I pray that as we protest we show the strength of controlled resolve, and channel our rage into the ballot box, writes former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. And that America stops kicking down our doors and allows us to be truly free.



Deval Patrick: 'Policing In America Has To Change For Peace In America To Exist'

Deval Patrick

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Activist Tamika Mallory marches with a child during a demonstration on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protesters marched in the streets in response to Attorney General Daniel Camerons handling of the Breonna Taylor case and the grand jury verdict indicting one of three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police officers at her apartment on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Louisville Reacts After Cop Charged With Wanton Endangerment In Breonna Taylors Death

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Police Shooting

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Should I Watch The Videos Of Officer-Involved Shootings Online?

In this Tuesday, July 5, 2016 photo made from video, Alton Sterling is held by two Baton Rouge police officers, with one holding a hand gun, outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, La. Moments later, one of the officers shot and killed Sterling, a black man who had been selling CDs outside the store, while he was on the ground. (Arthur Reed/AP)

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Heavy Meddle with Steve Almond was WBUR's advice column. The series ran from 2013 to 2017. 