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Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

This Tuesday, July 3, 2018 selfie photo provided by Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, shows her posing with a Clackamas County Sheriff's officer after he stopped her in Clackamas, Ore Janelle Bynum via AP hide caption

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Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

A neighborhood resident called 911 on Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is a black woman, while she was canvassing. Bynum does not think legislation is the fix for reducing such police encounters.

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Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate

Shannon Hubbard has complex regional pain syndrome and considers herself lucky that her doctor hasn't cut back her pain prescription dosage. Will Stone/KJZZ hide caption

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Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate

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Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate

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Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

This Tuesday, July 3, 2018 selfie photo provided by Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum, shows her posing with a Clackamas County Sheriff's officer after he stopped her in Clackamas, Ore Janelle Bynum via AP hide caption

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Janelle Bynum via AP

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Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

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Lawmaker In 'Canvassing While Black' Incident: 'You Can't Legislate Humanity'

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Dancer Preserves The Work Of Black Choreographers, In One Video At A Time

Gesel Mason performs David Roussève's "Jumping the Broom" as part of her performance project No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers. Enoch Chan/Gesel Mason Performance Projects hide caption

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Dancer Preserves The Work Of Black Choreographers, In One Video At A Time

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Dancer Preserves The Work Of Black Choreographers, In One Video At A Time

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