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.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley There is no “peace” wing in either the Democratic or Republican parties. “Not only has Obama declared unending war against the rest of the world…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Beyonce and her dancers perform in pseudo-Panther gear, pretending that resistance to the state is a matter of fashionability. “It is incredibly naive…
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Beyoncé has wowed her public again with the YouTube and Superbowl versions of “Formation” – but it’s really all about capital formation…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Flint, Michigan, was declared a “sacrifice zone” because its majority Black and poor population’s “presence is no longer required and their…
by Mumia Abu-Jamal The adage that there are different systems of justice for rich and poor, Black and white, is horrifically confirmed in Flint, Michigan, where the white supremacist,…
