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WATCH LIVE: House Policing Hearing

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published June 10, 2020 at 9:12 AM EDT
Annette Elizabeth Allen
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NPR

The House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings Wednesday on racial profiling and policing following the killing of George Floyd. The hearings follow congressional Democrats unveiling legislation that would amount to major reforms for the nation's police departments.  You can watch below.  The hearings are scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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