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On Chicago’s WIND: How the media creates racial division, the case of police shootings

Jul 14, 2020 | Radio

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Dr. John Lott talked to John Hinderaker on Chicago’s WIND-AM radio about our research on police shootings and our piece in Real Clear Politics. They also discussed our research on mass public shooters.

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