
National Politics; Policing & Mentally Ill; PEN World Voices; Bill of Rights
The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 12, 2018
On today's show:
- Gabriel Debenedetti, New York Magazine national political correspondent, talks about the latest national political news;
- DJ Jaffe, executive director of Mental Illness Policy Org, and Michael Biasotti, former president of New York State Association of Chiefs of Police and the current head of its Untreated Severe Mental Illness committee, on services for the mentally ill beyond police response;
- PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel and Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter co-founder, preview the PEN World Voices Festival, a gathering of writers from around the world, in the cause of protecting free speech and human rights;Â
- Constitutional scholar Linda R. Monk talks about the history of the Bill of Rights and the individuals who fought for its enforcement.



