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"America is on Trial": Historian Ibram X. Kendi on the Failure to Convict Cops Who Kill Black People

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June 28, 2017

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As three Chicago police officers face charges for covering up the police shooting of 17yearold Laquan McDonald, we will look at the cases of Philando Castile, Sam DuBose and Sylville Smiththree black men killed by police officers. In recent weeks, two of the officers were acquitted; one had a mistrial. Our first guest writes, "[I]t is not just police officers who are on trial. America is on trial. Either these deaths are justified, and therefore America is just, or these deaths are unjustified, and America is unjust." We speak with historian Ibram X. Kendi. His recent book, "Stamped from the BeginningThe Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," is the recipient of the 2016 National Book Award.

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