The Next 72 Hours takes a look at how different institutions mistreat and abuse Black people and this is most evident when it comes to law enforcement. There is a long standing history of unjust policing of Black people and communities that goes all the way back to Samuel Cartwright’s “drapetomania”. Isn’t it perplexing how many times American police routinely find a way to peacefully arrest heavily armed and dangerous white mass shooters, yet fear for their lives when they encounter Black men and women who exhibit signs of mental illness?
In this episode, Dani and Nwayieze talk to Andrew M. Stroth, attorney and Managing Partner of Action Injury Law Group, about the murder of Isaiah Lewis and why he believes we need to “invest in police”. They are also joined, once again, by Dr. Ayana Jordan to discuss how Black communities could be saved from senseless deaths by finding/funding a way to introduce community intervention in the place of policing as we have known it.
MUSIC
“Faster Bassier” (theme song) by DJ Fatha Julz
“Dreary Boots” (outro) by DJ Fatha Julz