IGSTS Episode #16
I got somethang ta say
That justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we poor are wise
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once, perhaps, were eyes
The Great Langston Hughes
Daunte Wright’s murder. Was it a careless mistake or something more sinister? SAF Moe ur Prison Lawyer and Ron B in the Middle discuss the facts from their perspectives. Moreover, the hosts of I got somethang ta say, try to make sense of a verdict, that makes no sense. Under the current system of law enforcement, if a police officer is in the process of apprehending an individual for some alleged offense, that person has no right to resist. Even if the officer is in the wrong. That individual cannot use deadly force against the aggressor, however, it can and will be used against that individual. As most Americans are not overt victims of overseeing and control, a problem only faced by the most downtrodden, critical subjects such as the Potter verdict, over-policing, and hyper-minority incarceration may seem overly sensationalized, notwithstanding, as for African Americans who deal with it on a day-to-day basis, it is only the system reaffirming its grasp around their proverbial throats. The subject of unarmed men and women of color being murdered is a very sensitive topic; moreover, faced with the fact that law enforcement has been used as a tool to remove all human dignity from certain persons for the purpose of control, this conversation must be had, this space must be free and open until no person is killed simply for being unapologetically different in America!
Justin Terrell (Executive Director) Minnesota Justice Research Center is our special guest and speaks truth to power. Mr. Terrell is a lifelong advocate for justice and he discusses politics in Minnesota and felons' disenfranchisement in the political process.
Note:
In Tennessee v. Garner (1985), thus. Supreme Court reframed such actions by police to fall under the Fourth Amendment. The Court commented that "Whenever an officer restrains the freedom of a person to walk away, he has seized that person . . . there can be no question that application of deadly force is a seizure subject to the reasonableness requirement of the Fourth Amendment." This case essentially abolished the over-broad use of the "fleeing felon" doctrine by striking down the use of "all necessary means" to apprehend fleeing suspects.
This Episode 16 is dedicated to all humans who were murdered by police violence.
Here are a few names:
1. Tony McDade aka Natosha McDade, 38, Tallahassee, FL
2. Modesto "Marrero Desto" Reyes, 35, Marrero, LA
3. Ruben Smith III, 35, North Little Rock, AK
4. Jarvis Sullivan, 44, Yulee, FL
5. Terrell Mitchell, 34, Philadelphia, PA
6. Momodou Lamin Sisay, 34, Snellville, GA
7. Derrick Thompson, 46, Fountain, FL
8. David McAtee, 53, Louisville, KY
9. Tyquarn Graves, 33, Brooklyn, NY
10. Kamal Flowers, 24, New Rochelle, NY
11. Lewis Ruffin Jr., 38, Orlando, FL
12. Phillip Jackson, 32, Tunnell Hill, GA
13. Michael Blu Thomas, 63, Lancaster, CA
14. Rayshard Brooks, 27, Atlanta, GA
15. Cane Van Pelt, 23, Crown Pont, IN
16. Donald Ward, 27, Phoenix, AZ
17. Brandon Gardner, 24, Beach Park, IL
18. Terron Jammal Boone, 31, Rosamond, CA
19. Derrick Canada, 43, Giddings, TX
20. Skyleur Toung, 31, San Bernardino, CA
21. Robert D'Lon Harris, Vinita, OK
22. Rasheed Mathew Moorman, 26, Roanoke, VA
23. Aloysius Larue Keaton, 58, Little Rock, AK
24. Kevin O. Ruffin, 32, Sheboygan, WI
25. Ky Johnson, 31, Kansas City, MO
26. William Wade Burgess III, 27, St. Louis, MO
27. Joseph W. Denton, 35, Milwaukee, WI
28. Paul Williams, Houston, TX
29. Malik Canty, 36, Paterson, NJ
30. Erroll Johnson, 31, Monroe, LA
31. Richard Lewis Price, 49, San Diego, CA
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