Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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Freddie Gray, Baltimore & Big City Policing
Marilyn Mosby, State's Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, discusses tackling the Baltimore’s rising crime and big city policing in an era of reform.
"It’s incredibly important for folks to think about the root causes as to why crimes take place... When we talk about the concentration of poverty in New York and Baltimore it’s very different," says @MarilynMosbyEsq. pic.twitter.com/jDmfBq0lrO
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 15, 2019"There’s no public safety value in prosecuting marijuana, it disproportionately impacts communities of color, which exacerbates that erosion of public trust, and it’s costly to the limited resources that we have as law enforcement," says @MarilynMosbyEsq.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 15, 2019