Episode 619: JOANNA SCHWARTZ-SHIELDED: How the Police Became Untouchable
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English - November 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNews news kpfk pacifica goverment diabetes diet Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Responding to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others, millions marched in 2020 to protest police brutality. Though Floyd’s killers faced charges and were found guilty, we learned that it remains extremely difficult to hold police accountable. Decisions of the Supreme Court, state and local governments, and policy makers have made them all but untouchable. In SHIELDED, UCLA law professor JOANNA SCHWARTZ shares the stories of victims, exposes the ways in which our legal system protects police, reveals the weakness of their justifications, and calls for sustained citizen engagement to make change.