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“We find a relationship between local police-caused deaths of Black people and the probability of [BLM] protest… relationship between grievance and protest.” & “Localities with a more educated population and a larger local college enrollment have more protests."

Black Lives Matter: Evidence That Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity
Perspectives on Politics
Vol. 16 Issue 2, pp. 400–415,
2018
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