Since the production of this episode, a nationwide moment of silence and accompanying vigils in 50 cities has been planned for THURSDAY Aug 14 at 7pmEST. #NMOS14 is being coordinated by Feminista Jones who's Twitter you can follow for information.

TAKE ACTION:

Sign the ColorOfChange.org letter to Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton: #JusticeforEricGarner

Additional Activism/Resources:

Sign: White House petition demanding a statement (at the very least) on the killing of young, black men

Read and join in these Twitter conversations:

”Black Women Matter: #RememberRenisha”

"#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media” by Yesha Callahan at The Root

Sources/further reading:

"News coverage of the Michael Brown shooting: headlines matter” via The People’s View

"When Parenting Feels Like a Fool’s Errand: On the Death of Michael Brown.” by Stacia L. Brown

"Surprise! NYPD Commissioner Bratton Doesn’t Think Race Had Anything to Do With Eric Garner’s Death” by Mychal Denzel Smith at The Nation

"Eric Garner’s Death and the Exasperation With Police Violence” by Mychal Denzel Smith at The Nation

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Episode #851 "To selectively protect and serve (Injustice System)"

Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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0:00.0	This is B.C. from Portland, Oregon.
0:03.8	This program is made possible by supporters like me and the easiest way for you to support
0:08.7	the show right now is to leave a five star review in the iTunes store.
0:13.6	Also money is good.
0:15.9	Now, welcome to the award winning best of the left podcast with Cliffs Today from the
0:20.5	Young Turks, the Tom Hartman program on the media, the Black Agenda report, the David
0:26.6	Patman show, the majority report and the median lead camp.
0:31.3	Two quick notes from me.
0:32.9	First, police use of force rules and training standards are set by your local government.
0:38.2	When police are not held accountable for excessive force, those standards are often part
0:42.7	of the reason.
0:43.7	Second, turning every police officer into a mobile surveillance camera has upside and downside.
0:52.4	It was the summer of 1989.
0:54.2	Jonathan Fleming and his family left their New York home and headed for Disney World in
0:57.9	Orlando, Florida.
0:59.2	This is not a word problem.
1:00.2	I know it sounds like one.
1:01.3	On vacation, he accumulated seemingly insignificant things, plane tickets, a few postcards,
1:05.8	and a hotel receipt for an $81.92 phone bill which he says he slipped into his pocket.
1:12.2	That receipt was reportedly still in his pocket when police arrested him for the murder of a friend
1:16.6	Darryl Black Rush, who was shot to death in Brooklyn on August 15, 1989.
1:21.6	What authority suggested was it's dispute over stolen money.
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