Requiem for our Justice System - a podcast by Andrew, Ed, and Zak

Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where today we wrap our collective heads around a week that provided us with both the very best that boxing has to offer while showing us the absolute worst our broken criminal justice system has to offer. We lead with dispatches following the Terence Crawford/Shawn Porter championship fight, covering the high caliber performances of both, the victorious Crawford’s legacy both present and historical, and what to expect next from Omaha’s favorite native son. We are forced, unexpectedly, to turn to Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal of all charges following the shooting deaths of two protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer. Where are we, as a country, when a white man armed with an assault weapon can cross state lines, arrive at a protest, take two lives and wound a third, and be faced with not only zero consequences but celebration from many prominent names on the right? The trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers in Glynn County, Georgia is also underway, and if the verdict delivered in Rittenhouse’s favor is any indication, we may soon be witness to yet another atrocity by the hands of our broken legal and justice system. In between we carve out a few rants, as Zak examines the entrance of a new rival for his beloved URI Rams following Loyola-Chicago’s departure from the Missouri Valley Conference for the greener pastures of the Atlantic 10; Andrew considers pundit and ex-Jets’ coach Rex Ryan’s bewildering change of heart on the the coaching acumen of present Jets’ head Robert Saleh; and Ed rounds us out with takeaways from the inane ramblings our esteemed House Minority Leader provided us during his marathon 8-hour turn on the House floor this week.

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