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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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49:08

Extreme abuse at Louisiana juvenile detention center

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/16

Warning: this episode includes discussion of suicide by youth while incarcerated. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please consider calling or texting 988. 988 is the new Lifeline phone number where trained counselors are available 24 hours a day. — Today we speak with two journalists who published a deep dive for the New York Times on the stories of people who’ve lived, and in some cases died, in Ware Juvenile Detention Center in Louisiana. The research that led to

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57:10

Border Policy: Biden Admin considering sending...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/14

We’re only a few years into the Biden Administration, but federal immigration policy under his leadership is impacting communities heavily. In this episode, we focus on two stories about how the US is wielding immigration policy – First, a real plan on the table to house detained and undocumented migrants in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. Then we’ll talk about a specific policy called Temporary Protective Status, that is being seen in court after the Trump Administration basically threw it

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25:39

Artist Resistance in Residence: Denmark Peoples

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/11

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 Artist Resistance in Residence is actor, hip hop artist, filmmaker, member of the Community Ready Corps security team

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52:04

No Accountability for NY Prison Guards After Sexual...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/10

In this episode, we take a look at what happens to people held in prison who are violated and harmed there – what resources they can turn to, how do those resources actually work, if at all, and what does it mean for us a society that once people are locked away, their well-being is, in many cases, ignored. We’ll take a deep dive, into the way New York state has handled cases of sexual assault of prisoners by guards. A note for listeners – we do not use graphic descriptions of sexual violence in

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9:47

State Terror Round Up for the week of November 7th, 2022

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/10

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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55:17

SF & East Bay Election Wrap Up

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/09

On today’s episode we dive into the returns thus far on the Tuesday, November 8th, election, with a particular focus on the races that impact policing along with other parts of the local ballots. We’ll start in San Francisco, and then move to the East Bay. Note that the conversation was recorded on the morning of November 9th, so more recent ballot counting may have changed some of the results since this recording. We start in San Francisco, where it appears London Breed has victories across the

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74:36

Abolition and the child welfare system w/ Dorothy...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/08

If you’re Black in America, chances are you have been in foster care, a family member was in foster care, your home was visited at some point by “Child Protective Services” or that these agencies touched your life in some way. The Department of Family and Child Protective Services is as common as liquor stores and churches, and yet precious little is happening in exploring the damage these agencies do. On today’s episode, we address the impact of CPS with Dorothy Roberts, an internationally

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27:35

SF Non-profits Glide & Compass Unionize – w/ Mario...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/07

A supermajority of employees at Glide Memorial Church have joined together to form a union under the name Glide United, with the OPEIU local 29. Employees at Compass Family Services are slightly further along in the unionization process, entering the same local. We are joined by Mario Lemos, an organizing committee member of Glide United, and works for Glide Foundation. Glide is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of

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31:13

Condo Development in East Oakland w/ Leah...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/07

Redevelopment is afoot in East Oakland with proposals that could further gentrification. Both Eastmont Mall and Mills College are historic spaces that are being targeted for market rate condos and retail. In this episode, we spoke with Leah Simon-Weisberg, Legal Director of The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action as well as Shay Franco-Clausen, a Mills alumni who has been part of a lawsuit students filed against the school for issues related to its closure. Follow Leah

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39:05

Artist Resistance in Residence: Margo Hall

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/04

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 Artist Resistance in Residence is Margo Hall, actor, director, activist, educator, and Artistic Director of the Lorraine

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10:18

Santa Clara County Sheriff Scandal w/ Jose Valle

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/03

It is election time and while Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith was not running for re-election – she and her tenure – are front and center in conversations about who her successor will be. Smith was the first sheriff elected in the state of California almost 50 years and she may likely have served a few more had it not been for the reveal that she had engaged in several schemes including – but not limited to – pay-to-play for concealed carry permits and evasion of gift-reporting laws. She resigned

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29:18

Shifting the Lens: California’s Partnership to End...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/03

October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we spent time on this show exploring alternative responses to domestic violence. We continue that conversation today with Colsaria Henderson, a member of the board of directors of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, which is hosting their Shifting the Lens – Statewide Domestic Violence Conference beginning on Monday, November 7th. Colsaria Henderson began working in the field of anti-gender based violence in the 1990s. She is focused

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State Terror Round Up for the week of October 31st, 2022

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/03

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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69:21

A Journey South of the Mason-Dixon Line w/ Imani Perry

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/02

We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. Today’s guest is Imani Perry, discussing her latest book South To America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line. Perry is a scholar of law, literary and cultural

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16:36

UN to vote on US-Cuba blockade w/ Diana Block

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/01

On November 3rd the United Nations is set to vote on ending the US blockade against Cuba, and local solidarity activists are demanding Nancy Pelosi join in the calls to end the embargo. On Thursday, November 3rd at 4:30 pm a broad coalition of Bay Area groups will rally at the SF Federal Building (7th St. near Mission) to call on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “Let Cuba Live!” The rally will take place on the day that the United Nations General Assembly is expected to overwhelmingly condemn, for the 30th

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41:39

Celebrating Black cowboys in California w/ Gabriela...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/11/01

In this episode, we talk about Black cowboys in California, with a conversation featuring the creative mind behind a new photography book of California Black cowboys, Gabriela Hasbun, alongside one of the cowboys featured in the book – Prince Damons. Recording artist & cowboy Prince Damons tends his horse Jesse James. | Gabriela Hasbun w/ permission A powerful symbol of self-reliance, strength, and determination, the Black cowboy is a figure commonly overlooked in the histories of the American West

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56:04

Exploring Iran’s Feminist Protest Movements w/ Wendy...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/10/31

Protests in Iran continued over the weekend sparked by the murder of 22 year old Mahsa Amini who was arrested a few weeks ago by the Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran’s government who arrested Amini for not wearing the hijab. The most recent protests were met with a brutal response from the Revolutionary Guards who have promised even tougher crackdowns in response to people taking the street. We are joined by Wendy DeSouza, adjunct professor of Iranian studies in the Middle East

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37:35

Artist Resistance in Residence: Kev Choice

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/10/28

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 Artist Resistance in Residence is composer and pianist Kev Choice, who has toured extensively around the world with

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Letters from the Inside – from San Quentin State...

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/10/26

We encourage our brothers and sisters on the other side of the wall to write in to our show. Occasionally we read those letters on the air. This is our fourth segment of Letters from the Inside. —- This episode features music by Michael Louis: https://www.instagram.com/tigers_view 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

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64:52

Decriminalizing Domestic Violence w/ Leigh Goodmark

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks ·

2022/10/25

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we’re going to spend some time exploring community responses to domestic or interpersonal violence. Every year nearly 5.3 million incidents of intimate partner violence occurs in the United States among women 18 years and older. Intimate partner violence results in nearly 1,300 death and two million injuries every single year. If we are ever going to end or even reduce this epidemic, we have got to do something different. Our guest in this episode is

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