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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 332 - Jonathan Price & Why We Should Fight for All Victims of Police Violence

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This weekend a wonderful brother named Jonathan Price was murdered by police in a rural town outside of Dallas, Texas. People are now sharing an old Facebook post he made where he spoke of how much respect he had for police - as if this means we shouldn't fight for him. I very strongly disagree. Let me explain why. ---- 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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As you may have seen, a wonderful brother named Jonathan Price was murdered by police this weekend in Wolf City, Texas,

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which is about an hour north of Dallas. I want to break down that case and even more I want to break down

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something disturbing and even dangerous that I see happening in regards to his case. I see us, our own folk sharing some previous Facebook post that he made, almost insinuating that he doesn't deserve our support for some reason.

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I want to explain it to you and tell you why that's wrong.

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This is Sean King and you are listening to

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the breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown. The breakdown. In the tiny rural country town of Wolf City, Texas, about an hour north of Dallas,

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Jonathan Price, was seen as a hometown hero, a legend.

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He was a mentor, an advocate.

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He was seen as an inspirational leader.

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He was frequently a speaker at rallies at sporting events.

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He was a personal trainer.

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He was actually an employee under contract with Wolf City itself. And in a lot of ways, he was seen as, forgive me for anybody who finds this offensive.

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In Wolf City, Jonathan Price was seen as the black man that white people could trust.

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And I don't mean that as any insult to Jonathan, to his

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to his legacy.

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He existed in a lot of ways

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as a bit of a bridge builder between white and black culture.

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And there is a Facebook post that Jonathan made that's kind of gone viral in its own right and I even had several friends of

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mine send it to me today where Jonathan posted and and hell I appreciate it

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