Michael Fortner on Violent Crime

by | Mar 2, 2022 | Crime

Prof. Michael Fortner at NYT: It’s critical for reformers not to misread the great racial awakening. Even as many took to the streets to “defund the police,” city residents, especially those who have endured histories of overpolicing and underprotection, hold...

Fortner on Crime

by | Sep 21, 2021 | Crime

City Journal interviews Claremont McKenna College professor Michael Fortner.  An excerpt: Your work suggests that elites, on both left and right, have fundamentally misread black views on crime and policing, and our political debates reflect that misreading. In your...