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| race racism racial profiling racial inequality race relations racial conflict civil rights institutional racism racism and the united states oppression social justice |
policing police brutality police tactics police shootings police militarization police training community policing complaints against police discrimination in law enforcement |
criminal justice system mass incarceration protests non-violent protest riots* demonstrations Black Lives Matter (Movement) youth protest movements urban development and white flight |
*Remember that although some search terms may be distasteful, you must think about what words the articles you are hoping to find would use to talk about an issue. Sometimes that means searching for words that you would not use yourself.
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