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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On Tuesday evening, April 18th, the plan to phase out the COVID 19 eviction moratorium will be presented to Oakland’s City Council. The proposal is being put forth by Councilmember Nikki Fortunado-Bas and Councilmember Dan Kalb, and it went to the Community and Economic Development Committee last week where, despite a very raucous meeting, it … Continued
Three AAPI led organizations here in the bay area have launched a new campaign tackling hate against the AAPI community. We are joined by Tony D., Executive Director of Youth Together; along with Mike Cheng, Deputy Director of Asian Prisoner Support Committee; and Nicole Lee, Executive Director of Urban Peace Movement. —- Subscribe to this podcast: … Continued
The Antioch police texting scandal just gets worse and worse – what started off as 17 police officers in the 90-person department being accused of sending racist and homophobic messages has now surged to upwards of 50 officers – or 40% of the department – said to have been involved. Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe, a … 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
Louisiana has for the first time ever filed charges against police for killing someone – in this case, that’s Ronald Greene. We are joined by Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene. She has been fighting to unearth truth and for justice in the name of her son since 2019. She just made it back … Continued
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 … Continued
SF Mayor London Breed has gone all in on funding the cops, asking for many millions for more police overtime, for significant raises, benefits and bonuses, and is now under fire for minimizing the funds that she’s asking for from the SF Board of Supervisors for policing – a situation where she vocally requested $82 … Continued
In San Francisco, London Breed flip flops again – when non-carceral response to mental health crisis was dominating the headlines she vowed the city would lead with such programming, but now while at the same time fighting for more police funding, she is refusing to support alternative responses to community crisis. Joining us to discuss … Continued
We start today’s show in Los Angeles, where the City and its police department are upset that a police watchdog group called Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has released public records of individual LAPD officers including their headshots and salaries, and are now suing even though they are the ones who initially released the photos. Joining … Continued
On Monday (April 10th), Wood Street residents in Oakland, with the help of allies, started yet another campaign to defend their home from an eviction by the city of Oakland. Joining us to discuss is Talya Husbands-Hankin, known to many as ‘Boots’, is the founder of Love and Justice in the Streets, along with Brigitte … Continued
