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The GOP Wants to Make Sure No Cop Is Ever Held Accountable Again

Republicans have correctly realized that large-scale protests work. Now they want to stop them happening again.

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Jack Crosbie
Apr 21, 2021
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Black Lives Matter protesters in New York City last June. (Photo: Jack Crosbie)

It's hard to say what role the summer of unending protests played in Derek Chauvin's conviction yesterday for the murder of George Floyd. Police killings have roiled the nation in protest before, but the sustained, expansive, and far-reaching nature of 2020's protests came as…

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