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Police shootings and race in America: Five essential reads

  • Written by Danielle Douez, Associate Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of stories related to policing and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Police and protesters clashed last night in Charlotte after Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed by a police officer.

Lamont’s death followed a shooting last week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where...

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