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April 20, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Derek Chauvin Was Not an Aberration
State prosecutors argued, and a jury agreed, that George Floyd’s death was outside the boundaries of good policing. But the truth was more ambiguous, and tellingly so.
April 14, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Once Again, Police Rally Around Their Death-Dealing Power
Daunte Wright was dead. Minnesota police raised a “thin blue line” flag, claiming their deadly force with a mark of pride.
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