Listen Live
Donate
 on air
    Schedule

    KCRW

    Read & Explore

    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Culture
    • Events

    Listen

    • Live Radio
    • Music
    • Podcasts
    • Full Schedule

    Information

    • About
    • Careers
    • Help / FAQ
    • Newsletters
    • Contact

    Support

    • Become a Member
    • Become a VIP
    • Ways to Give
    • Shop
    • Member Perks

    Become a Member

    Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

    DonateGive Monthly

    Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

    Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
    Cookie Policy    |FCC Public Files|

    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go Viral

    It seems like there has been a never ending stream of reports of black people killed by police over the last few years. In just 48 hours, videos of two more black men fatally shot by cops have gone viral. First, Alton Sterling was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday night.

    • rss
    • apple-podcasts
    • spotify
    • Share
    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 7, 2016 • 1 min read

    It seems like there has been a never ending stream of reports of black people killed by police over the last few years. In just 48 hours, videos of two more black men fatally shot by cops have gone viral. First, Alton Sterling was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday night. Two videos of that shooting were posted online. Then, Philando Castile was shot by police Wednesday during a traffic stop in Minnesota. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live-streamed on Facebook the moments after he was shot. Where do we go from here? How does the Black Lives Matter movement move forward?

    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go Viral
    1. 0:41Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go ViralYou’re reading this
    2. 15:04How an American’s Tweet About ISIS Went Viral
    3. 25:52‘Love Between The Covers’: A Loving Look at Romance Novels
    4. 40:46Sports: Wimbledon, the Olympics, and Free-Agency Craziness in the NBA
    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

    • KCRW placeholder

      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

    • KCRW placeholder

      Roxane Gay

      author, 'hunger' and 'Bad Feminist'

    • KCRW placeholder

      Melina Abdullah

      professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement

      News

    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go Viral
    1. 0:41Do Black Lives Matter? Two Police Shootings of Black Men Go ViralYou’re reading this
    2. 15:04How an American’s Tweet About ISIS Went Viral
    3. 25:52‘Love Between The Covers’: A Loving Look at Romance Novels
    4. 40:46Sports: Wimbledon, the Olympics, and Free-Agency Craziness in the NBA
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand