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Al Jazeera Interview Clip: Duterte Defends the Kill Count
from No Friends of Anyone · #29
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An Al Jazeera interview clip has Duterte defending the roughly 3,500 killed in his drug war and arguing addicts inevitably become pushers, followed by Tim and Ray unpacking his logic.
- 37:05Tim introduces an interview segment with Rodrigo Duterte
- 37:35Duterte acknowledges three and a half thousand people killed in his drug war
- 38:08Duterte claims he inherited a country with three million drug users and says interdicting the problem was necessary to protect the next generation
- 38:38Duterte tells reporters he will kill anyone who destroys the country's young children, calling it a correct statement
- 39:10Duterte argues drug users spread throughout the country and must fund their habits, unless they're billionaires' sons