Ep. 784 - This might be the single most outrageous injustice in America right now

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Hey Breakdown Crew! We've been rocking together now for over 4 years and have gotten SO MUCH good done together. Today is one of those days where I need each of us to show up, OK? Have you heard the name LaKeith Smith? When he was just a 15 year old boy, police shot and killed his best friend, but prosecutors then went and charged LaKeith, who they openly admit was unarmed and non-violent, with his murder. It's an abomination. I already hate the felony murder rule, but I have NEVER seen it applied in this outrageous fashion. LaKeith was then sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison after police shot and killed his friend. And I have promised his dear mother, Tina, that we would raise enough money for her to take off of work for the next year so that she can fight full time to get her son free. Please, go now to my Instagram page, and CLICK THE LINK IN MY BIO to chip in. We're already past 50% of the goal but predict we need 1,800 more donors to cross the finish line. Let's do this! To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I'm about to tell you might be the single most outrageous ridiculous
0:08.5	egregious injustice in all of America
0:12.6	Many of you are already familiar with the name Lequith Smith
0:16.7	Whether you are or you aren't today. I'm gonna break down his case
0:21.9	Tell you how a 15 year old boy
0:25.8	Was charged and sentenced for murder
0:31.7	After police
0:33.7	Killed his best friend
0:35.9	It's an abomination and I have promised his dear mother Tina
0:40.8	That we would raise enough money for her to be able to live for at least the next year
0:47.1	As she fights to get her baby free
0:49.8	Let me unpack and explain it. Let's prepare to chip in to help this young man
0:54.4	This is Sean King and you're listening to
0:57.2	The break down
1:16.4	The United States
1:19.0	Fundamentally is an outrageous country like this place is
1:24.0	perpetually outrageous
1:26.5	It's it is perpetually awful and the injustice is so consistent and so rampant
1:36.4	Yet somehow
1:38.4	Still finds a way to take our breath away
1:43.4	Because when I have explained to people why a 15 year old boy
1:49.1	Was sentenced to 65 years in prison
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