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Black Lives Matter: Police Brutality in the Era of COVID-19

Tyra Jean

June 2020

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Although police brutality and COVID-19 are separate tragedies, they intersect. This brief describes how, from COVID-19 to police brutality, the U.S. black population consistently bears the burden of life-threatening consequences due to structural racism throughout multiple institutions.

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