Insurrection Update: Taking Stock 18 Days In

Blessings to all my Riotous Barbarians and Loot Liberating Hell Cats!

Much love as always comin' at ya from the open air bread oven that is Phoenix in June. Lots to discuss in today's episode so let's get right into it.

Reform, defund, abolish. We've heard these terms being thrown around lately in the national discussion around holding police departments (and the politicians who govern them) accountable for their brutality and violence towards Black people, people of Color, and poor people of all stripes.

As we gather daily in the streets and demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor (somehow the cops who murdered her are still not charged), Dion Johnson, Dreasjon Reed and many, many others, there is a growing sense in our society that enough is truly and completely enough, and that we must leverage this societal pressure into real, lasting, tangible changes in regards to how our communities are policed.

This episode provides an update, from the perspective of my own eyes, on the local struggle to defund the Phoenix PD and the daily demonstrations downtown. Also discussed: momentum of Black Lives Matter nationally, the need to Disband ICE, current atrocities being committed as we speak in ICE detention centers, and Congressional Democrats' insanely tone deaf symbolic gesture of "taking a knee" in Ghanaian kente cloths meant to tamp down public outrage (spoiler alert: it didn't work).

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TRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Dykotomi - Corvid Crunk

Best of Jinsang Lo-Fi Mix

Blue Scholars - No Rest for the Weary

Jubilant Day Lo Fi Mix

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Immortal Technique - 4th Branch

Mindful Vibes - Episode 01

Lil Wayne - Mrs. Officer