Barber Shop Show 249: City Bureau

Barber Shop Show 249: City Bureau
Barber Shop Show 249: City Bureau

Barber Shop Show 249: City Bureau

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This week, host Richard Steele was joined by folks from City Bureau. They’ll talk about their recent batch of work, digging into police misconduct and young black activism in Chicago. We were joined by • Martin Macias, journalist with City Bureau and • Darryl Holliday, Editor with City Bureau, as well as: • Chaclyn Hunt. She is a civil rights attorney who directs the Youth/Police Project at the Invisible institute. and •Retired CPD officer David Lemieux Then, we got a preview from Audra Wilson about the latest installment of Practically Speaking. She spoke with Kimberly Norwood, Law Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Norwood is also author of the new book “Ferguson’s Fault Lines: The Race Quake That Rocked A Nation”. Finally, a United Nations “Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent” was in Chicago last weekend to gather “first-hand information about the current human rights situation of African Americans.” We heard an audio postcard. The Barber Shop Show airs live on Fridays at Noon on 91.1FM. You can also stream live at vocalo.org. In addition, the show rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 9am on 91.1FM and on Sundays at 3pm on WBEZ 91.5FM (photo credit: Martin Macias)