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Kathy Sheehan: “The young people who were shot last night, they're going to…”

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 23:07

… made, and yet we are still standing here with a tragedy, a tragic night in the city of Albany. 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. (23:07–23:13)

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Asserts that young people were shot in a recent incident and will carry trauma from it.

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