The Breakdown with Shaun King

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Ep. 463 - Police don't make us safe May 24, 2021

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Across the country, as certain types of crime have increased, people are defaulting to the same tired answer we've seen before... more police and more money for the police. But this actually doesn't work. At all. And for Black communities, it can actually make things much worse.

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Ep. 462 - The ceasefire might've started today, but the Apartheid against Palestinians damn sure continued May 21, 2021

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Today, on the first day of the ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians, the brutality and Apartheid conditions from Israeli police and military forces have absolutely continued. As long as the Apartheid continues, peace will not be sustainable.

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Ep. 461 - The lynching of Ronald Greene May 20, 2021

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Police murdered Ronald Greene in Louisiana and have worked with politicians for the past 2 years to cover it up, but now the body camera footage has been leaked - exposing them all as the murderous monsters they are

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Ep. 458 - Why we're not always seeing deep systemic change May 14, 2021

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Today I want to teach a quick, but important lesson on why, in spite of so much of our hard work on causes, we don't see the deep systemic change we all want to see.

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Ep. 456 - Let's talk about Palestine May 12, 2021

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Today I want you to hear from two voices I trust on Palestine and the struggle for basic human rights and freedom there.

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Ep. 455 - Jim Clyburn just crushed qualified immunity May 10, 2021

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Yesterday Congressman Jim Clyburn, one of the leading Democrats in the country, basically crushed any chance qualified immunity had of passing on the federal level. It's disgusting. Let me break it down.

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Ep. 454 - Olympic Athletes Should Ignore the Ban on Black Lives Matter Gear & Protests May 07, 2021

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It's weird, but the Summer Olympics are less than 3 months away. And athletes are just now starting to get detailed notifications that they can't wear anything that says or represents "Black Lives Matter" in any way whatsoever. Black power fists are banned. Taking a knee is banned. But they should all ignore this...together.

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Ep. 452 - New Takeover Episode from Rai King May 05, 2021

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Blanca and Rai sit down with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin, a scholar and DEI professional at Vanderbilt University, to hear her story of being a Muslim woman in America. She shares her research with us about the effects of Islamaphobia on children. We also discuss what your workplace can do right now to support its Muslim workers.

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Ep. 451 - I'm never going to stop raising money for these families May 04, 2021

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Yesterday we raised nearly $100,000 for Myon Burrell, who was wrongly convicted for a murder he had nothing to do with in Minneapolis nearly 20 years ago. He was just a kid and spent 18 years of his life in prison. I'm so grateful for everybody who gave. And I just want to be clear - no matter how many lies people tell on me across the Internet, I am literally never going to stop raising money for these families impacted by police violence, racial injustice, and mass incarceration.

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Ep. 450 - This needs to happen in your hometown May 03, 2021

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This past week New York City announced that all non-violent mental health calls will be rerouted away from the NYPD and sent instead to mental health professionals. This amounts to nearly 154,000 calls a year - or over 400 calls a day to 911. When it gets instituted, this is going to change the city and change policing in a major way.

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