Ep. 677 - All charges need to immediately be dropped against the revered executive Chaka Zulu

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This past June, at his own place of business, at least 4 men brutally attacked, beat, stomped, and shot the revered 51 year old music executive and entrepreneur, Chaka Zulu, outside of his own place of business. I have known Chaka for years and he is literally one of the most peaceful, respectful, kind, and outgoing men I've ever met.

When I learned the news of what happened to Chaka, like thousands of others, I was devastated. When I saw the footage of what happened to Chaka, and to a female colleague of his that was also brutally attack by the men, it broke my heart. It's a miracle he even survived.

It was my expectation that the men who assaulted them were going to be charged. They should still be charged, frankly. And ANYONE who sees what happened, will think the same thing.

That's why it makes NO SENSE that somehow the Atlanta Police charged Chaka with murder when the ONLY thing he was doing was literally defending himself from being killed. It's outrageous.

Chaka fired his gun in self-defense and self-defense alone. And he might have died had he not done so. It is a textbook case of someone standing their ground - not just during a threat, but during a literal life or death assault.

Immediately, these bogus charges against Chaka need to be dropped. It's stupid that we are even in this position. This should not go to trial. This should not have a plea deal. Chaka did what he was legally allowed to do to defend himself.

But what we are clearly seeing is that laws that regularly protect white men, suddenly seem to have no teeth when they need to protect a Black man.

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0:00.0	3am mission statement, 4am staffing, 5am successful series B, 6am wake up and get to work.
0:08.7	Vobos is a 5am network providing 10gb standard for the businesses that prefer to spend their nights dreaming rather than worrying.
0:15.9	Vobos the business 5am network built by Vobos for London.
0:20.5	I'm not sure if you're familiar with this story but this past June, a dear friend and brother to many of us,
0:28.0	an entrepreneur, an executive, a mentor, Shaka Zulu was brutally assaulted in Atlanta which broke our hearts.
0:38.4	This is a 51 year old leader and executive and to see him harmed was traumatic.
0:46.6	Obviously for him, but for all of us, Shaka was beaten by multiple men and literally shot in the back.
0:53.6	And we thought he was going to die and in the attack, he had a firearm and shot to defend himself and thankfully was able to survive but it has taken months for him to recover.
1:07.6	And just this past week, we learned that he was going to be charged with murder for defending himself.
1:15.6	I want to tell you why we care why these charges need to be dropped immediately. It's one of the most outrageous things I've ever seen.
1:23.6	He did not provoke this, he did not deserve this, he did not want any of this to happen.
1:29.6	And so he never, ever should have been charged. Everything that he did was lawful and I want to try to begin unpacking and explaining what happened.
1:39.6	This is Sean King and you're listening to The Breakdown.
1:45.6	The Breakdown.
2:01.6	We've been talking over the past few days, weeks and months about the problem of gun violence all over the country, just the problem of violence in particular.
2:11.6	And this past June, I was shocked, disturbed, worried, heart broke when I found out that my dear friend and brother and someone who is a dear friend and brother and colleague and mentor to so many people, not just musicians and artists but activists and leaders and organizers.
2:34.6	Shaka Zulu who is a revered music executive entrepreneur, mentor and friend and brother, father and I learned that he was brutally assaulted.
2:51.6	And it's one of those things when I first heard I was like hold on, hold on, that can't be Shaka that this happened to because Shaka is a man of peace and has been his whole life.
3:04.6	He's not involved in drama. This is not his way.
3:10.6	He is not only a Zen, calm, cool, professional man, but he's somebody who has been that his entire life.
3:24.6	And when I talk about a child or a teenager, this is a man in his 50s who has has been well grounded and revered and respected in politics in entertainment and music industry and is a revered son of Atlanta to me one of the most important people in Atlanta.
3:49.6	And when I heard that he had been assaulted, I was devastated and he was not only brutally attacked by four men who beat him from all sides and then kicked and stomped on him from all sides.
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