Will Moravits on Policing and Race in America

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Education, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Mike talks with Will Moravits, a former police officer who became a college professor, earning his Masters in Political Science from Texas State University and a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University. He's the author of the recently published book The Blue Divide: Policing and Race in America. Topics Mike & Will Discuss Include: - Will’s unique perspective as a former cop / current academic - effectiveness of police use of force training - understanding how humans respond in high-stress situations - myths and misconceptions surrounding police use of force - what Will learned from studying multiple high-profile police shootings - the case Will makes for a lack of racial bias in police shootings - defunding the police - President Biden’s Executive Order concerning federal law enforcement - Will’s thoughts on how to improve policing Will Moravits on Twitter The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.9	I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:51.9	My guest today is Will Moravitz, a former police officer who became a
0:55.4	college professor earning his master's in political science from Texas State University and a PhD
1:01.2	in public policy and administration from Walden University. For the past six years, he's taught
1:06.6	political science for Alamo Community College, and since 2018, he's also taught at Texas State
1:12.5	University. He's the author of the recently published book, The Blue Divide, Policing, and Race
1:17.9	in America, which we'll be talking about today. Well, Morvitz, welcome to the show.
1:23.3	Thank you, Michael. Appreciate you having me on.
1:26.1	You know, typically, we don't get really into the background of guests on the podcast,
1:31.9	but I would say you're an atypical case because, I mean, you're someone who's been both a police
1:38.5	officer and an academic. And I think that allows you to bring together very unique perspectives, right, from both the world of, well, the world of practice and the world of academia.
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