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Black Woman in Philadelphia Awarded $2 Million After Police Brutalizes Her for Accidentally Driving into a Protest

Rickia Young was abused and had her son taken from her by Philadelphia police during a stop last October.

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Donney Rose
Sep 16, 2021
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Rickia Young; Image via @CrackdownReport on Twitter

Last October Rickia Young unknowingly headed toward the site of a protest on her way home and was the victim of violence at the hands of Philadelphia police. The irony of Rickia being assaulted was that she ended up driving towards a protest on behalf of Walter Wallace Jr., who was killed by Philadelphi…

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