Welcome to a super special episode of the Blacksmith's Furnace, we hope you are all well and gearing up for the release of the lockdown, hopefully there's not too much longer to go in the current situation.
On today's episode we are joined by a very good friend and brother, Nathaniel Tetteh. Nat served in the British Army as a Bomb disposal specialist for two tours to Iraq and Afghanistan and is now a police officer in Loughborough, he joined us to talk army life, PTSD and his experience as a black police officer in these special times we find ourselves in.
In addition to the great insights he brought Nat also debuted his own new YouTube channel simply called Nathaniel Tetteh check it out here https://www.youtube.com/user/theprofila, talk about a great Hookup.
Mo suggested checking out a 7 day guided journal challenge to help people process the harrowing images and conversations about police brutality and the unfair treatment of the black community in America and indeed in the world.
Get started here, [https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDPXpuAs64/?igshid=kzpqmmpwg0y3](https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDPXpuAs64/?igshid=kzpqmmpwg0y3)
Peter suggested checking out a old white lady on YouTube called Jane Elliot, her breakdown of white privilege and racism is very very poignant and she's been making this point since the days of Martin Luther King Jr
Check out her Blue Eyes / Brown eyes exercise here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2z-ahJ4uws](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2z-ahJ4uws)
and Robert surprisingly suggested checking out the Victoria Secrets sale now they're going into administration. Don;t ask me how he knows, just go check it out if it's safe for you to do so.
We also mentioned knowing your rights and what the police can and can't do, here's a great place to start.
https://www.gov.uk/police-powers-to-stop-and-search-your-rights
We hope you enjoy the episode and if you do please let us know in the comments and let your friends know by sharing, and if you don't, please let us know in the comments and let your friends know by sharing.
We're big believers in the "win-win"Take care and stay blessed.
Special thanks to RUDE (@itsrudeboy) for the intro and outro music.
And to Calvin A Turner founder of Torra Media (facebook , @torramedia) and digital designer extraordinaire for [TheOrdinaryAmazing.com](http://theordinaryamazing.com/) logo design.
