Police

OJRC Legislative Agenda

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, Policy Director with Oregon Justice Resource Center, an organization that promotes civil rights and improves legal representation for underserved communities.  Zach Winston discusses OJRC’s priorities for the 2021 Oregon legislative ses... Read more

The Gap: Police Union Contract Negotiation and Spreading Love Ahead of Valentine's Day

Airs at: Fri, 02/12/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the Portland Police contract negotiation with two community organizers, Emory Mort and Caryn Shebowich. We learn about how this year's contract negotiation is different than year's previous and what changes communit... Read more

Most Death in Oregon Jails were People with Disabilities

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Karen James speaks with Liz Reetz, a public interest law fellow with Disability Rights Oregon, who just released her new report “Grave Consequences: How the Criminalization of Disability Leads to Deaths in Jail”.  The report revealed that most of the people who died in Oreg... Read more

Buscando America on 02/09/21

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En esta emisión escuchamos  Cenotes Oniricos, una cápsula desde el desierto de Mojave con Blanca Villalobos y Elizabeth, sobre la importancia de conectar con los cielos obscuros y sin estrellas.  Desde Chile escuchamos Resiste Tierra sobre las manifestaciones que se han ... Read more

The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Writer David F Walker is known for his work on such comics titles as Shaft, Luke Cage, and Power Man & Iron Fist.  In Portland, he covered the film scene for Willamette Week as well as his self-published blaxploitation zine BadAzzMoFo, and curated the Longbaugh Film Fest... Read more

Legislators prioritize criminal justice reform and police accountability in 2021 session

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2021 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  In the 2021 Oregon Legislative session, criminal justice reform and police accountability are top of mind for many legislators. To learn more, KBOO's Karen James speaks with Senator Lew Frederick who represents North & Northeast Portland in the Oregon Legislature. Senato... Read more

Washington County Justice Initiative

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Malori Maloney, Minister of Information, with the Washington County Justice Initiative (WCJI).  WCJI was formed in 2020 by public defense providers to advocate ending racial, economic, and systemic violence in the Washington County criminal legal sys... Read more

Restraining Police

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Policing recently released a set of policy assessments that advise lawmakers to ban chokeholds, prohibit or severely restrict the use of no-knock warrants, and require officers to intervene when they see peers and supervisors us... Read more

21 TRIPP-P 16Jan2021

Airs at: Sat, 01/16/2021 at 12:00am - Sun, 01/31/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
The TRIPP-P co-Hosts get together to talk about recent events like the "Stop the Steal" and "Back the Blue" self titled "Patriots" storming the Capitol Building in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 as well as remembering the violent pro-Trump "Patriot" protests and counterpr... Read more

Should Police Unions Exist?

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Jobs with Justice hosted a panel on "Should Police Unions Exist?" last June, including Justin Norton-Kertson of Portland Jobs with Justice, Deborah Hall of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Candy Luisa Hererra of the Washington Education Association, and Hyung Nam of ... Read more