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This Week In Race: Dave Says Sorry, Coin Controversy, Health Hazards Of Segregation

Oh, Code Switch fam: Has there ever been such a week? Because of the virtual smorgasbord of unfortunate news, you may have skipped putting these on your plate. Dig in. Keep a chaser of Pepto handy.

In policing, it's feeling like a lethal version of . This time, a Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man with his hands raised was . Officer Betty Shelby says when she came upon Terrence Crutcher outside his SUV, she thought he was going for a gun when he reached into his car. Crutcher was

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