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.
“There is a great deal to be learned from the Venezuelan electoral process,” said veteran human rights activist Efia Nwangaza, the Black Alliance for Peace observer at the recent Venezuelan electio
In his 32 years as Uganda’s strongman, Yoweri Museveni has been responsible for three genocides and numerous other crimes that have killed millions, said Black Star News publisher and Ugandan nativ
“The Democratic Party is a people-suppression mechanism.”
A solid majority of Americans polled want to see a third party compete with Republicans and Democrats. On a range of issues too, the public is well to the left of both the ruling class parties.
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