WNYC Live: Ongoing Special Coverage with Brian Lehrer

WNYC News | Jun 9, 2020

Brian Lehrer hosts a call-in special about the policies behind the anti-police protests sweeping the country.

Joining this conversation:
- Brandt Williams, MPR News reporter based in Minneapolis
- Alexis Hoag, research scholar and lecturer at Columbia Law School and the inaugural practitioner-in-residence at its Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights
- Joo-Hyun Kang, director of Communities United for Police Reform
- Donovan Richards, New York City Council Member for the 31st District (Southeast Queens) and chair of its Public Safety Committee
- Jake Offenhartz and Karen Yi, WNYC/Gothamist reporters, who have been out on the streets (with permission as essential workers) covering the protests

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