A recent analysis by reporter Karina Brown at Courthouse News Service shows that Black people are nearly twice as likely as white people to be arrested at Portland protests. We hear from Mark Leymon, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Portland State University, about why he thinks these numbers are so significant.
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