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Official Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcast Roger Mitchell, MD and Jay Aronson, PhD
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“Official Ignorance: The Death in Custody Podcast” – hosted by Dr. Roger Mitchell and Professor Jay Aronson – shares the stories of individuals who died in custody and chronicles the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. Through their accounts and interactions with special guests, Mitchell and Aronson outline a practical, achievable system for accurately recording and investigating these deaths.
“Official Ignorance” is a project of the Hip Hop Caucus. Learn more about Hip Hop Caucus and its Good Trouble Dept. campaign work at HipHopCaucus.org.
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Bonus: Mutulu Olugbala Fighting for Freedom and Social Justice in Cannabis Reform
Official Ignorance is a captivating podcast hosted by Dr. Roger Mitchell, Jr. and Professor Jay Aronson. In this episode, they are joined by the legendary Mutulu Olugbala, also known as M1 of the renowned hip-hop group dead prez, who is now a board member of The Last Prisoner project, focusing on justice for incarcerated cannabis […]
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Bonus: How Hip Hop Made Us, pt. 2 – Roger
Enjoy the early, informal recordings that lay the groundwork for the podcast, and learn more about our hosts, their mutual love of hip-hop, and their journey to the topic of death in law enforcement custody.
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Bonus: How Hip Hop Made Us, pt. 1 – Jay
Enjoy the early, informal recordings that lay the groundwork for the podcast, and learn more about our hosts, their mutual love of hip-hop, and their journey to the topic of death in law enforcement custody.
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Back to the Beginning: Talking Advocacy and Accountability with Activist Larry Hamm
In the final episode of Season 1, Roger and Jay talk to Larry Hamm, founder of the Newark, NJ-based Peoples’ Organization for Progress, longtime activist, and one of Roger’s earliest mentors. We discuss Larry’s early years as a Black student at Princeton University, his efforts to organize protests in Orange, NJ in the wake of […]
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Sandra’s Story – The Truth about the American Criminal Legal System
There are no protections in the criminal justice system, especially for Black people. In the case of Sandra Bland, we were reminded that they definitely do not care if you are wealthy, poor, female, queer, or disabled – in addition to your blackness. Mitchell and Aronson dive into why dismantling and reimagining our law enforcement will […]
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Dr. Joye Carter: The Nation’s First Black Chief Medical Examiner takes on Death in Custody
On today’s episode we have a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Joye Carter, the nation’s first Black board-certified chief medical examiner, about her long career as a forensic pathologist. We ask her about her efforts to expose deaths in custody that would otherwise have been covered up. We discuss the importance of mentorship, diversity in death investigations, […]
Customer Reviews
Informative , moving, and timely
Highly recommended.
Federal reporting requirements?!
Great episode and interview with Activist and Chairman Larry Hamm! I too agreed that we need federal reporting requirements for deaths and custody and police brutality and like he mentioned if you’re not able to produce that then you will start receiving funding. But how do you approach that situation when the federal government doesn’t want that data/reports because they could have made that requirement decades ago, but they still have it? If the federal government (congress) refuses to get involved by making a change to current reporting policy what is the solution? Is the only solution is to hope that we get a president that will sign an executive order for the reporting of deaths in custody/police brutality?
Brad Samuels
Super interesting reflections on the friction and synergies between advocacy and science. Particularly illuminating to hear about the model of physician as advocate after death - gave me a whole new perspective on the roles and responsibilities we often take for granted.