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Omar Flores: “The fact that they have 4,500 officers coming here and they…”

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

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The Coalition to March on the RNC responds to judge's ruling against allowing protesters to march…

Published | Video Starts at 10:37

Obviously, if it was up to us, the police wouldn't even be there, as they aren't for a lot of our protests here in Milwaukee. And so we don't even really feel like there's a need for it. The fact that they have 4,500 officers coming here and they say that they're short staffed, too short staffed to be able to accommodate a route for us. It's just absurd. If there's no other questions at this point in time, I do have these to hand out if you want them. Otherwise they should be getting sent to your email sometime later today. (10:37–10:48)

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Asserts that the city claims to be short-staffed despite having 4,500 officers available.

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