Ep. 84 - The Police Murder of De’Von Bailey

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Police in Colorado Springs shot teenager De’Von Bailey repeatedly in his back as he ran away from them. What do the laws say about this? And what can we do about it? On today’s episode Shaun dives in to the unique dangers of being Black, armed, and confronted by American police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	UK Earlier this month in Colorado Springs, police shot and killed a young black teenager named
0:57.8	Devon Bailey.
0:58.8	He was shot in the back three times as he ran away from police.
1:03.7	The bullets tore up his spine, his heart, his lungs, his spleen, his diaphragm.
1:10.0	He had a 0% chance of survival.
1:13.0	And if this shooting had happened in 2014 or 2015,
1:16.6	you'd probably know his name by now.
1:19.4	But Trump has sucked the wind out of the entire news cycle. Well today I'm going to talk about these two relevant
1:25.2	Supreme Court cases that police are using to defend acts of violence like this. And I want us to have
1:32.0	a very difficult conversation about guns, about police, and how we keep ourselves and our kids safe from both of them.
1:40.0	This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:42.8	The Breakdown.
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