LAPD Report On Mayday Melee; Can Consumers Protect Themselves Against Contaminated Foods From China?; Degrading Language In Rap Music; The Sexualization Of Young Girls; Kobe Demands To Be Traded From The Lakers
LAPD Report On Mayday Melee
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton goes before the City Council today to discuss the department's report into the violence at the May Day immigration rights rally in MacArthur Park. Police fired rubber bullets into the crowd and used batons to clear demonstrators from the park. Several demonstrators were injured, as were journalists covering the event. The report blames police conduct on a breakdown in command and control. Larry talks with Bratton and others about the study.
Can Consumers Protect Themselves Against Contaminated Foods From China?
The recent discovery of the industrial chemical melamine in US pet food, and other food contamination scares is triggering an investigation by the FDA into unregulated imported food and food ingredients from China. Larry talks to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and other experts about food safety concerns.
Degrading Language In Rap Music
A press conference is being held today at Interscope Records by the Respect Me Coalition and community leaders, to ask Interscope to take offensive lyrics out of their music. Larry discusses the issue with Brenda Marsh-Mitchell of the Respect Me Coalition, T. Denean Sharpely-Whiting, Director of African-American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University, and Jake Paine, Features Editor of AllHipHop.com.
The Sexualization Of Young Girls
The proliferation of sexual images of girls in the media has been linked to eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression. This is according to a report released by the American Psychological Association. Larry Mantle talks with Sharon Lamb, clinical psychologist and task force member, and Issaac Larian, the founder and CEO of MGA Entertainment, the makers of "Bratz" dolls.
Kobe Demands To Be Traded From The Lakers
Larry talks with Mark Heisler, NBA Writer for the Los Angeles Times about Kobe's trade demands.