Society & Culture
In this episode, Josh and Jon invite Bruce back for a conversation on police brutality and to review statistics on both the treatment of black Americans by police and the calls for reform. Three events took America by storm these past few weeks and brought to the forefront the racial divide within the United States starting with the police response and what happens after police arrive on the scene within the black community. Join us for this two part series. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-data-say-about-police-shootings/https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbx4HAm6Rc8https://open.spotify.com/episode/354rmGOjxOvJyQUgo5rY4l?si=-CXF_GDLR4uBdnR9e65vfg https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/06/george-floyd-protest-minneapolis-history-racism-minnesota/612481/https://abcnews.go.com/US/abc-news-analysis-police-arrests-nationwide-reveals-stark/story?id=71188546https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/wesley-lowery-george-floyd-minneapolis-black-lives/612391/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.amp.htmlhttps://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_firearm_use_by_country https://www.statista.com/chart/21872/map-of-police-violence-against-black-americans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-you-dont-believe-systemic-racism-is-real-explain-these-statistics/2020/06/12/ce0dff6e-acc7-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.htmlhttps://datausa.io/profile/soc/police-officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2096654_2096653_2096692,00.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-would-it-mean-defund-police-these-cities-offer-ideas-n1229266