In The Streets with Beverley Smith: Discrimination Season (Episode 60) - a podcast by the LMC Radio Network

Spring has sprung and several U.S. states have seen this as the perfect time to sow the seeds of discrimination and oppression.


North Carolina passed a vicious anti-LGBTQ bill, HB2. It was introduced and passed, all in one day! NC Attorney General announced he will not defend the "shameful" law. Hot on North Carolina's heels, Georgia passed the anti-gay "Religious Freedom" bill. On Monday, Governor Nathan Deal vetoed the bill as he declared he would.


Inmates in New York are routinely denied feminine menstrual products and supplies. Often this is a tactic used to control and punish. A New York City councilwoman is trying to change this.


Kansas students get a $2500 reward if they rat on their transgender classmates for being in the "wrong" bathroom.


In Arizona, where polling places have been cut back statewide, the Phoenix mayor has called on a federal investigation into voting problems. Arizona cut back the number of polling places statewide, but for some reason, the city of Phoenix where minorities comprise the majority of the population, got a disproportionately small number of voting stations.


In Brooklyn, the DA recommends no jail time for Peter Liang, the police officer who killed Akai Gurley. In Oklahoma, Daniel Holtzclaw, the cop who was convicted of raping 13 black women, is no longer listed in the Oklohoma prison system. This makes it difficult for his victims who filed a lawsuit against him.


A scathing report by an independent investigations task force says the the state of Michigan, under the leadership of Gov. Rick Synder, was "fundamentally accountable" for the Flint tap water poisoning.


In Brooklyn, Glen Grays was doing his job delivering the mail. He was harrassed and beaten up by four cops for criticising their driving.


A 27 year old woman, Loreal Tsingine, was killed by police in Arizona.


Tuesday, March 29, 6pm PST

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