SCOTUS & Affirmative Action, KY Cop Kills Desman LaDuke, Internet Deals Disparities, Covid Variants

10.31.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: SCOTUS & Affirmative Action, KY Cop Kills Desman LaDuke, Internet Deals Disparities, Covid Variants

The Supreme Court will kick off its November argument session with the highest-profile cases of that session: challenges to the consideration of race in the admissions process at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.  We'll break down today's arguments.

A recent report uncovers that poor, less white areas get the worst internet deals. 
I'll talk to one of the investigative reporters who discovered how some companies discriminate in providing Internet access.

Desman LaDuke, the young black man having a mental health crisis shot by a police officer through a window of his home, was laid to rest on Saturday.  Tonight, his aunt joins us to tell us about the investigation. 

The white officer who placed his gun on Patrick Lyoya's head and pulled the trigger will have to stand trial for his death. 

New York will pay millions to the men wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X. 

DNA exonerates a black man after 38 years in a California prison. 

And in our Fit, Live, Win segment, we're talking about bivalent Covid boosters and if it's a good idea to get them.

 

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