ThisAmericanLife.org, "414: Right To Remain Silent" (WBEZ, 9-10-10); Wisdom Quarterly
Is That a Tape Recorder in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Unhappy to See Me?
"It's
This American Life. I'm Ira Glass. Our show today -- Right to Remain
Silent... Adrian
Schoolcraft is a New York City policeman who decided to secretly record
himself and his fellow officers on the job -- all day, every workday, he
says for 17 months.
Including lots of days when he was ordered to do all
kinds of things cops are NOT supposed to do. It's led to a small
scandal, several people removed from their jobs, and four investigations
of the New York Police Department. Though Adrian insists he didn't get
into this looking for trouble.
(stopandfrisk.org) |
Ira Glass: This is the reporter who broke the story in The Village Voice
about Adrian and what he recorded those 17 months, a reporter named
Graham Rayman. When I asked Graham what Adrian, the person at the center
of this scandal, is like, the first thing out of his mouth is --
Graham Rayman: I would describe him as an extremely earnest person, almost -- in this
cynical age -- almost to the point of almost too earnest. He actually
believed that he could get the police commissioner to change certain
things about how the police department was being run.
Challenging authority in a police state (AP) |
(DemocracyNow.org) On the Eve of MLK Jr. Day with Michelle Alexander
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