Left Forum 2014: Police Terrorism, Mass Incarceration and the Criminal Injustice System from Deep Dish TV on Vimeo.
The Panel explored a cold, hard, and fact‐based view into the thinking and practice of a government and a society that will spare no cost to control the lives of Black people.
Panelists: Jasiri X, Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson, Thenjiwe Tameika Harris, Hakim Green, Ron Davis, Carl Dix, and Kenneth Chamberlin.
Emcee and community activist,
Jasiri X is one of the rising stars in Pittsburgh’s burgeoning hip-hop scene. Following in the footsteps of Steel City natives Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa, Jasiri is the latest Pittsburgh rapper to achieve national attention. Jasiri brings a socially conscious message to his music, delivering hard-hitting edutainment in the tradition of hip-hop greats from Public Enemy to dead prez.
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Cephus Uncle Bobby Johnson has been the spokesperson for his family, Oscar Grant, since the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. He has appeared on Katie Couric, MSNBC, CNN; KGO 7Live, radio stations around the country, Howard University, Cal Berkeley, SF State, San Jose State, East Bay State, Saint Mary’s College and most Junior College and high schools throughout the Bay area and many more around the country.
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Thenjiwe McHarris has devoted her professional and political career to the restoration of historically marginalized people and places. Thenjiwe has worked for and helped lead human rights and social justice organizations committed to addressing policies and practices that perpetuate structural violence and institutional discrimination.
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Hakim Green has been a multi-dimensional force in the music industry for nearly two decades. Front man of the “true school” hip hop group Channel Live, he is an artist, manager, A&R consultant, lecturer, educator and visionary. His group Channel Live, was discovered by the legendary KRS-One and debuted in 1994 with the platinum, Hip Hop anthem “Mad Izm,” which was followed with the gold-status album “Station Identification.”
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Ron Davis, Father of Jordan Davis, Born March 7th 1953 Harlem, New York Moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1960 at the age of 7. After the Watts Riots of August 1965, my family and I returned to Queens, N.Y. in 1966. Retired from Delta Air Lines in 2006 after 32 years of employment. Ron Davis, founded The Jordan Davis Foundation to assist youth across the nation to realize their potential and create a legacy for my son.
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Carl Dix
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Kenneth Chamberlain
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Left Forum 2014, May 3–June 1
John Jay Criminal College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York.
Filmed and edited by Deep Dish TV.
