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In this powerful series finale, we track the evolution of Lezley’s grief to understand how she rebuilt her life piece by piece, navigating pain and hope while supporting her children. Fueled by love and resilience, Lezley’s journey leads to a fierce call to activism, driving her fight to reopen Mike’s case and demand the justice her family deserves. This final episode is a testament to healing, strength, and the unyielding power of a mother’s love. This series was created in partnership with Campaign Zero, a nonprofit organization that develops data-driven policy solutions to end police violence in America. Learn more about the series and the work of Campaign Zero and The Michael O.D. Brown We Love Our Sons and Daughters Foundation at www.stillmybaby.org. Audio from Mike Brown's 2024 birthday party is from the short film 'Happy Birthday MikeMike' which documents the event. The film was created by "1-800-Happy Birthday," an acclaimed experiential public art project that re-centers the conversation about police violence on the families and the community impact. Watch the full film here and learn more about 1-800 Happy Birthday. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our shows and get bonus content. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 9, 2014, changed the world. While the world mobilized, Lezley was navigating the deepest grief imaginable. What was it like to grieve in the public eye, while her son’s name became a rallying cry? How did she process the love, the anger, and the weight of a movement born from her loss? This series was created in partnership with Campaign Zero, a nonprofit organization that develops data-driven policy solutions to end police violence in America. Learn more about the series and the work of Campaign Zero and The Michael O.D. Brown We Love Our Sons and Daughters Foundation at www.stillmybaby.org. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our shows and get bonus content. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Michael Brown became a national symbol, he was simply Mike Mike – Lezley’s firstborn son. Her early years of motherhood in St. Louis were full of ups and downs: joy, struggle, sacrifices, and dreams. She navigated pregnancy with the help of her community, survived her darkest moments of early motherhood, raised Mike as a single mother, and went on to find love and help Mike graduate – only to have everything ripped away. This series was created in partnership with Campaign Zero, a nonprofit organization that develops data-driven policy solutions to end police violence in America. Learn more about the series and the work of Campaign Zero and The Michael O.D. Brown We Love Our Sons and Daughters Foundation at www.stillmybaby.org. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our shows and get bonus content. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI program jails innocent man for 17 months, Katt Williams imperialist rant, Congress members denied access to Department of Education. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Dr. Brittany Friedman about his new book titled  Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. NewsMan jailed over police AI program, then freed 17 months after victim raised doubtsTrump says he'd deport US citizens convicted of crimes 'in a heartbeat' if legalMembers of Congress denied access to Department of EducationMusk to rehire DOGE staffer with history of racist tweetsKatt Williams Imperialist RantAkilah Hughes on non-voters Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram

Trump rewrites history on White House website, study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, or related to donors/staff, and the rise of Black educators on TikTok. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Aaron Robertson about his new book titled The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America.  NewsThe Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer's Legacy Shows How Far Trump's DEI Purge Will GoStudy on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staffHillmanTok: The rise of Black educators on TikTokTrump pauses 25% tariffs on Canadian goods after deal will Trudeau Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram.  

EPISODE 117 | Stay Awake – The Wokeness Issue In a classic example of the weird mirror world days we are currently moving through, a term used by Black people to mean one thing has been turned by opportunists into something totally different.  So, let's look at the origin of the term "woke", how it's been used, African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), the Black Lives Matter movement, Defund the Police, and the appropriating of the word by those who see more personal profit in keeping us all divided. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb!  SECTIONS 02:23 - Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor's Life For Me) - Jive talk/hep talk/Harlemese/Ebonics/AAVE, "stay woke" 10:53 - Someday My Prince Will Come - Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, M4BL 15:44 - Little April Shower - Defund the Police, support drops drastically 21:07 - Pink Elephants on Parade - All lives matter, white lives matter, blue lives matter, Russian trolls try to start a race war, #fakehashtags, athletes kneel in protest 26:59 - I Wan'na Be Like You - "Woke" becomes a snarl term, cancel culture rises, Cultural Marxism, the mirror world ascendant 33:55 - Heigh Ho - Musk's "woke mind virus" (WMV); DeSantis declares war with the PREA ("Don't Say Gay") and Stop WOKE, fights with the Mouse, babbles about Critical Race Theory 41:00 - Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Woke Christianity, woke Capitalism, corporate sociopolitical activism (CSA); John Ringo, ConCarolinas and Go Woke, Go Broke; Boycotts against Nike, Gillette, United Airlines, Disney, Bud Light 49:50 - Cruella De Vril - GAG targets Target, astroturfing, DeSantis goes after DEI programs 53:30 - Second Star to the Right - How it all has come to this Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info EPISODE 40 | When Nerds Attack - Gamergate, Elevatorgate & Sad Puppies EPISODE 41 | Critical Race Theory - Re-examining "Normal" EPISODE 61 | The Great Replacement - The White Wing Goes Mainstream EPISODE 100 | Conspirasphere Rising - A Talk w/Derek Arnold EPISODE 106 | Suffer the Children – Pizzagate, Wayfair & the Seeds of QAnon Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films A history of “wokeness” on Vox Wokeness: A Brief History of Wokeness, Woke Culture, and Staying Woke by University Press Cab Calloway's “Hepster Dictionary,” a 1939 Glossary of the Lingo (the “Jive”) of the Harlem Renaissance Prof. Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau on Cult Jones, Books for Visionaries Ebony + Phonics on PBS EBONICS: Its Origins and Significance on Our Time Press Oakland School District Recognizes Black English in the Los Angeles Times Lessons from the media's coverage of the 1996 Ebonics controversy Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement video The Origin Of Woke: William Melvin Kelley Is The 'Woke' Godfather We Never Acknowledged Black Lives Matter website Campaign Zero website M4BL website Fake 'BLM Manifesto' Is Taken From Italian Fascism Document What Does Defund the Police Mean? at the Police Brutality Center What Do “Defund the Police” and “Police Abolition” Mean? And What Do They Not Mean? on Close Up Washington DC 7 myths about “defunding the police” debunked on the Brookings website Why saying "all lives matter" communicates to Black people that their lives don't on CBS News White Lives Matter on SPLC Blue Lives Matter on Participedia Virtual Hatred: How Russia Tried to Start a Race War in the United States - paper by William Aceves Me Too website Americans and ‘Cancel Culture': Where Some See Calls for Accountability, Others See Censorship, Punishment at Pew Research Center Is Cancel Culture Effective? at University of Southern Florida What Is Cancel Culture and What Does It Mean in 2024? on Vice Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality? paper abstract Why we can't stop fighting about cancel culture on Vox ‘Marxists are brainwashing us': The conspiracy theory taking hold among some on the right in El Pais Cultural Marxism: An Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory? - briefing form Antisemitism Policy Trust How sport became a vehicle for far-right conspiracy theories Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein  When brands go woke, do they go broke? on The Chartered Institute of Marketing A First-Amendment Case for Freedom from the Woke Religion on New Discourses On National Beer Day 2024, the US is drinking more Modelo than Bud Light as NA brews rise This Gay Conservative Twitter Account Is the Latest Trying to Use Drag to Stir Outrage Is ‘Gays against Groomers' the new Libs of TikTok? on the Daily Dot Astroturfing on The Midea Manipulation casebook Target's Pride collection features ‘tuck-friendly' swimsuits for adults, not kids on AP News The feud between Ron DeSantis and Disney, explained on Vox Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning DEI initiatives in public colleges on NPR Gov. Ron DeSantis' war on 'woke' appears to be losing steam in Florida on NPR Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it's going. It's Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

