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.
Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck.
Hamilton has sent white people with emotional investments in not being racist over-the-moon.
This week the governments of Mexico and Rwanda, the dictatorship of capital in the US, and this dictatorship’s wars in Africa were on your minds.
The author helps us think about Blackness, queerness, and artistic production in new lights.
State violence directly impacts communities’ and individual’s ability to feel well, safe, dignified, respected, and valued.
