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Monday Sunrise Briefing: Bigger protests, fewer arrests

Large, peaceful protests for racial justice in cities worldwide on Saturday often evolved into smaller marches Sunday marked by prayers, songs, and sermons. Police and protesters appeared more relaxed. In Washington, D.C., conservative evangelical Christians took to the streets, including the Rev. Thabiti Anyabwile of Anacostia River Church, who called for “fighting systemic injustice AND being for personal responsibility." “We don’t have to settle for half the coin,” he told the Washington Post,““We’re Democrats and Republicans.”

Nationwide cries to “defund the police” rang out. But that simple phrase has many interpretations. On Sunday, 9 out of 13  Minneapolis City Council members

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