Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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On todays show – a look at the realities of newly appointed SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. She’s fulfilling her promises to arrest more people, criminalize mental health and substance abuse and be “tougher on crime” much to the devastation of San Francisco’s most vulnerable populations. She has also been outed as being paid to … Continued
Black Lives Matter is a global movement whose impact on the struggle for Black liberation cannot be overstated. Like iwth any movement, it has had its share of struggle and controversy – much of that due to state’s interference and deliberate attempts to destroy organizing in Black communities. There is a lot of misinformation and … Continued
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
In this episode we bring our attention to policing in Antioch, California. First we speak with the family of Angelo Quinto who was murdered by police during a mental health crisis in 2020. The Contra Costa District Attorney just last week ruled his homicide justified but now Attorney General Rob Bonta has stepped in and … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and … Continued
And a spotlight on California’s Assembly Bill 503, which would limit the amount of time a minor could be placed on probation and remove the authority of the court to order minors to pay a fine or participate in an uncompensated work program in lieu of restitution. We’re joined by Analisa Ruiz, Policy Director at … Continued
Kaiser mental healthcare workers – members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) – in the Bay Area, are on strike, in a labor action that started more than three weeks ago. We are joined by Jessica Dominguez, Founder and Lead Clinician of La Clínica in Richmond a program that provides culturally sensitive mental … Continued
Today’s episode goes deep into the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, where water is no longer running from taps as a result of racist infrastructural failure. Our guest is Joshua Dedmond of Cooperation Jackson who is involved in coordinating emergency water response for residents. Follow Cooperation Jackson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CooperationJXN Check out Cooperation Jackson’s website: … Continued
From the 70s or 80s into the earlier 2000s, we saw the numbers of people locked up in prisons and jails increase, around the country. But since the first decade of the 2000s, the numbers of people being locked up have actually decreased nationally and also locally. One of the results is that prisons themselves … Continued
We spend this episode with Robert Jones Jr, who recently retired his well-known social media handle Son of Baldwin. He discusses his debut novel, The Prophets, which is about two men who are in love, enslaved on the same Mississippi plantation. We talk about how the relationship between colonialism, Western imperialism, and christian hegemony built up … Continued
