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Kris Hermes

Kris Hermes is a legal worker member of the National Lawyers Guild and author of Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000.

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Jul 31, 2020
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Arrested protesters stand and sit on a barrier of the Vine Street Expressway after police shot tear gas to disperse the crowd on June 1, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Mass Arrests in 2020 Echo the Brutality Endured by RNC Protesters 20 Years Ago

People protested police brutality at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Twenty years later, not much has changed.
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