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    Stop-and-Frisk Policing Can Make Criminals of Black and Brown Boys, Study Finds

    If you treat someone like a criminal, he’s more likely to act like one later in life and commit a crime. That’s among the findings of a New York University study that looked at the impact of “proactive policing” policies—initiatives like stop-and-frisk and police stops that have cops “engaging” with those most likely to be…

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    Dara Sharif

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  • #SafetyIs: Night Out for Safety and Liberation Happening Tonight 

    For working-class and poor black and brown communities in the United States of America, the concept of safety—particularly when it is dependent on hypermilitarized police forces—is a flimsy, dangerous illusion. One move, one word—or no moves and no words—standing, running, driving or breathing have all been charges leveled against black and brown people and deemed…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • Shaping Conversations Around What #SafetyIs in Black Communities

    Throughout the summer, new hashtags representing the names of black and brown people who have lost their lives to police violence have flooded our social media feeds. #KorrynGaines, #PhilandoCastile, #AltonSterling and hundreds more people’s lives have been tragically cut short at the hands of police. This week, on Tuesday, communities came together under a different hashtag,…

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    The Root Staff

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