Why Cops Are Untouchable with Joanna Schwartz
Factually! with Adam Conover
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4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Is there such a thing as "too much justice"? This week, Adam explores the pressing issue of police violence and accountability with Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law Joanna Schwartz. Together they discuss the challenges faced in holding law enforcement accountable, potential reforms, and explore the role of litigation in seeking justice and fostering meaningful change. Pick up Joanna's book at factuallypod.com/books
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| 0:00.0 | This is a HeadGum podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover, thank you so much for joining |
| 0:29.8 | me once again as I talk to an incredible expert about all the amazing things that they know |
| 0:34.7 | that I don't know and that you might not know. |
| 0:37.1 | Both of our minds are going to get blown together. |
| 0:38.8 | We're going to have so much fun doing it. |
| 0:40.4 | And by the way, we are here in our brand new studio recording both audio and video. |
| 0:45.0 | If you're listening to the show on your favorite podcast player, go check out my YouTube channel. |
| 0:48.6 | If you're watching on YouTube, hey, maybe subscribe to the podcast. |
| 0:51.4 | We have an amazing show for you every single week. |
| 0:54.2 | And this week we're talking about police violence and accountability. |
| 0:58.0 | For years, we have been bombarded with stories and videos of cops killing and abusing people |
| 1:03.8 | they should not have, especially black and brown people. |
| 1:07.4 | And part of what makes this so offensive and upsetting to all of us is that this is |
| 1:11.8 | the cops doing the opposite of their job, right? |
| 1:14.8 | I mean, we're told that cops are supposed to protect us and protect our constitutional |
| 1:19.2 | rights, not violate them on a massive scale. |
| 1:23.4 | Yet somehow cops never seem to get in trouble for doing this. |
| 1:27.3 | Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, never charged. |
| 1:32.3 | Daniel Pantaleo, who with other NYPD officers killed Eric Garner, never charged. |
| 1:37.4 | And the two Buffalo officers who brutally pushed over a 75 year old black lives matter |
| 1:42.5 | protester and left him bleeding out on the street, you guessed it, they had their charges |
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