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Rasheda Rivers poses for a photo with her two young sons, Tristan and Jazai. They're standing near an intersection, and it's bright outside.

Rasheda Rivers stands with her sons, Tristan and Jazai, in Waterbury. “I want my sons to know that when you see the police, you don’t have to be scared,” Rivers said. Yehyun Kim / CT Mirror