July 21, 2016

'I'm Petrified For My Children': Will Racism And Guns Lead To America's Ruin?

Mat Johnson is a biracial novelist who has been thinking about what the craft of storytelling can offer us as we try to make sense of the era we're in of officer involved and officer-targeted killings.

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Matt Johnson

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Terry Gross

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 21, 2016: Interview with Tom Gibbons; Commentary by Mat Johnson; Interview with Eric Adams

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July 21, 2016

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Recent Police Shootings Stir A Memory For A Former Philadelphia Officer

Tom Gibbons had to retire from the police force after being shot three times during a traffic stop in 1970. He then became a reporter and covered the police for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Thomas Gibbons

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July 21, 2016

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Why A Black Teen Who Was Beaten By Police Decided To Join The NYPD

Eric Adams joined the police department intent on reforming it. "If I was not a voice for change it would bother me," he says. He was on the force for 22 years. Now he is Brooklyn's borough president.

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Eric J Adams

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'I'm Petrified For My Children': Will Racism And Guns Lead To America's Ruin?

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Recent Police Shootings Stir A Memory For A Former Philadelphia Officer

Why A Black Teen Who Was Beaten By Police Decided To Join The NYPD

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