We've heard it 1,000 times: Cops disproportionately shoot black Americans.  But what if there's a simple – and benign – explanation for this fact?  Heather Mac Donald, a crime expert and the bestselling author of such books as The War on Cops and The Burden of Bad Ideas, argues that such an explanation in fact exists and, in the process, reveals shocking crime statistics that the media never report.

We've heard it 1,000 times: Cops disproportionately shoot black Americans. But what if there's a simple – and benign – explanation for this fact? Heather Mac Donald, a crime expert and the bestselling author of such books as The War on Cops and The Burden of Bad Ideas, argues that such an explanation in fact exists and, in the process, reveals shocking crime statistics that the media never report.

We've heard it 1,000 times: Cops disproportionately shoot black Americans.&nbsp; But what if there's a simple – and benign – explanation for this fact?&nbsp; Heather Mac Donald, a crime expert and the bestselling author of such books as The War on Cops and The Burden of Bad Ideas, argues that such an explanation in fact exists and, in the process, reveals shocking crime statistics that the media never report.

Are the Police Targeting Black Americans?

The controversial former chief editor of The Jewish Press interviews fighters and firebrands in the political and cultural battlefields.

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