Charlotte, Tulsa and living while black in America
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Police killings of black people in two more American cities have raised the total of such incidents to more than 200 in this year alone. It now goes almost without saying that black Americans don't believe official explanations, and the Congressional black caucus is demanding Justice Department action. We hear about recent developments deeply rooted in American history.
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| 0:30.6 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:39.2 | Charlotte, Tulsa, and Living While Black in America. |
| 0:46.1 | Hello again, I'm Armin. I'm Al-Niam. This is To the Point. |
| 0:48.9 | Recent high-profile killings of black people by local police are just the latest in a year |
| 0:53.2 | that's already seen such incidents more than 200 times. |
| 0:57.0 | These two differ in many ways. Police video's been released in Tulsa, but not in Charlotte. |
| 1:02.0 | Tulsa's been peaceful while there's been violence in Charlotte. |
| 1:06.0 | But what might be most important is one thing they share, |
| 1:09.0 | black communities that don't believe official explanations |
| 1:12.4 | and don't trust local police. We'll talk about what that reveals about American history and |
| 1:17.9 | contemporary reality and the challenge it poses to the presidential nominees. Later on our talking |
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