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Young novice protest leaders help drive US wave of dissent

by Associated Press
| June 29, 2020 12:03 AM

Before George Floyd stopped pleading for air beneath a police officer's knee, 19-year-old Weidmayer Pierre was planning to work at Wal-Mart during his summer break from Palm Beach State College.

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