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How to support racial justice

AS THE NATION REELS FROM THE POLICE killing of George Floyd and reckons with institutional racism and police brutality, many people are left wondering, What can they do?

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have turned out across the country—in both big cities and rural towns—to demand sweeping changes, from police reforms, like mandatory body cameras and implicit-bias training, to defunding the institution and allocating city or state budget funds to community groups.

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