On September 19, the family of Osaze Osagie, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by State College police in March, announced that they had filed a notice of claim against the borough police department, a procedural move to preserve their legal rights. Listen to their attorneys explain the filing.
Read ACLU-PA's blog post from June about this case:
https://medium.com/@ACLUPA/police-are-ill-equipped-to-help-people-with-mental-health-disorders-cb1330f0d227
Also, we hear in this episode about cannabis legalization and the harm caused by prohibition. Terrell Thomas of ACLU-PA's Campaign for Smart Justice and podcast host Andy Hoover attended a half-day symposium sponsored by The Caucus, a state capitol watchdog newspaper. The keynote speaker was Lt. Governor John Fetterman.
