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Seattle Police Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette is blocked by protesters from entering the newly created Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle, Washington on June 11, 2020. – Two police officers attempt to enter the area, but are blocked by people standing close together and holding cameras as they film. The area surrounding the East Precinct building has come to be known as the CHAZ, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP)
After weeks of massive protests across the United States against racial injustice and police brutality, the focus is shifting to police reform. Democrats and Republicans proposing legislation tackling discrimination and police misconduct. The civil unrest taking place amid health crisis. Health experts issuing a dire prediction, they say tens of thousands more people will get infected with COVID-19 and die in the months ahead. The grim prognosis comes as coronavirus cases in the US surge past the two million mark.
To Discuss:
- Jason Nichols is a Lecturer in African American Studies at the University of Maryland
- Rosa Clemente is a political commentator and independent journalist
- Dr. Robert Morris is a physician and epidemiologist.
- Devra Davis is an epidemiologist
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LATEST: A second wave of Covid-19 is emerging in the U.S. after state re-openings, pushing the number of confirmed cases past 2 million https://t.co/H9cWXGowPk
— Bloomberg (@business) June 11, 2020
George Floyd: Cuomo signs police reform bills banning chokeholds – live updates https://t.co/RwBEa0kYak
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 12, 2020
Despite nationwide protests calling for an end to racial injustice and police brutality, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters that the Harriet Tubman $20 bill design will not be sped up to be unveiled this year, the New York Times reports https://t.co/LdEGZjrDxW
— CNN International (@cnni) June 12, 2020
