Another matter: the Breonna Taylor verdict
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A grand jury’s decision has re-energised months-long protests. We ask how much another tragic death at the hands of police may spur meaningful reforms. A once-fringe movement to “re-wild” the Highlands of Scotland is gaining momentum. And how the promising German startup incubator Rocket Internet left shareholders on the launchpad.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.6 | The Highlands of Scotland are a world away from skyscrapers and suburban sprawl. |
| 0:23.6 | But still, some people think the region has too many markers of human influence. |
| 0:29.2 | We meet the rewilders who want to return the landscape to its pre-settled state. |
| 0:35.2 | And at one point, the German startup incubator rocket internet looked like it was |
| 0:40.3 | really going to lift off, but not for very long. We look into why the firm voted yesterday to pull |
| 0:47.1 | itself off the stock market, leaving disappointed investors on the launch pad. |
| 0:57.0 | But first... Diana Taylor! |
| 1:00.5 | Brianna Taylor! |
| 1:03.0 | Today, America wakes up from another night of protests over the killing of Breonna Taylor. |
| 1:10.7 | In March, the 26-year-old black woman was shot in her Louisville, Kentucky another night of protests over the killing of Brianna Taylor. |
| 1:10.9 | In March, the 26-year-old black woman was shot in her Louisville, Kentucky home by police |
| 1:16.1 | officers during a botched drug raid. |
| 1:18.8 | A hundred nights of protests followed. |
| 1:22.3 | On Wednesday, a grand jury declined to bring murder charges against the officers involved. |
| 1:34.4 | According to Kentucky law, the use of force by Mattingly and Cosgrove was justified to protect themselves. |
| 1:35.7 | This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in Ms. Brianna Taylor's death. |
| 1:42.3 | The decision was met with outrage and grief. |
| 1:45.0 | This is ridiculous. |
| 1:47.0 | This is beyond ridiculous. |
| 1:50.0 | You're murdered Breonna Taylor! |
| 1:53.0 | I'm mad! |
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