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 new investigation into police use of tasers follows how they’ve been used specifically in response to 911 mental health calls. The research shows that they can cause death as well as long term harm, and also that they are deployed disproportionately against Black people. The investigation was done by MindSite News, a nonprofit journalism … Continued
In San Francisco, police are now forced to minimize pretextual traffic stops despite the police union’s now-failed attempt to maintain them. This is after the San Francisco Police Commission in February committed the department to minimize police ability to pull people over for minor violations. Meanwhile, San Francisco’s police watchdog agency, the Department of Police … Continued
In Oakland, homeless residents at Toll Beach Plaza pursued a legal strategy using support from the Americans with Disabilities Act to delay a city-led eviction plan, but a federal judge has allowed Oakland to move forward with the eviction despite lawyers saying that the encampment with violate the residents’ rights. Our guest is Andrea Henson, … Continued
As Kenyan troops landed in Haiti with U.S. and multinational backing on June 25, protests exploded in Nairobi as young people rose up against an unpopular national finance bill that would impose further taxes on the Kenyan population in order to pay down the country’s extraordinary foreign debt obligations. It is estimated that in the … Continued
Then, in Oakland, the crime is up! Or is it? A San Francisco Chronicle investigation is raising questions about how crime statistics are reported in Oakland, and claims that the statistics released by police “inevitably, and at all times, create the impression that Oakland’s crime trends — up or down — are better than reality.” … Continued
A new investigation by ProPublica has uncovered a shadowy non-profit organization that problematically, and probably illegally, is pushing a hyper conservative right wing agenda in this country that very specifically aims to center the church in all parts of society. The group describes its membership as a “private, confidential, invitation-only community of high-net-worth Christian families” … Continued
On today’s episode we get a report from four Bay Area activists who just returned from the West Bank doing protective presence work with the International Solidarity Movement, an attempt to deter Israel’s continued colonial land grabs in the area, where the zionist state has taken more Palestinian land in the past 9 months than … 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
A recent Federal Appeals Court ruling allows students to sue the U.S. government for luring them to Farmington University, a fake institution that Immigration and Customs Enforcement incorporated in 2016, apparently to entrap international students who arrived legally in the U.S. on F-1 visas in an illegal “pay-to-stay” scheme. In the process, after collecting around … Continued
Over the past two months, the city of Vallejo has paid out $672,000 in settlements to victims of excessive force lawsuits filed against Vallejo police Officer Robert DeMarco. According to the Vallejo Sun, the lawsuits stem from two incidents in 2017 and 2018 where Officer DeMarco struck two men with his baton while they were … Continued
