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American Agenda (Crime: Kansas City and The Bush Crime Bill) #134288

ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Apr 23, 1991
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.

(Kansas City: Mark Potter) Reaction in Kansas City, Missouri, where there has been a rise in violent crime, to President Bush's crime bill featured; police patrol scenes shown. [Police sergeant David SEVERENUK - comments.] Tenets of the Bush crime bill outlined. [Attorney General Richard THORNBURGH - says the American people demand action.] [Kansas City Mayor Emanuel CLEAVER - says president's bill will lead to no reduction in crime.] [Police chief Steven BISHOP, resident William BOOTH, anti-crime activist Alvin BROOKS, criminologist James FYFE - talk about crime, police, the inner city environment and Bush's law.]

Reporter(s):
Jennings, Peter;
Potter, Mark
Duration:
00:03:50

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