One of our first meetings together involved a police officer who was tired of arresting Black and Brown teens in low-income neighborhoods for turnstile jumping. He knew most of the teens simply could not afford the fare.
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SENATOR JESSE HAMILTON New York State Senate and THE REV. KEVIN MCCALL National Crisis Director, National Action Network
One of our first meetings together involved a police officer who was tired of arresting Black and Brown teens in low-income neighborhoods for turnstile jumping. He knew most of the teens simply could not afford the fare.
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