0:08 – New UpFront series launch – I. Can’t. Breathe: The trial of Derek Chauvin
Alex Vitale (@avitale) is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, and the author of “The End of Policing”
0:18 – The jury selection process
Mary Moriarty (@MaryMoriarty) was a public defender for 30 years, most recently for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She’s also a contributor to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, based in Minneapolis, MN.
0:34 – Unemployment call-ins
Daniela Urban (@LegalAidAtWork) is Executive Director of the Center for Workers’ Rights and special counsel to Legal Aid At Work.
1:08 – What does the Oakland Police Department get called for? A new analysis released today looks at 911 calls to OPD in 2019. READ the new report here.
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Rethinking the role of police
In part two of our series looking at the role of police in society, IDEAS contributor Kyle G. Brown examines the use of police surveillance on citizens, the increased use of military tactics, and its struggles when responding to mental health emergencies.
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A demonstrator holds her hands up and kneels in front of police at the Anaheim City Hall, in California. The peaceful protest occurred on June 1, 2020, over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer. Protesters took to streets around the world following Floyd s death, calling for an end to police violence.(Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
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William Santiago-Valles, associate professor emeritus of Africana Studies, will be leading discussions of Alex S. Vitale’s End of Policing (2018). The author, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing & Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, argues that reforms focused on accountability and training will not succeed in ending police violence. Rather, alternatives to policing itself, such as restorative justice, are needed. Some of the questions to be explored are: Who profits from the problem of police violence? What can we learn from groups that are addressing this problem, and what else do we need to know to explain the causes of police violence? Upon registration, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society will send participants details for joining the meetings.
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Demonstrators hold up signs as they gather at Brooklyn Housing court during a No Evictions, No Police national day of action in New York City.
Despite the federal moratorium on evictions from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention some people are still getting kicked out of their homes in South Florida. And evictions are still being filed, even if they can t move forward.
Florida landlords are able to use a loophole of sorts when it comes to month-to-month leases.
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