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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Throwback Episode: Graham v. Garner - Police Brutality is Legal - Part 2 of 3

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday on The Breakdown, we went all the way back to our 12th episode where Shaun began a series on the legality of police brutality. Today, we bring you part two of that series. In it, Shaun unpacks the Supreme Court case, Graham v. Connor - and explains how it is now used alongside of Tennessee v. Garner to protect police from being held responsible for their brutality.

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0:00.0

At Honda we've been listening to people talking about the weather.

0:03.2

Not everyone wants to be blasted in the face.

0:07.9

So what if the air inside the all new Honda HIV hybrid is a little more

0:15.6

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0:21.6

subtly directing a stream of air beside and above the driver and passengers,

0:26.0

shielding from hot air in the summer and cold air in the winter.

0:29.8

The all new HIV hybrids and diffusion system is something worth talking about,

0:34.4

like the weather.

0:36.4

Where we'll listen to take us next, Honda, the power of dreams.

0:40.1

The, the, the break down.

0:43.6

The, the, the break down.

0:45.9

The, the, the break down.

0:51.8

If Tennessee versus Garner provided the modern framework for how police could

0:57.2

literally get away with murder,

0:59.6

Graham versus Garner pumped it with steroids.

1:02.6

It's super charged it.

1:04.3

And it has done more to protect brutal police than perhaps any other law in the country.

1:09.7

Don't just take my word for it.

1:11.7

Police magazine, yes, there's a magazine called Police Magazine.

1:15.9

They have an article called Understanding Graham versus Garner.

1:20.0

And in there they say, quote, a quarter century ago,

1:24.4

the United States Supreme Court ruled on a case that determines the

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