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Jasmine Crockett: “It definitely was not against the law for him to have it.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Jasmine Crockett says there was one major factor in the Karmelo Anthony verdict: racism.

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

Because we as black folks say, why is it that people need long arm guns when we are going out and having a first Amendment protest? But people say that's their right. They are allowed to do that. And again, It definitely was not against the law for him to have it. It may have been prohibited by school rules, which he wasn't at his school at the time, but it definitely was not against the. So you think race played a role in the verdict? (02:24–02:29)

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Asserts that it was not illegal for Carmelo Anthony to possess the blade.

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