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Oct 2021
55m 43s

Summer 2020

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The uprising of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 swept the country.  As many as 1 in 10 adult Americans attended a protest. They got a taste of the world Sean Kealiher had been inhabiting for years before he was killed.  And in Portland, the culture war over race and politics would turn deadly.  Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of The Fault ... Show More
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