Paul Butler: Chokehold

Chokehold: Disrupting the System, Transforming the Police. A conversation with Georgetown law professor and MSNBC commentator Paul Butler. Featuring Robert Perkinson (Author of Texas Tough: Rise of America's Prison Empire), Ken Lawson (Co-director, Hawai‘i Innocence Project), and Kamaile Maldonado (Public Policy Advocate, Office of Hawaiian Affairs). Topics include: police racism, police brutality, Justice Department consent decrees, police reform, police training, mass incarceration, Black Lives Matter. Presented by the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the William S. Richardson School of Law, and the College of Social Sciences. Co-Sponsors: Kanu Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i ACLU, Hawai‘i Innocence Project, the Pōpolo Project, and UH Alumni Relations. 0:00 - Introduction (Robert Perkinson & Ken Lawson) 1:51 - Paul Butler 45:16 - Kamaile Maldonado 59:18 - Conclusion ================================================================ BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ Facebook:   / uhbtss   Instagram:   / uh_btss   Twitter:   / uh_btss   Channel:    / @uhbtss   The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.