This podcast includes excerpts from January 25 hearing held by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities to discuss the ongoing racism at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. We’ll talk to DMHAS employee Johanne Immacula Cann, about the racism she has experienced at the agency. During the show we will provide clips of TV coverage of the hearing.

Members of the Justice for Jayson coalition Takina Pollock and Mike Merli joined us to respond to Waterbury State’s Attorney Maureen Platt’s announcement last Friday that no charges would be filed against Bridgeport Police officer James Boulay, who fatally shot 15-year-old Jayson Negron May 9, 2017

Community Party Radio Show is hosted by author and political activist David Samuels, author of the book False Choice: The Bipartisan Attack on the Working Class, the Poor and Communities of Color. Pick up your copy of the book on Amazon.

Community Party Radio Show airs Tuesday nights at 8p est / 7p cst /5p pst and our new time on Wednesday nights at 7p est / 6p cst /4p pst on www.SoMetroRadio.com. You can also hear the show on the iRadio station SoMetro Talk that is available on apps like TuneIn and SoMetro Magazine. SoMetro Radio and SoMetro Talk are original member stations of the GET GLOBAL NETWORK.

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