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By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | Interview
Abolitionist organizer Benji Hart speaks outside the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in May 2017 at a vigil for then-incarcerated abuse survivor Bresha Meadows. (Photo: Sarah-Ji)
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While the media's fascination with the movement for Black lives may have largely faded, for the moment, communities around the country continue to mobilize in the face of racist policing. According to The Washington Post, 226 people have been killed by police so far, in 2018. In spite of the media's wandering attention, organizers fighting for the lives and rights of Black people and other vic...