It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. I'm Matt Katz from the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, and I'm filling in for

Brian today. Coming up on today's show, WNYC and Gothamist reporter

Jesse Edwards will join us. She'll share her investigative reporting into hundreds of

lawsuits alleging sexual assaults by correction officers on Rikers Island. She found one officer

who's alleged to have assaulted 24 different women. Despite that, it appears city officials

have been reluctant to investigate these claims. Plus, in about an hour, we'll be talking about

the political beliefs and behaviors of the youngest group of voters in the country, members of Gen Z.

It's a big, diverse group, and many of them will be voting in their first presidential

election coming up this November. So stay tuned for that. And we'll wrap up today's show with the

news that the New York Botanical Garden lost one of its oldest trees in flooding earlier this week.

The Gardens Vice President of Urban Conservation will talk about how losing even one old tree can damage

the broader ecosystem and how they're coping with more extreme weather at the gardens in the

Bronx.

But first, some news from the United Kingdom that you may have missed given the extraordinary

political events in the U.S. over the last several weeks.

Last month, a horrific mass stabbing left three children dead in the U.S. over the last several weeks. Last month, a horrific mass stabbing left

three children dead in the seaside town of Southport. Fueled by disinformation about the

perpetrator of the stabbings, a wave of anti-immigrant violence has erupted in cities across

Britain and explicitly has targeted migrants, Muslims, and other minorities.

This is some of the most severe unrest the nation has seen in over a decade.

We're going to talk about the extent of the unrest, the role of disinformation in all the

chaos, and the mood in the UK, plus the counter-protests led by anti-racist activists.

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