WCRS Podcast - consciousvoices
Conscious Voices Casey Goodson update and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez on the storming of the Capitol
59:50 minutes (44.95 MB)
A feature-length interview with civil rights attorney Sean Walton, who represents the family of slain Columbus citizen Casey Goodson, plus; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks about her experience of the storming of the Capitol by white supremacists.
CV 121720 Justice for Casey Goodson
59:57 minutes (39.17 MB)
Audio from a rally for justice for Casey Goodson on Saturday, Dec 12 that drew around 1500 people, plus Alerxandria Ocasio=Cortez on the Covid relief debate and Democratic Party leadership failings.
CV 121020 The Killing of Casey Goodson, and in interview with Dontavius Jarells
59:58 minutes (42.24 MB)
Columbus resident Casey Goodson was gunned down by a Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy last week. He was not a suspect in any investigation, and had no criminal record. The deputy claims Goodson pointed a gun at him. Goodson's family say he had only a cel phone, and a bag of sandwiches. He bled out on his kitchen floor in front of his family. The county coroner has ruled the killing a "homicide". All three shots that killed Goodson were received in his back.
Columbus police apparently mis-handled the investigation, failing to secure the scene or to interview witnesses, leading many to beliefs they were operating with the pre-emptive assumption that the shooting was "justified". Citing a lack of coherent evidence, the Ohio attorney General has declined to investigate, but the US justice department has stepped in.
Goodson's family is calling for murder charges to be brought against the deputy, who has a history of insubordination and volatility. The family is represented by Columbus attorney Sean Walton. We have audio from a press conference held by Walton and co-counsels via video chat.
This week I also met with community activist Dontavius Jarells, who will represent the Ohio 25th House district at the start of the new legislative season. I first encountered Jarells when he was a keynote speaker and emcee at an International Black Lives Matter rally at City Hall, which I recorded and broadcast here on this program this past Summer. Here he discusses his vision for improving the lives of his constituents, fighting injustices, and transforming our democratic culture.
CV Kossuth Street Garden in Peril, and Debunking Thanksgiving Myths
59:59 minutes (43.8 MB)
An interview with Kossuth Street community garden founder Michael Doody. The garden faces elimination at the hands of (yet another) developer, in a situation reminiscent of the plight of the nation's formerly largest urban farm in Los Angeles.
Also, audio from an indigenous people's protest in Plymouth, Massachussetts calling Thanksgiving "a day of mourning", and an essay by Christian Davis ( my late dad) on "freeing the Turkeys".
CV 111920 No Time To Rest
59:54 minutes (40 MB)
3 segments discussing what must be done to hold the new administration accountable to a progressive agenda, and the dangers for both the party and the movement of failing to do so.
Speakers; Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez, Juan Gonzalez, Crystal Ball, Cornel West
CV 110520 Election limbo, and election victories
59:49 minutes (82.15 MB)
Audio from a small rally in Columbus on Wednesday, the day after election day, an interview with Cathy Cohen Becker on the passage of Issue 1, sound from Republican mobs outside several boards of elections attempting to intimidate poll workers, and a short NYT documentary on ther stolen election of 2000
CV102220 Women's March against confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
59:55 minutes (82.28 MB)
Audio from Women's Marches in October to protest the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court
Conscious Voices 100220 Breonna Taylor, Justice Denied - Issue 2, Justice Evolving
59:57 minutes (82.34 MB)
Audio from a press conference/rally in Louisville, Kentucky in response to a grand jury's failure to indict any of the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, and audio from a Yes We Can streamed presentation on Issue 2 which would amend the Columbus city charter to create a Civilian Review Board to monitor police uses of force.
Conscious Voices 092420 Jasmine Ayres on the state of the movement in Colubus so far
59:58 minutes (82.36 MB)
Community activist and former candidate fir City Council, Jasmine Ayres discusses the state of the movement for racial justice in Central Ohio at this point.
David Adelson files another interview report with border justice/immigration rights advocate Hugo Castro from Los Angeles.
