Police Unions VS the Public, Mass Incarceration VS Restorative Justice
A radio interview by Chuck Mertz on This is Hell Radio.
Flint Taylor, co-founder of the Peoples Law Office in Chicago, who has represented the victims of police and political violence for 45 years explains the role of police unions, public defenders, the problems of supposedly progressive candidates who claim more cops will solve problems, and what restorative justice might look like.
Among much else, Flint Taylor is the author of "Blood On Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions," and helped author model legislation now before Chicago's City Council that would guarantee reparations to the victims of police torture.
We are witnessing âthe beginning of the end of a world order that was hatched after World War Two,â said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro.
The Black Alliance for Peace sees the Trump administrationâs announced withdrawal of US troops from Syria as âan attempt to realign itself with international law.â The US presence in Syria is âille
The Americans wager that they can exercise veto power over African political alignments by force of arms, through AFRICOMâs massive military infiltration of the region.
Guess who I saw today, black and white photo, Marching, Montgomery from Selma, â65? Guess who I saw at my high school swinginâ the Trio; urging us to stay in school?
Readers engaged us on questions of war, peace, and the ways forward for organized resistance.
