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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 42 MIN

Ep 56: Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda and America's Punishment Bureaucracies

from The Democratic Constitution Podcast · host Lucas De Hart and Luke Pickrell

In this episode, Luke talks with Alec Karakatsanis, Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News. The conversation touches on George Floyd’s murder and subsequent protests; the illusion of police reforms as presented through body cameras and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; the undemocratic Constitution and obstructionist Senate; and resisting copaganda and the role of civil rights advocacy in our current moment.During the conversation, Luke mentioned a blog article that attempts to link police violence and legal unaccountability to our undemocratic political system.

In this episode, Luke talks with Alec Karakatsanis, Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News. The conversation touches on George Floyd’s murder and subsequent protests; the illusion of police reforms as presented through body cameras and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; the undemocratic Constitution and obstructionist Senate; and resisting copaganda and the role of civil rights advocacy in our current moment.During the conversation, Luke mentioned a blog article that attempts to link police violence and legal unaccountability to our undemocratic political system.

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