Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino angered police groups around the country with comments he made at a recent rally against police brutality in New York; and in turn, some police unions are encouraging a boycott of his upcoming film.
Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary professor and author of Black Prophetic Fire (Beacon Press, 2014), and Carl Dix, national spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party, founded the movement called "Rise Up October to Stop Police Terror." They talk about the movement and the impact of Tarantino's involvement.
Then Peter Moskos, associate professor in the department of law and police science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former Baltimore City police officer, talks not just about what Quentin Tarantino said about cops, but about the general attitude toward police officers at the moment, which some police groups and unions say is overwhelmingly negative.
"We’re not talking about individual officers" says @Carl_Dix. It's about institution's "right to use deadly force." pic.twitter.com/IQVadxN33E
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 4, 2015
"when they kill us, they need to go to jail” — @CornelWest to @BrianLehrer.
— Azi (@Azi) November 4, 2015
.@johncharles2020 In a few mins we'll talk to @PeterMoskos, frmr Baltimore police officer + @JohnJayCollege prof. Hope you'll stick around.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 4, 2015
@BrianLehrer@PeterMoskos@JohnJayCollege thank you police such ez target with such tough jobs
— John Charles Nuss (@johncharles2020) November 4, 2015
Cornel West talking about "brother Quentin" on @BrianLehrer - what a time to be alive.
— Rebecca Carroll (@rebel19) November 4, 2015
"How do you move from reform to revolution?" - @CornelWest A question for the ages. @BrianLehrer
— Rebecca Carroll (@rebel19) November 4, 2015
“by far the vast majority are justified” — @PeterMoskos re civilian deaths by police, on @BrianLehrer.
— Azi (@Azi) November 4, 2015
On #TarantinoBoycott: @PeterMoskos says he likes Tarantino's movies, doesn't need to agree with him. "We need to tone down the rhetoric."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 4, 2015
