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Smartmouth News Podcast: L.A. Cops, Berkeley Cops and Soda Warnings

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Berkeley police officers advance on protesters during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last December.  (Stephen Lam/Getty Images)

Episode 8, with Queena Kim (The California Report), Joshua Johnson (KQED News) and Dan Brekke (News Fix blog guy). We talk about:

A police panel’s ruling in Los Angeles that found an officer’s fatal shooting of a mentally ill man was not justified.

And then: The Berkeley Police Department releases a report justifying its use of force during Black Lives Matter protests last December.

And then: The pros and cons of a San Francisco ordinance that would require health warnings in soda advertising.

Plus: Lightning Round mentions of stories we love:

  • A profile of San Francisco poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti by NPR’s Richard Gonzalez.
  • Fresno County native Juan Felipe Herrera is appointed poet laureate of the United States.
  • And the San Francisco Examiner, just a ghost of its semistoried self, turns 150.

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