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Paul Junge: “The particular officer who was involved in [the George…”

Featuring: Paul Junge, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 8

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Election Interview: Paul Junge (R) Candidate for Michigan's 8th Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 21:24

And that's why I talked about things like police body cams, like more training, like better systems for discipline and removal of officers. I mean, again, to take the George Floyd example, The particular officer who was involved in [the George Floyd] incident, there'd been many incidences before. And so if we'd had a system that did a better job of disciplining or removing that officer, he may not have been on the job that day. (21:24–21:33)

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Asserts that the officer involved in George Floyd's death had prior incidents.

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