Not many can understand justice and political organization like someone who lived it their whole life and then taught what they experienced to thousands of college students. Dr. Robert Stanley Oden, or Stan, left college in Northern California to San Diego to lead a team who sifted through complaints of the police department and suggested remedies to help address them, bridging relationships in the colored communities and local PDs.

During his college days at UC Davis Stan was a local organizer for minority groups and eventually found himself as a member of the Black Panther Party. Dr. Oden talks about misconceptions of the the Black Panthers and compares the movement of the late 60's to the current Black Lives Matter movement. He also talks to Water Tower Podcast (WTP) about how social Justice has been appropriated in the CSU system, racist structure of police departments across the country, in what he terms police bill of rights vs American bill of rights, his political affiliation and the Black vote, the Columbus slave trade and slave trade castle in Ghana.

If you like what you hear and want to learn more about Dr. Oden's teachings, he has several books out and teaches political science at Sacramento State University.

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The Water Tower Podcast (WTP) is created by Jay and Nick who grew up together in a small agricultural town in the heart of California’s Central Valley. The town of Lindsay was home until they parted ways, heading in different directions in the world, until recently, where they were reunited in Sacramento and discovered their passion for talking about almost anything; religion, race, politics, sports, and even aliens...why not. Nick and Jay talk culture, taboo, hot button issues, Sactown, business, tech, the future and a whole lot of Lindsay California. Music Used In This Video! Toe Jam by Diamond Ortiz: https://soundcloud.com/diamond-ortiz