April 29th Show
Last week, three New York City police officers on trial for killing Sean Bell were acquitted. Bell was African American and unarmed. The verdict sparked protests in the city and deepened long-standing feelings of fear and mistrust within the African American community toward the police. In our first hour, a columnist explains where that "culture of fear" stems from. We'll also hear from a former New York police lieutenant who described what it's like for police when they feel their life is in danger in his New York Times op-ed entitled The Fear Behind the Badge. At the end of the hour, we'll talk about the Olympic torch's scheduled ascent of Mount Everest... and how its route abruptly shuts out eager, would-be climbers from reaching one of their ultimate goals in life.
In our second hour, we'll talk about the recent headline-making Vanity Fair photograph that shows a bare-backed teenaged Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana. Whether you see it as Miley's rite of passage or as completely outrageous, there does seem to be a defining point where teen stars cross the line into more... a-hem... mature territory. (I'm thinking of Britney and Paris here). What is the road into (and out of) teenage stardom really like? And we do want to hear from you. Did you see the photos of Miley? What do you think? And does your opinion differ from your kids? At the end of the hour, the co-director and one of the student filmmakers of the HBO documentary Baghdad High talk about life as a teenager in war-torn Baghdad.
12:19 PM ET | 04-29-2008 | permalink
