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Podcast: Bobby Manning and Friends
Episode: NBA & WNBA Protests Impact with Yusuf Abdul-Qadir and Raptors vs. Celtics Game 3 preview with Sahal Abdi
Description: Yusuf Abdul-Qadir's riveting city hall speech spread across social media throughout July for its poignant points on the impact of police not living where they work. Beyond creating a foreign workplace they have no incentive to improve, the police budgets go to outside communities and further pull money outside of the communities. So residents who spend millions in tax dollars on policing get little back in money spent. Abdul-Qadir discussed his demands in Syracuse and weighed in on the impact of athletes and celebrities like the NBA and WNBA players speaking out and striking last week.Â
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