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Does 'Black Lives Matter' still matter?

  • Written by Christopher Sebastian Parker, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Washington

Before the shooting in Dallas that took the lives of five police officers and the one in Baton Rouge that resulted in the deaths of three more, Black Lives Matter had begun to gain traction.

Among other things, the movement contributed to the introduction of body cameras for the police in some jurisdictions, and led to the resignation of the...

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