Today on Sojourner Truth:
It seems police killings of Black people is unending from Michael Brown to Breonna Taylor to George Floyd. Donald Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, September 1. He made no mention of the name of Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times in the back by Kenosha Police. Instead, he focused on his law and order message, blaming the uprising following Blake's shooting not on community outrage at systemic racism in law enforcement, but instead he blamed the community itself for destroying property, which he calls violence. In terms of policing in the U.S., he said there were a few bad apples, sidestepping the charge of systemic racism.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles on Monday August 31, sheriff deputies killed a 29-year-old Black man Dijon Kizzee, who was shot in the back reportedly 20 times. This, two months after the sheriffs department (which is notorious for having violent internal gangs and for extreme use of force and corruption) killed 18-year-old Andres Guardado, a Latinx security guard. For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, we speak with Joseph Williams, a Core Team Member of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. He is also the Director of Operations and Campaigns with Students Deserve, a grassroots organization of students, teachers, and parents working for justice in and beyond schools.
The ongoing terror against the Haitian people by paramilitary operations linked to the U.S.-backed Haitian government of Jovenel Moise. Journalists have been assassinated and innocent civilians tortured and killed in this most recent spate of violence on the island nation. We speak with Haitian human rights campaigner Pierre Labossiere, who is with the Haiti Action Committee.
We begin our occasional coverage of the movement for the environment and human rights in Thailand. Our guest is Pranom Somwong, a Thailand based representative of Protection International.
