Episode 23 - Community Oversight Board - Amendment 1 follow-up

This episode is a follow-up conversation with Dr. Sekou Franklin and Theeda Murphy, two leaders of Community Oversight Now, a coalition pushing for a police community oversight board in Nashville. The COB Charter Amendment appears on the November 6th ballot as Amendment 1. Interview highlights with minute markers: 1:55 - Campaign after death of Daniel Hambrick 3:23 - Response to Mayor Briley's comments 6:02 - Common concerns with COB proposal 8:27 - Front-end vs. back-end accountability 12:32 - Buy-in from the Police Dept. 19:41 - Best practices. What cities are doing best? 24:28 - The Policing Project 27:07 - How would implementation of policy recommendations be enforced? 31:26 - How would a COB work in an example such as the Hambrick case? 37:47 - To what extent is this a racial issue? Nashville Sounding Board is a podcast dedicated to discussing social and political issues affecting Middle Tennessee. NSB is produced by Benjamin Eagles. Views expressed by Benjamin Eagles in this podcast and on social media are his alone and do not reflect the views of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Music by Craig Turner and Joe Halberstadt

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This episode is 00:44:59 long.

This episode was published on Oct 24, 2018.

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