10/18/21 Scott Hechinger on the Murder Rate, Police Reform and Gun Control

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Scott interviews attorney Scott Hechinger about a recent article he wrote for The Nation. They discuss the recent jump in the murder rate, its possible causes and the portrayal of the increase in the media. Hechinger explains that the universal nature of the increase hurts the argument that bail and police reform are causing crime surges. Scott and Hechinger also discuss racial disparities in the justice system. Both agree that the problem is in the over-policing of poor black communities rather than the lack of policing in affluent white neighborhoods. Lastly, they touch on the closing of Wallgreens in San Fransisco and the problems with the further criminalization of gun possession. Discussed on the show: “A Massive Fail on Crime Reporting by The New York Times, NPR” (The Nation) Scott Hechinger is a civil rights attorney and the executive director of Zealous, a national coalition supporting local initiatives to harness media and storytelling for justice. Follow him on Twitter @ScottHech This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Dröm; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:12.6	I'm the Director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:15.0	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.8	Author of the book, Pools Arran,
0:19.8	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.8	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:25.1	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.5	foreign policy and all available for you at Scott Horton.
0:35.4	For. You can sign up the podcast feed there, and the full interview archive is also available
0:40.6	at YouTube. .. and he is a defense lawyer and he wrote this important thing for the nation which now I can't
0:57.4	find because I'm half-ass prepared here but also I'll have it by the end of the
1:03.0	I'll punch it in at the beginning, it'll sound fine.
1:06.0	And he also writes great Twitter threads all the time
1:09.0	about especially specializing in media coverage of crime statistics and patterns and meanings
1:18.6	and what all influence that has on policy and how of course it's all lies and I think you guys will like
1:26.8	taking a look at his perspective here I've already learned a lot welcome show how are you doing
1:31.9	doing all right Scott could? Doing all right, Scott, could it be on?
1:34.1	All right, so first thing is,
1:36.9	murder rates are up.
1:39.1	How far up and compared to what?
1:41.8	And how angry should I be in a hoop?
1:44.0	Oh, really good questions.
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