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OPINION: Local officials should follow McDonnell’s lead, leap into conversation about systemic racism

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Anyone truly listening to the sheer pain, frustration and urgency coming out of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked this nation over the past three weeks, should know by now that the “same old, same old” just doesn’t cut it anymore. 

Local officials — whether they live in an urban city with a thriving Black community or in a mostly White area like Camas-Washougal — must act now to dismantle policing policies rooted in systemic racism. 

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