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When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and families

  • Written by Deadric T. Williams, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and familiesBlack men are stopped by police in disproportionate numbers. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

While much of the world was sheltering in place in the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans’ undivided attention was focused squarely on Minneapolis, Minnesota, where George Floyd was killed at the hands – and knees – of...

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