United States: "The racial question creates a divide in the democratic camp"

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The city of Louisville, Kentucky, was the scene on Wednesday of demonstrations denouncing the judicial treatment targeting the police officers who killed African-American Breonna Taylor.

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By: Florence Thomazeau

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Angry demonstrators took to the streets of several major American cities on Wednesday to denounce a judicial treatment they believed was far too lenient against the police who killed African-American Breonna Taylor in Louisville in March.

Will racial issues and police violence be decisive in the race for the White House?

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