RSH 87 -- Ain't Shit Changed (4.28.2021)

Recorded April 27, 2021. Adam and Peter are back. First, they begin the episode discussing how Blaise Compaore will be tried in absentia for assassinating Thomas Sankara. They also talk about the recent police killings of Ma'khia Bryant, Adam Toledo, and Daunte Wright. After that, they weigh in on the ongoing debate about police abolition versus community control over policing. They explain how the community control over policing proposal by Pan-African Community Action has been mischaracterized; it's not narrow oversight but, rather, self-determination for community needs, empowering Black communities so they don't need police. 

Links: Ex-cop Derek Chauvin found guilty and convicted for killing George Floyd: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-deliberations/index.html ; police killing of Ma'khia Bryant: https://apnews.com/article/makhia-bryant-ohio-shooting-video-recordings-186abfbcfd1717a8c42a38021a83de4b , https://thegrio.com/2021/04/23/makhia-bryant-foster-system-black-children/ , https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/23/fact-check-makhia-bryant-did-not-approach-officer-before-shooting/7356176002/ ; police killing of Adam Toledo: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56768217 , https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/4/26/22386140/adam-toledo-shooting-timeline-video-police-cpd-little-village; police killing of Daunte Wright: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56724798 , https://www.nytimes.com/article/daunte-wright-death-minnesota.html; Blaise Compaore will be tried for assassinating Thomas Sankara: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/13/trial-in-absentia-burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore; the debate over police abolition vs community control over policing: https://forgeorganizing.org/article/fantasy-community-control-police , https://spectrejournal.com/the-radical-practicality-of-community-control-over-policing/

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

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