Police brutality
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Brutality by police ; Excessive force used by police ; Excessive use of force by police ; Police use of excessive force ; Use of excessive force by police
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2020-01-01, 2020-01-01
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In the first episode of 2020, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., the Lady of Rage, and callers review major events in 2019. Hampton talks about the campaign to restore Hampton House and mentions an update to the disappearance of Kierra Coles in 2018. He discusses discriminatory policing, failures of the Chicago Transit Authority, and unequal distribution of resources in the city. A man and his nephew call in to ask Chairman Fred’s opinion about violence within Black communities and how it distracts...
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2020-01-01
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2020-01-29, 2020-01-29
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In this episode, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. mentions an upcoming mobilization related to the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police. He discusses a complaint he brought against prison guards while imprisoned and discusses the importance of reporting grievances even if they will not be addressed. He references the Nuremberg Trials in relation to the lack of justice for atrocities committed during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. A caller joins briefly to congratulate the Chairman on his work to...
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2020-01-29
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady Of Rage 2020-02-26, 2020-02-26
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Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. opens this episode by playing audio of police officers in Orlando, Florida aggressively arresting a six-year-old girl. He analyzes the contradictions that the interaction reveals. Jared Ball, a professor of communication studies at Morgan State University, joins the livestream on Facebook for a discussion about the power dynamics created by capitalism and colonialism that connect the situations Chairman Fred discusses on the show. Ball and Chairman Fred discuss how...
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2020-02-26
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2021-01-06, 2021-01-06
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This episode covers the police shootings of Tamir Rice and Jacob Blake, and contains criticism of the U.S. government’s response, or lack thereof, to violent white supremacists, especially in contrast to the reaction to demonstrations led by Black communities. The episode also covers the shortcomings of electoral strategies, and the connections between the legacy of slavery in the U.S. to the modern way the state runs prisons, their police forces, and imperialist endeavors overseas. Four...
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2021-01-06
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2021-01-13, 2021-01-13
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On this episode, Chairman Fred and the Lady of Rage discuss various active programs of the Black Panther Cubs, the imprisonment of Orlando Watley, political education, propaganda, and firsthand experiences with political imprisonment. Melvin Farmer calls in to discuss gang violence and mass incarceration. Kanahus Manuel calls in to discuss the Peace and Dignity Journey prayer run and the territorial liberation movement for Indigenous communities. Three other callers discuss the Stop the...
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2021-01-13
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2021-02-17, 2021-02-17
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This is the first episode recorded after the release of Judas and the Black Messiah, a movie about William O’Neal and his infiltration of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in order to aid in the assassination fo Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. Chairman Fred and the Lady of Rage take calls from several listeners who speak about the birthday of Huey P. Newton, the murder of Tyrone West, the Texas power outages, how to establish a chapter of the Black Panther Cubs, and purging...
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2021-02-17
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2022-01-05, 2022-01-05
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This episode is a rebroadcasting of the Janurary 6th, 2021 episode. It covers the police shootings of Tamir Rice and Jacob Blake, and contains criticism of the U.S. government’s response, or lack thereof, to violent white supremacists, especially in contrast to the reaction to demonstrations led by Black communities. The episode also covers the shortcomings of electoral strategies, and the connections between the legacy of slavery in the U.S. to the modern way the state runs prisons, their...
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2022-01-05
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2022-01-12, 2022-01-12
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This episode is a rebroadcast from August 8th, 2016. In this episode, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., the Lady of Rage, and callers discuss police brutality against the black community, the difference between reactionary times and the revolutionary times, and the killing of Korryn Gaines. Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. also discussed the the dynamic of race and sovereignty, and explores the contradictions in the law. There are seven callers to the show that commented on the Black Panther Party Cubs,...
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2022-01-12
Free 'Em All Radio with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Lady of Rage 2023-02-27, 2023-02-27
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In this special episode for the 2023 Chicago mayoral election, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. interviews mayoral candidates, Illinois State Representative Kam Buckner and Cook County Board of Commissioners member Brandon Johnson, and Chicago Police District Council candidate Arewa Karen Winters, as well as activists Kobi Guillory of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression and Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef of the Chicago Activist Coalition for Justice.The Chairman...
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2023-02-27
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