web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:00:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Christianity” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/christianity Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:00:00 -0400 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 21: Brotherly Love https://tatter.fireside.fm/21 05d86729-6e6d-48ec-ae4d-7e30cfe139da Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with G. Lamar Stewart, Vice-President of the National Black Police Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, touching on implicit bias, faith, community-police interactions, and more, including (of course) the infamous Starbucks arrest from this past April. 31:40 no On April 12, 2018, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, two Black men, were waiting in a Philadelphia Starbucks for another man to join them for a business meeting. As was widely reported, they were asked to leave after not buying anything and ultimately were arrested for trespassing after refusing to leave. (The manager who called 911 is no longer with Starbucks.) As soon as I learned about this incident, I wanted to talk to a police officer in Philadelphia about what happened, how officers are trained to handle such incidents, and issues of policing and race more generally. G. Lamar Stewart, a Philadelphia police officer and, importantly, Vice-President of the National Black Police Association: Greater Philadelphia Chapter, agreed to this interview. We discussed the Starbucks arrest and a range of other issues, including his work as a minister. LINKS "Starbucks, police and mayor Respond to controversial arrest of 2 Black men in Philly" (NPR) (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/14/602556973/starbucks-police-and-mayor-weigh-in-on-controversial-arrest-of-2-black-men-in-ph) "Philly cops issue new trespassing policy in response to criticism over Starbucks arrest" (Philadelphia Inquirer) (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/philadelphia-police-starbucks-trespass-policy-20180608.html) Memo describing the new trespassing policy (http://dig.abclocal.go.com/wpvi/pdf/060818-wpvi-philly-police-trespass-policy-PDF.pdf) Facebook page for the National Black Police Association Inc.: The Greater Philadelphia Chapter (https://www.facebook.com/National-Black-Police-Association-Inc-The-Greater-Philadelphia-Chapter-789283664492326/) "Taylor Memorial Baptist: Growing into a complete community church" (Philadelphia Tribune) (http://www.phillytrib.com/religion/taylor-memorial-baptist-growing-into-a-complete-community-church/article_7ffcef13-f3ec-575a-89fa-820de246cc3e.html) Cover art credit: Skyfox11 (from Wikimedia Commons, public domain images) Special Guest: Lamar Stewart. police, Philadelphia, National Black Police Association, race, Christianity On April 12, 2018, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, two Black men, were waiting in a Philadelphia Starbucks for another man to join them for a business meeting. As was widely reported, they were asked to leave after not buying anything and ultimately were arrested for trespassing after refusing to leave. (The manager who called 911 is no longer with Starbucks.)

As soon as I learned about this incident, I wanted to talk to a police officer in Philadelphia about what happened, how officers are trained to handle such incidents, and issues of policing and race more generally. G. Lamar Stewart, a Philadelphia police officer and, importantly, Vice-President of the National Black Police Association: Greater Philadelphia Chapter, agreed to this interview.

We discussed the Starbucks arrest and a range of other issues, including his work as a minister.

LINKS
"Starbucks, police and mayor Respond to controversial arrest of 2 Black men in Philly" (NPR)
"Philly cops issue new trespassing policy in response to criticism over Starbucks arrest" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Memo describing the new trespassing policy
Facebook page for the National Black Police Association Inc.: The Greater Philadelphia Chapter
"Taylor Memorial Baptist: Growing into a complete community church" (Philadelphia Tribune)

Cover art credit: Skyfox11 (from Wikimedia Commons, public domain images)

Special Guest: Lamar Stewart.

]]> On April 12, 2018, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, two Black men, were waiting in a Philadelphia Starbucks for another man to join them for a business meeting. As was widely reported, they were asked to leave after not buying anything and ultimately were arrested for trespassing after refusing to leave. (The manager who called 911 is no longer with Starbucks.)

As soon as I learned about this incident, I wanted to talk to a police officer in Philadelphia about what happened, how officers are trained to handle such incidents, and issues of policing and race more generally. G. Lamar Stewart, a Philadelphia police officer and, importantly, Vice-President of the National Black Police Association: Greater Philadelphia Chapter, agreed to this interview.

We discussed the Starbucks arrest and a range of other issues, including his work as a minister.

LINKS
"Starbucks, police and mayor Respond to controversial arrest of 2 Black men in Philly" (NPR)
"Philly cops issue new trespassing policy in response to criticism over Starbucks arrest" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Memo describing the new trespassing policy
Facebook page for the National Black Police Association Inc.: The Greater Philadelphia Chapter
"Taylor Memorial Baptist: Growing into a complete community church" (Philadelphia Tribune)

Cover art credit: Skyfox11 (from Wikimedia Commons, public domain images)

Special Guest: Lamar Stewart.

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