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Tapping into crime fears, GOP conflates mayhem with protests

by Associated Press
| July 10, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Apocalyptic images of blazing buildings and window-smashing protesters pop on the TV screen as a caller to a 911 emergency line reaches voicemail. The computer offers to take reports of rapes, murders or home invasions, adding, “Our estimated wait time is five days.”

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