Dan Abrams

Well, look... I will tell you that when you watch these officers in action, there's still a lot of people who treat police officers terribly. I wouldn't say most people, but there's still way too many who, the minute there is some interaction... Remember, in most cases, the police have been called to that scene and then get attitude from people who arrive there or aren't treated well.

Well, look... I will tell you that when you watch these officers in action, there's still a lot of people who treat police officers terribly. I wouldn't say most people, but there's still way too many who, the minute there is some interaction... Remember, in most cases, the police have been called to that scene and then get attitude from people who arrive there or aren't treated well.

Happens all the time. But more broadly... I think that there has been a recognition, even among, let's call them police critics, that the defund the police movement was absurd and that it didn't work. And that's why liberal cities around the country that did engage in it are refunding the police and rehiring police officers because they realized that it made no sense.

Happens all the time. But more broadly... I think that there has been a recognition, even among, let's call them police critics, that the defund the police movement was absurd and that it didn't work. And that's why liberal cities around the country that did engage in it are refunding the police and rehiring police officers because they realized that it made no sense.

So from that perspective, yes. I think that there's been a something of a reevaluation. But again, there's going to be another incident. So you just the more people know more broadly and more specifically about what police officers do. I think the better to not let single incidents define policing as opposed to the broad spectrum of the work that they do.

So from that perspective, yes. I think that there's been a something of a reevaluation. But again, there's going to be another incident. So you just the more people know more broadly and more specifically about what police officers do. I think the better to not let single incidents define policing as opposed to the broad spectrum of the work that they do.

Maybe, but I'll tell you that as soon as Live PD was canceled, I was getting outreach from people asking me about the project. So from a show perspective, I think it was really just a question of when. There's no doubt that in the immediate months after the show went off the air... To many, the show would have been too hot. Couldn't do it. Can't risk it. Don't want to risk the protests.

Maybe, but I'll tell you that as soon as Live PD was canceled, I was getting outreach from people asking me about the project. So from a show perspective, I think it was really just a question of when. There's no doubt that in the immediate months after the show went off the air... To many, the show would have been too hot. Couldn't do it. Can't risk it. Don't want to risk the protests.

Don't want to risk the backlash, etc. I do think that that faded to some degree. But again, my perspective publicly never changed, right? I mean, from the moment the show went off the air, I was complaining about it and saying that this show ought to still be on the air.

Don't want to risk the backlash, etc. I do think that that faded to some degree. But again, my perspective publicly never changed, right? I mean, from the moment the show went off the air, I was complaining about it and saying that this show ought to still be on the air.

So I think that there's two things at play, right? I do think you're going to have people who are simply looking to make the police the bad guys, right? So people who come into it hoping, looking for rooting against the police, right? That's slightly separate than the people who will root specifically for someone who has accused of doing something horrible like Luigi Mangione.

So I think that there's two things at play, right? I do think you're going to have people who are simply looking to make the police the bad guys, right? So people who come into it hoping, looking for rooting against the police, right? That's slightly separate than the people who will root specifically for someone who has accused of doing something horrible like Luigi Mangione.

And my company just did a produced a big documentary on him that I'm in where I make it clear that I think it's ridiculous that. People are supporting Luigi Mangione because the thing that makes it ridiculous is the people who are supporting him are not claiming almost all are not claiming he didn't do it. They're actually celebrating him because they think he did do it.

And my company just did a produced a big documentary on him that I'm in where I make it clear that I think it's ridiculous that. People are supporting Luigi Mangione because the thing that makes it ridiculous is the people who are supporting him are not claiming almost all are not claiming he didn't do it. They're actually celebrating him because they think he did do it.

And that's what makes it so, so absurd. Meaning, you know, people who want to gather behind a particular defendant who they think was innocent and and treated badly by the legal system, okay, you know, we can debate the facts and the evidence. In the Mangione case, it seems that the vast majority of people who are defending him are celebrating what he's accused of doing.

And that's what makes it so, so absurd. Meaning, you know, people who want to gather behind a particular defendant who they think was innocent and and treated badly by the legal system, okay, you know, we can debate the facts and the evidence. In the Mangione case, it seems that the vast majority of people who are defending him are celebrating what he's accused of doing.

And that's the part that is just astonishing to me.

And that's the part that is just astonishing to me.

Well, I work on a lot of things. I hosted daily radio show on Sirius XM on the POTUS channel. I'm still ABC News' chief legal analyst. I own a company called Mediaite. I started law and crime, as I mentioned. I've got a spirits company called Bottle Raiders, where we have an app that aggregates ratings of fine spirits and non-alcoholic drinks. So I am a...

Well, I work on a lot of things. I hosted daily radio show on Sirius XM on the POTUS channel. I'm still ABC News' chief legal analyst. I own a company called Mediaite. I started law and crime, as I mentioned. I've got a spirits company called Bottle Raiders, where we have an app that aggregates ratings of fine spirits and non-alcoholic drinks. So I am a...