UpFront

Vallejo police shoot and kill unarmed man; plus, John Eligon on the uprising for George Floyd in Minneapolis

On this show:

0:08 – Is organized labor poised to expel police unions? We talk with Bill Fletcher, Jr., long-time writer and social justice activist, with work in the trade union movement, electoral politics and international affairs.

1:08 – John Eligon is a national correspondent for the New York Times covering race. He has been in Minneapolis reporting on the uprising after the police killing of George Floyd.

1:34 – Vallejo police shot and killed another person on Tuesday. Brian Krans, independent journalist, contributor to Open Vallejo, joins us. Editor’s note 9/2/2020: The name of the shooting victim is Sean Monterrosa.

1:45 – What does defunding the police look like in Oakland? James Burch is Policy Coordinator with the Anti-Police Terror Project.