The People vs. The System
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George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Rayshard Brooks. Three of the most recent killings of Black Americans by uniformed police officers. The violence against black bodies that we now witness on cell phone video is not new - systemic racism and police brutality have existed for and evolved over centuries. Civil Rights & Criminal Defense attorneys David Rudolf and Sonya Pfeiffer speak with Justice Organizer and Presbyterian Pastor Reverend Willie Keaton, Renowned Civil Rights attorney James E. Ferguson, and progressive Sheriff Garry McFadden of Mecklenburg County, NC. about the structural inequalities and toxic societal hierarchies that have led to violence against black citizens by those meant to protect all of us, the injustice that infects the whole criminal justice system, and what hope there may be for the future.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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