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Omar Flores: “The city wants us [at Haymarket Square] is extremely…”

Featuring: Omar Flores, Co-Chair | Coalition to march on RNC | Wisconsin

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If there were an emergency situation, let's say an active shooter situation, which we don't anticipate, but again, we're preparing for the worst, expecting the best, we would have nowhere to go. We would be sitting ducks. And so the fact that The city wants us [at Haymarket Square] is extremely irresponsible. It shows that the city has not engaged in good faith, has not actually thought about this, and honestly just couldn't organize even a dinner party. (09:35–09:39)

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Asserts that the city's decision to place them at Haymarket Square is irresponsible.

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