On a special edition of Kentucky Tonight: State of Unrest, which airs Monday, June 15, at 8/7 pm on KET, host Renee Shaw and guests examine the demands for racial justice and policing reforms after the officer-involved deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Shaw and her guests also discuss how to move beyond the protests to meaningful change. 

Kentucky Tonight: State of Unrest also will stream live at KET.org/live and be archived online.

Scheduled guests include:
Neeli Bendapudi, president of the University of Louisville
David James, president of the Louisville Metro Council
Keturah Herron, member of Black Lives Matter and policy strategist with the ACLU of Kentucky
Russell M. Coleman, US Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky 
Anthony Smith, executive director of Cities United (a national network focused on eliminating violence in American cities related to African-American men and boys)
Amy Hess, chief of public services for Louisville Metro Government

The program will also include pre-taped interviews conducted via Skype:
Retired LMPD Sergeant Mike Shugart
Trinidad Jackson, violence prevention activist and researcher at University of Louisville School of Public Health 

Kentucky Tonight is a weekly KET production and produced by Toby Gibbs.

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