Advocates who lived through the riots are now fighting to defund the police and dismantle unions that thwart accountability
Some protesters face stacked charges and threats of deportation; others have been charged with police assault with no reports of injuries
“In an America...Black people ‘are considered dangerous even when they are in their living rooms eating ice cream, asleep in their beds, playing in the park, standing in the pulpit of their church, birdwatching, exercising in public, or walking..."
These two books are helpful background sources for the issues involved in today's protests for black lives. Although each is a few years old, they are both worth a second look.
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