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By early June, at least 200 American cities had imposed curfews, while more than 30 states and Washington, D.C. had activated over 62,000 National Guard personnel into unrest. [4] [5] [6] By the end of June, at least 14,000 people had been arrested at protests. [7] [8] [9]
The New Yorker compared the dispersed national response to an "American Spring" on par with the Arab Spring and other international revolutionary waves. [21] Global protests also focused on symbols of racial injustice, with The New Yorker also having a part on international solidarity towards police violence.
For example in Wisconsin this gap is six years, and in Washington, D.C., this gap is more than ten years. [38] [39] [40] African American women have the highest rate of obesity or being overweight in the US and non-Hispanic Blacks are 1.3 times more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic Whites. [41]
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Through concessions for industries such as oil, mining, and timber and through division of land from the General Allotment Act forward, these concessions have raised problems of consent, exploitation of low royalty rates, environmental injustice, and gross mismanagement of funds held in trust, resulting in the loss of $10–40 billion. [215]
It goes without saying that the death of George Floyd was shameful and wrong. However, the rhetoric in response to Mr. Floyd’s death by otherwise decent people has been no less shameful and ...
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Gottesman, Ronald, ed. Violence in America: An Encyclopedia (3 vol 1999) vol 2 online, comprehensive guide by experts; Graham, Hugh D. and Ted R Gurr, eds. The History of Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (1969) (A Report Submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence) online