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On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. Police left Brown’s lifeless body in the hot sun for four hours, plainly demonstrating the contempt of law enforcement for the local community. The righteous rebellion that followed in Ferguson shook the nation and the world, turning the Black Lives Matter movement that had begun following the earlier murder of Trayvon Martin into a global mass movement. Ten years later, there is still no justice for Michael Brown and many others like him.
Some things have changed, but most things have not. Reforms have been passed at various levels concerning the power and accountability of the police. Yet the culture of impunity and the reality of racialized police violence as a daily occurrence in the US continues. In this special episode of "Rattling the Bars," Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of "Police Accountability Report" join Mansa Musa for a look back on the past decade of attempts to stop police violence, and a discussion on why justice for Michael Brown and so many others continues to elude us.
Transcript: No Justice for Michael Brown 10 Years After He Was Killed by Police
Mansa Musa:
Welcome to this edition of "Rattling the Bars." I’m your host, Mansa Musa. We’re in a period of Olympics. If we were to deal with the Olympic analysis of my guests today and we had an event, the event would be watching the police run around the track and see who cheats and gets a medal for exposing them. That would be the medal we would get, the medal for exposing police corruption and police brutality and fascism as it relates to the police department. Welcome Jan and Taya of "Police Accountability Report."
Stephen Janis:
Thank you.
Mansa Musa:
They’re on the dream team at The Real News Network, and I’m honored to have y’all here. When we were talking about doing something about justice for Michael Brown, I said, “Yeah, it’s Michael Brown’s anniversary.”
Read the full article about the lack of justice for victims of police brutality at The Real News Network.