that because it's against the law. (23:12–23:19)

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Asserts that discriminatory actions are illegal nationwide, not just in Minneapolis.

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