Civil Rights and Wrongs for January 11, 2022

Our guest this Tuesday is Emily Timm, Executive Director of Workers Defense Project.  This year it celebrates 20 years as a community organization of low-wage, immigrant workers in the Texas construction industry.  Members fight for their right to be paid a living wage and to be protected in their work.  WDP was featured in Vogue magazine for humanitarian efforts in the community during last February’s disastrous winter storm.  We also have Jim Harrington, retired founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project.  And Michelle Manning-Scott, Associate Producer, joins us as well.

Later in the show, Austin Sanders, Staff Writer at the Austin Chronicle, shares two stories regarding charges of police misconduct.  In a civil suit resulting from the 2017 wrongful death of Landon Nobles, a Travis County jury awarded the family a stunning $67 million in damages.  And in a more recent incident, an unhoused woman is suing APD officers who beat her during an arrest for a Class B misdemeanor.  We also hear about the candidates running for the City Council District 4 seat vacated by Greg Casar.