Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When Maryland tried to reform its district court commissioner law, which has allowed testimony with investigation to a commissioner without a law degree to justify arrest warrants, they failed because of opposition from the “victims’ rights lobby.” Despite this law allowing folks to be arrested for mistaken identity and false testimony, the lobby argued these reforms would make it harder for victims of domestic violence to get protection. This episode discusses what happened after LBS called out the victims rights lobby, consisting largely of white women, for ignoring the structural violence this system produces, largley to black men. We analyze the inability of the possibility of seeing Black men as victims and the limitation of victims rights advocates calling themselves liberal or progressive feminists but supporting racialized narratives from Sinclair Media and Fox 45 around fear of crime.
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When Maryland tried to reform its district court commissioner law, which has allowed testimony with investigation to a commissioner without a law degree to justify arrest warrants, they failed because of opposition from the “victims’ rights lobby.” Despite this law allowing folks to be arrested for mistaken identity and false testimony, the lobby argued these reforms would make it harder for victims of domestic violence to get protection. This episode discusses what happened after LBS called out the victims rights lobby, consisting largely of white women, for ignoring the structural violence this system produces, largley to black men. We analyze the inability of the possibility of seeing Black men as victims and the limitation of victims rights advocates calling themselves liberal or progressive feminists but supporting racialized narratives from Sinclair Media and Fox 45 around fear of crime.
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WEBSITE: blkliberationmedia.org
PATREON: patreon.com/blackliberationmedia
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/blackliberationmedia
TWITTER/X: https://x.com/BLM_edia
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BlkLiberationMedia
DISCORD: discord.gg/TDP9a4f5Ez
