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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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
After failing to make it through the legislative process this past fall, California State Assemblymember Chris Holden has reintroduced the Mandela Act – a legislative act that would severely limit California’s prison system from using solitary confinement as punishment. Holden represents Southern California’s District 41. It’s worth noting that if passed, the Mandela Act would … Continued
We go to Los Angeles to speak with Harold Welton, a member of the Coalition to Free Ruchell Magee. Harold has been fighting for the liberation of Black people and all people for many decades, since being a member of the Southern California chapters of SNCC and then the Black Panther Party. Ruchell Magee is one … Continued
In this episode we speak with with Amber Sherman about the recent police killing of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was pulled from his car for allegedly driving recklessly, and beaten for three full minutes by five officers. He was hospitalized on January 7th and succumbed to his injuries three days later. The … 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
On Wednesday, January 18 26-year-old activist Tortuga was shot and killed by Atlanta police while protesting the construction of the planned $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (or ‘Cop City’), an 85-acre police training facility in the South River Forest. But what is Cop City? Why is it being built? What has the organizing … Continued
New Jersey is rolling back rights for trans prisoners making it even more difficult for them to be incarcerated at institutions that align with their gender identity. We speak with Adam Rhodes, a queer, first-generation Cuban American journalist whose journalism focuses on public policy, the justice system, and our nation’s most vulnerable people. His latest … Continued
Cat gives her reactions and analysis about the suspension of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong amid scandalous non-accountability, as his community makes public their demand of reinstatement. Follow Cat Brooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/catscommentary —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
For ten years, the Black Organizing Project (BOP) fought to remove police from Oakland schools. Developed from BOP’s Peoples’ Plan for Police Free Schools (2019) and an accumulation of a 9 year organizing campaign launched in 2011, the George Floyd Resolution (GFR) was passed June 24, 2020 making Oakland Unified School District the first district … Continued
The Oakland Police Chief, Leronne Armstrong has been placed on paid administrative leave by Mayor Sheng Thao after he made the news for neglecting to follow through on punishments for an officer who violated policy and law multiple times – including a hit-and-run car accident while driving a city-owned vehicle and discharging his firearm in … Continued
