Up next, the truth with Lisa Booth are the gang which 360 netizens.

The notion that the police are out in the streets killing black Americans

disproportionately is a lie. A mirage and optical illusion not supported by any of the facts.

And yet this narrative dominates our culture driven by selective media coverage,

politicians who want to divide for votes, and groups like the Black Lives Matter movement

who stand to make a profit. But they don't care about Black Lives. Unless, of course,

they're killed by white cops. Otherwise, our woke cultural elites couldn't give a damn.

This is the truth with Lisa Booth.

Welcome back to the truth with Lisa Booth. The police are under siege in America today.

Democrats, the media, and army of radical activists are out in the streets calling to defund the police,

demonizing the people who served to protect us.

Attacking officers just for doing their jobs. And what's the result of all that?

Violent crime in America is skyrocketing in our cities. And no one is suffering more as a result

than minorities. My guest today is the one who wrote the book on this. She wrote The New York Times

Bestseller, The War on Cops, which is essential about the conversation we're having today.

She's also a lawyer by training and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. I could go on and on

about Heather's resume, but I'm just going to sum it up with this. And 2018, then Attorney General

Jeff Sessions called Heather the greatest thinker on criminal justice in America today.

So this is an issue that has been on my mind a lot. It's something when you look at the data,

when you look at the facts, it doesn't match the public narrative yet that doesn't seem to matter

to the media and to the left to continue to push this lie about the police and police shootings.

I'm so thankful to have Heather Mcdonald on this podcast for this week's episode to get into all

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