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Sep. 27, 2023

K. Chike Odiwe 

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 K. Chike Odiwe 

When he was a boy, K. Chike Odiwe knew that he wanted to be involved in civil rights when he grew up. He has now ended up at one of the state’s top law firms in the field of police misconduct.

Odiwe, who is black, had never experienced disparity until a white shopkeeper wrongly accused him of stealing candy.

“I wasn’t afraid because I knew I didn’t do anything wrong,” he said. “It was more the humiliation and re...

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