<ul class="summary-list"><li>President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword> falsely told <keyword id="85287" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fox-News">Fox News</keyword> that he got the phrase "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" from former <keyword id="36219" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</keyword> Mayor <keyword id="9388740" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="frank-rizzo">Frank Rizzo</keyword>.</li><li>The quote actually comes from a former Miami police chief, Walter Headley, who said it during civil-rights protests. "We don't mind being accused of police brutality," Headley said at the time.</li><li>While the quote does not come from Rizzo, the former mayor, like Trump, was known for boasting of his willingness to use force.</li></ul>President Donald Trump definitely picked it up somewhere: the saying, tweeted out earlier this month, that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." But in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/politics/trump-dallas-fundraiser-protests/index.html">an interview</a> Thursday, the US president falsely attributed that quote to a "very tough mayor," Frank Rizzo of 1970s Philadelphia, to whom he has often been compared.Trump also contended that he was not making a threat when he posted the tweet but rather was describing an unfortunate progression.As Fox News' Harris Faulkner pointed out, however, the quote comes from a former Miami police chief, Walter Headley, who uttered it back in 1967 during civil-rights protests. And the intent, according to Headley, was obvious, with his saying, "We don't mind being accused of police brutality.""He had a long history of bigotry against the Black community," Clarence Lusane, a political-science professor at Howard University, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/the-history-behind-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts">told NPR</a>.The phrase was then picked up by George Wallace, the pro-segregation governor of Alabama, during his 1968 campaign for the presidency.It was not used by Rizzo, a brash "law and order" politician who <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/18/phillys-frank-rizzo-was-no-confederate-but-its-open-season-on-his-statue/">The Washington Post</a> said "used the N-word and anti-gay slurs casually." But, indeed, the former Philadelphia mayor was of the same era — and the same mindset — as those who did.He also deployed tactics, such as inflaming bigotry and promoting the idea that police work was hampered by liberal reformers, that some politicians still employ today.As deputy police commissioner in 1964, Rizzo reportedly commanded his officers to stand down in the face of property destruction during the civil unrest that rocked the decade. "Let them break windows," he said."Such statements advanced the dominant critique that police officers remained virtually powerless to combat violence and looting," Dr. Nicole Maurantonio, a professor at the University of Richmond, noted in <a href="https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&amp;context=rhetoric-faculty-publicationsions">a 2012 analysis</a>.The police have been accused of doing the same today: In Chicago, for example, officers were recently accused of relaxing in a local Democratic congressman's office, <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-looting-popcorn-20200611-je3afw3lxbhknicv37ijnncgkq-story.html">making coffee and popcorn</a>, while looting took place just blocks away.Rizzo would go on to become mayor in 1968, promising to unleash an ostensibly restrained police department on the majority-Black city of Philadelphia. His final run for office saw him campaign on the slogan "Vote White"; that term, the US Department of Justice accused Rizzo and other officials over overseeing police abuse that "shocks the conscience," The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/frank-rizzo-statue-removal.html">reported</a>."It's not just that he was a racist; it's that he was representative of the kind of police brutality that the murder of George Floyd has galvanized this response to," Paul Wolff Mitchell, a history lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, <a href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/06/penn-rizzo-statue-police-brutality-racism">told The Daily Pennsylvanian</a>.On June 3, the city of Philadelphia tore down a statue of Rizzo, a move that was even supported by the man who sculpted it, according to the student newspaper."It had to come down," Zenos Frudakis said, citing the pain it caused Black Philadelphians. "I don't want to hurt people."Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Trump cited former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo in an interview with Fox News. Rizzo's statue was recently removed over his record of racism and police brutality.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Tuesday, <keyword id="26517" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Indiana">Indiana</keyword> is holding Republican and Democratic primaries in all nine of its House districts. </li><li>There are competitive primaries in the state's first district to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Peter Visclosky, and in the fifth congressional to replace retiring GOP Rep. Susan Brooks. </li><li>State Senator Victoria Spartz won the crowded Republican primary in the fifth congressional district. She will face State Representative Christina Hale, who won the Democratic primary for the district, this November. </li></ul><h2>The stakes:</h2>There are two main races to watch in Indiana today are the primaries in the state's two open House of Representatives seats. This year, Rep. Pete Visclosky is retiring from the first district located