King Downing's guest appearances

King Downing

Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

All Souls NYC Adult Forum

Shahid Buttar

Jeff Sessions

Pilar Jennings

Patty Lovera

David McClean

Herman Melville

Ronnie Cummins

Ellen Brown

JILL STEIN

Jim Crow

Christopher Mitchell

Kelly Murphy

Jean Casella

Michael Carlson

Steven Hill

OwlTail

Second Sunday: Social Justice - Families and Prison: Why Everyone Should Care with King DowningJoin us as we consider the impact of incarceration on families and communities and the AFJ model of engaging family members and formerly incarcerated people in bringing about change. King Downing is outreach director at the Alliance of Families for Justice. He is also a lawyer and founder of the Human Rights-Racial Justice Center. H2RJ advocates and organizes for criminal and economic justice. Through H2RJ he was part of such projects as the Ferguson Legal Defense Committee, Standing Rock legal support, Nicole Bell’s Sean Bell Justice Project, and Mothers Against Police Brutality. King is also co-host of Waking Up, the WBAI’s morning drive radio show, and an independent news and film producer. King is also a musician, and tries his hand at “sit down” comedy.

Second Sunday: Social Justice - Families and Prison: Why Everyone Should Care with King Downing Join us as we consider the impact of incarceration on families and communities and the AFJ model of engaging family members and formerly incarcerated people in bringing about change. King Downing is outreach director at the Alliance of Families for Justice. He is also a lawyer and founder of the Human Rights-Racial Justice Center. H2RJ advocates and organizes for criminal and economic justice. Through H2RJ he was part of such projects as the Ferguson Legal Defense Committee, Standing Rock legal support, Nicole Bell’s Sean Bell Justice Project, and Mothers Against Police Brutality. King is also co-host of Waking Up, the WBAI’s morning drive radio show, and an independent news and film producer. King is also a musician, and tries his hand at “sit down” comedy.

11/10/2019 - Families and Prison: Why Everyone Should Care with King Downing

King Downing joins Clearing the FOG for the full hour to discuss the criminal justice system, from police encounters with citizens through mass incarceration. Jean Casella of Solitary Watch joins the program to discuss the extreme form of incarceration, solitary confinement, which is very common in the Untied States, Anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 people are held in solitary confinement on any given day in the US. Downing and Zeese discuss the Stop and Frisk program in New York which is a form of racial profiling.  There is a trial challenging the practice currently underway. Last week, two police officers described how they were ordered to target young black men ages 14 to 21. We also discuss police encounters that have resulted in the killings of young black men by undercover police.  We end the show discussing the 166 people remaining at Guantanamo Bay, 86 of whom have been cleared for release three years ago but remain incarcerated.  At least two dozen inmates at the prison are in the seventh week of a hunger strike to protest prison conditions. Witness Against Torture is holding emergency actions this week in solidarity with the Guantanamo prisoners. For more information, visit ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.

King Downing joins Clearing the FOG for the full hour to discuss the criminal justice system, from police encounters with citizens through mass incarceration. Jean Casella of Solitary Watch joins the program to discuss the extreme form of incarceration, solitary confinement, which is very common in the Untied States, Anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 people are held in solitary confinement on any given day in the US. Downing and Zeese discuss the Stop and Frisk program in New York which is a form of racial profiling.  There is a trial challenging the practice currently underway. Last week, two police officers described how they were ordered to target young black men ages 14 to 21. We also discuss police encounters that have resulted in the killings of young black men by undercover police.  We end the show discussing the 166 people remaining at Guantanamo Bay, 86 of whom have been cleared for release three years ago but remain incarcerated.  At least two dozen inmates at the prison are in the seventh week of a hunger strike to protest prison conditions. Witness Against Torture is holding emergency actions this week in solidarity with the Guantanamo prisoners. For more information, visit <a href="http://ClearingtheFOGRadio.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ClearingtheFOGRadio.org</a>.

Clearing the FOG with King Downing and Jean Casella on Racism, Incarceration and Guantanamo