Ep. 319 - The Taylor Swift Test for Police Brutality

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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When Shaun hears about horrible cases of police brutality, he runs the situation through, what he calls, the Taylor Swift test. On today's episode, a rerun from last year, listen as he breaks down what the Taylor Swift test for police brutality is. ---- 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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1:00.8	I have a test. It's kind of a crude test that I've been running for cases of police
1:07.1	brutality for several years now it is something that I never really talk about
1:11.2	out loud I mentioned it on an Instagram post this weekend many of you saw
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