E65 – Police scientist human Michael Wood, Jr. is a former Baltimore police officer and Marine veteran. He is a national leader on activism for criminal justice reform. He is the CEO of Veterans Stand and on the board of Civilian Led Policing. Michael first garnered attention when, after learning of the Freddie Gray verdict finding for the police officers on trial, he posted a series of Tweets (beginning with “So here we go. I’m going to start Tweeting the things I’ve seen & participated in, in policing that is corrupt, intentional or not.”) about the corruption and brutality he saw firsthand during his policing career. (1:20:48)

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