DeRay McKesson is a civil rights activist, community organiser, and host of Pod Save the People. He started his career as an educator & human capital leader and is the co-founder of Campaign Zero. Many of the marches DeRay has helped organize contributed to the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement.DeRay has become a key player in the workplace when it comes to confronting the systems and structures that have led to mass incarceration and police killings of black and other minority populations. He is a board member of Rock The Vote, was named one of the World's Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine in 2015, and one of the 30 Most Influential People On The Internet by Time Magazine. You might also know DeRay for famously wearing a blue Patagonia vest. Show notes:Damon's full interview with DeRay can be found here. In the full episode you'll also hear from Culture Amp CEO Didier Elzinga and his thoughts on role of the organization in actively creating a better world and how leaders can best support their employees to be activists in their community.Learn more about DeRay McKesson at www.deray.comLearn more about Culture Amp by heading to www.cultureamp.com We believe in creating a better world of work, if that's important to you too, please subscribe and leave us a review to make sure you don't miss an episode.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump advances on the ballot, Ghana criminalizes LGBTQ identity at their own expense, and SF judges under scrutiny for ethical rulings. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero.NewsTrump says he's long worked ‘hand in hand' with Black people. Let's review.Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegalUnanimous? Top takeaways from Supreme Court's ruling to keep Trump on the ballotGhanaian finance ministry warns against fallout from anti-LGBTQ lawIn Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target JudgesTrump alludes to replacement conspiracy theory at Richmond rally 

Measles make a comeback, Black pastors pressure Biden for cease-fire, and none of these candidates please! Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. NewsMeasles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism, says CDCBlack Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in GazaHaley's loss to "none of these candidates" in Nevada primary was coordinated effort 

Court scandals, unlikely political allies - here's your weekly download leading up to the November Primary. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. NewsFani Willis admits relationship with prosecutor on Trump Georgia caseBlack male voters tell MSNBC why Trump appeals to them: 'We're broke with Biden... with Trump, we had money'   

