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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Lessons from the responses to police shootings in Tulsa and Charlotte

    In the past week there have been two more high-profile shootings of black men in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite anger and protests over both killings, there are differences in how the two cities have reacted.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 22, 2016 • 1 min read

    In the past week there have been two more high-profile shootings of black men in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite anger and protests over both killings, there are differences in how the two cities have reacted. In Tulsa, police immediately released a video of the incident, which shows a white officer shooting 40-year-old Terence Crutcher while his hands are up. In Charlotte, officials have not yet released body camera footage showing the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. What lessons can cities learn from how officials have handled the shootings and the impact that’s had on public reaction?

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Police shootings in Tulsa and Charlotte spark divergent responses
    1. 0:30Lessons from the responses to police shootings in Tulsa and CharlotteYou’re reading this
    2. 8:59Reactions from 2 MacArthur ‘Geniuses’
    3. 17:14Billionaire philanthropists in the business of curing diseases
    4. 25:17National Museum of African American History & Culture opens in DC
    5. 42:17Will a business be able to force Yelp to remove a review?
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