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.
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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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