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How Protests Can Lead To Legislative Change

Protesters begin their march down Centre Street towards the Boston Police E-13 District station in Jamaica Plain. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Protesters begin their march down Centre Street towards the Boston Police E-13 District station in Jamaica Plain. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The protests sweeping the country for more than a week are calling for an end to racism and discrimination by police and in the law. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks to Guy-Uriel Charles, professor of law at Duke School of Law and co-director of the Duke Law Center on Law, Race, and Politics, about how protests can lead to legislation and political change.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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