On the latest episode of the Rex Chapman Show with Josh Hopkins,
the guys are joined by their Basketball News brother, Etan Thomas
who just came out with his latest book, "Police Brutality and White
Supremacy." Joining Etan today is Raymond Santana, one of the
former "Central Park Five" to discuss his life and how he was
wrongfully convicted. A powerful conversation on social justice and
racial quality at a time when we need to hear it. You can follow
Etan Thomas on Twitter, Instagram, and listen to Etan's
Podcast "The Rematch" on BasketballNews.com 4:00 - Growing up,
Etan first became aware of social justice and police brutality as a
result of the "Central Park Five", wanting to become a champion for
those who didn't have his voice and his platform. 6:30 - Using
Raymond's story and many others who experienced police brutality,
Etan wanted to capture first hand accounts to ensure there are less
and less of these kinds of sad and cruel stories. 11:00 - Raymond
chronicled his arrest at 14 years old, where he was coerced into an
admission of guilt, and put behind bars. He had a clean record and
zero interactions with police, and felt he was taken advantage of
by experienced police detectives that were hungry for a conviction.
16:30 - The impact of having support from someone like Rex Chapman
or Josh Hopkins can be so important to advance these conversations
and to champion these causes for racial equality and social
justice. 25:40 - In the many portrayals of the story of the
"Central Park Five", Raymond says Ken Burns' documentary was the
most accurate and detailed where Raymond felt like he finally had a
voice and a platform to stand on. 31:15 - How the insurrection of
our nation's Capitol on January 6th is portrayed in a specific
light because it wasn't 100,000 black and brown people that bought
into "The Big Lie". 35:30 - At 14 years old, Raymond's life came to
a screeching halt, and his hopes and dreams as a young kid just
couldn't come to fruition. Within the first two weeks of the
arrest, he was painted as an animal, and called "one of the five
most hated human beings on Earth". 39:30 - How Etan's conversations
with former police sheds light on reform, and getting past what
weaponizing "Defund The Police'' is really about. The Police are
tasked with mental health and wellness checks that can ultimately
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