Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes:
D.A.s for the People: Bill Resnick speaks with Madeline Carroll and Maria Cahill, of Oregon District Attorneys for the People, who are part of a national movement to elect progressive DAs who instead of targeting black, brown, houseless and immigrant communities, will instead hold police and prosecutors accountable.
Smart City PDX: Laurie talks with Hector Dominguez, Open Data Coordinator for Smart City PDX, about building community input in crafting facial recognition and surveillance technologies policies.
Climate Defense: Jan Haaken interviews Alice Cherry, staff attorney at the Climate Defense Project in Berkeley, about legal tactics, civil disobedience, and the climate movement; several upcoming trials of activists using the necessity defense; and the recent ruling in Juliana v. United States.
- KBOO