In the second episode of Popaganda, Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok talk about what Copaganda is and how it impacts survivors as they attempt to seek out justice for themselves and their communities. Cops are always singing, whatcha gonna do when they come for you but we want to know, whatcha gonna do when they don’t. 

As children, McGruff taught us to take a bite out of crime but something must’ve gone wrong because he’s not taking our calls.

#QOTD

"Law enforcement is the same institution that will tell us that they need millions and millions of dollars so that they can get rapists and murderers off the street. But somehow during this time when we're trying to restrict funding to them, they also have time to support the food bank and stand outside the grocery store in my neighborhood that is primarily black and present themselves as a solution to other problems when they can't even respond to mental health crisis without murdering people. That is how I think about copaganda in real time." -- Tashmica Torok, Popaganda Podcast

Pop Culture Homework

• McGruff the Crime Dog
• Reno 911
• Brooklyn 99
• ACAB TikTok
• Law & Order SVU
• C.O.P.S

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Content Warning: This podcast explores the intersections of transformative justice and pop culture. We will be talking in general about the existence of domestic sexual and state violence and our experiences with these forms of violence throughout the season, and in this episode in particular, we will be talking about these themes and our own survivorship. We will not be talking in high levels of detail about specific experiences of violence. We invite everyone to use this information to make choices about what is right for you.