The week before this episode’s release, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges in the murder of George Floyd, one of countless unarmed Black men who have been killed by police in the U.S. Floyd’s death sparked a global resurgence of Black Lives Matter action and discussion about police abolition.
According to a study conducted by the Ruderman Family Foundation, between 2013 and 2015, half of police shootings involved disabled people. The conversation around policing and marginalized groups, and how to achieve justice for all, is wide-ranging, and far from over. We explore this and more in the Season 2 Finale of Down to the Struts.
Tune in as Qudsiya is joined by Dara Baldwin, the Director of National Policy at the Center for Disability Rights. In their conversation, they discuss Dara’s activism and advocacy related to the experiences of Black disabled people in the criminal legal system. Dara shines a light on the challenges at the intersection of disability, race, and policing, and how we can chart a course forward towards the achievement of transformative justice for Black disabled lives.