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Behind The Lens episode 239: ‘It is unconscionable’


This week on Behind The Lens, one 12 months after Calvin Cains III was shot and killed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies, his mom and father are nonetheless asking for the physique cam footage from the incident, and they’ve filed a federal lawsuit to get it.

The protection in opposition to a federal civil rights investigation of racial discrimination and the usage of extreme drive by the Louisiana State Police Division is being led by a high-priced D.C. regulation agency, at taxpayer expense.  

A $200m redesign of Metropolis Park might lead to a street slicing by way of Develop Dat Youth Farm, which employs 70 teenagers every year and grows 50,000 kilos of meals for native tables.

Our friends this week are Lens reporters Nick Chrastil, Delaney Dryfoos, La’Shance Perry and managing editor Katy Reckdahl. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Extra music Rise Up by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most just lately as Govt Director at an NPR member station in Colorado the place she was chargeable for new multi-platform content material initiatives, strategic…
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