#1407 Reclaiming the Streets (Defunding the Police and the Sarah Everard Outcry)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 29 March 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 3/28/2021
Today we take a look at the progress being made on the effort to reform and defund the police in America as well as the reignited campaign to make society safe for women in the wake of the Sarah Everard murder in the UK.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Austin’s Plan To Defund The Police - In The Loop - Air Date 2-22-21
Another Grim Milestone & Austin’s Plan To Defund The Police
House Democrats passed a landmark bill Wednesday that would expand voting rights and another key piece of legislation on police reform through the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act -- something Democrats have been pushing for since the death of Floyd.
The House passed the sweeping George Floyd Justice in Policing Act this week. But as long as partisan politics remains the status quo, lawmakers will continue to fail Black Americans. MTV News correspondent Dometi Pongo explains.
Ch. 4: Fight to Pass the George Floyd Act, BREATHE Act, & Take LOCAL Action! - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 5: Republicans Vote Against Protecting Women - The Rational National - Air Date 3-18-21
172 members of the house Republican caucus voted against the renewal of the VAWA.
Ch. 6: The Problem With the Violence Against Women Act; - Ring of Fire Radio - Air Date 3-26-21
This week on Ring of Fire, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and Abigail Higgins, a journalist covering inequality health and gender join us to discuss their piece in The Nation.
Despite the High Court rejecting a challenge against the police’s ban of Sarah Everard's vigil, Telegraph Columnists Bryony Gordon and Claire Cohen said they will still attend.
Ch. 8: Sarah Everard & Violence Against Women - TyskySour - Air Date 3-12-21
The disappearance and death of Sarah Everard has shone a spotlight on the epidemic of violence against women in Britain, and has provoked an outpouring from women on social media sharing their own experience of harassment, threats and violence
Ch. 9: Why women feel unsafe on Britain's streets - Channel 4 News - Air Date 3-11-21
"We are tired of having to pre-empt possible violence. Of having to risk assess every ordinary action every day, every hour of our lives".
Ch. 10: Sarah Everard's vigil aggressively broken up by London police - CNN UK - Air Date 3-14-21
The British government is calling for an investigation after police aggressively broke up a vigil being held for Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman whose alleged murder while walking home in South London has reignited a national debate in Britain
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 11: The Economics of Abolition - The Laura Flanders Show - Air Date 12-24-20
“Defund the police” became a rallying cry in the summer of 2020 as demonstrators flooded streets across the United States to demand an end to police brutality in the wake of the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of the police.
Ch. 12: Into Defunding the LAPD - Into America - Air Date 6-11-20
‘Defund the police’ has become a familiar rallying call at protests across the country. It’s a push to reduce the size of police department budgets, in order to reallocate resources to other parts of the community. And a few cities leaders are listening.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 13: Taking kids from parents and the racism of anti-immigration - Bud from Boise
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 14: Final comments on how to report the truth while lying to the high heavens
TAKE ACTION!
Fight to improve & pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Fight to pass the BREATHE Act (Movement for Black Lives) (BOTL segment from last summer)
Join a local organization or chapter fighting police brutality: some suggestions
Explore the ACLU's FIGHTING POLICE ABUSE: A COMMUNITY ACTION MANUAL
EDUCATE YOURSELF & SHARE
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Explained (Note: Headline updated) (Vox)
Now is the time to revolutionize policing (BREATHE Act) (Vox)
Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (PBS)
Why Police Brutality Is a Public Health Issue (Self)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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Description: Memorial for Sarah Everard in the U.K. Photo of a tree in a park with flowers and candles at the base and a sign tied to the trunk that reads "#ReclaimTheseStreets!". A woman with a face mask is bending over to add flowers to the memorial.
Credit: "Vigil for Sarah Everard in Sheffield" by Tim Dennell, Flickr | License | Changes: Cropped and increased contrast and saturation
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning best of the left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.0 | learn about the progress being made on the effort to reform and defund the police in America, |
| 0:12.3 | as well as the reignited campaign to make society safe for women in the wake of the Sarah |
| 0:17.8 | Everard murder in the UK. |
| 0:20.1 | If you need a refresher or know someone else, I highly recommend that you check out our |
| 0:24.9 | episode from last year, it's number 1360, redefine, unburden and defund the police to get a deep |
| 0:34.2 | dive perspective on the defund the police movement. |
| 0:37.6 | It's been less than a year since the concept entered mainstream consciousness. |
| 0:41.6 | There's still plenty of misconceptions about it, so make sure that you and everyone else |
| 0:46.3 | you know understands what people are actually talking about, not what some scare mongers would |
| 0:52.3 | have you believe. |
| 0:53.8 | Now onto the show clips today are from In the Loop, the PBS NewsHour, MTV Impact, The |
| 1:01.0 | Rational National, Ring of Fire Radio, The Telegraph, Tisky Sour, Channel 4 News, CNN, |
| 1:09.1 | UK, The Laura Flanders Show, and Into America. |
| 1:19.5 | Defund the police became a super controversial slogan last year when it entered the mainstream, |
| 1:24.8 | even after it was rejected by both Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and a long list of other political |
| 1:30.4 | leaders. |
| 1:31.4 | But with all the hand-ranging around the slogan itself, it's important to remember what |
| 1:34.8 | defunding the police really means. |
| 1:37.3 | In most cases, it means taking some things, like dealing with nonviolent situations, out |
| 1:42.5 | of the hands of armed police and into the hands of social workers. |
| 1:46.0 | NewsHour's Jamal Andrews took an in-depth look at one city that already defunded police, |
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