In today's Episode of ‘How to become a competent DEI practitioner', Ashanti Bentil-Dhue and her guest Trier Bryant delve into the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Trier brings a wealth of experience and insights from her background in working with top organisations such as the U.S. Air Force and having a role as Chief People Officer. Today, Trier shares valuable perspectives on the importance of having a People First mindset in leadership, the nuances between DEI and the need for competency in the DEI field. Join Ashanti and Trier as they explore the challenges and opportunities in the DEI space and discuss the role of accountability and competence in driving meaningful change. Stay tuned for a thought-provoking conversation with Trier Bryant. “And so if you are a true people centric people first leader, that is the root of everything that you're doing. And so your people have identities, your people are nothing but a sum of their experiences of who they are, and their life, coming into the workplace and to ignore that would be a huge mistake. And there's implications of that. And so you can create real tangible value by having a People First mindset when it comes to leadership, understanding that diversity, equity and inclusion are absolutely a part of that and they're not synonyms.”      Episode Highlights:    DEI initiatives can become exclusive if not approached inclusively, which may inadvertently exclude majority groups and lead to inefficacy. Understanding the majority's experiences within an organization is crucial, as it helps identify areas for meaningful change and improvement in DEI efforts. Organizations should invest in their DEI leaders' professional development, treating it as they would for any other competency in the organization's learning and development strategy.   About Trier Bryant: Trier Bryant is a people-first leadership & inclusion expert and the founder of TrierBryant.com, a consulting firm that advises organizations on strategies and tactics to improve their workplace culture. Trier is also the co-founder of Just Work, a company that provides coaching and workshops to create more collaborative and equitable work environments. Trier has an extensive track record spearheading DEI & Inclusion initiatives at top organizations including Goldman Sachs, Twitter, and the U.S. Air Force. She also serves on the Board for Athena SPACs and Campaign Zero. Trier has been featured as an influential voice on leadership and DEI by publications including USA Today, CNN and Fortune. You can follow Trier on LinkedIn and X. If you would like to apply to be a guest on the show email: operations@goodsoilleaders.com   If you would like to schedule a capability briefing call with our team, email: operations@goodsoilleaders.com    If you would like to apply for DEI PRO Coaching, email: operations@goodsoilleaders.com  Stay Connected with Ashanti:  LinkedIn: Ashanti Bentil-Dhue

In 2010 while out one night with some friends, 20-year-old Black college student DJ Henry was shot and killed by a white police officer. In a case of racially motivated police brutality, the officer jumped up onto Henry's car and shot him multiple times through the windshield. REOPEN DJ'S Case! https://www.change.org/p/new-york-gov...  DEMAND JUSTICE FOR DJ: http://justicefordjhenry.website2.me/... Best resource for guidance on where to donate and what petitions to sign:  https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co Learn more about Campaign Zero here: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/  Learn more abut the DJ Henry Dream Fund and donate here! https://djdreamfund.org/ Donate to NCMEC through my campaign! https://give.missingkids.org/campaign/kendall-rae/c438796 This episode is sponsored by: ZocDoc Nutrafol - promo code: KENDALLRAE Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube Twitter Instagram Facebook Mile Higher Zoo REQUESTS: General case suggestion form: https://bit.ly/32kwPly Form for people directly related/ close to the victim: https://bit.ly/3KqMZLj Discord: https://discord.com/invite/an4stY9BCN CONTACT: For Business Inquiries - kendall@INFAgency.com

When dealing with progressive policies that not everyone who votes blue can agree with, it can feel like a huge mountain to overcome. When dealing with one of the most protected groups in the entire country, that mountain just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Documentation of police brutality and the need for change is higher than ever, yet the leap of progress we were expecting never came. Organizing with conditions like these can seem like an intimidating jump to make with the issues that concern you the most, but our guest has a secret for you. It's not a short battle, we're in it for the long haul! For anyone starting their journey into organizing, our guest has you covered! We're joined by DeRay McKesson from Campaign Zero to talk safety beyond policing, policing policies, and their story with approaching organizing.Our guests today:DeRay McKessonMentioned on the air: Campaign Zero Eight Can't Wait Text “RESIST” to 50409! Follow the thoughts of host Melanie Dione on her Twitter feed.Episode edited by Angel Barrera. If you need a show edited, you can find her on Twitter! ★ Support this podcast ★

It's hard to tell if the nation is making progress on police reform when another high profile killing like that of Tyre Nichols hits the news. Have body cameras helped? How about diversifying staff? Or doing away with no knock warrants? Andy poses those questions to activist DeRay Mckesson, who began Campaign Zero after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. DeRay explains why police violence persists, outlines the positive steps made in the last decade, and shares how you can continue the work at the local level. Keep up with Andy on Twitter and Post @ASlavitt. Follow DeRay Mckesson on Twitter @deray. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/    Check out these resources from today's episode:  Take this quick survey to help us shape future episodes: bit.ly/itbquestions Learn about how to get involved with Campaign Zero: https://campaignzero.org/ Learn about the eight use of force policies DeRay wants all cities to adopt: https://8cantwait.org/ Listen to DeRay's podcast, Pod Save the People: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/ Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/ Order Andy's book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165  Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DeRay, De'Ara, Kaya, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week— including a young Black budding scientist honored by Yale University, the IRS racist auditing practices, disproportionate mortality rates amongst Black and white mothers, and contrasting thoughts on the promise of Pyer Moss.  Pod Save the People launch their Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. Download now!News:DeRay Study: Wealthiest Black Moms More Likely To Die In Childbirth Than Poorest White Moms'Kaya IRS about 3 to 5 times more likely to audit Black Americans' tax returns, study findsDe'Ara Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to policeMyles The Promise of Pyer Moss Kerby Jean-Raymond was one of fashion's most celebrated young designers. Then what happened?

