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Exchange with Kern County sheriff

March, 1966

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Delano, CA

Robert Kennedy: “How can you go arrest somebody if they haven’t violated the law?”

Kern County sheriff: “They’re ready to violate the law.”

Robert Kennedy: “Could I suggest in the interim period of time, in the luncheon period of time, that the sheriff and the district attorney read the constitution of the United States?”

Watch the exchange here.

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