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And while policing in America has been under heavy scrutiny in the wake of multiple high-profile officer-involved killings, Black Lives Matter protests and calls to "defund the police" — a discourse that has extended into entertainment with the cancellations of shows like Cops and Live PD — Washington makes it clear where he stands on the issue.
"I have the utmost respect for what they do, for what our soldiers do, [people] that sacrifice their lives," Washington tells Yahoo Entertainment during a recent interview (watch above). "I just don't care for people who put those kind of people down. If it weren't for them, we would not have the freedom to complain about what they do."
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