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DOJ Report Exposes Minneapolis Police Civil Rights Violations Amid Call for Community-Led Reforms

2023-06-23T00:46:46.716Z

We speak with Minneapolis City Councilmember Robin Wonsley, the first Black Democratic Socialist on the City Council, about the Justice Department’s newly released probe into the city’s police department that found systemic problems with discrimination and excessive force and concluded: “The patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible.” Wonsley says “none of this is new,” and demands a strong community role in public safety reforms expected to follow the report.

Killer Mike & Iconic Olympian Tommie Smith Discuss the Past & Current Civil Rights Movements (Video)

2016-01-29T05:52:49.676Z

On January 15th, 2016, Puma and Frank Da Butcher facilitated a meeting between Killer Mike and Olympian/activist Tommie Smith at The SWAG Shop in Atlanta, GA. Tommie Smith was the 1968 Summer Olympics Gold Medalist for the 200m dash, and while on the winners podium he and John Carlos raised their fists to show solidarity with people fighting internationally for human rights - resulting in one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century. Hear Tommie speak about his intent behind this, as well as the controversial reaction of people worldwide.

"Cash for Kids": Firms Behind Juvenile Prison Bribes Reach $2.5 Million Settlement in Civil Suit

2013-10-25T23:17:29.659Z

We turn to the latest news in the so-called kids-for-cash scandal in Pennsylvania, in which judges took money in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to for-profit youth jails. In 2011, former Luzerne County Judge, Mark Ciavarella, was convicted of accepting bribes for putting juveniles into detention centers operated by the companies PA Child Care and a sister company, Western Pennsylvania Child Care. Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, are said to have received $2.6 million for their efforts. Now the private, juvenile-detention companies at the heart of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania have settled a civil lawsuit for $2.5 million. The state has also passed much-needed reforms aimed at improving its juvenile justice system and ensuring such abuses are not repeated. We are joined in Philadelphia by Marsha Levick, chief counsel of the Juvenile Law Center, which helped expose the corrupt judges and represented the families' class-action suit.

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Unconstitutional - The War on Our Civil Liberties [FULL DOCUMENTARY]

2013-06-11T03:29:59.338Z

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States Congress passed what became known as "The Patriot Act," a package of legislation President George W. Bush and his cabinet claimed was intended to help law enforcement officials take steps to stop terrorism. However, the bill was run through Congress so quickly that very few lawmakers were able to read it before it was passed, and it wasn't long before many Americans began to ask if the act posed a real threat to civil liberties and constitutional freedoms at home. Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties is a documentary that takes a close look at the Patriot Act, offers opinions from legal and constitutional scholars about its possible dangers, and features interviews with law-abiding citizens who've run afoul of the broad interpretations and implications of its regulations.

Soundtrack For A Revolution - African American Civil Rights Movement (feat. The Roots)

2011-03-19T21:34:50.792Z

Music was a powerful tool in the American civil rights movement, spreading a message that was difficult for many to hear and serving as an energizing force for nonviolent protest. The documentary "Soundtrack for a Revolution" celebrates that intersection of movement and music. Featuring new performances of freedom songs by artists such as Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean and John Legend, the film also includes archival footage and interviews with civil rights leaders.