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Exodus of a Baker’s Dozen
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2020
by Edward Lyon
published in Criminal Legal News
December, 2020, page 43
Filed under:
Protests,
Police--Excessive Force,
News in Brief,
Excessive Force (Police).
Location:
United States of America.
by Ed Lyon
Since the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd while in police custody, protests against police brutality and systemic racism have grown. And, as various protests and incidents of excessive force by police make headlines, police chiefs are beating a hasty exodus from troubled departments.
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