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Residents across Connecticut continue to protest and speak out in response to the police killing of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer.

This hour, as residents demand police accountability, how should they also work towards dismantling systemic racism in our state?

We talk with State Representative Robyn Porter, who has worked on police accountability legislation. We find out what more needs to be done to reform police departments and how it ties into addressing the underlying structural inequalities in Connecticut.

And we hear from a criminal justice thinker who asks us to consider: what are police for in the first place?

We want to hear from you. Have you participated in a protest in the last week?

GUESTS:
Representative Robyn Porter - State Representative for New Haven and Hamden; she is a member of the Connecticut General Assembly Judiciary Committee
Tracey Meares - Walton Hale Hamilton Professor at Yale Law School; Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory; in 2014, she was a member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Godfrey L. Simmons Jr. - Artistic director of HartBeat Ensemble in Hartford

Residents across Connecticut continue to protest and speak out in response to the police killing of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer.
This hour, as residents demand police accountability, how should they also work towards dismantling systemic racism in our state?
We talk with State Representative Robyn Porter, who has worked on police accountability legislation. We find out what more needs to be done to reform police departments and how it ties into addressing the underlying structural inequalities in Connecticut.
And we hear from a criminal justice thinker who asks us to consider: what are police for in the first place?
We want to hear from you. Have you participated in a protest in the last week?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Representative Robyn Porter -&nbsp;State Representative for New Haven and Hamden; she is a member of the Connecticut General Assembly Judiciary Committee</li>
<li>Tracey Meares -&nbsp;Walton Hale Hamilton Professor at Yale Law School; Founding Director of The Justice Collaboratory; in 2014, she was a member of President Obama&rsquo;s Task Force on 21st Century Policing</li>
<li>Godfrey L. Simmons Jr. -&nbsp;Artistic director of HartBeat Ensemble in Hartford</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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