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Robert Cotter

Robert Cotter is a Nancy Hale Fellow at Third Way, a Washington DC-based think tank.

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STRAIGHT-UP RACIST

If Black Lives Truly Matter, Stand Your Ground Laws Must Go

These noxious laws have spread to 27 states, where white defendants are far more likely to be let off for killing a Black victim. Enough.

Jim Kessler

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