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The Ben Wood Johnson Podcast


Welcome to the Ben Wood Johnson Podcast. This is a place to share thoughts and ideas about day-to-day philosophy. The views echoed in the posts featured here are genuine. They are intellectually crafted to incite debates. These views are authentic. They are the gist of the philosophy espoused by Dr. Johnson.

Jul 21, 2020

After the death of an African American (George Floyd) by a Minneapolis Police Officer (Derrick Chauvin), there has been a debate about police brutality in America. In this podcast, Dr. Ben Wood Johnson notes that brutality is the nature of the police itself. Police institutions are designed to be brutal. Police officers are trained to be brutal. Most often, Dr. Johnson argues, racism is not the cause of police brutality. Let us listen!