Voice of the People: Radio by and for the 99% will continue a theme of crime from the past several weeks. Our word of the week is “qualified immunity” which is a US Supreme Court manufactured legal doctrine that explains why police murder and brutality are not punished by the courts. In the first hour we also discuss items in the news, continuing to cover the pandemic and the economic catastrophe for the 99% allowed to happen by Congress, while billionaires grow even richer. We take a closer look at the dismal national unemployment figures, and also take a closer look at Montana’s surprisingly strong employment rates. Within these statistics we see how the burden of unemployment falls by far the heaviest on low wage workers. We also review the sketchy arrest by unidentified men of a co-chair of the Spokane Democratic Socialists of America chapter on his way to a Black Lives matter protest who turn out to be undercover Spokane County deputies acting in concert with Federal authorities. We take a brief look at the extradition trial in Britain of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. And we announce an event next Monday at the State Capital to protest the Montana Dept. of Corrections mishandling of important census data of Native inmates.
In the third half hour we interview Josh Butterfly, who works with Project Opening Doors in Great Falls which helps recently released inmates to successfully reintegrate into the community. Josh tells us about a couple of disturbing incidents he has experienced with the Montana jail and prison system.
Then for the last part of the show we have a great conversation with a Friend of the Show, Sue Kirchmyer and our sound sound guy Jim Gillan. The conversation centers around how the private, for-profit company CoreCivic is making a profit off of Montana at its Crossroads Facility in Shelby.
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