A Word: After George Floyd, Abolition or Death?

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🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Advocates of police reform, including President Biden, say Derek Chauvin’s conviction is a crucial step in ending racist police practices. But abolitionists say it’s too little, too late. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson speaks with Professor James D. Ward, the author of Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political and Social Dynamics. Ward explains why he thinks abolishing police can’t work politically, but jailing or even executing killer cops could bring real change. Guest: Professor James D. Ward is the author of Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political and Social Dynamics, and the interim director of the Master of Public Policy program and Visiting Professor at Cal Poly. Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now for just $1 for your first month. Click here for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, I'm Jack Greenlich.
0:02.0	I think you can listen to music from relaxing, to celebrating, to getting yourself prepared.
0:08.0	I like all sorts, honestly. I like hip-hop, R&B, and then house music as well.
0:13.0	So yeah, there's no guilt in places around here.
0:15.0	Jack wears the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones, enjoying his favourite music,
0:20.0	with more immersive sounds than ever before.
0:23.0	Wow, the music's just everything, isn't it?
0:25.0	Search Bose headphones.
0:27.0	Bose, sound is power.
0:30.0	Music
0:40.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:42.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:45.0	This week, a Minnesota jury declared what many of us have said from the start,
0:48.0	X-Cop, Derek Chauvin, is a murderer.
0:51.0	He said, God, we need justice.
0:54.0	Yeah.
0:55.0	We need it now.
0:58.0	And he has it.
1:00.0	But kind of conviction for killing George Floyd lead to justice for other killer cops?
1:05.0	More coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.
1:08.0	Stay with us.
1:14.0	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
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