in the northwest corner of the state, a safely Democratic seat that Hillary Clinton carried by over 12 percentage points in 2016.The <a href="https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/707164/hotlines-super-junes-day-house-preview?unlock=RYTSEQXOBPCQLVJ2">main candidates vying for the nomination</a> in the crowded 14-candidate Democratic primary are Frank Mrvan, a North Township Trustee who has secured Visclosky's endorsement, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., and state Representative Mara Candelaria Reardon.State Senator Victoria Spartz won the Republican primary in Indiana's fifth district, a traditionally red seat in the Indianapolis suburbs and exurbs, to replace retiring GOP Rep. Susan Brooks.Spartz beat out a crowded field of 15 candidates including State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell, nurse Beth Henderson, and former prosecutor Carl Rizzo. Tension ran high at points in the primary, with fellow GOP candidate Henderson <a href="https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/707148/born-in-the-usa">airing attack ads that some have criticized as xenophobic</a> in targeting Spartz's Ukrainian heritage. Spartz will face State Representative Cristina Hale, who beat out several opponents including Xerox executive Dee Thorton and scientist Jennifer Christie, this November. The fifth district has been in Republican hands since 1993 and backed President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points in 2016. But Democrats are eyeing the now-open seat as a target to flip this year after former Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly carried the district despite losing the state in 2018, <a href="https://importantville.substack.com/p/indianas-super-junesday">Indiana political writer Adam Wren recently reported</a> in his newsletter "Importantville."Polls closed at 6 p.m. ET in most of the state, and at 6 p.m. CT and 7 p.m. Eastern Time in the first and eighth congressional districts, where are located in the Central Time Zone. More than 300,000 Hoosiers, an all-time record, are voting by mail this year after the state's Election Commission waived the state's previous rule requiring voters under 65 to have a documented excuse to request an absentee ballot, <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/15/county-election-officials-have-message-hoosiers-vote-mail/5190567002/">the Indianapolis Star reported.</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/indiana-congressional-primaries-live-results-vote-counts-2020-6">Business Insider</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9353474" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="larry-krasner">Larry Krasner</keyword>, the progressive District Attorney of <keyword id="36219" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</keyword>, told Insider that more than half of the arrests made in the city since Saturday have been police citations and not criminal charges.</li><li>That ratio shows him that the city has turned a corner on how it responds to protest activity, he said.</li><li>He compared the protests to the 2000 National Republican Convention, when more than 400 demonstrators were arrested and harshly prosecuted.</li><li>"It means that Philadelphia is no longer trying to be as draconian as possible, and Philadelphia is more in line with many other cities," Krasner said of the response to recent demonstrations.</li></ul>In the summer of 2000, more than 400 people protesting against the death penalty were arrested <a href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/us-protesters-campaign-against-death-penalty-philadelphia-2000">during the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia</a>.Prosecutors went after the cases "hammer and tong" on "frankly bogus high charges," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-larry-krasner-district-attorney-philadelphia-progressive-democrat-2017-11">Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner,</a> an outspoken progressive and former civil rights attorney, told Insider this week.For four years, the district attorney at the time aggressively pursued charges against demonstrators, and almost all of them resulted in no jail time."There were acquittals and dismissals of about 98% of all defendants and about 99% percent of all the charges," Krasner said. "It was such a beat down that basically none of the people ... ended up doing a day in jail beyond what they had done waiting for someone to pay their bail." Fast forward 20 years and Philadelphia, like the rest of the nation, is facing another found of protests. This time, they're in opposition to systemic racism and police brutality.Between Saturday at noon and Wednesday evening, 544 individuals had been arrested in Philadelphia. About three-fourths of them were charged with commercial burglary and trespassing. Almost twice that number of people were issued "CVNs," or police-issued citations that don't result in formal charges from the district attorney's office, Krasner said.With citations, police write individuals up for "whatever they think you've done" and they are released from custody within a few hours, Krasner said. It's a shift from how the city used to handle protesters."It is significant, it is important, that there are probably twice as many CVNs as there are misdemeanor and felony charges because that is not how it used to be," Krasner said. "That is a positive thing. It means that Philadelphia is no longer trying to be as draconian as possible and Philadelphia is more in line with many other cities."