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Flashpoint: When protests turn to riots; Brown ShopRite rebuilds; race conversation starters

from Bridging Philly · host Audacy

Host and KYW Newsradio Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg takes a look at the rage behind the destruction that erupted in Philadelphia and beyond alongside protests for justice for George Floyd.  She asks the burning questions about the nation's history of dissent and how the latest round of protests is sparking change.  Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter joins Frank Meeink, former skinhead, author and speaker, Ralph Young, Temple University history professor and expert on dissent in America and Rev Pamela Williams, Pastor of Ark of Refuge Tabernacle Church in this riveting discussion. The newsmaker of the week is Jeff Brown, owner of Brown ShopRite who discusses effort to rebuild and reopen following looting. The Patriot Homecare Changemaker of the week is Christine Ramos Carr, owner of 3M Printing. Her company is giving our free Black Lives Matter posters See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

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