It doesn’t matter if you went to Morehouse, or if you were an undercover CIA officer or even a police officer yourself. If you are a Black man, odds are your interactions with the police are more dangerous and memorable than for others. CQ Roll Call’s Clyde McGrady interviewed three members of Congress who reflected on what it was like for them and what was different for them in their encounters with law enforcement.

Show Notes:

• ‘The rules are different for you’: Black lawmakers on when they got ‘the talk’
• House bid to remove Confederate statues at Capitol sets up fight with Senate
• One-on-one with Majority Whip James E. Clyburn
• Black Caucus lays out legislative priorities for combating systemic racism
• Matt Gaetz describes himself as ‘single step-parent’ to Nestor Galban
• Police lounged in congressman’s burglarized office as looters broke into nearby shops
• Scott rebukes critics who say he’s being used by GOP on police legislation
• Black History Month: Cedric Richmond on the ‘Work to Do’ ahead
• Previous Political Theater Podcasts