Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Checks In. Legendary law enforcement officer Bill Bratton who previously served as Boston Police Commissioner, New York City Police Commissioner, and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department has a new book, The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America. Get your questions ready about the crime spike, defunding the police, and any law enforcement concern that comes to mind.
Berry Says Morality Over Patriotism. Hammer thrower and activist Gwen Berry has received fierce backlash after she turned her back on the American flag while on the third-place winner's podium as the national anthem was being played at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In response to the criticism, Berry writes on social media that these negative comments demonstrate that her critics "rally patriotism over basic morality." Is she right? Is the Olympics the appropriate place to make political statements?
Feral Drivers. The Pandemic is over, and the roads are clogging up again but have drivers become even more ill-mannered and dangerous than they were before the lockdown? Is the explosion of rude and dangerous motorists a result of being isolated too long? Or is it the result of the neutering of police through defunding and increased political aggression?
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