What Malcolm Gladwell has said about Stop-and-frisk in New York City
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Malcolm Gladwell, Author of Outliers, whose theory about Chinese numerals Jiang disputes, has been quoted on Stop-and-frisk in New York City once in 1 episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gladwell says crime in New York fell even faster after the court ruled against stop-and-frisk.
“And what happened after the court outlawed stop and frisk? Crime fell even more”
Next Question with Katie Couric: Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun Crisis (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:03
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Malcolm Gladwell on America’s Gun CrisisNext Question with Katie Couric · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Katie Couric talks with Malcolm Gladwell about his book The American Way of Killing, covering under-policing, prisons, the Second Amendment, assault weapons bans and gun suicide.
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- Assault weapons ban · 2 quotes
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- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen · 1 quote
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