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Monday, June 1, 2020

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Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond with More Force

By SHAILA DEWAN and MIKE BAKER

Videos showed officers using batons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters and bystanders.

Two Crises Convulse a Nation: A Pandemic and Police Violence

By JACK HEALY and DIONNE SEARCEY

Emotions were already raw over the toll of a pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people across the country and cost millions of jobs.

As Protests and Violence Spill Over, Trump Shrinks Back

By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN

The president spent Sunday out of sight, berating opponents on Twitter, even as some of his campaign advisers were recommending that he deliver a televised address to an anxious nation.

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