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In any season, police violence is an injustice, but its harm is elevated amidst the remarkable stress people are facing amidst #COVID19. Even now, there is evidence of excessive police-initiated force and unwarranted shootings of civilians, some of which have been fatal.
What’s often not highlighted are the harmful health impacts that result from disproportionate police enforcement in predominantly Black and Brown communities, such as the connection between excessive police activity and health.
Research demonstrates that racially marginalized communities are disproportionally subject to police force, and there is a correlation between policing and adverse health outcomes.
Excessive police force is a communal violence that significantly drives unnecessary and costly injury, premature morbidity and death. Our country—our society—demands more. http://spr.ly/6000GEgH6
