Diane Rehm: Georgetown Law Professor's Revealing Account Of Police Harassment

Police guard the front of the Buzz Westfall Justice Center where a grand jury will begin looking at the circumstances surrounding the fatal police shooting of an unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 20, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri.

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"Bad Black People" 

Why Bill O'Reilly Is Wrong Even When He's Right

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/oreilly-on-bad-black-people-why-bill-is.html

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Alan: Diane Rehm panelist, Paul Butler, a black Law professor at America's premier Catholic university, tells a revelatory story of police harassment. If it happens to Butler, it happens to all black males. "All" the time. If it happened to Cliven Bundy - once - the militias would threaten murder. Prof. Butler's account begins at the 47:06 minute mark.

Audio File: http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=19696

David Fankhauser • an hour ago

As a Freedom Rider who was imprisoned in Mississippi Jails and Penitentiaries in May and June of 1961, I must say that I have seldom been more moved than I was just now by the speaker on your show: the black lawyer who described the atrocious treatment he received from DC police as he tried to walk through his neighborhood to walk to his own home.

White Americans have no idea of what it means to be black in America. I purposefully attended a black college (Central State College, Wilberforce OH) to get a taste... I was one of 8 whites/2000 students. I wish that all Americans might experience what it means to be a minority in our society.

White, middle class Americans are good at heart, but they do not have the experience/education to appreciate what minorities in our culture are confronted with EVERY DAY of their lives.

THANK YOU for your voice of reason and for bringing these other voices which educate us.

Race Relations And The Search For 

Justice In Ferguson

On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder met with the parents of slain teenager Michael Brown and others in Ferguson, Missouri. The unarmed black teen was shot and killed Aug. 9 by a white police officer. Outrage over the incident sparked days of protests and violence. Holder has pledged there will be a full and fair investigation. Separately, Missouri prosecutors are presenting evidence to a grand jury for possible prosecution of the officer who fired the shots. Diane and our guests offer an update on efforts to get to the facts related to the shooting and to address familiar but deeply troubling questions about police tactics and race relations.

Guests

Paul Butler 

professor at Georgetown Law School.

Jesmyn Ward 

associate professor creative writing, Tulane University,
her books include a memoir, "Men We Reaped" and the novel, "Salvage The Bones"

Peter Baker 

reporter for The New York Times.

David Harris 

professor of law, University of Pittsburgh

Nicole Austin-Hillery 

director and counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law

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