Ep. 304 - What is justice? A hard conversation.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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I'm fighting for it. You are fighting for it. But let's take a moment to define what justice really means for families impacted by police violence and racial terrorism. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is it?
0:03.0	What is justice for Brianna Taylor?
0:07.0	Like, there is no justice for Brianna, Brianna's not here.
0:12.0	What is justice for George Floyd? There's no justice for George. He's not here.
0:18.7	So when we say, what is justice? What are we talking about?
0:26.0	Justice for their families and what does that mean? I spend a lot of time with Brianna Taylor's family or boyfriend Kenny, his family, and many families impacted by racial
0:37.4	injustice and police violence over these past few days I just want us to unpack together for a moment and have a growing
0:47.5	folks conversation. What is justice for us? Let's define it. Let's talk about it today. This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:02.4	the breakdown.
1:00.0	The breakdown.
1:04.0	The breakdown.
1:05.0	The breakdown.
1:06.0	The breakdown.
1:07.0	Every day.
1:10.0	Every day I think I say the word justice, I mean, 10 times a day, and maybe more than that.
1:22.0	I mean, we're trying to describe for people
1:26.3	sometimes in shorthand what it is exactly what it is that we're fighting for and
1:31.6	what we often reduce it to us we're saying we're fighting for justice.
1:36.0	And I want to unpack and ask and ask myself and you what do we mean by that?
1:46.6	That we're fighting for justice.
1:49.2	What is justice for families whose loved ones are murdered and maimed by police.
1:58.1	What is justice for the family of Amad Aubrey?
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