KUNM Call In Show 7/14 8a: This week, we want to hear your response to recent police shootings of African Americans—and the killing of five Dallas police officers. How do you think the shootings of officers in Dallas have affected the national conversation on race and policing? What are the ripple effects of these deaths right here at home in New Mexico? How has the widespread anger and fear affected police officers and their ability to do their jobs? How are activists taking care of themselves in the face of a problem that's hard to gain ground with?
Guests:
- Ebony Isis Booth, activist and poet.
- Will Williams, activist
- Adolphe Pierre-Louis, photographer, Albuquerque Journal
- Celina Espinoza, Communications and Community Outreach Director, Albuquerque Police Department
Further Reading:
- Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds – New York Times
- Police are safer under Obama than they have been in decades – Washington Post
- Obama Walks Fine Line On Race And Policing – NPR
- Reaction To Obama's Speech At Police Memorial In Dallas – NPR
- Who Are Police Killing? – Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings – New York Times
- Three Problems With How the NY Times Highlights a Non-Peer Reviewed Study Allegedly Showing No Racial Bias in Police Shootings – The Influence
- The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
- 11 Major Misconceptions About the Black Lives Matter Movement – BlackLivesMatter.com
- Native Lives Matter report – Lakota People’s Law Project
- Why the deaths of Latinos at the hands of police haven't drawn as much attention – L.A. Times
At Rally in Brooklyn, Activists Demand Justice for Black Women Who Died in Police Custody - New York 1 News
- How To Support The Families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile - Washington Post
- How To Help Those Affected By The Dallas Police Shooting – KERA
- Officer Down Memorial Page For New Mexico
- David Brown is absolutely right: In Dallas, 'We're asking cops to do too much' – Dallas Morning News
- I’m A White Cop And I Support Black Lives Matter – VICE
- White Anti-Racism, Living The Legacy – Southern Poverty Law Center
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism—from Ferguson to Charleston – John Greenberg, Citizenship & Social Justice