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story: Criminal Injustice. This season, they're taking a look at a number of  criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In this episode, host Travon Free uncovers the racist roots of the debunked medical term “excited delirium.” A study from Maryland in 2017 found that excited delirium was referenced in 11 percent of cases where someone died in police custody. And when these cases go to court, the concept of excited delirium can be used to argue that the police did nothing wrong. How did TASER, a couple of doctors and a handful of so-called experts take a meaningless psychiatric term and get it picked up by police departments, medical professionals and courtrooms all over the country? The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rikers is a pretrial detention center and while people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027 but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. This episode is produced by Nicolle Galteland with production help from Hannah Boomershine and Priscilla Alabi. Supervising producer is Kristen Lepore. Production intern is Jala Everett. Fact checking by Steve Crighton. Music, sound design and mixing by Hannis Brown. Engineering from Andrea Kristinsdottir. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs, DeRay Mckesson and Jay Ellis. You can find host Travon Free on Instagram and Twitter: @Travon.  Resources: The Rikers in Crisis Campaign The New York Times: Tracking the Deaths in New York City's Jail System in 2022 The Brennan Center: Receiverships for Jails and Prisons, Explained, The Way Forward for Rikers Island: Receivership The Fortune Society: At pivotal time for Rikers, experts say federal control is best path forward The Columbia Justice Lab: Pros and Cons of Receiverships as a Catalyst for Institutional Reform Vital City: The Fatal Cost of Waiting: What Must Happen Now in the City's Jails WNYC/ Gothamist: Correction commissioner absent from oversight hearing as Rikers Island violence escalates Just leadership USA The Close Rikers Campaign The Legal Aid Society  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, host Travon Free uncovers the racist roots of the debunked medical term “excited delirium.” A study from Maryland in 2017 found that excited delirium was referenced in 11 percent of cases where someone died in police custody. And when these cases go to court, the concept of excited delirium can be used to argue that the police did nothing wrong. How did TASER, a couple of doctors and a handful of so-called experts take a meaningless psychiatric term and get it picked up by police departments, medical professionals and courtrooms all over the country? The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. This episode is produced by Nicolle Galteland with production help from Hannah Boomershine and Priscilla Alabi. Supervising producer is Kristen Lepore. Production intern is Jala Everett. Fact checking by Steve Crighton. Music, sound design and mixing by Hannis Brown. Engineering from Andrea Kristinsdottir. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs, DeRay Mckesson and Jay Ellis. You can find host Travon Free on Instagram and Twitter: @Travon.  Resources: Campaign Zero @campaignzero on Twitter and Instagram; Sign up to learn more: https://campaignzero.typeform.com/untold-story  Physicians for Human Rights: “Excited Delirium” and Deaths in Police Custody Richard Burns documentary: Exposed: Last Writes The American Medical Association: Policy on Excited Delirium BART Police Department: New policy on excited delirium Brookings: How “excited delirium” is misused to justify police brutality Dr. Obasogie in the Virginia Law Review: Excited Delirium and Police Use of Force Justice for Angelo Quinto California Attorney General, Rob Bonta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you hear the difference between a firework and a gunshot? ShotSpotter says it can. It's a private sector company that uses microphones to detect gunfire and alert police to the scene. The company says it's a powerful tool to stop gun violence, but critics say it's an excuse to overpolice some of our most vulnerable communities. How did this technology with questionable accuracy lead to million-dollar contracts with police departments across the country? Travon walks us through the case of Silvon Simmons, a man falsely accused of shooting a cop, all because of an eight-second audio file from ShotSpotter. Plus, conversations with a former 911 operator and a city councilmember in Durham, NC, about the fight against ShotSpotter.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. This episode is produced by Hannah Boomershine with production help from Nicole Galteland and Priscilla Alabi. Supervising producer is Kristen Lepore. Production intern is Jala Everett. Fact checking by Steve Crighton. Music, sound design and mixing by Hannis Brown. Engineering from Andrea Kristinsdottir. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs, DeRay Mckesson and Jay Ellis. You can find host Travon Free on Instagram and Twitter: @Travon.  Resources: CancelShotSpotter.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out nowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The producers of this series wanted to give you a listen to the latest season of The Untold Story. This season, they're taking a look at a number of criminal justice failures happening right before our eyes. In the first episode, they go deep inside Rikers, a pretrial detention center. While people await their day in court, the conditions at the island are simply inhumane due to violence, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Rikers is scheduled to close in 2027, but at the rate we're going, eighty more people might die on the island before the jail is shut down. How do we untangle this culture of perpetual violence at Rikers? And could an intervention called a federal receivership make conditions more humane for the people who live there? Host Travon Free uncovers why a receivership might be the only solution that could actually make things better for people right now.  The Untold Story is a Lemonada Media original and is presented by Campaign Zero. To hear more of The Untold Story, please visit https://link.chtbl.com/UntoldStory. Three new episodes are out now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a unique episode for a number of reasons.First, this is the first case Paul has covered which is technically still ongoing.  There is hope that it may be brought to a just resolution in early 2023, but there is no way to know for certain just yet.Second, the fact pattern and procedural history of this case is more absurd than anything coming out of Hollywood.This is a longer monologue episode, and that is after much time was spent determining the most salient and important points to make for the purposes of this podcast.  Paul believes the content of this episode speaks for itself, and encourages anyone who is interested in learning more or helping seek justice for Keith Davis, Jr. to reach out to Campaign Zero by going to https://campaignzero.org/#vision.Paul hopes that this case brings to light not only the plight of Keith Davis, Jr. and the corruption of Baltimore County State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, but also highlights that situations like this do exist, we just don't hear about them because they don't make for good primetime news.  But they deserve to be shared, and the public deserves to know, because sunlight is the best disinfectant, and only by showing things as they actually are can we take the necessary steps to make them better.

