Amy Goodman
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"Overpoliced & Underprotected": In Michael Brown Killing, Neglect of Black Communities Laid Bare
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August 19, 2014
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12:40Now PlayingAs we continue to discuss the developments since the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, we turn to john a. powell, professor of law, AfricanAmerican studies and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. "The black community tends be overpoliced and underprotected," powell says. "That's a very serious problem."
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