<h2>The criminal cases — many of them related to <keyword id="6436759" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="looting">looting</keyword> — will be prosecuted, Krasner said</h2>Krasner is of the most progressive district attorneys in the US. As a civil rights attorney, he had sued the police more than 75 times for abuse allegations. Now that he's Philadelphia's top prosecutor, many were left wondering how he would handle arrests related to police brutality protest activities in his city. Krasner though, said his office won't see a majority of arrests related to protest activities — like missed curfews or allegations of public disturbances — because they are handled through the police department. The arrests and charges that are coming into his office are primarily looting-related and will be prosecuted, he said.<div type="image" title="philadelphia black lives matter george floyd protest" height="1667" width="2223" msid="76226496" hostid="261"></div>Of the 558 criminal cases — involving 544 people — processed by Krasner's office by Wednesday, three-fourths were related to commercial burglary or tress passing in the area of the protests, he said.The other quarter was a mix of cases that involved gun charges, and other cases that Krasner considers "opportunistic" and unrelated to the protests.For example, there were efforts to use quarter sticks of dynamite to blow up between 40 and 50 ATMs on one night, Krasner said.The office has also had to reject some cases filed by police because of a lack of evidence or holding delays, and because of rules requiring that juveniles be arraigned within six hours of their arrest.<div type="image" title="philadelphia protest george floyd black lives matter" height="1670" width="2227" msid="76226498" hostid="261"></div>"We've had some cases that we've had to decline, meaning we won't charge at this time, because there was very substantial and legally excessive delays in the period of time juveniles were being held," Krasner said."We have seen a few cases, as we always do, where the evidence doesn't support the charges," he added.Krasner said that his office has a large team of prosecutors evaluating each case to make sure that evidence supports the charges people face."We are obviously still being very, very serious about going after these <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword>s of opportunity. Looting is serious. I see no contradiction there," Krasner said. "We should support free speech, we should support protest, and we should go after opportunistic crime, and we are." <h2>Even with hundreds of arrests, Krasner expects only a small percentage of the defendants to be held in jail </h2>The anti-racism demonstrations fall during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many worry that the increase in arrests during this time <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mass-releases-from-federal-prisons-could-save-thousands-from-coronavirus-2020-4">will lead to virus outbreaks inside jails</a>.Jails around the country have worked to reduce their populations, and police made fewer arrests in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus behind bars.Krasner, whose campaign platform was focused on putting an end to mass incarceration, said that he expects few of the men and women arrested on charges related to "opportunistic crimes" this week to end up held in jail.<div type="image" title="philadelphia protest george floyd black lives matter" height="1667" width="2223" msid="76226499" hostid="261"></div>That's, in part, because the average profile of a defendant charged in the last week is between 18 and 24 with little to no criminal record. About 43% had no prior arrests, and there has been a "relatively small increase in the jail population," Krasner said."We're going to go in for fat bails on ATM cases and ... We've gone in for fat bails on gun possession cases," he said. "But with many of these other cases, regardless of what we recommend, we are seeing they are able to pay bail quickly or don't have to pay any bail." As of June 3, there were 3,977 people in the county jails. During the coronavirus crisis, the population was as low as 3,700. Before COVID-19, there were about 4,800, he said."It's a complicated situation, but I am heartened, pleased, happy, that the justice system is not at war with anybody and everybody who was out there peacefully protesting, as they were in 2000," he said. "I think it's good to see Philadelphia shift in that direction, so were not this punitive outlier when it comes to protest activity."<h2>Krasner called out armed vigilantes patrolling Philadelphia streets</h2>Days after the city put a 6 p.m. curfew in place, "armed vigilantes" patrolled the Fishtown neighborhood carrying baseball bats and long guns with the goal of protecting police. Krasner said he responded to Fishtown to witness the group's actions, which he previously called "disgusting" in a statement. There were reports that some of the men had been yelling racist slurs and a public radio reporter claimed to be assaulted by the group.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Jon Ehrens (@jwehrens) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1267621976379740170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote>"By marching through Fishtown armed under the guise of protecting police — who have already armed themselves with guns, shields, helmets, and other weapons — from people who just want to be heard, those men further reinforced the idea that people cannot peacefully question authority without meeting violence," <a href="https://medium.com/philadelphia-justice/district-attorney-krasner-statement-on-fishtown-incident-896f0643be41">he said in a statement Tuesday</a>.Krasner told Insider that the office received more than 40 calls about the group's presence in Fishtown, including the reports of two beatings and a threat of arson.Without getting into the details of any active investigations related to misconduct during this week's demonstrations, Krasner said that his office is pursuing these reports."We're going to pursue that whether the suspect is a civilian, whether that person thinks they're a vigilante, or whether it is someone who is law enforcement," he said.