Mike just announced that his show The Old Man and the Pool is coming to Broadway. Tickets at birbigs.com. Today we're re-airing one of our favorites. Mike and Hasan are friends who share a love for the interweaving of jokes and stories. Hasan teases possible stories for his current national tour and next special. The conversation goes from macro to micro to personal to global.Please consider donating to NRDC and Campaign Zero

THE THESIS: The Party uses American cities in their Cultural Revolution like Mao used the villages in his. If we will understand this, we can counter it. If we do not counter it, we lose the Country to this pure evil.  THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES:  Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Ephesians 6:12 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. THE NEWS & COMMENT: [AUDIO] -  Survivor of Mao's Revolution: socialism supporters have ‘no idea' what socialism really is ‘36 years ago I ran away from socialism' - Survivor of Mao's revolution Xi Van Fleet, FOX News.  No, but they are finding out but most don't even understand that this is a Cultural Revolution In the “mostly peaceful riots” following the police-involved death of “Saint” George Floyd, the City of Minneapolis gave up its Third Precinct. According to one officer, it was a purposeful decision to pay off rioters.  Former “Mayor” of Seattel, Jenny Durkan gave the terrorist group Black Lives Matters, Inc. $100 million and a decommissioned fire station [AUDIO] -  After supporting street car takeovers in Portland, one of #Antifa's friends was killed when a stray bullet aimed at an elderly driver caught on the road hit someone on their own side. Antifa are asking for money for the victim's family.  - Video of a street takeover near the Portland Expo Center on Aug. 28 shows an elderly driver in a van trying to flee. The rioters shot up his vehicle & shoot him (his condition is unknown). Bullets by the rioters hit 2 on their own side, killing 1. Police made no arrests. [AUDIO] - Brittany Packnett Cunningham: ‘we can live in a world without police; we can be safe all on our own' - Brittany N. Packnett Cunningham is an American activist and the co-founder of Campaign Zero. She was a member of President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. She was previously executive director for Teach for America in St. Louis, Missouri. [AUDIO] -  CNN: California is set to ban news gas car sales by 2035; ‘The proposal would not impact used cars' The divide in media is purposeful and essential to maintaining power in the City-States. The Party benefits from people living in two opposite words of information and the City-States are 100% liberal in all but talk radio (many stations of which are beholden to The Party).  Views like this are not particularly isolated in media circles, they are just well-hidden. Racism abounds in City-States, but often manifests in the “soft-bigotry of low expectations” flavor of racism.  Outed: New York Times Freelancers Tout Hitler and Hamas on Social Media [AUDIO]  John Fetterman: I'm against voter ID because poor people and "people of color" are "less likely to have their ID” Jesse Singal has written about the transgender lie for almost a decade. He and I differ in some of the details--Jess believes some people are “trans”, whatever that means--but, he is fearless in his coverage and it has cost him. Here, he explains that the gender-jackers at Seattle Children's Hospital and their accomplices at the disgraced UW Medical School didn't feel the need to apologize for lying about their fraudulent report on gender-confused children because only “conservative outlets” covered it.  Jesse Singal: I've now read the full cache of emails Rantz obtained, and I can't overemphasize how much cover was provided to UW by the fact that after my initial article, it was *only* conservative outlets that reached out about this scandal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our first Just Conversation at General Convention, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas is speaking with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Founder of Campaign Zero DeRay McKesson. Bishop Curry talks about his hopes for the Church during the General Convention, and the decision to scale back the conference due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. DeRay McKesson discusses hope and faith, what it means to show up and tell the truth in public, and his work at Campaign Zero. If you'd like to make a donation to Campaign Zero, please click here.   We will have daily episodes throughout the Episcopal Church General Convention. Please subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.  

In part one of our season finale, we hear the story of Samuel Celestin, who was killed by the police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Sammy's sister, Joanne, and brother, Jean, join us to describe how a 911 call for medical transport to psychiatric treatment was answered by police brutality and death. Why weren't the police ever held accountable for causing Sammy's death? Would Sammy have been treated differently if he was not a Black man?We'll also speak with DeRay McKesson, a civil rights activist, author, podcaster, and educator who is often associated with the Ferguson protests and Black Lives Matter movement. He co-founded Campaign Zero, a campaign to reduce police violence through policy reform that is helping to bring attention to the Samuel Celestin case. MUSIC“Faster Bassier” (theme song) by DJ Fatha Julz“Sunset” by Podington Bear // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC“Between Four Eyes” by Czar Donic // From Free Music Archive // CC BY NC

Jordan, Damon & Tony are curious – what can the current political system do to better protect Black Queer people? We are excited to welcome you back with a brief update on our time off between seasons. We then launch into a fun gay reimagining of the government for and by Black people. Our discussion is then centered around how the current political landscape is causing physical, mental, and emotional harm towards Black Queer people. This week we welcome Executive Director and Co-Founder of Campaign Zero, DeRay McKesson to our Surface Level Family. DeRay adds a point of view from an individual who has been doing the work as a former teacher and dedicated activist. We weave through topics related to gun violence, “Don't Say Gay” bills, and trans identity. He poignantly said during the episode that, “the culture wars are here”, and we discuss what we're going to do about it. We know a lot but we don't know it all, so join the conversation on social and let us know your thoughts.

