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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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21:34

Black Organizing Project proposes an Oakland city...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/24

For ten years, the Black Organizing Project (BOP) fought to remove police from Oakland schools. Developed from BOP’s Peoples’ Plan for Police Free Schools (2019) and an accumulation of a 9 year organizing campaign launched in 2011, the George Floyd Resolution (GFR) was passed June 24, 2020 making Oakland Unified School District the first district in the country to eliminate an entire school police department. In 2020 they won that fight and the George Floyd Resolution was passed. But that was just

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36:01

OPD Chief suspended and APTP opens The People’s House...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/24

The Oakland Police Chief, Leronne Armstrong has been placed on paid administrative leave by Mayor Sheng Thao after he made the news for neglecting to follow through on punishments for an officer who violated policy and law multiple times – including a hit-and-run car accident while driving a city-owned vehicle and discharging his firearm in an elevator. Yesterday, Chief Leronne Armstrong teamed up with Public relations consultant Sam Singer – the same crisis communications manager that worked with

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49:16

Threats leveled against Black women organizers and...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/23

Last week, Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife went public with some of the voicemails and threats she has been receiving as a result of the public work she does as an activist and councilmember. While the threats were shocking to some degree, Black women who do work in the public space often live with these kinds of threats, hateful e-mails and attacks. We speak with Carroll Fife, a longtime community organizer and an Oakland City Council Member, representing District 3, elected in 2020. We are

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33:57

Artist Resistance in Residence: Tommy Shepard, Lil...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/23

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 a whole family of artists – we speak with Tommy Shepard, Lil Tommy, and Anna Maria

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24:06

Artist Resistance in Residence: Damon Turner

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/20

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 rapper, cultural architect and entrepreneur Damon Turner, who creates sounds,

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12:04

Preventing sexual exploitation of girls in Oakland w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/19

MISSSEY is an Oakland-based organization working to prevent girls and gender-expansive youth from entering circumstances of sexual exploitation and violence. They also support young people who are experiencing exploitation, to transition into a more self-determined life. We are joined by MISSSEY’s Executive Director, Jennifer Lyle, discussing the work of MISSSEY and their upcoming event on Tuesday, January 24th from 2-4pm at the Oakland Museum of California. The event is: An Afternoon In

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29:40

Oakland’s school board election kerfuffle w/ District...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/19

Oakland’s most recent school board election from November of 2022 appears rife with error. We speak with Mike Hutchinson, the Oakland school board representative for District 5. Due to redistricting from the city, he ran in our last election cycle for the open seat for Oakland’s District 4 school board position. The initial count said he lost the election, but when the voting registrar ran the numbers more recently, it appears that there was a major counting error, and Mike Hutchinson did actually

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9:47

State Terror Round Up for the week of January 16th, 2023

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/19

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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23:20

LAPD kills 3 in the first 10 days of the year w/ Baba...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/18

In the first 10 days of 2023, three people have been killed at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LA chapter of Black Lives Matter Grassroots is organizing in solidarity with the families directly impacted. We speak to Baba Greg Akili, who is a core team member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and the Director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute. He is also an Instructor at the UCLA Labor Studies Department. Check out Black Lives Matter Los Angeles‘ website:

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24:17

Kids imprisoned at a Louisiana death row facility w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/18

Following up on a story we covered when it first broke, the state of Louisiana is sending children to Angola prison – one of the most notoriously violent prisons in the country – where the children prisoners are being tortured. We speak with Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Senior Reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. She writes on prison and jail conditions, and wrongful convictions, and her latest article in the Appeal is called Louisiana Imprisons Children in a Former Death

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73:39

The Case for Abolition w/ Andrea J Ritchie

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/17

We explore dive into the nitty gritty of Abolition with someone whose been on the frontlines of abolitionist efforts for many years. Our guest is Andrea J Ritchie, whose latest book is No More Police – the Case for Abolition, which she co-authored along with Mariame Kaba. Follow Andrea J Ritchie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreanyc123 Check out Andrea J Ritchie’s website: https://www.andreajritchie.com/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in

