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The U.S. attorney in Philly compared Jim Kenney and Larry Krasner to slaveholders and civil rights opponents

U.S. Attorney William McSwain evoked the memory of President Abraham Lincoln to compare Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner to slaveholders who sparked the Civil War and southern segregationists who opposed civil rights.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain, center, compared Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, left, and District Attorney Larry Krasner, right, to slave owners who sparked the Civil War and Southern segregationists who opposed civil rights.
U.S. Attorney William McSwain, center, compared Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, left, and District Attorney Larry Krasner, right, to slave owners who sparked the Civil War and Southern segregationists who opposed civil rights.Read moreHeather Khalifa /Staff Photographer, MATT ROURKE / AP File