Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com With gun sales in Ferguson soaring by between 525 and 700 percent according to one discussion in the Washington Post and police apparently warning civilians to get a gun before the verdict is announced, it is useful to look...
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CPRC on the Mike Rose Show on Denver’s KOA: Discussing claims that police disproportionately shoot black male teenagers
John Lott joined Mike on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 from 4:05 to 4:30 PM EDT (available here).
CPRC at Fox News: “The truth about young black men and police shootings”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Tensions are still high in Ferguson, Mo., after the Aug. 8 police shooting of Michael Brown. On Friday, it was reported forensics showed Brown’s blood was on both the inside of police officer Darren Wilson’s car as...
Grossly misleading claims about black teens being “vastly more likely to be killed by police than whites even after adjusting for crime rates”
Sometimes racial discrimination is occurring and should be pointed out, but sometimes false information is being used to unjustifiably inflame concerns. The claims being put forward by Slate and Pro Publica are simply very misleading. From Slate: "The 1,217 deadly...
CPRC on The Blaze TV with Dana Loesch to discuss mistakes by police and civilians using guns
John Lott was on Dana Loesch's TV show for 10 minutes last night to discuss both mistakes with guns by both police and civilians (audio available here, Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 6:09 to 6:19 PM EDT). Links for the news stories that we discussed. -- U.S. will review...
CPRC in the Brown University Daily Herald on the University of Rhode Island move to arm campus police
The article in the Brown Daily Herald discussed our recent study that college age permit holders are extremely law-abiding: But John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said he supports URI’s decision. “It’s hard for me to fathom why people...
CPRC on WVON in Chicago for a lively discussion on racial issues and crime
Maya Akai had John Lott on WVON, the big black talk radio station in Chicago, to discuss racial profiling in law enforcement, Ferguson, and affirmative action in police departments. It was a very lively program. What was particularly striking was the number of...
Ann Coulter’s discussion of affirmative action for police
Ann Coulter's newest article has a detailed discussion of CPRC's John Lott research on hiring in police departments. A copy of Lott's research is available here. Ann Coulter's piece contains this: I'm against more black people being murdered, raped and assaulted. In a...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Violent Crime, Not Police Abuse, Is The Real Threat To Black Americans”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Yesterday’s “Nationwide Day of Rage for Ferguson,” demonstrations that were planned to protest police violence against blacks for the 51 cities across the U.S., was a bust. Is it possible that most blacks...
CPRC on Fox Chicago: Mayor Emanuel to blame for Chicago violence
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CPRC at Fox News: “Chicago violence: The buck stops with you, Rahm Emanuel”
The newest CPRC op-ed at Fox News starts this way: Over the July 4 weekend, in Chicago alone, 16 people were shot to death and another 66 were wounded. At a press briefing on July 11, the White House weighed in, stating that Obama would "continue to make the case"...
Discussion of Chicago’s crime problems ignore what Rahm Emanuel has done to the police department
There is a lot of discussion right now about the number of shootings in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend. As the Chicago Tribune notes: 16 people killed in weekend gun violence over the long holiday weekend in Chicago. Sixty-six other people were wounded, a toll...