By Antonio D. French
Filed Monday, February 6 at 6:02 AM
UPDATED: AUDIO NOW AVAILABLE
Here is audio from today's broadcast: click to download Part 1 and Part 2.
Attorneys Donnell Smith and Hope Whitehead, two of the lawyers representing the man whose beating by Maplewood and St. Louis City officers was captured on video by local news stations, took questions from callers this morning on 104.1 FM.
One young black woman called in to say that some of her girlfriends think that Edmon Burns got what he deserved. She said people were sick of crime and people committing it.
Smith responded by saying that women, black and white, have a different experience with the police than black males and may not understand why someone would run from the police out of fear. Whitehead also noted that a week after the chase, Burns has still not been charged with any crime.
There was also some discussion about how many times Fox 2 played the video (something that blogger "Angry Black Bitch" recently commented on). One person said showing the video over and over like that could spark a riot. Smith responded, "This is St. Louis," nobody's going to riot.
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