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.
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford There is no possibility for even a semblance of justice for Black people until they control the police in their communities. Not…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo An 11 year-old Black girl is raped twice by men and winds up jailed and institutionalized for years by a callous and predatory system. The…
by Ronnie Kasrils Danny Schecter, the “media dissector,” prolific writer and tireless activist, once acted as a secret courier for the South African freedom movement, and “forged strong personal…
by Danny Haiphong The rapper/actor Common’s “plea to Black America to get past white supremacy is actually a request for support for his endeavors from the Empire's Black corporate club.”…
by Linn Washington, Jr.
