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Videos from cell phones and police body cams are helping heighten awareness of the seemingly racially-tinged motivations of people who call police on people of color. Recent high-profile incidents police calls for African Americans barbecuing in a public park, waiting for friends at Starbucks, golfing too slow, and even entering their own apartments, and Native Americans attending a college campus tour. In February, police escorted Robert Robedeaux (Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe) out of a Hibbett Sports store in Oklahoma after the manager reported “a suspicious person” trying on clothes. The conversations highlight the questions people might ask themselves before calling police.
Guests:
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) – artist
Reycita Billie (Navajo) – public safety telecommunications operator for the Navajo Nation Police Department
Robert Robedeaux (Pawnee, Ponca and Otoe)
Hope Alvarado (Navajo, Mescalero Apache and Comanche) – lead organizer with the Red Nation and youth advocate with NMCAN (youth advocacy group)
Break 1 Music: Apsaalooke Double Beat (Sung for Head Lady Dancer Dora Old Elk) (song) Warscout (artist) Scouts (album)
Break 2 Music: Red River Jig (song) Bill Stevens (artist) Fiddlin’ Through The Years (album)
