THURSDAY, MARCH 19
PROGRAM # 8834 12:00 PM PT
“Yolqui.”
Forty years after suffering a traumatic experience at the hands of Los Angeles sheriffs, a professor and veteran journalist and writer tells the story of how he was attacked, beaten, and then arrested by sheriff deputies while photographing the brutal beating of an unarmed young man. In his new book and personal testimony, he tries to make sense of that violent incident, the seven-year experience in the courtroom that ensued, the way it connects with the extralegal violence against thousands of others nowadays, and about his life-long pursuit of justice amid a rampant culture of impunity.
Guest: Dr. Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, Associate Professor, Mexican American Studies Department, University of Arizona, Author of “Yolqui: A Warrior Summoned from the Spirit World,” Tucson, AZ.
Phoenix Police Under Review. In a historic move, the Phoenix City Council approved a new plan for civilian oversight over the local police. A new city agency will be created and a community review board will have unprecedented powers to investigate complaints against the police and recommend policy changes. The city action comes on the heels of public outrage about the alarming rise of officer-involved shootings and violence.
Guests: Carlos García, City Councilmember, Author of the Initiative, Phoenix, AZ.
Coronavirus Update. This is a news report on the latest developments on the Coronavirus crisis, including reactions to the signing into law of the Families First Coronavirus plan, the plans to debate a massive economic stimulus bill that would include checks for many families, California’s emergency measures to protect the homeless, the tax day extension to July, the criteria in some ER to apply the Coronavirus test, and the condemnation by Latino and Asian-American journalists of the term “Chinese Virus” being used at the highest levels of government in the US.
Photo: uapress.arizona.edu
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