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BLM protest

ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Des Moines police officer's motion for qualified immunity on civil rights claims stemming from his decision to pepper-spray a woman in the face while she was live-streaming a protest sparked by the death of George Floyd.

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