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In February 2019, a bit of text supposedly documenting a portion of a speech delivered by Senator Bernie Sanders, in which the Vermont legislator allegedly blamed police for crime began to circulate on social media: The Thin Blue Brotherhood Facebook page, for instance, shared this text if it were an ACTUAL QUOTE from Sanders: This quote, however, can't be traced back to any remarks delivered by the 2020 Democratic presidential contender. This statement originated with a satirical article published on the BlueNewsNetwork website on 16 February 2019. That website states in its About Us page that all of its content is satirical in nature: Although the rumor that Bernie Sanders had blamed cops for crime during a speech originated with a satirical article, the Vermont senator has expressed criticism of the criminal justice system. During his 2016 presidential campaign, for instance, Sanders said that criminal justice reform was the civil rights issue of the 21st century:
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