Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and ad free on Amazon music included with Prime.

Hey folks, Mike here, today I want to introduce you to another podcast I think you'll like. It's called Black and Blue

Behind the Badge. And in this new limited series hosted by Seron Jones, she shares the story of Michael Morrison.

When he joined the police force, the badge was his future, his ambition, his way out of poverty, his American dream. But once he put on the uniform, the badge meant something very different. Inside the force, he faced racism and violence and on the streets

he was surrounded by hostility. Michael was stuck in the middle between being black and

being a police officer. In black and blue behind the badge, Michael and others like him get to tell

their story, a story that has made them question everything they thought they knew about

justice, community, and ultimately what it means to be both black and blue.

You can find black and blue behind the badge wherever you listen to your podcast.

Hope you enjoy this sneak peek.

Warning.

This episode contains violence, racist language, and scenes that some listeners may find

distressing.

March 2003, this occurred.

It's 2,000 students in there, so there's no such thing as a quiet lunch at that school.

This is Michael T Morrison or Officer Mike. He's standing in his

usual corner in the cafeteria at Columbia High School in New Jersey. It feels like

just another day on the job. Like you may have the jock sit together, the science kids sit together, the

chilies sit together, you know, different nationalities, the Haitians are

sit together, the blacks are

sit together. Now at this point Michael has been a police officer for 15 years

he sees himself as a bridge between black residents and the police.

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