A People’s Victory
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
One year after the murder of George Floyd, Maria and Julio are joined by Mel Reeves, political organizer and community editor of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, and Hibah Ansari, immigration reporter at Sahan Journal, to reflect on policing in the United States. They break down what has been missing from mainstream media coverage and discuss the radical transformations needed on the local and national level. SAVE THE DATE: Our next virtual LIVE ITT show is tomorrow Wednesday, May 26th at 7pm ET! Maria and Julio will be joined by Georgia Fort, award winning independent journalist and Tarkor Zehn, journalist and audio producer to discuss police violence, racial justice and healing in Minneapolis during the week that marks one year since the police murder of George Floyd. For more info and to RSVP, click here. This episode is sponsored by Ground News - The world's first news comparison platform. Download Ground News for free: http://ground.news/thick ITT Staff Picks: - Read Mel Reeves’ latest in his blog, Fight The Power Journal, where he writes: “Internecine community violence (so-called Black on Black violence) and police violence spring from the same source, they are rooted in White Supremacy and the social/ political/ economic system: capitalism.” - For the Sahan Journal, Hibah Ansari writes about the families that are still seeking justice for their loved ones who were killed by police in the Twin Cities area. - The Star Tribune’s photo essay, “The Crossroads of Minneapolis,” documents the intersection between 38th and Chicago Avenue, where George Floyd has been memorialized. Photo credit: AP Photo/Morry Gash
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| 0:23.8 | For the vast majority of protests, I know because they don't need some of Malcolm X talked |
| 0:36.6 | about this where they turn the victim into the criminal and the criminal into the victim. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey what's up? |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:47.0 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:50.8 | I'm Maria Inorosa. |
| 0:51.8 | And I'm Julio Rico Lovarino. |
| 0:54.1 | Joining us for Minneapolis, Minnesota is Mel Reeves, he's a long time political organizer |
| 0:58.4 | and community editor at the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder. |
| 1:02.6 | Hey Mel, thanks for joining us. |
| 1:04.4 | Well thank you all for having me. |
| 1:05.8 | And joining us from St. Paul, Minnesota is Hiba Ansari, the immigration reporter at |
| 1:10.4 | Sahan Journal. |
| 1:11.9 | And we're going to get more into each of your organizations in a moment. |
| 1:14.5 | But first welcome Hiba. |
| 1:15.9 | Thank you so much. |
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