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Topic: black lives matters

FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor's residence where protesters continue to demonstrate in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6, 2016, shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Yanez is expected to enter his plea on manslaughter charges during a hearing Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) (AP)

The plague of police violence

Celisa Calacal - Alternet
A protester stands with his left arm extended and fist clenched in front of a line of police officers in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that broke out Tuesday after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by an officer at an apartment complex. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP) (AP)

Charlotte protests get violent

Associated Press
Macy Gray (Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

Macy Gray turns back the clock

Scott Timberg

Sophia Tesfaye
Alton Sterling (Facebook)

A modern day lynching

Chauncey DeVega
Protesters are removed during a town hall meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the Convocation Center on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Aiken, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro) (AP)

Sophia Tesfaye
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