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June 17, 2021 S2 Finale: State Rep. Erica Crawley
In our final episode of the season, we interviewed the incredibly inspiring State Representative Erica Crawley. Representative Crawley is currently serving Ohio House District 26 and is actively seeking the appointment to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. This appointment will be announced next week on June 24th, 2021 at 6pm ET. Representative Crawley would become the first Black woman ever to serve in such a position in Franklin County and she has our full support for this critically important position. We encourage you to learn more about her in this episode.
While serving in the minority in a Republican-controlled legislature, Rep Crawley has been successful in getting several pieces of bipartisan legislation signed into law by the Governor. She is the highest-ranking Democrat member on the House finance committee, currently negotiating a state operating biennium budget of more than $74 billion. She recently brought over $2.3 million back to the 26th District and several million to Franklin County more broadly. These resources were for programs such as Franklin County’s Step Up To Quality (childcare) and partnerships with organizations that work on issues surrounding affordable housing, serving the unhoused and differently-abled, after school programs, and maternal and infant health, to name a few.
Learn more about Representative Crawley's work on her website.
Learn more about Representative Crawley's personal story in the Columbus Dispatch.
Follow Representative Crawley on IG @Erica_Crawley on Twitter @EricaCCrawley and Facebook @RepEricaCrawley and @EricaCrawley.52
To advocate for Rep. Crawley's appointment please send letters and emails to Franklin County Democratic Central Committee Members. You can find their contact information here.
1 hr 3 min
June 09, 2021 S2E9: The Unbossed Network
When we started Columbus Can't Wait we understood the legacy and power of Black owned and operated media. We like to think that we're following in the footsteps of publications that have always inspired us such as Freedom's Journal, The North Star, and The Chicago Defender which paved the way for magazines like Jet, Essence, and Ebony and of course, the TV network BET. Without them there would be no CCW.
That’s why on this week's episode we spoke with another local, Black independent media maker, DaVante Goins, the founder of The Unbossed Network.
Follow and support The Unbossed Network on Facebook.
1 hr 19 min
May 20, 2021S2E8: Morgan Harper
This week we welcome back friend of the show, and former grassroots congressional candidate, Morgan Harper. Morgan has been a fierce advocate for addressing police violence in Columbus and has used her social media platform to draw national attention to the police murders of Casey Goodson Jr., Andre Hill and Ma'Khia Bryant. Reimagining public safety was a focus of her 2020 congressional platform in which she offered the following reforms and community-based solutions:
Empower Citizens and Communities
Federally-fund community-based violence interrupters, community members called before the police, particularly in cases of mental health episodes

Mandate civilian review boards to oversee incidents of police violence

Federally-fund community mental health centers
End Violent Policing
Eliminate Qualified Immunity by clarifying the true intent of Section 1983 and protecting 4th Amendment rights

Mandate standardized nationwide police training around deescalation

End the 1033 Program that provides military weapons and machinery to local police departments

Require departments to dismiss officers who kill unarmed civilians
Increase Transparency and Accountability
Require independent investigations and prosecutions of all police killings

Report all incidents of excessive police force to a federal database
Follow Morgan on Instagram and Twitter @mh4oh
Learn more about Columbus Stand Up! at ColumbusStandUp.org
For more information regarding Morgan's 2020 congressional platform visit her website MorganHarper.org
Hosted by EhKees & Tareya.
Engineered by The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio and Executive Produced by Jenn Nielsen.
54 min
May 14, 2021 Special Episode: Mental Health
A bonus episode! Listen as we talk with therapists and first-time guests, Megan Torres and Boxx about how to cope (and find joy, too) in the face on ongoing racial injustice.
Follow and support Megan @trustmeimasocialworker and Boxx @boxxjetson
1 hr 27 min
May 13, 2021 S2E7: Jasmine Ayres + Steve David
On this week's episode we speak with community organizers and advocates of non-police responses: friend of the show, Jasmine Ayres, and first time guest, Steve David.
Please follow Jasmine on IG @jasmineandretti and Twitter @Ayres4Columbus
Please check out the Columbus Accountability Project and additional resources mentioned in this episode on our Patreon page which you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/columbuscantwait
Hosted by EhKees & Tareya.
Executive Producer: Jenn Nielsen; Engineered by The Dreamcatchers Recording Studio

