Again, if Kamala Harris is such a terrible candidate that we obviously can't nominate her again then she won't get through the primary. But if your demand is that she not enter the race, you don't actually believe she's a terrible candidate, you're just afraid she'll win.

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I have refused to use the term “Somali gangs” despite tremendous pressure. Why? It’s a political narrative, not an accurate descriptor of gun violence, even if it was committed by a Somali youth. Who is driving this narrative? Republicans, the Strib, and police. Brilliant reporting below.

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All he had from police were anecdotes unsupported by evidence, all of which were refuted by our data, emails, etc.. His response, “I feel like I’m in the middle.” What happened to reporting? Hard(?) questions to police like, “What evidence do you have to support this?

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My experience as HCA with too many in the media has been disappointing. One texted us questions he wanted us to answer that were framed as what we needed to answer to defend ourselves from allegations from police. Instead we asked to meet and spent almost two hours showing him data, emails, etc..

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Remember this tweet? This is Roper from the Strib. He had already written his column on car window smashing when he met with us (at our request hours before his deadline). He’s just written another column bashing me for, among other things, being “academic” and he still doesn’t understand the data.

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