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1/ "A growing body of research supports the perception that police unfairly target Black Americans. They are more likely to be stopped, searched and arrested than their white compatriots. They also are more likely to be killed by police." https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-race/
2/ It is magical thinking, and it is provably false, to insist @CityPortland is somehow immune from what is happens, what has been happening, what will continue to happen in the U.S. nationally. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/17/portland-police-arrest-data-mirrors-national-race-disparity-calls-for-deeper-look-experts-say/
3/ Even when police, including @PolicePortland's Chief, acknowledge the murder of Black people by police, they plead for calm, and they blame the media for reporting that racism exists in PD systems. https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/03/news/portland-area-police-chiefs-condemn-racism-call-for-calm/
