Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

Three Martini's coming up.

So glad you are with us on the Tuesday edition of the Three Martini lunch.

We've got your stool ready for you and we have multiple good Martini's.

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slash Liberty. A little bit more on that later in the podcast. Jim let's get to

good martini number one and as we record this a little bit before noon

eastern time,

Bill Barr, the attorney general, is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee.

The Good Martini is a couple of important statements that he's made here, including this one.

When a community turns on and pillories its own police, officers naturally become more risk-averse and crime rates soar.

Unfortunately, we are seeing that now in many of our major cities. more risk averse and crime rates sore.

Unfortunately, we are seeing that now in many of our major cities.

This is a critical problem that exists apart from disagreements

on other issues.

The threat to black lives posed by crime on the streets is massively greater than any

threat posed by police misconduct. The leading cause of death for young black

males is homicide. Every year approximately 7,500 black Americans are the victims of homicide and the vast majority of them, around 90% are killed by other blacks, mainly by gunfire, each of those lives matter.

And it is not just that crime snuffs out lives, crime snuffs out opportunity.

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