E30 - Black August Mixtape 2026 - Volume 2

BLACK AUGUST MIXTAPE 2026 - VOLUME 2
{Originally broadcast on WPKN on August 27, 2026}

On the August 3, 2026 episode of Mic Check, Mike Merli interviewed Shaenna Taylor. During the discussion, they spoke about the Bridgeport Police murder of Dyshan Best last March, as well as the subsequent prosecution of, not the officers involved, but Dyshan’s friend Joseph Thompson aka Joe Grits. Joe is a beloved community activist, and a close friend of Shaenna's and Dyshan's. Joe's grief was criminalized, and he became a political prisoner, sentenced to 7 years suspended after 3.

Letters of solidarity for Joe can be se...