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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

The Myth of the Warrior Cop

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Ralph welcomes back Glen Ford from Black Agenda Report to discuss the ongoing protests over police brutality and the myth of the “warrior cop.” Then Lisa Gilbert, executive vice-president of Public Citizen, tells us what they are fighting to get into the next stimulus package. Plus, Ralph updates us on the Boeing Max 8 issue.



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0:00.0

It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.0

Stand up, stand up.

0:07.0

You've been sitting way too long.

0:10.0

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan,

0:16.9

log with my co-host David Feldham. Hello David.

0:19.1

Hello there. And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader, hello Ralph.

0:23.0

Hello everybody.

0:24.0

Now Ralph, you wanted before we kick off the show to talk a little bit about something going on with Boeing.

0:30.0

Well, Boeing, which emulated itself with the notoriously dangerous 737 Max plane led to two

0:38.1

crashes because of the instability of the plane in Indonesia and Ethiopia,

0:44.7

346 people died, including my wonderful

0:48.7

grand niece, Samy Astuma, an emerging leader in global health.

0:53.4

And now this nightmare comes back.

0:57.2

Reliable sources tell me that the FAA, stubborn

1:01.2

and under the control of Boeing, as ever, is going to start a three-month period

1:06.8

to get this plane back up in the air, even though airlines around the country are starting

1:12.1

to cancel this Bondoggle and airline passenger

1:16.5

numbers are contracting, Boeing still wants to put it up and the Congress is not doing its job although the House

1:24.4

Committee has gotten some good reports and proposed legislation under

1:28.8

Congressman Defazio but the Senate is totally rolled over, led by Moscow Mitch McConnell and the Senate Transportation

1:38.0

Committee Chair Roger Wicker, who's about as Boeing as a Boeing wing is.

1:44.0

So it doesn't look good.

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