Plus, Met Gala superfan and director Tiffany Johnson gives us her reactions to the best and worst fashions of the night.Episode Notes:Mentioned on the ShowThe Rise & Rupture of Campaign ZeroDIS/Honorable Mentions JH:HM: black girl sunscreenHM: Women's Rights (aka human rights)TA:HM: A Strange Loop on BroadwayBlack History is Happening Every Day!12 year old activistOur Sponsors This WeekGo ahead and @ usEmail: FANTI@maximumfun.orgIG@FANTIpodcast@Jarrett Hill@rayzon (Tre'Vell)Twitter@FANTIpodcast@TreVellAnderson@JarrettHill@Swish (Senior Producer Laura Swisher)Laura Swisher is senior producerWill Hagle edited the episodeGraphics: Ashley NguyenFANTI is produced and distributed by MaximumFun.org 

The Don't Say Gay Bill. What's up with that homophobic trash? And guess who's leading the way? Yep. Florida. Representative Fentrice Driskell joins Dr. Stewart, Terence and Jasper to break this down. Another serious question: Does anybody know what BLM or Campaign Zero has actually done on the ground? Where is all of that money going? Sounded good but....now it's looking a little murky. Policy expert Rhyane Wagner joins us to share some info and talk about greed and grassroots, mission-based versus money hungry leadership. And she talks about the media- and self-anointed versus people-appointed leaders. Rhyane also sticks around as the panel segues into a robust discussion on the future of Black leadership. There's questions to be answered there too. Does decentralized leadership work? Who's got next? Pull up! And drop your questions in the comments. We know you have some too!

Today on Midday, we are going to talk about the case of Keith Davis, Jr., who is accused by the Baltimore State's Attorney of murdering Kevin Jones in 2015. Mr. Davis has already been tried four times for this murder. Two of those trials ended in hung juries. The other two, including the most recent one, ended in guilty verdicts that were overturned. Mr. Davis remains in jail while awaiting his fifth trial, which is currently scheduled for May, although it could be delayed. This case has garnered a lot of public attention, largely due to the efforts of Mr. Davis' wife, Kelly, and a passionate and vocal group of advocates who for years have been critical of State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and the prosecutors in her office. These advocates have been working to bring the details of the case to wide attention. One of those advocates is DeRay Mckesson, who joins us today. DeRay is an activist and co-founder of Campaign Zero, an organization founded to combat police violence. Campaign Zero has taken-up the cause of Mr. Davis, claiming that Ms. Mosby's prosecution is due to what the group calls “vindictiveness and personal and political animus.” That was the language used in a motion to dismiss the case filed on March 8 by Deborah Katz Levi, the Director of Special Litigation at the MD office of the Public Defender. We made the State's Attorney's Office aware of the fact that we would be talking about this case today on Midday. Citing that it is an on-going legal matter, they declined to participate in the conversation. Here's what's happened in the case so far: Kevin Jones was shot to death in June of 2015, as he walked to work at Pimlico Race Course in Northwest Baltimore. In 2016, Keith Davis was tried on charges of armed robbery of a cab driver, a charge for which he was acquitted. He was, however, convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to five years in prison. In 2017, he was charged in the murder of Kevin Jones. Davis' trial in May of that year ended in a hung jury. He was re-tried in that case several months later. In that trial, he was found not guilty of first-degree murder, but guilty of second-degree murder. That verdict was overturned because the court found that the prosecution had not informed the defense and the jury of the background of one of the witnesses, a jailhouse informant. A third trial, in June of 2018, also ended with a hung jury. A fourth trial, in February of 2020 ended in a guilty verdict. Mr. Davis, who maintained his innocence, was sentenced to 50 years in prison. That guilty verdict was overturned because of problems with questions that were posed to potential jurors. Each of these trials were presided over by different judges, and prosecuted by different lawyers from the State's Attorney's office. Last December, Mr. Davis turned down a plea bargain that would have reduced his sentence to 15 years. As mentioned earlier, Mr. Davis remains in jail, awaiting a fifth trial. We do not know whether or not Keith Davis killed Kevin Jones. There is certainly ample evidence that he did not, but two juries have been convinced by evidence at trial that he is responsible for Mr. Jones' death. Ms. Mosby has said that prosecutors are pursuing this case to bring justice to Mr. Jones' family. Mr. Davis' supporters are seeking justice for him, as well. (In an unrelated case, Mr. Davis has been charged with attempted murder for an alleged fight he had in jail with another inmate. That fight took allegedly place in June 2020. Mr. Davis wasn't charged until May, 2021. The delay is cited by Mr. Davis' lawyer as proof that Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby waited until Mr. Davis was granted another trial in the other murder case before charging him with something else. Again, this is according to a motion to dismiss his case filed on his behalf.) Host Tom Hall notes that he has not attended the trials, and does not claim to know every detail of this complicated case. Tom has, however, read recent motions filed to the court by the State's Attorney's office and the public defender, Deborah Katz Levi, on behalf of Mr. Davis. DeRay Mckesson is here to explain why he and his organization, Campaign Zero, think the case against Mr. Davis should be dismissed. DeRay is the host of the Pod Save the People Podcast and the author of On the Other Side of Freedom:  The Case for Hope.  In 2016, he was a candidate in the Democratic primary for Baltimore Mayor. Tom Hall has known DeRay for several years, and believes him to be a thoughtful advocate for whatever causes he champions. He is happy to give him the opportunity to share his perspective and to respond to some of the points the State's Attorneys have made in the motions they filed in this case a couple of weeks ago. DeRay Mckesson joins us now on our digital line. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In January, New York Magazine published a retrospective on the 10 years since Trayvon Martin's death and the subsequent birth of Black Lives Matter. Since its evolution from rallying cry to non-profit, questions have been asked about its structure, organization, goals and leadership. NYMag spotlighted two organizations in their coverage - The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and Campaign Zero. The reporting details the conflict between the hope for change and revolution and the alleged desire for fame and notoriety amongst leaders who arguably became the de facto faces of “the movement.” The stories also raise questions that feel urgent as the movement for Black lives continues to evolve. This week, Brittany and Eric chat with Ernest Owens, journalist and writer of "The Rise and Rupture of Campaign Zero''. In the second half of the show, culture writer and journalist Shamira Ibrahim joins Brittany and Eric to talk about the growing conflict between activism, entertainment, fame and the continuing fight for freedom.“The Rise and Rupture of Campaign Zero” (Ernest Owens - New York Magazine - January 2022): https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/campaign-zero-rise-and-fall.htmlCampaign Zero's board statement in response to the New York Magazine piece: https://impact.campaignzero.org/messageIf you would like to read the Campaign Zero impact DeRay shared with us in his statement, you can find it here: http://impact.campaignzero.org

