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Doctor on protesting during pandemic
Thousands of Angelenos have crowded the streets of Los Angeles to protest police violence and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other African Americans. It’s all happening in the face of a global pandemic.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 26m ListenThousands of Angelenos have crowded the streets of Los Angeles to protest police violence and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other African Americans. It’s all happening in the face of a global pandemic. Nonetheless, Dr. Oliver T. Brooks says, “I’ve spoken to a number of African Americans, physicians and non-physicians, and the general consensus is we need to protest.”
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“I believe that the protest is appropriate. You see right now in Congress, they’re introducing legislation to ban the chokehold, to mandate body cams, and to have no more racial profiling. I’ve spoken to a number of African Americans, physicians and non-physicians, and the general consensus is we need to protest," says Dr. Oliver T. Brooks.
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