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PPD - Justice, Threats at JCC, John Fleck's Book (2017-03-03)
About this film
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with the head of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque to talk about the response to the recent wave of bomb threats at their center and other JCCs across the country. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland reports from the Roundhouse with a look at the cost of addressing crime and what is at stake if lawmakers can’t see where money is being spent in private prisons. This segment is part of the People, Power and Democracy Project, a collaborative multimedia project that examines ethics and transparency in state government. Correspondent Laura Paskus talks with environmental reporter and writer John Fleck, author of “Water is for Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West,” about the past and future of the Colorado River. And NMiF host Gene Grant and the Line panelists debate some of the latest stories in the news, including the decision by Bernalillo County’s new district attorney, Raúl Torrez, not to retry former APD officers Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez in the shooting death three years ago of homeless and mentally ill camper James Boyd. The Line also looks at a few bills that have fizzled so far…
Directors & creators
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, New Mexico in Focus, Sarah Gustavus, Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque, Dave Simon, Gwyneth Doland, Laura Paskus, John Fleck, Gene Grant, Raúl Torrez, Keith Sandy, Dominique Perez, James Boyd, Colorado River, private prisons, antisemitism, People Power and Democracy Project
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