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Michael Bennet: “The crime rate in general is too high in Colorado.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Published | Video Starts at 49:27

Those of us who are citizens need to try to bridge those gaps. We still have, you know, our violent crime rate in Colorado is still much too high from my vantage point. Our, The crime rate in general is too high in Colorado. and we're not going to be able to solve that unless we do have trust between our law enforcement community and our broader community. And I will work to build that. (49:27–49:31)

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Asserts that the overall crime rate in Colorado is too high.

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