How should u. S. Police forces be reformed as protests against Police Brutality go on so the calls to cut funding even abolishing Law Enforcement agencies but is that the political will for genuine change this isnt such. A lone welcome to the program on the killing of george floyd last month the triggered protests across the u. S. And elsewhere against Police Brutality the 4 minneapolis officers who arrested the 46 year old black american a back in court charged with manslaughter demands for justice and drastic changing to policing of being made. Activists say offices routinely discriminate against minorities and use Excessive Force when making the arrests the protest ammans include cutting funding for Law Enforcement agencies stripping police of military games such as armored trucks and grenade launchers and some even want to abolish police altogether. I want to make sure that people were here to up with the demands of the community which is to defund the police and for maybe what i m
Listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment. We meet with global news makers the stories the home to 0. Theyre welcome to the stream im josh rushing sitting in for me ok today coming to you live from my whole life because of cobra 19 in the core of team suck up the dog out the kids or talk to in the veteran in my wife whos work in the carrier in the lights. Joining the conversation today on you tube in the live chat and well get some of those comments in during the show todays topic is about Police Reform of course that started here in the u. S. But those protests to spread across the world it began when people saw the viral video of a white Police Officer in minneapolis putting his knee on the back of the neck of george floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while george lloyd died. People flooded to the streets to protest that to protest not just that but really Police Brutality across the u. S. And heres how the police chose to respond to those protests. Polic
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Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question what is racism and is there really any way to get rid of it in any society lets get to the bottom line. We have a special guest with us today at a young age hes turned black American Academic studies on their head arguing that racism is about bad policies not about bad people not about bad ideas he says that the only way to beat racism is for each and every one of us whether white black or brown to look into our hearts and confess our personal bigotry and prejudice and actively become anti racists he is even x. Can be one of the nations foremost scholars on racism and hes just been tasked with building the center for Antiracist Research that Boston University. Even thank you so much for joining us i know you have a new book coming out and it is called and he races baby id love to understand based on you know what youve done and how to be an antiracist youre reaching further what are you trying to do with this new book that youre releasing thin