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White Support For BLM Falls, And A Key Police Reform Effort Is Coming Up Short
By NPR
Consider This from NPR
22/09/20
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14m 13s
Daniel Prude died of asphyxia a week after his brother called 911 on March 23. His death was ruled a homicide.
Joe Prude told NPR his brother was having a mental health crisis
.
Calls like that make up an estimated 20% of police calls. NPR's
Eric Westervelt
reports that
efforts to reform how police respond
— with crisis intervention teams — have fallen short.
And as protests for racial justice have continued, public support for the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen —
especially among white Americans
. NPR's Brian Mann and Elizabeth Baker explain why
activists say they need more support from white protesters.
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