Cori Bush's Private Security Detail Has Nothing To Do with Her Support for Defunding the Police

Attacks on the congresswoman from Missouri are not just unfair--they support a false narrative that the United States is in the midst of a crime wave that can only be resolved by more policing

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As a Congressional candidate, Cori Bush rode to victory as a community activist allied with the Movement for Black Lives. Ph…