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Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

  • Written by Denise A. Herd, Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
imageEach headstone in Minneapollis' 'Say Their Names' cemetery represents a Black American killed by police – deaths that create a ripple effect of pain felt in Black communities nationwide. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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