In this tell-all episode, Ernest gives an update on Campaign Zero drama, Facebook's Meta fail, Joe Rogan's Spotify disaster, and much more.

In this special edition, the former co-founder of Campaign Zero speaks candidly about why she decided to speak out for the first time, how DeRay Mckesson was a problem, and what's coming up next. 

Joe and Anaïs go through some of Campaign Zero's policy solutions for police violence and Joe shares his opinions from his perspective. Donate to Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-baker46/support

As the fight to defund the police progresses, citizens continue to encounter and interact with the officers. In part two of a two-part miniseries, Michelle Gross joins to provide some info from the Know Your Rights Training offered by Communities United Against Police Brutality. These episodes provide a crash course on the rights that should be afforded to citizens that interact with police.    Communities United Against Police Brutality is a non-profit working to deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis. To learn more, visit cuapb.org   To support BIPOC-led organizations in the fight to defund the police, abolish the prison industrial complex and build infrastructure to support Black, Indigenous and other targeted communities, visit and donate to the following:   Minnesota Healing Justice Network. https://www.mnhealingjustice.com/  Until We Are All Free. http://www.untilweareallfree.com/  Young People's Action Coalition. https://www.facebook.com/YPACMN/  Campaign Zero. https://www.joincampaignzero.org/  Minnesota Freedom Fund. https://mnfreedomfund.org/  Reclaim The Block. https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/    To find more SPNN programs, head to spnn.org.  

As the fight to defund the police progresses, citizens continue to encounter and interact with officers. In part one of a two-part miniseries, Michelle Gross joins to provide some info from the Know Your Rights Training offered by Communities United Against Police Brutality. These episodes provide a crash course on the rights that should be afforded to citizens that interact with police.  Community United Against Police Brutality is a non-profit working to deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis. To learn more, visit cuapb.org To support BIPOC-led organizations in the fight to defund the police, abolish the prison industrial complex and build infrastructure to support Black, Indigenous and other targeted communities, visit and donate to the following: Minnesota Healing Justice Network. https://www.mnhealingjustice.com/  Until We Are All Free. http://www.untilweareallfree.com/  Young People's Action Coalition. https://www.facebook.com/YPACMN/  Campaign Zero. https://www.joincampaignzero.org/  Minnesota Freedom Fund. https://mnfreedomfund.org/  Reclaim The Block. https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/    To find more SPNN programs, head to spnn.org.

Hey everybody, First things first, do a quick check-in with yourselves. I've been watching the news, doing my best to stay informed from trusted sources, keeping safe distance from social media. The pandemic isn't getting better, and you might not be able to smell it yet, but there's hope in the air. It'll be a spell before we get any relief from this thing and we're going to have to endure much on this road, care for ourselves and one another with grace and compassion. And after that, we get the hugs back. So, hold steady. Be a light in the darkness. Acknowledge the hard, and do your best to be the easy for others. We have a light on the show today. And he happens to be a trusted source, too. His area of expertise is the other pandemic, the one that comes in and out of focus in striking competition with the disease state we're living through. For our guest, it started with a big question: how many people have been killed by police? If you visit the ultimate fruit of his labor, MappingPoliceViolence.org, you'll find that in 2020, our police have killed 986 people in our country. It's shocking, then, to hear that prior to Mapping Police Violence and the team's efforts to collect this data, there was no effort on behalf of our national leaders to collect or report it themselves. The man behind the project is Sam Sinyangwe. He's a data scientist and policy analyst and in addition to Mapping Police Violence, he also founded Campaign Zero and the Police Scorecard. He's a PolicyLink vet where, according to his official bio, “he worked to connect 61 federally-funded communities to research-based strategies to build cradle-to-career systems of support for low-income families. He has also helped city leaders, youth activists and community organizations develop citywide agendas to achieve quality education, health, and justice for young black men. Why his pivot to policing, and presenting municipalities with data that serves to change behavior? “If we can't live, we can't learn,” he says. Our deep thanks to Sam for his time to sit down with Dodge and present the data. And thanks to you, as always, for your commitment to the work. — Pete

