“Charm City,” Part 2: The Legacy of Zero-Tolerance Policing

[The New York Times]

Relations between the police and the community in Baltimore weren’t always so troubled. But as job loss and drugs tore through the city, the policing idea of so-called zero tolerance, transplanted from New York City, created a generation of young men with criminal records. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

This episode includes disturbing language and scenes of graphic violence.

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