The George Floyd Tragedy: Is There a Path To Positive Change?

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Still reeling from a global pandemic, protests across America erupted in cities across all 50 states, sparking a worldwide movement in over 20 countries. Violence against black men and women, like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, perpetrated by police has plagued this country for decades. The demand for systemic change for how cities are policed and how racism penetrates so much of American life has become a national, multicultural discussion. This panel explores how we got here and what actions are needed to move forward.

The panelists include:

Art Acevedo - Chief of Police, Houston Police Department; President, Major Cities Chiefs Association
Donna Brazile - Former Chair, Democratic National Committee (DNC); FOX News Contributor
Sydney Kamlager-Dove - California State Assembly member, District 54 (D-Los Angeles)
Bob Shrum - Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Erroll Southers - Professor of the Practice in National & Homeland Security; Director, Safe Communities Institute; Director of Homegrown Violent Extremist Studies, USC Price
Moderated by: Ron Christie, BBC News Analyst; Fall ‘19 Fellow, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Election R&D from the University of Southern California's Center for the Political Future.
0:11.0	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect each other
0:22.2	and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.9	Welcome. I'm Bob Shrum, the Warshaw Professor of Politics, and the Director of the Center
0:34.5	for the Political Future at U.S.T. Dornsife, and I, first of all,
0:38.6	have to thank Erica Maldonado, who did an amazing job putting this program together.
0:43.7	We have a commitment at the center to modeling and advancing civil dialogue where we respect
0:49.1	each other and we respect the truth. We're conducting a series of conversations all through the summer on Zoom.
0:55.3	The last weeks have seen a national sea change on issues of race and policing,
1:01.4	and more profoundly on America's original sin of slavery and racism.
1:05.7	So today's topic is the George Floyd tragedy. Is there a path forward, and what is it? From the horror and evil of those
1:13.1	eight minutes and 46 seconds and all the other killings and abuses like it. We have an
1:18.4	extraordinary panel. Art Acevedo is the chief of police of the Houston Police Department,
1:24.0	the president of the major city's chiefs Association, and if I can editorialize,
1:29.2	he is outspoken and eloquent during this crisis.
1:32.8	Donna Brazile, who will be with us in a few minutes, is the former chair of the Democratic
1:37.0	National Committee, a Fox News contributor, a veteran Democratic strategist, whom I worked
1:42.6	with in campaigns.
1:44.1	Sydney, Kamlin, or Dove is a California State Assembly member.
1:48.8	She's chair of the Select Committee on Incarcerated Women.
1:51.4	Her latest bill calls for community groups to be first responders in cases of mental health crisis,
1:58.1	domestic violence, and substance abuse.
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