476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Sep 23, 2021 · 45m 58s
476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?
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The U.S. is an outlier when it comes to policing, as evidenced by more than 1,000 fatal shootings by police each year. But we’re an outlier in other ways too:...

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The U.S. is an outlier when it comes to policing, as evidenced by more than 1,000 fatal shootings by police each year. But we’re an outlier in other ways too: a heavily-armed populace, a fragile mental-health system, and the fact that we spend so much time in our cars. Add in a history of racism and it’s no surprise that barely half of all Americans have a lot of confidence in the police. So what if we start to think about policing as … philanthropy?
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Author Stephen J. Dubner and WNYC Studios
Organization Stephen J. Dubner and WNYC Studios
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