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#184 - Unresolved: American Policing

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4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Historic protests calling for police reform have erupted across the nation. But just what could these reforms mean? And how should we see the criminal justice system today? Staged in our “Unresolved” format, this debate brings together five experts to tackle pressing questions on the history and future of policing in the U.S. including: Should we defund the police? Do police unions do more harm than good? And has policing become too militarized? Cast your vote: https://smarturl.it/AmericanPolicing A Message from Our Sponsor Subscribe to The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you listen or at jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey everybody, this is IntelligenceWear.

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US and I'm John Don Van, your host and moderator.

0:31.4

And among the many issues that are dividing us today is how we all see the police.

0:37.4

Once set of American kids raise to think the policeman is your friend.

0:41.5

And another, at some point in their childhood, given what is called the talk.

0:46.6

That's the warning that cops can be dangerous to them, so be careful around them.

0:50.2

George Floyd's death has split the gap over our perceptions of the police wider than

0:54.3

ever.

0:55.3

The larger ever protests calling for overhauling how police works and for defunding them.

1:00.4

But against that, the counter protest, Blue Lives Matter, arguing that police departments

1:04.9

require public support in the challenging assignments that society gives to cops.

1:10.1

You are about to hear our virtual debate, one that we recorded September 18th, and premiered

1:16.0

in front of a live audience that tuned in remotely.

1:18.6

The topic, unresolved American policing.

1:22.8

And we use that word unresolved quite purposefully because there is so much to dig into here,

1:28.0

so many cross-currents, so many sides really, that we decided actually to argue through

1:32.7

a series of resolutions, one after the other.

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