Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Salles

podcast.

First, let me just say that the pollen season is kicking my butt.

Every time I walk outside, I look like lemon pepper wings.

Goodness gracious, it is winning the battle, but I know we're all going through so much, but hey, at least we're outside and if you're vaccinated, you can take your mask down and breathe again.

And I also want to say a very special thank you to everyone for

downloading, subscribing, sending me emails about suggested guests,

all of those things.

Thank you so much. Today we'll be interviewing

author and one of the members of the exonerated five, Youssef Salaam. Some of you all call

them the Central Part Five, we call them, rightfully so, the exonerated 5. But before we get to

Youssef, I wanted to recognize the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death and talk a bit about the progress we've made and haven't made on

police reform since his death.

Taking this from one of my friends at Campaign Zero, only one state has repealed its law enforcement officers bill of rights. The state laws that often shield police officers from accountability in fair investigations.

Only six states have outlawed no-knock raids like the one that killed Brianna Taylor.

Only 18 states have restricted how officers can use deadly force.

And America's largest cities only cut police budgets by about 5%.

And we've still got the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act still very much in the air.

Shout out to my friend Tim Scott, to my friends Karen Bass and Corey Booker

for trying to get this done.

So why haven't we made more progress and what do we do about it?

Well for starters we've got a lot of scared Democrats who won't push the

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