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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Pulling Back the Curtain on Police Propaganda with Andrea Ritchie
Description: Today’s History Story — They Exploited A Black Child For CopagandaSocial media posts showing police officers posing with Black protestors or hugging young Black kids who appear openly afraid are promoted, often by police departments themselves, to show their officers in a positive light. This is an effort to counter negative narratives and aims to shape the public’s perception by painting cops as kind, friendly and heroic when the truth does not reflect this.Andrea Ritchie is here to tune...