‘I think that many who are prone to being racist are given permission to do it in an overt way that we otherwise would not see in 2020’
, Ms Bottoms said that the two men were only arrested because a video was released of the killing.Host Jake Tapper asked the mayor if she thought the men were only charged because the story became public, and she replied: “I think that’s absolutely the reason they were charged. I think had we not seen that video, I don’t believe that they would be charged.”
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