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Former tennis star James Blake encouraged by social activism, five years after police tackled him

Wayne Coffey, Special for USA TODAY Comments Off on Former tennis star James Blake encouraged by social activism, five years after police tackled him

In 2015, James Blake, an African-American, was jumped, slammed to the ground and handcuffed by a white plainclothes New York City police officer.

      
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