Cops vs. Citizens

29-year-old Tyre Nichols had a run-in with the police. He’d been driving recklessly and they’d pulled him over. Then there was a “confrontation”. Then there was a chase. Then he was dead.

26-year-old Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her home when police executed a no-knock warrant and shot her dead.

Yet…376 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas failed on all levels to take down one single person.

What do these things have in common?

Police officers not being able to faithfully execute their jobs. At some point, it’s got to be said, and here at Right and Freedom, we’re saying it. The time for change is well past, and we as citizens are absolutely 100% required to get involved and fix our systems. Because if systems such as policing were were going to fix themselves, they’d have done it by now.

For bonus points, what do women bleeding out during labor have to do with overpolicing and lack of accountability? Listen to this podcast and find out!