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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:33 — 39.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Federal government rolled out the weed and seed program in the early 1990s in response to a new wave of urban uprisings. It placed social services under police control, so that cops could first “weed,” (i.e. remove undesirable elements) and then “seed” by distributing resources, following …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:04 — 43.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this interview, Elizabeth Hinton sketches the relationship between the civil rights movement, urban uprisings and the beginning of the “War on Crime,” with a focus on the Harlem Riot of 1964, and the1 965 Watts Rebellion, which was triggered by police brutality and became a key …