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Bookwaves – March 12, 2015

Jill Leovy

Second of a two-part interview (the first part aired on Artswaves on Monday March 9th at 3 pm) with Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside. Leovy, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, spent many years embedded with police and community members in the part of the city known as South Central. In this book, she focuses on the ongoing issue of homicide involving African American men, and the results of both under-policing and over-policing. The complete 56-minute interview can be found at www.bookwaves.com. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

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