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.
âThe FBI that crushed the liberation movement is now viewed favorably in the mistaken belief that the enemy of Trump must be a friend.â
âWhichever party is in power will bait the Bear, then say we have to expand domestic surveillance, the military budget, and the empire of bases.â
âDemocrats have firmly implanted themselves on the side of Wall Street and its militarist corporate partners.â
âReal estate interests are licking their chops over âdevelopmentâ opportunities linked to the Obama Centerâs construction.â
âWe have lived, and continue to live, in a climate that doesnât support life.â