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54:46

Artist as First Responder w/ Ashara Ekundayo

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/12

We take a deep dive into healing through art – not just any art but art that intersects with movements – helping to pave the path toward liberation. Our guest is Ashara Ekundayo, who among many other roles, is the Curator and Cultural Theologian behind Artist as First Responder – Engaging & Supporting Artists whose creative practices Heal Communities and Save Lives. Check out Ashara Ekundayo’s website: https://www.ashara.io/ Check out the Artist as First Responder website:

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23:52

The rise of the Right in Europe w/ Terri E Givens

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/10

We speak with Terri E. Givens, a Professor of Political Science at McGill University and the author of books and articles on immigration policy, anti-discrimination politics, and comparative race politics. In her book, The Roots of Racism – The Politics of White Supremacy in the US and Europe, Terri E. Givens examines the connections between immigration policy and racism that have contributed to the rise of anti-immigrant, radical-right parties in Europe, the rise of Trumpism in the US, and the

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14:13

Embedding in a right wing “Constitutional Defense”...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/10

On today’s episode, Laura Jedeed joins us to discuss her experience embedding with a right-wing “Constitutional Defense” and handgun training camp in Texas, about which she recently wrote an article for The New Republic. Laura Jedeed is an investigative and features journalist based in New York City. She often writes about housing justice, military interventionism, and the American far right. Check out the article discussed in today’s

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30:01

Impact of anti-trans violence on our trans community...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/09

On today’s show, we examine the upsurge in violence against the transgender community. Insider spent 18 months investigating the murders of 175 transgender people over the span of five years, resulting in a published series called “Deaths in the Family.” They found that that murders of trans people have doubled over the last three years, that only three of the murders they investigated were charged as hate crimes, and that only 28 cases resulted in murder convictions. We speak with the editorial

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23:41

Trans death by cop – an Insider investigation w/...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/09

On today’s show, we examine the upsurge in violence against the transgender community. Insider spent 18 months investigating the murders of 175 transgender people over the span of five years, resulting in a published series called “Deaths in the Family.” They found that that murders of trans people have doubled over the last three years, that only three of the murders they investigated were charged as hate crimes, and that only 28 cases resulted in murder convictions. Matt Drange joins us to discuss

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18:11

Reparations for women forcibly sterilized in CA...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/05

Between 2005 and 2013, California sterilized over 850 people in women’s prisons either without their consent, and in some cases without even their knowledge. A state program, in theory is trying to locate these women to pay them reparations to the tune of $15,000 a year, but with just a year left before the program shuts down, only 51 women have received checks. We are joined by Hafsah Al-Amin, program coordinator with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners who has been working on the

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20:53

The junk science of 911 call analysis w/ ProPublica...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/05

The industry behind police consultants is vast – ProPublica recently published an investigative piece focusing on the fake science used to justify one branch of that consulting – 911 call analysis. Brett Murphy is an investigative journalist with ProPublica. His latest piece is called: “They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.” Read Brett Murphy’s story here: https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts Follow Brett

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26:36

Oakland homeless residents prep for dual challenge of...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/04

In this episode, we explore the pending January 9th eviction of Oakland’s Wood Street encampment – the largest of its kind in the city. At the same time, encampment residents are preparing for historic rainfall and potential flooding in the coming days and weeks. We’re joined by Wood Street resident John Janosko as well as Talya Hunsbands-Hankin, founder of Love and Justice in the Streets. Check out the Wood Street Commons website: http://www.woodstreetcommons.com/ —- Subscribe to this podcast:

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56:06

The Failures of Mass Incarceration w/ Lenore Anderson

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2023/01/03

We’re joined by with Lenore Anderson, the co-founder and President of Alliance for Safety and Justice, and founder of Californians for Safety and Justice, who worked for the City of Oakland under Mayor Ron Dellums and later as an attorney in Kamala Harris’ office when the Vice President was San Francisco’s District Attorney’s office. We discuss Lenore’s new book In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety. The book offers a close look at

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