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#DefundThePolice Because They Won't Reform Themselves

By Chanequa Walker-Barnes
New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are pictured as protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City. June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Jun 16, 2020
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That’s how fragile black life in the U.S. is. Our risk of being killed by police hinges on little things like the weather. 

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New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are pictured as protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City. June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar