TheConversationUS ,
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Black Lives Matter protests often pitted demonstrators against police in 2020 − but not in every city.

Protests in cities with police departments led by Black women tended to be peaceful.

https://theconversation.com/cities-with-black-women-police-chiefs-had-less-street-violence-during-2020s-black-lives-matter-protests-227440
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eugenekim ,
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon Correction: “Police departments led by Black women in cities with protests tended to be peaceful”

philpetree ,
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon This one of those "Well duh!" observations.

I bet if you looked, the cities with the most violence had short, fat, half bald white guys as their Chiefs.

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iagox86 ,
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@trode @TheConversationUS @blackmastodon @lisamelton Those memories burned into my brain of Chief Carmen going on the news every night spreading outright lies

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