UpFront

I. Can’t. Breathe: Opening arguments begin in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin; Plus: A new NBC Bay Area documentary ‘The Moms of Magnolia Street’ chronicles the story of a group of Oakland moms who formed Moms 4 Housing

0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: stimulus funding for infrastructure and transportation, more on the filibuster, and more.

Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA

0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

1:08 – New series: ‘I. Can’t. Breathe: the trial of Derek Chauvin’ On the opening arguments commencing today, the jury selected, and the case of Mohammed Noor, a black police officer, and the only law enforcement official to be tried and convicted for murder in Minnesotta.

Mary Moriarty (@MaryMoriarty) was a public defender for 30 years, most recently for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She’s also a Minneapolis- based contributor to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

Jaylani Hussein (@Jaylanihussein) is executive director of CAIR Minnesota.

1:34 – New NBC Bay Area documentary film, “The Moms of Magnolia Street” chronicles the story of a group of Oakland moms who formed ‘Moms 4 Housing’ and occupied a vacant, corporate-owned home on Magnolia Street in West Oakland in November 2019.

Sean Myers is a Digital Special Projects Producer at NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea), and co-writer and co-producer of the new documentary film “The Moms of Magnolia Street.”

Dominique Walker is a Moms 4 Housing activist, and featured in the new documentary.

LaShai Daniels is an organizer with Moms 4 Housing, and is also featured in the documentary. 

WATCH all four episodes here. 

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