Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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A recent report by Disability Rights California reveals widespread neglect and abuse of people in Los Angeles County held under mental health conservatorship. In LA County last year, over 800 people were held in jail or locked in psychiatric units longer than they needed to be. According to Michelle Kotval, senior staff attorney at Disability … Continued
After taking a trip out of the country, leaving his home in Portland, Oregon, to visit Sudan in 2010, Yonas Fikre was approached by FBI agents who tried to recruit him as a government informant. Most likely because he refused the FBI’s advances, he was arrested, tortured, and interrogated, and then placed on a No … Continued
We have a dramatic lack of affordable housing options, but for decades, federal policymakers have stripped away public resources. One problematic result is a privatized, market-driven orientation to affordable housing through what are called Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties. A new report says that policymakers must act to rein in corporate profiteers by increasing accountability … Continued
Returning to our ongoing coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, we take a look now at one of the ways we may be feeling the impact of that war here in the U.S. According to FBI statements, they are investigating thousands of threats that have to do with radicalization in the US as a result … Continued
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Phoenix Police Department for potential civil rights violations, following widespread issues in the department as well as the police killing of Jacob Harris. This is is a case that we’ve covered a handful of times on Law & Disorder, but in the latest round of issues, community … Continued
As we do each Monday, today’s show focuses on the latest from Palestine. We’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, along with Rehab Nazzal, a Palestinian artist and author who lives as a refugee in Toronto and currently in Bethlehem, Palestine. Her latest book is called Driving … Continued
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
In this episode, we work to understand Los Angeles’ police gangs as a former LA undersheriff admits he had a deputy gang tattoo. After two years of fighting a subpoena issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission, former undersheriff Timothy Murakami has testified that he received the tattoo of the Cavemen deputy … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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 … Continued
On today’s show, we discuss the extent to which FBI informants and agents were central in instigating the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Trevor Aaronson is a journalist and the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. He is also a contributing writer for The Intercept and the … Continued
