This is going to be a different episode of this show. There will be no guest and we will have a singular focus. When we do touch on our normal subject matter, breaking down modern politics, it will be

because that specific spoke connects to one central hub police brutality specifically toward black Americans

while politics politicians and their reactions currently

obviously play a role in this.

I want to focus specifically on the role of police departments in this episode because police departments outlive

politicians. These are organizations that can afford to hibernate a little bit.

The mood will change.

People will calm down.

And yet these problems persist.

They persist through turnovers of party. They persist,

although we feel like we've come to a fork in the road where things have to be different.

We have worked hard to build a community of listeners on this podcast that come from all

elements of our political spectrum and I believe that the problems we're going to lay out during this episode affect everybody.

And so it's with that in mind that we go forward.

This is of course a reaction to the murder of George Floyd and the

reaction that we have seen since then. Our country is on fire.

Protest line the streets, often accompanied by looting.

Americans are sad, Americans are scared, and Americans are angry.

From a personal perspective, I've seen all three emotions here in

Oakland. Protesters demonstrating by the thousands jagged glass hanging from

storefronts of restaurants, shops, and bars already devastated by COVID and often owned by black Americans now shattered.

Police already being protested for their violent behavior, utilizing tear gas and rubber bullets on their fellow citizens.

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