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Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence participate in their 2020 vice presidential campaign debate in Salt Lake City

Daily Video October 08 2020

What students can take away from the vice presidential debate

Use this PBS lesson to analyze the vice presidential debate with your students.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Businesses are boarded up in anticipation of protests in Louisville

Daily Video September 24 2020

Do charges in Breonna Taylor case show officers are 'above the law'?

Discuss why many from protesters to scholars think the charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor are inadequate.

Protesters rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta

Daily Video June 16 2020

Atlanta shooting of Rayshard Brooks

Discuss Atlanta police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, use of force rules and police reforms.

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Daily Video June 23 2017

Why do so few trials of police shootings end in convictions?

In July 2016, a young black male named Philando Castile was fatally shot by police officer Jeronimo Yanez outside of St. Paul, Minnesota during a traffic stop due to a broken tail light.

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Daily Video July 08 2016

Sniper attack kills 5 police officers during protest in Dallas

On Thursday night in Dallas, Texas, gunmen killed five police officers and wounded seven more near the scene of protests against police violence. Two civilians were among the injured.

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