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 Kennedy brothers approved racist FBI director J. Edgar Hooverâs regular and relentless police state surveillance, smearing and infiltration of the movement, including Dr.
âThese sites of âdisasterâ are created by the very âcivilizedâ men who then turn around and exploit the victims of their imposed âcivilization.ââ
âIn the upside-down world of corporate media, the race of the terrorist, and the races of the people heâs murdered, seem to matter more than the actions committed.â
âHalf of Israeli Jews confess that they do not want âArabsâ as neighbors.â
South African Federation of Trade Unions mourns passing of Comrade Winnie Mandela by Zwelinzima Vavi
