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Celebrating freedom shouldn’t come with dangerous, shameful thuggery

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For most Californians, the Fourth of July was a delightful celebration, a chance to honor our nation on its 250th birthday, and an opportunity to embrace the country that we love.

For the crowds of thugs who invaded Newport Beach, it was an occasion for mayhem and destruction.

Some shot illegal fireworks into crowds. Others appeared to loot a grocery store.

The chaos was so bad that police........

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