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Podcast: Da Urban Conservative with Chaz NealBrought to you by The Leon Block Media
Episode: DAC- Targeting Justice: Unmasking the Corporate Spy Program in Minneapolis
Description: In this episode with Chaz Neal, we unravel a decades-long public-private partnership between the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and retail giant Target Corporation. Discover the shocking truth behind the SafeZone surveillance program and how it weaponizes police and surveillance tech to target "undesirable" populations, particularly Black youths.
Explore how Target, instead of addressing local Black unemployment, engaged in racial discrimination, funded harsh policing, and profited from massive surveillance. The 21st Century Jim Crow reveals Target's role in a racialized policing/surveillance initiative that began in 2004, expanding to cities nationwide through its "Safe City" initiative.
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