A Violent Weekend

About this episode

The episode discusses a violent weekend involving police shootings and political implications.

0:30 - Cops shot : John Bartholomew, Nelsone Crespo 20:28 - Judge Lyke 40:11 - Trump post-shooting press briefing 01:05:33 - Left's belief in violence as means to political ends 01:23:10 - Heritage Foundation fellow Steven Bucci backs President Trump’s deliberate approach to Iran, arguing that rushing negotiations produced the last bad deal. 01:42:06 - Retired Chicago Police Chief of Detectives, Eugene Roy , on the shooting of two police officers on Saturday: It shows the tragic consequences of the politically motivated, ill advised and just horrendous Safe T Act  01:59:11 - Ani Chkhikvadze , Washington-based journalist covering US foreign policy: What I heard inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner . Follow Ani on X @achkhikvadze 02:15:16 - Retired Secret Service agent Mike Olson questions the security designation at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Mike is also co-founder/owner of 360 Security Services 360security.services See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Proft

Guests: Steven Bucci, Eugene Roy, Ani Chkhikvadze, Mike Olson

Topics covered

• violence
• politics
• law enforcement
• media
• foreign policy
• security

Keywords

• police shooting
• Trump
• violence
• political ends
• Iran negotiations
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heritage Foundation, 360 Security Services, White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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