Thousands march in Baltimore protesting police brutality and the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota at the hands of local police, on Monday, June 1, 2020. The peaceful march took demonstrators on a route from the Convention Center to City Hall, then onto the I-83 Expressway and then off the Expressway via the Chase Street ramp, rounding up with a loop of the prison and Central Booking and back downtown. Derek Chauvin, the police officer that was caught on video kneeling on Floyd's neck as the unarmed, handcuffed man laid flat and unable to breathe, has been charged with second-degree murder. Mass demonstrations have taken place nationwide since the incident took place. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM 'This Is a Moment': Civil Rights Lawyers Confront Pandemic and Police Violence Inequities
"In many respects, the pandemic has helped to just rip the Band-Aid off and make more visible the racial fault lines that exist in America," said Kristen Clarke, president of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
June 04, 2020 at 01:08 PM
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States earlier this year, civil rights attorneys flooded courts to try and protect the country's vulnerable populations. So when the national demonstrations over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police began, those lawyers saw the same inequities amplified by the virus raised yet again.
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