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Episode 2 - BlackLivesMatter

Jun 25, 2020 · 1h 5m 36s
Episode 2 - BlackLivesMatter
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The #BlackLivesMatter movement has gone international with protests breaking out all over the world following the killing of unarmed George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this...

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The #BlackLivesMatter movement has gone international with protests breaking out all over the world following the killing of unarmed George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this episode we talk about the demand by protestors to "Defund the police", why corporations are coming out in support, why building from the message of BLACKLIVESMATTER is so important, and what's an ANTIFA?

Fact Checks:
Raid for Apple intellectual property (was actually for allegedly stolen IPhone prototype not photos): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2010/apr/26/iphone-gizmodo-police-search-apple

School police agree to give back grenade launchers, decide to keep semi-automatic rifles: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schools-weapons-20140917-story.html

In a study by Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens, over a 30 year period (not 6 years), from 1985 to 2015, there were 120 terrorist attacks by far-right actors and and about 12 by Islamic extremists.
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Author Vancouver Co-op Radio
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