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Health expert: Police violence against black people is a “pandemic”

Footage of George Floyd dying on a Minneapolis street is just one of many videos showing black people killed by officers on duty. An op-ed in the Washington Post makes the argument that “Police Killing Black People is a Pandemic, Too.” The author, Osagie K. Obasogie, is a professor of bioethics at the University of California at Berkeley, and he joins CBSN to explain why state violence should also be considered a public health crisis. Source

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Police reform takes center stage at congressional hearing

The House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality Wednesday came just days after House Democrats introduced a sweeping legislation on police reform. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers joined CBSN with more on the testimony, which including an emotional plea from the brother of George Floyd. Source

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