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Jasmine Crockett: “More than 50% of the people that are currently being…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:24

It is time to make sure that we live up to the promise of this country. The idea that someone ran and said that I will get rid of the bad guys. Yet we know More than 50% of the people that are currently being detained in custody have no criminal records at all. Zero. Nada. So tell me why you are taking those people out of their communities? They are our neighbors. They are our friends. And frankly, they contribute to the fabric of this country. (00:24–00:32)

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Asserts that over half of detainees have no criminal records.

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