#ColumbusCantWait #TheCCWshow #CCWSeason2 #PolicingInOurCommunity #StopTheWarOnBlacks
1 hr 14 min
May 05, 2021S2E6: Hana
This week we speak with Hana, one of the foremost organizers in Columbus. She is one of the founders of Black Abolitionist Collective Ohio and co-director for Central Ohio Freedom Fund. Hana has been organizing since 2016 when 13-year-old Tyre King was murdered by Columbus police officer Bryan Mason.
Current List of Community Demands:
The termination, arrest and indictment of officers Jason Meade, Andrew Howe and Nicholas Reardon for the murders of Casey Goodson Jr., Miles Jackson and Ma'Khia Bryant.

Revocation of the pensions of Jason Meade, Adam Coy, Andrew Howe and Nicholas Reardon.

Full transparency and accountability in the investigations of the deaths of Casey Goodson Jr., Miles Jackson and Ma'Khia Bryant by the hands of law enforcement.

Franklin County Sheriff and Columbus Division of Police cover the funeral expenses of Casey Goodson Jr., Miles Jackson and Ma'Khia Bryant.

The immediate resignation of Franklin County Sheriff, Dallas Baldwin.

The immediate termination of Deputy Chief Quinlan in relation to his continued negligence in holding his officers accountable for murdering, terrorizing, and brutalizing the Black community and those who support them.

The immediate resignation of Mayor Andrew Ginther.

Commitment from Franklin County Commissioners to divest from Franklin County Sheriff's office.

Commitment from Columbus City Council to divest from Columbus Police Department.

Commitment from the Civilian Review Board to investigate and hold CPD accountable for their continued crimes against the Black Community and those who support them.
Follow + support Hana's work:
*Black Abolitionist Collective Ohio @baco.614
*Central Ohio Freedom Fund @centralohfreedomfund
*Hana @harmony.yz
1 hr 22 min
April 28, 2021 S2E5: Scott Woods
“You can’t be as critical as I am about a city unless you love it first.”
This week, we speak with one of Columbus' cultural icons and fiercest critics, Scott Woods. Scott is an Emmy-winning writer, poet and librarian. He writes regularly for LEVEL and has a weekly column for Columbus Alive called "The Other Columbus."
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Scott's books include "Prince and Little Weird Black Boy Gods" (2018, Brick Cave Books), "Urban Contemporary History Month" (2016, Brick Cave Books) and "We Over Here Now" (2013, Brick Cave Books). He has been featured multiple times in national press, including multiple appearances on National Public Radio. He was the President of Poetry Slam Inc. and pre-Covid, emceed the Writers' Block Poetry Night, an open mic series in Columbus.
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In June 2019, Scott opened Streetlight Guild, an arts venue in Olde Towne East, after enormous response to his Holler: 31 Days of Black Columbus Art events series, and in pursuit of an answer to the question of what Columbus culture is.
Website: scottwoodswrites.net
IG: @scottwoodsrules
Twitter: @scottwoodssays
Facebook: @scott.woods.587
Streetlight Guild: streetlightguild.org
Columbus Alive Column - The Other Columbus
1 hr 28 min
April 21, 2021 S2E4: Attorney Sean Walton
This week we welcome back friend of the show and experienced attorney in the fields of serious personal injury and civil rights litigation, Sean Walton.
Sean consistently represents several families in Columbus who have had loved ones murdered at the hands of the Columbus Police Department -- including Casey Goodson Jr., Henry Green V and too many more.
As an Adjunct Professor at Capital University Law School, Sean lectures frequently on issues ranging from knowing your rights and how to properly document instances of excessive police force to trends and best practices in personal injury and civil rights litigation.
On this week's episode we discuss how the mechanisms of white supremacy, corruption in the Columbus Police Department, unchecked power of the Fraternal Order of Police, establishment politics invested in the status quo, negligent local journalism, and a criminal justice system designed to uphold white supremacy work together to make Columbus one of the most dangerous cities for Black people to live in the U.S.
Uniquely qualified to shine a light on exactly how the underbelly of Columbus operates, we are so lucky to have Sean back on the show share his wealth of knowledge with us.
LINKS:
Franklin County has one of highest rates of fatal police shootings in Ohio and the U.S. --- The Columbus Dispatch Feb 23, 2021.
IG @swaltonesq
Twitter @swaltonesq
Facebook @SeanWaltonJr and @WaltonBrownLaw
Website Walton + Brown LLP
1 hr 38 min
April 14, 2021 S2E3: Justice For Henry Green V
This week we speak with Ms. Adrienne Hood, mother of Henry "Bubby" Green V. Henry was shot on June 6th, 2016 by Columbus Division of Police officers Jason Bare and Zachary Rosen. Ms. Hood is an advocate for her son, an elected official, and a very well respected member of our community. Ms. Hood is joined by her attorney, Sean Walton. #JusticeForHenryGreenV #JusticeForHenryGreen
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Facebook @adrienne.hood.31
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Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality
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Ms Hood's Ted Talk - Stop Killing Us: Police Accountability Gone Wrong
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Ms Hood in Columbus Monthly - March 2021
1 hr 29 min
April 07, 2021S2E2: Justice For Casey Goodson Jr.
In this week's episode we speak with Casey Goodson Jr.'s mother, Ms. Tamala Payne, and the family's attorney, Sean Walton.
Casey Goodson, Jr. was murdered on December 4, 2020 by Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade. Casey Goodson Jr. was outside his grandmother’s home when he was shot and killed by Meade. The shooting has been ruled a homicide by the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.
This is what we know so far:
A Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy was working with the U.S. Marshal’s Southern Ohio Fugitive Task Force to look for a fugitive.

