The most recent Gallup poll, only 90% of black adults said they were confident. The numbers for white Americans are also at historic lows. How do you solve a homicide in the community where eight out of ten people don't trust you?
Today, another episode from the Revisionist History Live universe. It's an old fashioned lecture, recorded at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Malcolm talks about a totally real thing he made up—a taxonomy of the modern mystery story—with a focus on murder mysteries and police procedurals. From Dragnet, to John Grisham, to Sherlock Holmes, it's all in there...and all connected to how we view real policing.
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