We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Round Up: Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and wrongfully incarcerating our people. If we don’t know its happening – then we can’t fight back. We cant adequately organize a response. So, every week on Law & Disorder do a round up of news related to state violence. We hope this segment will serve to expose, agitate and build.
Then – what can actually be done about bad actors in law enforcement? A recent law may have an impact – that’s California’s Senate Bill 2, also known as the Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act which was fought for and won by a statewide coalition that included BLM Grassroots, the Anti-Police Terror Project, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color and others including the ACLU of Northern California. Joining us to discuss is Marshal Arnwine, an advocate for the Criminal Justice Program at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, he helps lead and organize efforts to reform police policies for 48 Northern California counties.
Then, a Washington Post investigation shows that law enforcement agencies have been accessing patient prescription records from pharmacies without warrants, a congressional investigation has found. Consumers are often unaware their private information is being handed over to authorities. Lawmakers surveyed eight major pharmacy chains — CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Cigna, Optum Rx, Walmart Stores Inc., The Kroger Co. and Rite Aid Corp. along with Amazon Pharmacy. Only Amazon Pharmacy said it had a policy of informing customers when law enforcement requested their records. None of the companies said it requires a warrant before providing pharmacy records to law enforcement agencies. To discuss what this could mean specifically for women and girls post the Dobbs decision, we’re joined by Imani Gandi, Editor-at-Large for Rewire News Group. She also co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered.
This week’s Resistance in Residence Artist is multi-disciplinary artist, choreographer, dancer and co-founder of Naka Dance Theater Debby Kajiyama.
Check out the website for Debby’s dance company Naka: http://nakadancetheater.com/
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