It all started with a call to police over a $20 bill
In 2016, Philando Castile was shot dead during a routine traffic stop in the suburbs outside Minneapolis.
And in 2018, Thurman Blevins was killed during a police chase in the city. He was captured on police body-cam footage pleading, “please don’t shoot me”.
About 1,000 Americans are shot and killed by police every year, according to data compiled by the Washington Post.
And while African-Americans account for just under 13 per cent of the population, they are killed by police at more than twice the rate of white Americans.
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