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Media News, Midwest

More news outlets stop publishing mugshots in wake of George Floyd protests, national reckoning over race

  • By Brianna Connock
  • March 2, 2021

A growing number of media outlets are banning the publication of police mugshots–and in some cases, removing them from.

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