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Ben Wilkins
Contributor
Ben Wilkins is a labor organizer based in Durham, North Carolina. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
June 9, 2020 -
Demonstrations against the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and police violence generally have spread to small towns like Siler City, North Carolina, home to a chicken-processing plant that's been hit hard by COVID-19. Residents connecting police violence to ICE violence came out by the hundreds to say that "las vidas negras importan."
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