*I'm getting ready to interview former LAPD and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton for next Monday's WIRED Business Conference. So I figured I'd e-mail consummate Angeleno Matt Welch for some advice. Here's what the *Reason *editor-in-chief and former *L.A. Times opinion editor suggested I ask...
* What do New Yorkers always get wrong about policing L.A., and what do Angelenos always get wrong about policing New York?
* Who killed Tupac?
* How does this chart make you feel?
* If marijuana were legal and regulated, what would that tangibly do to both real crime and police work?
* Also, do realize how fucking stoned Noah is right now?
* How isn't stop-and-frisk just penny-ante police-state bullshit that just ends up targeting dodgy-looking dark people?
* Why should militarize SWAT units with flash-bang grenades execute drug-related search warrants for suspects with no demonstrated history of violence?
* If L.A. had to follow Arizona's you-must-check-their-immigration-papers-if-you-stop-them law, how would that tangibly effect both law enforcement and crime?
* Do we have too many criminal laws or not enough?
* What's your favorite pet theory for why crime is down everywhere in the U.S. that doesn't involve Bill Bratton?
* What's your favorite L.A.-based/themed crime novel/TV show/movie?
* Who are you rooting for in the NBA Finals?
Gulp. I was thinking crime databases and surveillance cameras. But maybe that's 'cause I'm so baked right now, apparently. Anyway, submit your questions for Bratton in the comments below.
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