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We are a democracy and we don't believe in just hunting down gangsters and killing them. We believe in trying to find the gangsters and bring them back for trial, and give them a trial under rule of law. That's what democracies do.

Cornel West

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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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