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Sep 2018
11m 43s

‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me:’ Th...

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Christine Blasey Ford’s and Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony riveted Americans to their screens on Thursday. People gathered in Oakland, Palo Alto, San Francisco and elsewhere to watch the historic Supreme Court nomination hearing. Some of whom were so compelled by what they heard and saw that they told their own stories of sexual assault at protests and rallies across the Bay Area.

Guest: Monica Samayoa, KQED News reporter
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