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The bipartisan push for police reform legislation recently died, though it had the support of major police groups including the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. — The bipartisan push for police reform legislation recently died, though it had the support of major police groups including the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell

Posted October 7, 2021 at 4:19pm

Civil rights leader and National Urban League president and CEO Marc Morial says he is “damn worried” about the state of American democracy. Mary C. Curtis sits down with Morial to talk about voting rights, infrastructure, the filibuster and so much more.

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