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JHan

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Wed Apr 5, 2017, 01:58 PM Apr 2017

Black Lives Matter [View all]

Tampa Bay Times studied 827 police shootings, here's what they found:



Click link for the (depressing) infographic here: http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/florida-police-shootings/if-youre-black/
http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/florida-police-shootings/

Meanwhile, Sessions gives a big F U to police reform: Jeff Sessions orders review of police reforms prompted by high-profile shootings .All reform agreements between justice department and local police forces, including Ferguson and Baltimore, to be reexamined, attorney general says: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/04/jeff-sessions-review-police-reforms-high-profile-shootings

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