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Black Lives Matter Protests

June 5, 2020
A group of demonstrators wearing facemasks, with one wearing a shirt reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER" and one holding a sign reading "NO JUSTICE NO PEACE".

June 5, 2020 – Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with a protest organizer, an educator, and a city leader about the struggle of Black Lives Matter organizers to separate their message from broader anger and especially from violence. The group also discusses what successful systemic change looks like to the Black community.  Correspondent: Megan Kamerick Guests:  Keiran Freeman,…

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Mayor Tim Keller on Albuquerque’s Response to Protests

June 5, 2020
Composite of portrait of Tim Keller, and the seal of the City of Albuquerque.

June 5, 2020 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Gene Grant talks with Albuquerque’s Mayor Tim Keller and Chief Administrative Officer Sarita Nair about the recent vandalism and violence that occurred after peaceful Black Lives Matter protests, and why the city has decided not to issue a curfew and resisted calls to…

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