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Source: Vox

6/3/2020

Chris Hayes on How Police Treat Black Americans like Colonial Subjects

The MSNBC commentator's new book contends that Americans have historically been policed either as citizens of the nation or as colonized people, accounting for polarized experiences and opinions of police violence.

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Chris Hayes on How Police Treat Black Americans like Colonial Subjects