We will look at the militarization of our police and society’s expectation of police to handle any and all social failings. Black Lives Matter push- back with be highlighted as well.

Joining us will be John Grant. John is a writer/photographer/filmmaker living in Philadelphia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and has published both fiction and non-fiction. He shot and edited an 80-minute documentary film called "Second Time Around" about a seriously wounded Vietnam veteran who chose to live and work in Ho Chi Minh City 35 years after his first tour there. John has been to Iraq twice during the war, once as an observer critical of the war and once as a cameraman on a documentary film. He is a Viet Nam vet and an activist with Veterans For Peace. Veteransforpeace.org
http://thiscantbehappening.net1

We will also speak with an activist doing historical research upstate.