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Joy Reid: It turns out you cannot chase someone just for being a black man jogging down the street. You cannot lynch a black man…

On the recordNovember 24, 2021
It turns out you cannot chase someone just for being a black man jogging down the street. You cannot lynch a black man in broad daylight in 21st century America and just expect to walk free.
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Joy Reid
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Joy Reid discusses the implications of the verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery case, emphasizing that it is illegal to chase and lynch a black man.

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