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American Thought Leaders: Heather Mac Donald

Violent Crime Will Spike As Police Stop Policing—Heather Mac Donald Talks BLM and Defund Police

By Epoch Times American Thought Leaders: Jan Jekielek——--June 24, 2020

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Is America experiencing something reminiscent of China’s “Cultural Revolution”? What distinguishes this current moment from other, similar movements? How will the recent push to “defund the police,” sparked by the killing of George Floyd, impact policing and black communities across America?


Key Notes

4:09 Why crime will spike as police pull back 10:26 “Blue flu” 14:11 Stats undercut narrative of systemic police racism 25:47 Toppling of statues, including Union general Ulysses. S. Grant 40:26 “Left-wing institutions are now turning on their own.” 44:13 Hypocrisy of the establishment And, why is implicit bias training for police not really helpful, and what kind of police reform and training could actually be useful? In this episode, we sit down with Heather Mac Donald, a Manhattan Institute fellow and a contributing editor of City Journal. She is the author of “The War on Cops” and “The Diversity Delusion.”

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