OTR: Massachusetts Attorney General candidate Andrea Campbell weighs in on state police scandals
OTR: Massachusetts Attorney General candidate Andrea Campbell weighs in on state police scandals
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1969 TO FI AND REPUBLICAN SERVING AS ATTORNEY GENEL.RA WHO WOULD THAT BE? YOU CAN SEE THE OPTIONS ON THE SCREEN .ANDR:EA ED BROOKE. JANET: THAT WAS MY GUESS, BUT THAT’S NOT IT. HE BECAME U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER RICHARD NIXON. UNTIL THAT WATERGATE THING. WE JUST MENTIONED ED. HE HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN MEG.AN MAYBE I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BEDROOKE. HE ALSO RECEIVED ETH PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. WHH ICPRESIDENT GAVE HIM THE HONOR? ANDR:EA THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. GEORGE BUSH? JANET: YES. NUMBER THREE. HOW ABOUT CRIME WRITERS? THAT IS ALWAYS BNEE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE CITY. DENNISEE L HNE APPEARED AS HIMSELF ON A NETWORK TV SHOW. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF HINTS. IT WAS ON ABC. YOUR QUESTION, WHAT SHOW WAS IT? ANDR:EA WHAT YEAR? JAT:NE THESE ARE ALLLD O SHOWS. ANDR:EA I’M JUST GOING TO SAY CASTLE. IS TTHA RIGHT? JAT:NE HE PLAYED THE PART OF A CRIME WRITER. ANDREA: THAT WAS A TOTAGUL ESS. JANET:E H PLAYED POKER. YOU GRADUATED FROPRM INCENTO UNIVERSITY. U.S. PRESIDENTS JAMES MADISON DAN WOODROW OLSON ARE ALSO ALUMS. WHO WAANS INFAMOUS VICE PRESIDENT? WHO WAS IT? ANDR:EA WAS IT AGNEW? JAT:NE IT WAS AARON BURR. ANDREA: THAT’S GOING FAR BACK. THAT’S GOING FAR BACK. NET:JA HOW DID WE DO? ANDREA: ’M' ALWAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. WE WON SOME QUICK ANSWERS. >> SHOULD THE STATE SUSPE TNDHE GAS TAX? ANDREA: NO. I’VE BEEN TALKINTOG OFFICIALS, THINK AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO FAMILIES. WE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE AND KEEP THIS FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. ANDR:EA THE DEATH PENALTY. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE MARATHON BOMBER? I’VE ALWAYS BEEN OPPOSED TO THE DEATH TUNNEL IMPAIRED I WAS BORN IN BOSTON AND ACKWENODGE THE HORRIFIC ACTS PEOPLE CONTINUED TO GET FROM THAT. I’VE ALWAYS ENBE OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY. I NEVER WILL CHAE.NG >> WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU WEAR YOUR MASK? ANDR:EA INDOORS. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASK INDOORS. I’'S ABOUT PROTECTING OTHER RESIDENTS. JANET: SHE JUST HAD HER MASK ON BEFORE WE STARTED TAPING. ANDR:EA WE ALL DID IT. >> THE STATE POLICE WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO CALL THEM OUT OR CRITICIZE THEM DESPITE THE LIST OFITICIZE THEM DESPITE THE LIST SCANDALS WELL-PUBLICIZED IN RECE YNTEARS. IF ELECTED, WOULD YOU BE DIFFERENT? ANDREA: I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILYIT IN ALL SYSTEMS. AS I AM GETTING OUT THERE ON THE TRAIL, THIS IS WHAT VOTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WANT AN AG WHO WILL BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS AND ENSURE THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY. JANET: ANYTHING ECSPIFIC YOU WOULD DO? ANDREA: IT’S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE STATE POLI.CE ITAN C BE CITY EMPLOYEES, STATE EMPLOYEES. IF THERE IS MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS OR CONDUCT, AND THE CITY WE HAVE THIS OFFICE OF POLEIC ACCOUNTABILITY. I HELPED DRAFT THAT. HE COULD DO THE SAME THING STATEWIDE TO HELP OTHER MUNICIPALITIES M
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OTR: Massachusetts Attorney General candidate Andrea Campbell weighs in on state police scandals
The former Boston city councilor also addresses a range of topics from the gas tax to the death penalty.
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The former Boston city councilor also addresses a range of topics from the gas tax to the death penalty.
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