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Three protesters lie face down on the pavement in front of the Springfield Police Department for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The time corresponds to the length of time that prosecutors say George Floyd was pinned to the ground under a Minneapolis police officer's knee

Three protesters lie face down on the pavement in front of the Springfield Police Department for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The time corresponds to the length of time that prosecutors say George Floyd was pinned to the ground under a Minneapolis police officer's knee

Date - 8th June 2020
By - Kevin Baumber
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All right thinking lawyers and police officers, indeed all right thinking people, stand with those who demand due process, equal justice, and protection of human rights for BAME people. That it is necessary to have to state something that should go...
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