Many of us have been on an emotional roller coaster since the murder of George Floyd, with the ride intensifying as the movement grew. For others in this fight for humanity and social justice the ride on the emotional roller coaster was even longer. The Joe Clair Morning show aimed to answer the question believed to be on everyone's mind. Chauvin was found guilty but now what? It was with that question in mind, that The Joe Clair Morning Show (Joe Clair, Poet Taylor & Guy Lambert) invited the following guests to join them the morning following the verdict heard around the world so the marathon to equity and equality for Black People all over the world continues!
Attorney Malcolm Ruff ,Esquire, Trial Attorney at Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, PA in Baltimore joined us to break down the Chauvin verdict, the true significance of this guilty verdict for Black America, address the long-standing issue of police violence/brutality and the next steps for civil rights/police brutality law/legislation locally and nationally.
Bahiyyah M. Muhammad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminology at Howard University
discusses brining her Policing Inside Out (PIO) Program & Policing Inside Out Listening Series to life as well as the social, mental and emotional toll police violence and brutality takes on all of us.
Melody Cooper, Mother of Kwamena Ocran, shares the story of her 24yr African American son shot and killed by Gaithersburg, Maryland police in January of 2021 and the roadblocks she's endured in her fight to get justice for her son.
Rev. Tony Lee of Community of Hope AME Church, Activist and Host of "Sunday Morning Hope" discusses the verdict in the murder of George Floyd and how it proves that our justice system has the capacity to render accountability to police officers who disregard the value of human life in policing, The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, keeping the faith through it all and ways to get involved in all the work still to be done.
