Defund the Police

In Episode 58, I talk about the recent protests in Canada and the United States against police racism and violence towards Black and Indigenous peoples, set in motion by the video showing the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officers. This episode is a synthesis of my recent publications on police racism, brutality, sexualized violence and killings of Black and Indigenous peoples and the calls to defund the police. Link to Robyn Maynard's book: Policing Black Lives amzn.to/3dkKlWn Link to Desmond Cole's book: The Skin We're In amzn.to/2U0395O Link to my new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence (use code warrior10 for 10% discount) https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Some of my recent publications: Yes Canada has a racism crisis and its killing Black and Indigenous peoples https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/yes-canada-has-a-racism-crisis-and-its-killing-black-and-indigenous-peoples Inquiry Needed into Police Violence against Indigenous peoples https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/inquiry-needed-into-police-violence-against-indigenous-peoples Canada should declassify, deconstruct and defund the RCMP https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/declassify-deconstruct-and-defund-the-rcmp Brenda Lucki must go https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/brenda-lucki-must-go/ Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. From my website you can access other Warrior Life podcast episodes, my Indigenous Nationhood blog, my Youtube videos and my new podcast for kids called Warrior Kids Podcast: www.pampalmater.com If you would like to help me keep my content independent, please consider supporting my work at Patreon: www.patreon.com/join/2144345 Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such.