Today we take a look at the legacy of torture and police militarization we’re creating and where that path leads us
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: The Reason why Torture Exists - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 12-15-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Hide the Truth - Chronicle
00:08:19 Ch. 4: Act 2: Torture Killed Their Savior, That’s Why These Poll Results Stun - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 12-20-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: If Jesus Ever Loved a Woman - Johnny Cash
00:14:52 Ch. 6: Act 3: Turning the US into the potential victim of it's own crimes - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - AIr Date: 12-12-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Open Book - Cake
00:17:09 Ch. 8: Act 4: The most transparent administration in history - Le Show w/@theharryshearer - Air Date: 1-18-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: I'm Looking Through You - The Wallflowers
00:25:20 Ch. 10: Act 5: 13 Years Of Gitmo : What Have We Gotten? - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 04-12-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Let It Go - The Neighbourhood
00:30:02 Ch. 12: Act 6: Exporting Torture: Former Chicago Police Detective Tied to Brutality at Guantánamo - @DemocracyNOW - Air Date: 2-26-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
00:41:59 Ch. 14: Act 7: Secret CIA Black Sites In American Heartland For 'Disappearing' Citizens - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 02-26-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Karma Police - Radiohead
00:49:08 Ch. 16: Act 8: #ChiCopWatch with We Charge Genocide - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: Activism - Shihan
00:52:17 Ch. 18: Act 9: We Thought we Were Free - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 12-16-14
Voicemails
01:00:42 Ch. 19: Important points about police militarization - Adriana from Long Beach, CA
01:03:16 Ch. 20: Deconstructing the roots of white supremacy - V from Western New York
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
01:06:19 Ch. 21: Final comments on riots being the language of the unheard
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: #ChiCopWatch with We Charge Genocide
Take Action:
Support and follow: We Charge Genocide on Facebook and on Twitter via @ChiCopWatch and #ChiCopWatch
Report police misconduct: "Report Encounter"
Additional Activism/Resources:
SIGN: "Fire Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin", #Justice4Rekia via @ColorOfChange’s I Am Color of Change
Sources/further reading:
"In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police” by Mychal Denzel Smith at The Nation
"Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality.” by Mychal Denzel Smith at The Nation
"The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site’” by Spencer Ackerman at The Guardian
"Police ‘Reforms' You Should Always Oppose” by Mariame Kaba of Project NIA via Truthout
"Yet Another Victim: Rekia Boyd Killed by Off-Duty Officer” by Mychal Denzel Smith at Ebody
"Black Women Aren’t Just Secondary Casualties of Aggressive Policing” by Dani McClain at The Nation
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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