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An illustrated guide to police brutality and pollution

Don't understand the connection? Let me draw you a picture.

This illustration is the first installment of “Comic Con,” a new series where we convert a previously published Grist story into a graphic explainer. The images below are based on the article “How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and police brutality,” by Alexandria Herr.

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