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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 270 - A profound conversation with 3 District Attorneys

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday we launched Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commissions in 3 of America's largest cities. Today you can hear from the DA's who will be helping to lead the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On this past Wednesday, a group of us launched the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission.

0:07.0

I think it's the single most important work of my life as we try to find ways to radically shift in change what justice

0:19.0

means for us across the country.

0:21.7

We launch this in partnership with the district attorneys of San Francisco,

0:26.8

Philadelphia, and Boston, Chase Aboudine, Larry Krasner and Rachel Rollins, three men and women that I know very well,

0:33.8

campaigns that I worked on and campaigned for and donated to.

0:38.6

We had a private conversation with the media the media with Chase Aboudine, Rachel

0:46.7

Rollins, and Larry Krasner.

0:48.5

And I want you to hear that conversation.

0:51.9

The first voice that you're going to hear is that of the

0:54.8

District Attorney of Philadelphia, Larry Krasner. And I was deeply touched by his remarks.

1:04.3

The second voice that you hear will be Rachel Rollins,

1:07.4

who was the district attorney of Boston.

1:10.6

And she puts in context not only what she's tried to do in her short time in office, but the impact of injustice on the city and how she's hoping to move forward.

1:24.0

And then the last voice you will hear today

1:26.7

is that of my friend and brother Chase of Boudin,

1:29.6

the district attorney of San Francisco, who in less than seven months has reduced San Francisco's

1:37.6

jail population by 50%. I want you to hear this private conversation. I think it's

1:43.2

profound, I think it's insightful, and I want you to really understand what it is

1:50.4

we're trying to build. Listen it.

1:52.8

The breakdown.

1:53.8

The breakdown.

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