4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Today we discuss transphobia and homophobia in the Black community. Specifically, as it pertains to anti-Black racism in policing and the movement for Black Lives. We cover the murder of a Black trans man Tony McDade by Tallahassee police (2 days after the murder of George Floyd and the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the … Continued
We speak with Pastor Ben McBride about the rally in Louisville, Kentucky to demand justice for Breonna Taylor. More than three months after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, in her home, protesters are increasing the pressure on authorities to bring criminal charges against the three officers involved. And later, we speak … Continued
We speak with Rodney Floyd, the brother of George Floyd about his murder and the campaign for justice. We speak with Ty and Zoe about organizing to stop police violence in their community. And lastly, we listen to a number of people discuss the upcoming school board vote to dismantle the OUSD police department.
We speak with Kali Akuno the co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson about the pushback to Black protests and demands for police accountability.
We speak with Becca Rosario and Jessica Black about the plan to remove cops from Oakland schools. Later we speak to long time activist Greg Lewis about resistance in Seattle.
We speak with Trent Willis president of ILWU Local 10 (Longshoremen) about the Port of Oakland shut down in observance of Juneteenth. Later we speak with Boots Riley about mass mobilizations happening across the country and ways to sustain this growing movement for Black lives and state accountability. Then we hear from Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott, a historian … Continued
We speak with individuals at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California about the effigy found hanging from a tree. The effigy found at Lake Merritt in Oakland has been classified as a hate crime. Federal and city law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the incident. Later we speak with George Chidi about the murder of Rayshard … Continued
we speak with Oklahoma natives (Erinn and Kode Ransom) about the history of the brutal 1921 Race Massacre (also called the Tulsa race riot, the Greenwood Massacre, or the Black Wall Street Massacre) in Tulsa. Later Dr. Kimberly C. Ellis provides more of a contextual understanding of the relationship between police departments and state militias … Continued
We speak with local activist Alma Rosa about a shooting that took place during a protest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Later we speak with Regina Jackson and Rashidah Grinage about the Oakland Police Commission and the movement to defund police. Demonstrator killed in New Mexico by Vigilante
We speak with long time activist, former gang member and current peace maker Aqeela Sherrills about the Newark Community Street team and how to properly defund the police.
