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The Criminalization of Gentrifying Neighborhoods
Areas that are changing economically often draw more police—creating conditions for more surveillance and more potential misconduct.
Abdallah Fayyad
Abdallah Fayyad is a writer based in Washington, D.C. He is a former editorial fellow and researcher at The Atlantic.
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