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New Book Scrutinizes Data-Driven Policing
Loaded on May 15, 2021
published in Criminal Legal News
June, 2021, page 18
by Jayson Hawkins
The protests in the summer of 2020 after the murder of George Floyd have succeeded in calling much of how American police operate into question. Though most of the focus has been on the use of deadly force, there have been a number of questions …
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