Behind the News: Police Against Protest
Doug speaks with Paul Passavant, author of Policing Protest, on the change in how cops treat protesters since the 1960s. Plus: Marisol Cantú and Shiva Mishek (co-author of this article: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/richmond-california-police-rpd-defu...
September 9, 2021
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September 9, 2021
Behind the News: Police Against Protest
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Behind the News: Police Against Protest
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<p>Doug speaks with <a href="https://www.hws.edu/academics/polisci/facultyProfile.aspx?facultyID=263" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Paul Passavant</a><span>, author of </span><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/policing-protest" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Policing Protest</em></a><em>, </em><span>on the change in how cops treat protesters since the 1960s. Plus: </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/ReimagineRichmondTogether" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Marisol Cantú</a><span> and Shiva Mishek (co-author of this article: </span><a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/richmond-california-police-rpd-defund-budget-social-services-progressive-alliance-city-council" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/richmond-california-police-rpd-defund-budget-social-services-progressive-alliance-city-council</a><span>) on how activists won a shift of public funding from cops to social services in Richmond, California.</span></p>
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</p><p>Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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