Goodson was not the targeted fugitive and is not alleged to have committed any crimes and has no criminal background.

He was licensed to carry a concealed weapon and Ohio does not prohibit the open carrying of firearms.

Federal investigators, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the FBI in Cincinnati and the Columbus police are now investigating the case.

No one in the family saw Casey brandish a weapon. Casey believed in safe and legal gun ownership.

We know that nothing has been presented by any agency that would justify why Casey was shot. We have not been presented with any documentation that supports this was a justified shooting.

A witness from the family did see Meade point a gun at Casey’s uncle, who was holding his toddler child at the time.

The family was forced out of the house, held separately and treated as suspects instead of a scared and grieving family. Police attempted to keep Casey’s five year old brother from his mother.

Casey’s phone is in police custody so we have no information regarding anything that would be answered by having access to his phone.

There has not been any video camera or security camera footage of the shooting recovered at this time. According to media reports, there is no bodycam footage either.
The family’s request is that people across the country join the family of Casey Goodson in solidarity in celebrating Casey’s life and making demands for justice for his death and the deaths of countless Black people who have been unjustly killed by police officers.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:
Contact the Franklin County Board of Commissioners office at (614) 525-5337 and request that they no longer FUND and/or offer contracts to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Franklin County Sheriff, Dallas Baldwin, is elected into his position. VOTE HIM OUT.

Donate to the #JusticeForCaseyGoodson Go Fund Me to continue to offer love and support to his family.

Stay updated by visiting JusticeForCaseyGoodsonJr.com

Follow Ms. Tamala Payne on Instagram @ms._t._payne and attorney Sean Walton on Instagram @swaltonesq
#JusticeForCasey #JusticeForCaseyGoodson #JusticeForCaseyGoodsonJr #LockUpJasonMeade #WeStandWithTank
Hosted by Tareya & EhKees. Engineered & Edited by Joshua Chandler. Music by Dev Draper. Executive Produced by Jenn Nielsen.
1 hr 20 min

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