Malcolm Gladwell

And that is worse than that. It's worse than that. We can talk about revealed preference. What police officers did following that case was to leave the police forces around the country in droves.

And that is worse than that. It's worse than that. We can talk about revealed preference. What police officers did following that case was to leave the police forces around the country in droves.

Yeah. No, I and believe me, I have been writing about this for much of my career. I think it's a deeply important and fascinating question that this is the hardest. This is one of the hardest professions we have. And the consequences of screwing up or making a bad judgment call as a police officer are very often that you go to prison.

Yeah. No, I and believe me, I have been writing about this for much of my career. I think it's a deeply important and fascinating question that this is the hardest. This is one of the hardest professions we have. And the consequences of screwing up or making a bad judgment call as a police officer are very often that you go to prison.

Yeah. No, I and believe me, I have been writing about this for much of my career. I think it's a deeply important and fascinating question that this is the hardest. This is one of the hardest professions we have. And the consequences of screwing up or making a bad judgment call as a police officer are very often that you go to prison.

Um, and so that's not true of, you know, if I make a bad judgment call, I don't go to prison, right? Nobody shoots me. Nobody, you know, so I totally understand that it's hard. Um, one of the things I did when I was doing my series on revisionist history about this was called up a bunch of police chiefs.

Um, and so that's not true of, you know, if I make a bad judgment call, I don't go to prison, right? Nobody shoots me. Nobody, you know, so I totally understand that it's hard. Um, one of the things I did when I was doing my series on revisionist history about this was called up a bunch of police chiefs.

Um, and so that's not true of, you know, if I make a bad judgment call, I don't go to prison, right? Nobody shoots me. Nobody, you know, so I totally understand that it's hard. Um, one of the things I did when I was doing my series on revisionist history about this was called up a bunch of police chiefs.

And I asked them on this question about, you know, about had them walk to the George Floyd case with me to get their perspective. And what they talk about is it is absolutely the case that a lot of police work is inherently complicated.

And I asked them on this question about, you know, about had them walk to the George Floyd case with me to get their perspective. And what they talk about is it is absolutely the case that a lot of police work is inherently complicated.

And I asked them on this question about, you know, about had them walk to the George Floyd case with me to get their perspective. And what they talk about is it is absolutely the case that a lot of police work is inherently complicated.

And one, I talked to this really wonderful police chief named Daniel Oates, who was talking about, you can't even use use of force complaints as a proxy for how good a police officer is. It's just, there's too much noise in the system. You don't know. It depends on where they're working. And you make this point, where they're working, how many hours they're working.

And one, I talked to this really wonderful police chief named Daniel Oates, who was talking about, you can't even use use of force complaints as a proxy for how good a police officer is. It's just, there's too much noise in the system. You don't know. It depends on where they're working. And you make this point, where they're working, how many hours they're working.

And one, I talked to this really wonderful police chief named Daniel Oates, who was talking about, you can't even use use of force complaints as a proxy for how good a police officer is. It's just, there's too much noise in the system. You don't know. It depends on where they're working. And you make this point, where they're working, how many hours they're working.

But he did say, look, at any given time, there are on a police force, 5% of your force is not up to the task. And one of the real public health, his take-home lesson from George Floyd was, it is too hard for police officers to get rid of the 5% who aren't any good. And that's union rules.

But he did say, look, at any given time, there are on a police force, 5% of your force is not up to the task. And one of the real public health, his take-home lesson from George Floyd was, it is too hard for police officers to get rid of the 5% who aren't any good. And that's union rules.

But he did say, look, at any given time, there are on a police force, 5% of your force is not up to the task. And one of the real public health, his take-home lesson from George Floyd was, it is too hard for police officers to get rid of the 5% who aren't any good. And that's union rules.

And if you told me that the number one reform that came out of George Floyd was that we cracked down on the excessive protections for bad police officers that union contracts have created, I would say I'm happy. That's not what happened. And that's one of the reasons I'm not happy with it.

And if you told me that the number one reform that came out of George Floyd was that we cracked down on the excessive protections for bad police officers that union contracts have created, I would say I'm happy. That's not what happened. And that's one of the reasons I'm not happy with it.

And if you told me that the number one reform that came out of George Floyd was that we cracked down on the excessive protections for bad police officers that union contracts have created, I would say I'm happy. That's not what happened. And that's one of the reasons I'm not happy with it.