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The Tight Rope

Office Hours #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

The Tight Rope

SpkerBox Media

Society & Culture

5605 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Professors Cornel West and Tricia Rose reflect on the decision by Black Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron not to hold those responsible for killing Breonna Taylor accountable - and how the Movement for Black Lives can address this week's shooting of two Louisville police officers. Learn more at https://www.thetightropepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producer: Allie Hembrough Producer: James Artis Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records) #TheTightRope #CornelWest #TriciaRose #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter

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0:00.0

Let's spend a few minutes on our dear and lost to us, but important to us forever,

0:08.9

Brianna Taylor, and the recent decision that the Attorney General articulated that

0:15.9

basically none of the police did anything illegal, wrong, or actionable, and that the only

0:22.5

things that were actionable were shooting into the air and some other people's apartments,

0:27.5

that that was a concern. And then, you know, all of the protests that have emerged in Kentucky

0:32.6

since then, did you want to sort of give us a sense of what you're thinking about,

0:39.1

about this moment and, you know,

0:42.2

how we can wrestle with the loss of Rihanna Taylor,

0:45.4

both as a real human being,

0:47.3

a young woman who had our life in front of her

0:49.3

and was on track and just would seem like a lovely spirit,

0:53.3

but at the same time, the loss that she also represents.

0:57.5

Absolutely.

0:58.6

I mean, for me, it's important to keep the focus on why the brothers and sisters of all colors are in the streets.

1:08.0

They are there because they have a deep love for Brianna Taylor. They have a deep love

1:14.2

for Tamika, her precious mother, for Troy, her precious father, and other people who have been

1:21.5

killed by police disproportionately chocolate. So begin with her. Yes, she's black, and it's not just her black lives matter.

1:29.3

Her black lives is profoundly precious and priceless,

1:33.3

and we hit the streets because when we hear rationalizations,

1:37.4

once again, even when it's from a brilliant conservative black brother,

1:41.3

I think we ought to be shame or rationalizing this kind of murder.

1:44.6

Because he talks about truth and evidence, but his mentor, Mitch McConnell, ain't got

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