Explain how the system has defined “accountability” and how right now prison is how we now hold people accountable.

The questions with the answers:

1: Describe the different reactions to the killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Was it gender based, or did the recorded video make a difference in the outrage and protests for change? In that scenario, do videos have a value?

2: Explain why Congress does not have the power to have applied the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act to state and local governments.

3: Can a person’s religious rights trump another person’s rights as a citizen?

4: Explain why police officers would benefit from more than 8 hours of de- escalation training.

5: The podcast mentions that a goal of a unifying set of standards and certification of agencies and licensing of officers would be a good way to mitigate the problems seen in policing today. Share your thoughts in 3-5 sentences.

6: Describe some characteristics of situations that public defenders encounter with their clients.

7: Explain how the system has defined “accountability” and how right now prison is how we now hold people accountable.

8: Explain what it means that anti- blackness doesn’t skip over Black immigrants or their kids.

9: Explain the foundation of the racial wealth gap.

10: How did Chief Justice William Renquist’s argument that the Miranda Warning had become embedded in American national culture effect Dickerson v. United States?