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Black Lives Matter, Kern County Shootings, Skid Row Cop
Get an inside look into L.A.'s Black Lives Matter movement, which demands greater accountability from police and seeks to change society's attitudes toward police shootings in the black community. Kern County has the most police-inflicted deaths per capita in the U.S. See the pain of families who have been unable to get key questions answered and hear from law enforcement officials who must make split-second decisions when their lives are threatened. Walk the beat with Officer Deon Joseph, a cop on Skid Row who has found a way to enforce the law while respecting residents on the street.