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drew thousands in person, and seemingly much of the nation online. The video of
a white cop’s knee on the black neck of Mr. Floyd as he pleaded, “I can’t
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ensure equal protection under the law for all.

Saying “Black Lives Matter” requires changing the culture of policing and
transforming a whole system of racial injustice. Calls to “defund the police”
have also been growing louder from the streets. Sadly this call is already being
misunderstood, caricatured, and distorted.

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