In this monologue, Dennis Prager argues that multiple academic studies from Harvard, the University of Maryland, and Michigan State have found no evidence of anti‑Black or anti‑Hispanic bias in police use‑of‑force, and in some cases suggest a slight anti‑white disparity. He claims these studies were conducted without preconceived conclusions, positioning the prevailing narrative of systemic racism as a lie. Prager questions whether the killing of George Floyd was racially motivated, noting other factors such as Floyd’s health and drug use. He then cites journalist Jason Riley and Harvard economist Roland Fryer, referencing a Wall Street Journal piece that surveyed over two dozen federal and state police investigations. The cited data claim that when police departments are investigated after high‑profile deadly force incidents (e.g., Ferguson, Chicago, Baltimore), police‑civilian contacts drop dramatically, leading to spikes in violent crime and homicides—estimated at about 1,000 additional deaths, mostly Black. Prager uses this to argue that reduced policing harms Black communities more than alleged bias, and he criticizes the Black Lives Matter movement as selective and the political left as destructive to the country.
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So this is a very big deal. They actually have done studies at Harvard, University of Maryland, Michigan State, found zero evidence for anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparity in police use of force. If anything, there was more anti-white. And they didn't go into the study thinking that that's what they would conclude. Believe me, they were looking for racism and bias. So the whole thing's a lie. You think we know the whole truth? I mean, first of all, how do you know? How do we know? Seriously, how do we know that was— that what was done to George Floyd was racist? How do we know that this officer wouldn't have done that in the exact same circumstance with a white— with a white that he was detaining, right? The amount of assumptions— we also assume that he directly killed him. And we have reason to believe that he could— there's no question he contributed. If this didn't happen, Floyd wouldn't have died. So that's clear. But there were many other factors, including Floyd's condition, the drugs that were in him at the time. But nobody's interested in truth because truth, truth is the enemy of leftism. After surveying— this is from a black writer, Jason Riley. He does a— he has a PragerU video, correct? 3. It's in the Wall Street Journal. After surveying more than 2 dozen federal and state probes of police departments across the country, the pattern became clear. When police were investigated following incidents of deadly force that have gone viral, police activity declined and violent crime spiked. It happened in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown was shot by an officer. It happened in Chicago after a cop gunned down Laquan McDonald. And it occurred in Baltimore after Freddie Gray died in police custody. In Chicago, there was a 90% drop in police-civilian contacts immediately after the announcement of an investigation. And quote, Baltimore literally went to zero after a probe was announced there. In cities where these contacts fell the most, homicides increased the most. Black Lives Matter is a fact, but it is not something that the left takes seriously. Black lives matter when a white kills a black. They don't finish the sentence. Mr. Fryer said that because of changes in policy— this is Fryer of Harvard— in police behavior following investigations in these and other cities. Quote, my estimates show that we lost 1,000 more lives, most of them black as well, because of an increase in homicides. So let's say 800 blacks died as a result of the police withdrawing. That is— that— does that matter to blacks? Like Black Lives Matter? No, it doesn't. Mr. Fryer said, I never would have guessed that if police stopped putting in the effort, homicides would change like this. You hear some people say, oh, we want to police our own neighborhoods, get out. No, you don't want that. I guess I always knew it was a foolish idea, but I didn't realize it was this deadly. Well, Minneapolis, I guess you'll find out. We have a beautiful country the left is wrecking.