It’s our solutions episode! Jay arrives at six things that have got to be eliminated in order to usher in substantial improvements to public safety and policing in America and he talks with Netta Elzie (activist, organizer and co-founder of Campaign Zero) about how she transformed her own grief, frustration and anger into steady irrefutable progress. Step one: dive in. Learn more at nixthe6.org Thank you to the Cash App for sponsoring our show. Download the Cash App in the App Store or Google Play store today. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.lemonadamedia.com/theuntoldstory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police unions in America are powerful organizations that protect vulnerable, hard working Americans… except when they don’t. Host Jay Ellis shares his personal motivations for untangling the twisted web of public safety in America. Then, Jay calls up Campaign Zero’s DeRay Mckesson and Samuel Sinyangwe to learn more about police unions’ stranglehold on justice and security in America. Learn more at nixthe6.org Thank you to the Cash App for sponsoring our show. Download the Cash App in the App Store or Google Play store today. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.lemonadamedia.com/theuntoldstory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's a family barbecue without drama, suspicion, tears and at least one very questionable exit? The top 5 are tasked to bring a main and a side to RuPaul's Backyard Barbecue Ball. Cracker is shuttlecocked to win the challenge, but it's Jujubee who continues to win our hearts in the workroom. We aren't quite ready to say “I do” to Shea's backyard bride, Blair isn't our pick of the picnic and Alexis Mateo sashays away in a shallow end to her time on this season. Roxxxy Andrews puts both asses in the word assassin and our pizza queen supreme taps her way into the Fingers of Drag Race hall of fame. Donate to: Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ The Black Resilience Fund: https://www.blackresiliencefund.com/ National Black Justice Coalition: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/nbjc Sphinx Organization: http://www.sphinxmusic.org/ Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/donate The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

A Critical Conversation About Racial Profiling and Police Reform Episode Summary This is an intimate conversation from the perspective of Todd Davis, a Black Man in the United States of America who shares the racial profiling he has experienced from police and Dave Smith, a White Man who served as a Captain in the LA Police Division and who fought for accountability and reform within the department.  I am extremely grateful to both of these men for their honesty, transparency and vulnerability at a critical time in systemic change for racial justice.  Show Notes: Consent A normalized conversation on police interaction for BIPOC Practicing servant leadership in the LAPD Dave's involvement with the Rodney King investigation Living with the boogie man A mental prison - work, relationships, nighttime The Warren Christopher Report Police misconduct and lack of accountability "Everything we see today, we've seen before" Use of tactics in the police system Us against them mentality Unprovoked police interactions - stop and frisk era Loss of self in racial profiling The power of partnership with community leaders Loyalty to your crew What is leadership? A growing distrust for the police Defunding and re-allocating funds for social systems Transparency in complicity Same cops, same stories Toxic police culture If internal affairs works, it's too late "We need this moment" "I started profiling myself" Trauma re-triggered today Community over currency "This is life and death" "We need to bear witness to what is right" Links Mentioned: Todd Davis https://www.facebook.com/ToddSocial Warren Christopher Report https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/police/uspo73.htm Up First, Bonus: American Police https://www.npr.org/2020/06/06/871447408/bonus-american-police Trevor Noah - Goods Cops and Bad cops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXXUC623ow&feature=youtu.be Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759 National Police Accountability Project https://www.nlg-npap.org Campaign Zero https://www.joincampaignzero.org Color of Change https://colorofchange.org Justice for George Floyd https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd Fight for Breonna https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor Thoughtful Conversations About Whiteness with Good Friends and Cats https://therawandwildhearts.com/2020/02/09/thoughtful-conversations-about-whiteness-with-good-friends-and-cats/ Follow Us: The Raw and Wild Hearts Podcast https://therawandwildhearts.com Instagram https://instagram.com/therawandwildhearts/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/therawandwildhearts/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRhr2XzExQ_aJ-efq1C36w?view_as=subscriber Music by ate21

Wine: Sterling Vintner's Collection Cabernet Sauvignon BIO:Astrid Martinez is a 3 time Emmy winning journalist at CBS46 in Atlanta. She hosts her own segment "Astrid in ATL" which focuses on culture and the booming movie and music industry in the city. Astrid moved to Atlanta after spending time as a reporter in Dallas Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina. Her work there tackled topics ranging from immigration, drug cartels, violence along the border and human trafficking.This former Miss Colombia USA 2000, began her broadcast growing up in Medellin, Colombia. Astrid saw first-hand the civil and political unrest that plagued her country. It was this type of upheaval and the people's lives it affected that first ignited her passion for storytelling and a career in journalism.After moving to the United States, Astrid and her family settled in New Jersey, where she graduated with top honors with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a concentration in Latin American Studies.Last September Astrid was named one of the 50 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and won a RICE Award for Outstanding in Media  Social Media Links:InstagramBlack Lives Matter Resources If you would like to donate:George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloydMinnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/Black Lives Matter: https://www.Blacklivesmatter.comMinneapolis NAACP Branch: https://www.paypal.me/mplsnaacp4050BPetitions to sign: Text “Floyd” to 55156 to sign a petition a demand justice for George FloydSign-up at Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/ to be notified of more opportunities to take action