Ep. 521 - Here’s what happens when Black police speak out against injustice in their own departments

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Louisiana State Trooper Carl Cavalier, a young Black man, did the right thing and spoke out on the horrible police murder of Ronald Greene by his department. He called out their lies covering it up and called out their murder of an innocent, unarmed Black man. And now the Louisiana State Police have filed papers to fire this man - not for murder or a coverup, but for speaking up. It’s a damn shame and he needs our support.

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0:00.0	We now have just 28 days left to stop the execution of Julius Jones and to get this man free.
0:10.0	We've had several very important updates that I want to unpack and explain here.
0:15.0	Death penalty cases always have many twists and turns as lawyers try to come at the case
0:24.0	from as many angles as possible. And so let me tell you a few big developments and some things that I think
0:30.0	and I hope might be on the way. This is Sean King and you are listening to...
0:36.0	The Breakdown.
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0:46.0	The Breakdown.
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0:52.0	Now of course I'm glad that you are a listener of the Breakdown podcast.
0:58.0	Thank you for being here.
1:00.0	But nothing would make me happier than if you stopped listening to this podcast right here, right now, and did two things.
1:08.0	First, please immediately go to freejeweliusjones.com.
1:16.0	That's the new micro site that we've built around the activism that we're trying to build to help free Julius.
1:24.0	Go to freejeweliusjones.com right now you can learn all about the case, all about Julius, and all about the ways that you can help.
1:32.0	And when you get there, there's one very important thing to do.
1:38.0	Fill out our super petition.
1:40.0	And when you fill that super petition out, it then emails over a dozen different officials all over Oklahoma that can make a real difference on this case.
1:50.0	So go to freejeweliusjones.com right now and then fill out our super petition. That's the first thing I want you to do.
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