Ep. 678 - I am increasingly convinced that police violence will never go away in our lifetime

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In spite of all that 2020 meant for civil rights in this country, 2021 was the worst year for police violence ever measured. Why? How?

Today I want to unpack and explain the 3 reasons why, in spite of our very best efforts, police violence continues to actually get worse.

Does this mean we shouldn't fight against it? HELL NO. If we didn't fight against it, I have no idea how much worse it would be.

But we also need to adjust our expectations. As long as the root causes remain, police violence will remain.

Listen to today's full episode of The Breakdown so I can unpack and explain what I mean.

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0:00.0	Looking for keys.
0:02.5	Looking for keys.
0:05.0	Looking for keys.
0:09.9	Everyone's tired of looking for keys.
0:14.8	So the all new Honda HRV Hybrid can be unlocked
0:19.4	and turned on
0:22.4	with your phone.
0:25.6	Where we'll listen to take us next.
0:27.6	Honda, the power of dreams.
0:30.6	Today's one of those days where
0:33.0	I really, really wrestled with the topic.
0:36.4	There's something that I want to say.
0:39.1	But because it's not good news,
0:42.0	it can sometimes be hard to come on here and share a hard, difficult truth
0:47.2	because the world is hard as it is
0:49.8	and I'm not here to give you more bad news.
0:52.6	But after nearly 10 years of working against police brutality
0:58.6	full time and now almost 25 years of fighting against police brutality
1:04.6	just as a part of my life,
1:08.6	I've come to a really difficult conclusion
1:12.1	about what we're up against and today I want to unpack and explain
1:17.1	why after all of the time that I've put in
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