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Kathy Sheehan: “If we don't do the right thing and we don't get them the…”

Featuring: Kathy Sheehan, Democratic | Mayor of Albany, New York

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Albany police chief, mayor, district attorney condemn rash of violence

Published | Video Starts at 23:12

Families impacted, young people impacted. We say non life threatening, but the young people who were shot last night, they're going to carry that trauma with them. And If we don't do the right thing and we don't get them the help that they need, they're going to carry that forward and potentially be at risk of becoming a victim again or becoming a perpetrator. We know this. And so we owe it to all of them to say we can't stay in our silos, we gotta get out of them. And I agree. (23:12–23:24)

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Asserts that without proper help, affected young people may become future victims or perpetrators.

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