The myth of Black-on-Black crime has long created false narratives portraying Black America as being prone to violence. However, Black people aren’t exceptionally violent, we’re exceptionally marginalized. Abolition has answers to help us dispel the lies and change our conditions.

Guest: Charles Preston, activist-organizer, published writer, artist, and spacemaker

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover some of the latest numbers regarding police killings, an update in the Emmett Till murder case, and a new voting police force. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about the positive results one city is seeing with an alternative to policing.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll tell you about the judge who struck down the COVID-19 mask mandate, the execution of Patrick Lyoya, and a man who just “chose” firing squad execution over the electric chair. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss the inspiring work some incarcerated men are doing with braille.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how police ran over an unhoused person, lied for years to a civilian review board, and got away with decades of crimes. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss an important donation from a famous artist.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover COVID relief … for drones? Then in our New Ground segment we’ll discuss an exciting new app.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover the hundreds of millions in pandemic relief dollars the LAPD received, a troubling court ruling for protesters in Louisiana, and the targeting of a Black detective in Kansas. In our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss a new tool and project that uses art to envision an end to mass incarceration.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how police are lowering their standards even more, the return of a violent police unit, and the reappearance of an old form of execution. In our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about an inspiring project to get people in prisons access to critical knowledge.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how police have extra gear for war, how police settlements are costing us billions, and how training is being ignored by a major police department. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss how you can support an inspiring new book.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how the NYPD spent over $1 million on a single cop, a payout after sexual assault by police, and the country’s biggest surveillance network. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss an inspiring zine covering inspiring projects that think beyond policing.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover President Biden’s call to “fund the police,” a new Supreme Court nominee, and the ongoing struggle of a prisoner named Ashley Diamond. In our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about a thought-provoking guaranteed income experiment.