Jody Armour interviewed by Fox News affiliate KTTV regarding parole decision for Sirhan Sirhan who has been incarcerated for 50 years for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Armour believes the push towards prison reform in Los Angeles County will promote racial justice for marginalized groups, and that the Read more…
CBS News Chicago affiliate WBBM-TV quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on how cash bail is not to blame for the spike in violent crime. “Cash bail can make the criminal justice system seem “even less morally credible” by seemingly imposing a “special tax on poor people, because if Read more…
KCRW-FM featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the federal trial of political donor Ed Buck, who is charged with supplying methamphetamine that killed two men in his apartment. Armour says he agrees with activists like Jasmyne Cannick who argued that Buck’s power and privilege protected him from being Read more…
Jody Armour was interviewed live by Claudia Peschiutta of KNX 1070-AM radio on the legal liability of the city and the Los Angeles Police Department after detonating fireworks in a residential neighborhood. “It sounds like almost the definition of carelessness that I would bring up in a classroom hypothetical with Read more…
Jody Armour of the USC Gould School was featured by Spectrum News 1 on the debate over critical race theory. “Critical race theory means a lot of things to a lot of people now. It’s kind of a catchphrase that is contested as part of a political contest between vying Read more…
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the new law that makes Juneteenth a federal holiday. Armour was also interviewed live on KNBC Today in LA and KTTV Good Day in L.A. “Some people think it’s hollow symbolism, but it’s really very Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the successful vote to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. “The concern is that this may be just hollow symbolism, and we should not settle for mere symbolism at the expense of substantive change.” Jody Armour Tweet Read more…
USC Academic Senate recently presented Professor Jody Armour with the 2021 Walter Wolf Award for Defense of Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. The award is given to a USC faculty member for their defense and advocacy of academic freedom or other manifestations of social conscience, through distinguished faculty service, teaching, scholarship or Read more…
Millions of us watched the videos of George Floyd’s murder. But we didn’t all see the same things, and part of the reason is empathy. NPR spoke with Jody Armour, USC Gould School of Law. “I saw an outpouring of empathy and sympathy for the excruciating death of George Floyd. Read more…
Jody Armour interviewed by A. Martinez of KPCC’s Take Two at the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death by a police officer. “Even if there was a complete repeal of qualified immunity, it would not necessarily address the deep rooted problem that activists have been getting at in the Read more…
Jody Armour highlighted as part of the ongoing “Rising Up” docuseries on Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV. From local politicians to civil rights leaders, social justice activists, police officers, and the journalists who covered 2020’s social justice movement, find out who’s who in the Rising Up documentary. Meet those Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the legalities surrounding a woman who unleashed a racist tirade during a traffic stop. “It assumes that you know what the motivations of this particular [deputy] are.” Full article here
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the likelihood of a successful appeal in the Derek Chauvin trial. “He may have a case. Cases like this really test what it means to us as a nation when we say, ‘Everyone is presumed innocent Read more…
Jody Armour was interviewed live on KNBC News on what’s next for Black Lives Matter. “You judge a tree by the fruit it bears. You look at the fact that they [BLM] brought up a generational upheaval. They’ve been successful at galvanizing an inter-ethnic, multiracial movement.” Jody Armour Tweet Read Read more…
KPCC-FM interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the potential impact of a proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes. “Here, you know by criminalizing the sale of these kinds of cigarettes . . . you create an elicit market[.]” Listen here
CBS News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on what may need to happen to reform the justice system. “The activists in the streets over the summer were roiling for six weeks in a row, day in and day out. What they demanded, and what I think we’re coming Read more…
Jody Armour wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Daily News on the consequences of a menthol cigarette ban on communities of color. “I oppose menthol cigarette bans, for one thing, because they are a modern, progressive effort that too closely resembles last century’s failed logic behind alcohol prohibition and Read more…
NBC News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on attempts to stall or even recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. “When he changes the policy in the office, to have him then recalled for doing what he was elected to do would be perverse, and it Read more…
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin verdict. He was also quoted in The Washington Post and interviewed on NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV, Spectrum News 1, LAist, KCRW-FM, KPCC-FM and The Nation. “Do we see [the verdict] Read more…
Los Angeles Times featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the Derek Chauvin verdict and the surprise many felt after years of police violence leading to acquittals. He was also interviewed on ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV, NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV, CBS News Los Angeles Read more…
CBS News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial. He was also interviewed on NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV. “[The defense] is going into excruciating, granular detail. They’re not running away from the video [of George Floyd’s death], which Read more…
Jody Armour was quoted in The New York Times. “Many of us are on the receiving end of police mistreatment and we just have to swallow those indignities.” Full article here
CBS News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on what to expect during the closing arguments of the Derek Chauvin trial. He was also interviewed on Vox’s Today Explained, Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV and KNX 1070 AM. “A chance to frame the evidence and marshal the facts in a way that you Read more…
Fox News featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the recent increase in violent crimes in Los Angeles and how it’s partially tied to previous police behavior. “That reservoir of resentment is actually, in and of itself, also a driver of crime. Until that’s healed, we’re really not going to Read more…
Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School as he provides legal updates on the Derek Chauvin murder trial. “We are continuing to see the prosecution present to the jury experts. Experts from law enforcement, very often, who said what Derek Chauvin did was Read more…