EllisonReport 1/8 edition: Thoughts on the #WhiteLivesMatter movement and its geopolitical implications; The shared blame of prosecutors and grand juries; Is President Obama’s gun control announcement bad timing? Differences in perceptions on race vary according to political affiliations.
The Root’s Charles Coleman, Esq. (@cfcolemanjr) offers a legal analysis on the relationship between prosecutors, grand juries and police departments. What’s the larger or fundamental problem with the grand jury system, here? Do we need to overhaul or do away with it? (Listen at :58)
ER’s Webster Brooks (@WberberBrooks3) offers thoughts on Donald Trump’s “White Lives Matter Movement” and how that links with white nationalism elsewhere. Could these movements indicate or prompt a larger geopolitical racially-driven re-alignment we’re ignoring? (Listen at 16:10)
Emory University’s Andra Gillespie (@AndraGillespie) discusses the political timing of President Obama’s Executive Order on gun control and what it means. How does this now shape the 2016 elections, who does it mobilize? (Listen at 26:52)
Public Religion Research Institute’s Daniel Cox (@DCoxPRRI) talks about the 2015 American Values Survey and findings on differing perceptions of race and discrimination between Democrats and Republicans – and who are targets of it (Listen at 41:00)
ER 1.8.16 Edition Team:
Charles D. Ellison – Host & Executive Producer
Andre Melton – Producer, WEAA 88.9 FM
Webster Brooks – Geopolitics Correspondent