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U.S. police kill about 1,000 people every year, which equals approximately 8% of all homicides for adult men. This risk is greater for Black men, who are about 2.5 times more likely to be killed by the police than white men.
Every police killing has painful and widespread consequences. As Denise A. Herd explains, the impact extends beyond family and the victim’s community. Evidence shows that many Black Americans experience police killings of other Black people as traumatic events, and that the harm from these incidents affects Black Americans far from the site of the killing.
Germany and the US have finally agreed to begin supplying Ukraine with their latest and most sophisticated tanks, a move that many experts think could significantly influence the course of the war. Germany, in particular, had been dragging its feet over supplying its Leopard 2 tanks (thought to be the most effective in the world).
Both Germany and the US have been concerned that supplying Kyiv with such effective offensive weapons will lend substance to Vladimir Putin’s assertion that Nato is deliberately escalating the conflict. But significant pressure, both at home and abroad, has persuaded them to change their minds.
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