Grace Cole
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Police responding to Kansas City protests over the killing of George Floyd broke multiple bones in Humberto Gonzalez's leg by firing a crowd-control device at him from point-blank range.
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The effects of post-Civil War lynchings and racist massacres are still being felt today, a former Marine who was injured by police at a Kansas City protest tells his story, and a long-term study on unwanted pregnancy refutes claims that abortions hurt women.
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Alvin Edgell died of COVID-19 last month at the age of 96. His daughter, Holly, remembers traveling with her father, and how he enjoyed talking about politics and current events.
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The latest generation of civil rights leaders is calling for societal reform, Kansas City's Juneteenth festivities are moved online this year due to the coronavirus, and remembering a life lost to COVID-19.