Martin Luther King Jr. on Police Brutality

ByThe Root Staff
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Editor’s note: We’ll be featuring a quote from the iconic civil rights leader every day until Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.

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Read more of The Root’s coverage of police brutality here.

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