America on Fire: Ep 9: Tear It Down: How America’s Justice System Controls, Not Corrects

Host Connie Morris breaks down Chapter 8 of Elizabeth Hinton’s America on Fire, exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system was designed to control rebellion and manage populations rather than deliver justice. The episode traces how uprisings in the 1960s–70s led to expanded policing, juvenile courts, probation, and harsh prosecutions that fueled mass incarceration.

Using examples like the Ferguson DOJ report, Morris argues reform is insufficient and calls for tearing down oppressive systems and imagining a different kind of justice that heals rather than punishes.

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