Alvin Cole, a Black teenager, was shot and killed in February, a month after his 17th birthday. The officer accused of killing him is Joseph Mensah with Wisconsin's Wauwatosa Police Department — and Mensah is accused of shooting and killing two other men of color. These shootings haven't seen as much attention as other incidents of police violence in the country, but today, we're telling the story.

In this episode:

Tracey Cole, mother of Alvin Cole; Kimberley Motley (@KimMotleysLaw) International human rights attorney; and Dania Diaz (@RocNation) Roc Nation Managing Director of Philanthropy.

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The US movement to abolish the police

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Alvin Cole, a Black teenager, was shot and killed in February, a month after his 17th birthday.&nbsp;The officer accused of killing him is Joseph Mensah with Wisconsin's Wauwatosa Police Department — and Mensah is accused of shooting and killing two other men of color. These shootings haven't seen as much attention as other incidents of police violence in the country, but today, we're telling the story.In this episode:Tracey Cole, mother of Alvin Cole; Kimberley Motley (<a href="https://twitter.com/KimMotleysLaw" target="_blank">@KimMotleysLaw</a>) International human rights attorney; and Dania Diaz (<a href="https://twitter.com/RocNation" target="_blank">@RocNation</a>) Roc Nation Managing Director of Philanthropy.For more:<a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/06/10/the-us-movement-to-abolish-the-police" target="_blank">The US movement to abolish the police</a><a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/06/05/voices-from-the-us-protests" target="_blank">Voices from the US protests</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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