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League Joins Calls for Full Investigations into the Killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd

The League joined letters to the Department of Justice calling on investigations into the circumstances surrounding the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. The letters were led by the Leadership Conference and joined by over 200 organizations. 

Read the letter calling for an  investigation into the recent fatal police shooting of Breonna
Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky here.

Read the letter calling for an investigation in the circumstances surrounding Mr. Floyd’s death as well as the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) long history of brutality against Black and Brown individuals in the community it serves here.

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