Raidió Teilifís Éireann’s “Prime Time”: Profiling the Las Vegas shooter. The difficulty in profiling the Las Vegas shooter – Miriam O’Callaghan speaks to psychiatry and sociology professor, Prof. Jonathan Metzel, of the University of Vanderbilt in Nashville and Washington Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, Demetri Sevastopulo. https://www.rte.ie/player/us/show/prime-time-extras-30003379/10783806/#pos=230
NPR’s “On Point”: Confronting Modern Mass Shootings. Terror in the streets of Las Vegas: How should Americans understand and confront the now-drumbeat of mass killings in this country. This program aired on October 3, 2017. http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/10/03/modern-mass-shootings
Deadly shooting at Colorado Planned Parenthood. NBC’s Leann Gregg, David S. Cohen from Drexel University, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., MSNBC’s Irin Carmon and Dr. Jonathan Metzl from the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University, discuss the deadly attack that took place Friday at a Colorado Planned Parenthood. http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/deadly-shooting-at-colorado-planned-parenthood-575650883924
Was attack on Planned Parenthood terrorism? Police have not yet determined what motivated the gunman who held a Colorado Planned Parenthood under siege, but the possibility of the clinic being a target was enough for the building to have a “security room”, according to the New York Times. Terrorism intelligence consultant Malcolm Nance joins to discuss. http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/was-attack-on-planned-parenthood-terrorism–575653955547
Why did it take 400 days to charge Van Dyke? It took prosecutors 400 days to charge Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, a shooting which was captured on video. Charlene Carruthers of the Black Youth Project’s BYP 100 and Omar Wasow from Princeton University join to discuss. http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/why-did-it-take-400-days-to-charge-van-dyke–57565805182
U.S. schools tired of waiting for changes in guns laws are taking matters into their own hands to protect their students from shootings. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4346307.htm
How Contagious is Gun Violence? Scientists have found that killing sprees and school shootings in the United States may inspire others to commit similar acts of violence for an average of 13 days after the initial tragedy. Victor Erofeyev and Svetlana Ekimenko with Moscow’s Radio Sputnik report. http://sputniknews.com/radio_looking_forward/20150807/1025495303.html
What it’s like to be white in Ferguson; What it’s like to be a white citizen in Ferguson. What is happening with the 29% of Ferguson who is white? How have the protests, national media attention, and DOJ report detailing the city’s pattern and practice of racial inequality changed how they feel about their city? MSNBC’s Amanda Sakuma reports. http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/what-it-s-like-to-be-white-in-ferguson-413193283661
With new details released this week about James Holmes, the man accused in the Aurora, Colorado mass shooting, Melissa Harris-Perry’s panelists discuss mental health issues and gun control.
Do gun control advocates have to win the legislative battle in order to win the gun war? GritTV.org’s Laura Flanders, Democratic Strategist Tara Dowdell, Arkady Gerney from the Center for American Progress, and Vanderbilt University professor Jonathan Metzl talk about the gun control debate’s long-term impact on gun culture, even if a bill doesn’t pass. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/51457588
Sam Wang, associate professor at Princeton’s Neuroscience Institute, Partha Mitra, Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Laura Flanders, host and founder of GritTV.org, and Doctor Jonathan Metzl, professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt university, join Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about President Obama’s proposed Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, or BRAIN Initiative. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/51457552
Melissa Harris-Perry talks about a study that shows brain scans have the ability to predict with “startling accuracy” the likelihood that convicted criminals will re-offend, and whether that could lead to parole hearings with serious legal and ethical concerns. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/51457581
New research released from the RAND Corporation shows the costs and the number of people with dementia in the U.S. is expected to double by 2040. The Melissa Harris-Perry panel discusses whether the county is unprepared to care for this population. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/51457576