How Police & Media Keep Us Afraid of the Wrong Things | Alec Karakatsanis

Most of what we’re told about crime, public safety, and policing is shaped by police and media propaganda. In this episode of the FreeHer Podcast, civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis breaks down how the police and media manipulate our fear of crime, who actually benefits, and what real community safety looks like.This conversation exposes the deeper harms like pollution, wage theft, and corporate crime that never make the news.Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Propaganda: How the Police and Media Manipulate Our News. Hosted by Andrea James, founder of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.🌐 Learn more about Alec’s work:Civil Rights Corps: https://www.civilrightscorps.orgRight to Hug Campaign: https://righttohug.orgStop LAPD Spying Coalition: https://www.stoplapdspying.org📚 Books by Alec Karakatsanis:Propaganda: How the Police and Media Manipulate Our NewsUsual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System📲 Follow Alec:@EqualityAlec on social mediaFollow the FreeHer Movement on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecouncilus?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Learn more about the movement 🔗 Learn more: https://www.nationalcouncil.us | freehercampaign.org