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KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks

Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/

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11:28

State Terror Round Up for the week of February 6th, 2023

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/09

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don’t know its happening – then we can’t fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder do

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69:06

Centrality of slavery in the making of American...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/08

We spend this show on the legacies of the peculiar institution of chattel slavery that have led to the social and economic structures we live in and under. We’re in conversation with Saidiya Hartman, an American writer and academic focusing on African-American studies, who just re-released her seminal 1997 book for its 25th anniversary, Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America. She is currently a University Professor at Columbia University. —- Subscribe to

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56:10

The paramount importance of culturally appropriate...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/07

House Bill 1467, signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in March of last year, states that schools must be transparent in their selection of instructional, library, and reading materials. In theory this simply means that parents have the right to know what their students are reading and a means to view those materials. The bill language states that all materials must be free of pornography, gender identity issues (for students in Kindergarten through third grade), as well as any books relating to

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55:50

Death by Prison – Examining Life Without the...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/06

In recent decades, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) has developed into a distinctive penal form in the United States, one firmly entrenched in US policy-making, judicial and prosecutorial decision-making, correctional practice, and public discourse. LWOP is now a routine practice, but how it came to be so remains in question. Fifty years ago, imprisonment of a person until death was an extraordinary punishment; today, it accounts for the sentences of an increasing number of

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31:23

Resistance in Residence Artist: Sizwe

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/06

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is educator, radical healer and mentor Sizwe or Spear Of The Nation, who utilizes his

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21:16

Removing armed police from traffic enforcement in LA...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/02

In this episode we continue the conversation about police involvement in traffic stops, this time in LA, where a city councilmember has proposed that armed officers do not get involved in traffic stops. We speak with Marqueece Harris Dawson, a Los Angeles Councilmember representing the City’s District 8, which covers most of South LA. He became an elected official after taking over the Executive Director role at LA’s Community Coalition from now-LA Mayor Karen Bass. Follow Marqueece Harris Dawson on

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25:21

Memphis fallout and organizing in the death of Tyre...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/02

We go to Memphis, where talk with Amber Sherman about the recent police killing of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was pulled from his car for allegedly driving recklessly, and beaten for three full minutes by five officers. He was hospitalized on January 7th and succumbed to his injuries three days later. The five officers have been fired and the community is calling for criminal charges to be filed and the body camera footage to be released. Amber Sherman is an organizer with Decarcerate

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11:42

State Terror Round Up for the week of January 30th, 2023

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/02

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don’t know its happening – then we can’t fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder do

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53:25

The history of American policing and its violence w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/02/01

In the wake of the horrifying police killing of Tyre Nichols, we spend the hour in conversation about the history of policing with Professor Nikki Jones. Nikki Jones is Professor of African American Studies at UC-Berkeley. Her work examines the experiences of Black women, men, and youth with the criminal legal system, policing, and violence. Her research is focused on the systematic analysis of video records that document routine encounters between police and civilians, with a focus on encounters

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17:57

Uhuru Movement raided by the FBI w/ Akilé Anai

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/31

Indictments are expected of members of the Uhuru Movement following FBI raids of their homes. We speak with Akilé Anai, the Director of Media and Communications for the Uhuru Movement as well as the Editor in Chief of the Burning Spear newspaper. Check out the Uhuru Movement’s website: https://apspuhuru.org/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on

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25:25

Newsom’s CARE Court’s constitutionality challenged by...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/31

Multiple civil rights and disability groups are challenging Governor Newsom’s CARE Courts measure, which would force some folks with mental health and substance abuse issues into facilities for treatment. We speak with Sarah Gregory, Senior Attorney at Disability Rights California, along with Nubyaan Scott, Staff Attorney in the Civil Rights Practice Group at Disability Rights California. Check out Disability Rights California’s website: https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/ —- Subscribe to this

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17:30

Moms 4 Housing continue to fight for eviction...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/31

We speak with two members of Moms 4 Housing – Dominique Walker and Sharena Thomas – who are back on the front lines fighting for the continuance of eviction protections. Check out Moms 4 Housing’s website: https://moms4housing.org/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Moms 4 Housing continue to fight for eviction

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38:42

Artist Resistance in Residence: Raul Perales

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/30

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is Raul Perales – Bassist, Composer, Arranger, and Associate Professor in the Jazz and

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37:49

Ending the torture of solitary confinement in CA w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/30

After failing to make it through the legislative process this past fall, California State Assemblymember Chris Holden has reintroduced the Mandela Act – a legislative act that would severely limit California’s prison system from using solitary confinement as punishment. Holden represents Southern California’s District 41. It’s worth noting that if passed, the Mandela Act would not only impact the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prisons, but also immigrant detention centers,

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19:04

Ruchell Magee, one of our longest-held political...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/26

We go to Los Angeles to speak with Harold Welton, a member of the Coalition to Free Ruchell Magee. Harold has been fighting for the liberation of Black people and all people for many decades, since being a member of the Southern California chapters of SNCC and then the Black Panther Party. Ruchell Magee is one of the longest held political prisoner in the country. He was first captured in 1963 on trumped-up charges related to a marijuana deal, and later became implicated as the lesser-known

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23:45

Community angry after Memphis PD beat and kill again...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/26

In this episode we speak with with Amber Sherman about the recent police killing of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was pulled from his car for allegedly driving recklessly, and beaten for three full minutes by five officers. He was hospitalized on January 7th and succumbed to his injuries three days later. The five officers have been fired and the community is calling for criminal charges to be filed and the body camera footage to be released. Amber Sherman is an organizer with Decarcerate

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13:21

State Terror Round Up for the week of January 23rd, 2023

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/26

Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don’t know its happening – then we can’t fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder do

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24:29

Atlanta’s Cop City and the grassroots fight against...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/25

On Wednesday, January 18 26-year-old activist Tortuga was shot and killed by Atlanta police while protesting the construction of the planned $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (or ‘Cop City’), an 85-acre police training facility in the South River Forest. But what is Cop City? Why is it being built? What has the organizing looked like even prior to the violent and deadly repression organizers and activists experienced at the hands of law enforcement? We are joined by Tunde Osazua, a

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19:15

Rights of trans prisoners being rolled back in New...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/25

New Jersey is rolling back rights for trans prisoners making it even more difficult for them to be incarcerated at institutions that align with their gender identity. We speak with Adam Rhodes, a queer, first-generation Cuban American journalist whose journalism focuses on public policy, the justice system, and our nation’s most vulnerable people. His latest piece for the Appeal is called New Jersey Rolls Back Protections for Trans Prisoners. Read the article here:

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10:28

Cat’s commentary on the OPD Chief’s suspension

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/25

Cat gives her reactions and analysis about the suspension of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong amid scandalous non-accountability, as his community makes public their demand of reinstatement. Follow Cat Brooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/catscommentary —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Cat’s commentary on the

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