The ACLU has sued the City of Colorado Springs, members of the Colorado Springs Police Department, and the FBI, for aggressive overreach and repression during the Colorado Springs 2020 protest movement. We’re joined this morning by the primary plaintiff in the lawsuit, Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta, along with Tim Macdonald, the Legal Director of the ACLU of Colorado and the lead attorney for the lawsuit we’re discussing today. We’re also joined by Trevor Aaronson, a journalist and the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. He is a contributing writer for The Intercept and the host of a podcast which documented the FBI’s role in Colorado’s 2020 protest movement called Alphabet Boys.
Then we go even deeper on the FBI’s role in protest movements since the 2020 uprisings, in conversation with Mike German,a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty & National Security Program. He is also a former special agent with the FBI, and author of the book Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Democracy.
This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is actor, comedian, radio host, director, playwrite and social justice warrior, Donald Lacy.
Learn more about Donald Lacy’s current play Josephine’s Feast: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/josephines-feast-magic-theatre-black-mother-18258593
Follow Donald Lacy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donaldlacyjr/
Check out Donald Lacy’s organization LoveLife Foundation: https://www.lovelifefoundation.org/
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