<div type="image" title="philadelphia rizzo statue police" height="1667" width="2222" msid="76226500" hostid="261"></div>While there are efforts to divide the city, Krasner also noted the widespread participation in an event celebrating <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/868848550/frank-rizzo-statue-is-removed-in-philadelphia-it-is-finally-gone-mayor-says">the removal of a statue of Frank Rizzo</a>, the former mayor and police commissioner accused of police abuses in the 1960s and '70s, and who famously told the city to "vote white." Community leaders and clergy members took a knee as the statue was hauled away.The statue had been scheduled to be removed next year — but the demonstrations, which included attempts to pull it down with a rope and light it on fire — prompted its early removal."It's an exciting day when you see the Frank Rizzo statue, which is basically our confederate general, go away," Krasner told Insider. "Peace, unity, everybody coming together. No more white supremacist provocation, thank you very much." <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more: </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-larry-krasner-district-attorney-philadelphia-progressive-democrat-2017-11">The most progressive candidate in a generation sued police 75 times — now, he's poised to run law enforcement in one of the US's biggest cities</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrities-influencers-support-black-lives-matter-stop-posting-instagram-2020-6">People are urging influencers and celebrities to support Black Lives Matter online or stop posting entirely</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/george-floyd-autopsy-cause-death-asphyxia-neck-back-compression-ben-crump-2020-6">George Floyd's death was 'caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression,' an independent autopsy found</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/global-george-floyd-black-lives-matter-protests-photos-2020-5">Thousands across the UK, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and Canada condemn racism and demand justice at global Black Lives Matter protests</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/minneapolis-police-44-people-unconscious-with-neck-restraint-since-2015-2020-6">Nearly 60% of people left unconscious from neck restraints used by Minneapolis police officers were black, report finds</a></li></ul>

Progressive Philly DA Larry Krasner says he's happy the city's justice system isn't 'at war with anybody and everybody' peacefully protesting

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="133010" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="MLB">MLB</keyword> teams have been forced to postpone workouts as a result of delayed <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> testing results.</li><li>Players must return negative tests before returning to the diamond to practice with their teammates, but inefficient testing policies have disrupted plans.</li><li>The Oakland A's, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, and other teams are reportedly facing issues with testing.</li><li>The 2020 season is supposed to begin on July 23, but continued testing snafus and subsequent delays could put that in jeopardy.</li></ul>Just one week into Major League <keyword id="23398" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Baseball">Baseball</keyword>'s "Summer Camp" — this year's version of spring training — some teams have been forced to postpone workouts as a result of unexpected challenges with COVID-19 testing.<div type="image" title="amed rosario.JPG" height="1667" width="2222" msid="76822778" hostid="261"></div>According to the <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">health</keyword> and safety protocols outlined by the league, all players must return negative COVID-19 tests before returning to the diamond to practice with their teammates. The process of returning a negative test, however, is not so simple.Aside from the logistical issues that could come with organizing sample collection for an entire team, individual franchises need to coordinate with MLB and CDT — the company responsible for collecting the samples — to transport completed tests to the league's lab in Utah. So far, that process has proved more difficult than either side likely anticipated.Despite MLB's promise to return test results in a 24- to 48-hour span, multiple teams have reportedly faced issues with completing the entire testing process.According to <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/05/extended-intake-testing-delay-pushes-as-full-squad-report-date-another-day/">Mercury News' Shayna Rubin</a>, completed COVID-19 tests from the Oakland Athletics' players and staff members waited for more than two days before they were shipped to Utah. The league had not factored in potential delays due to the Fourth of July holiday while planning the transport. As of Sunday evening, the tests still had not departed from California.<div type="image" title="Yusmeiro Petit.JPG" height="1667" width="2223" msid="76822782" hostid="261"></div>As a result, Oakland was forced to postpone its first full-squad workout since March — including the return of position players — by another day. <a href="https://theathletic.com/1911119/2020/07/06/frustrated-as-wait-as-many-of-their-covid-19-test-results-remain-delayed/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">And according to Alex Coffey of The Athletic</a>, A's general manager Dave Forst is "frustrated" and "livid" given the situation and the lack of communication from the league."On top of screwing up the logistics of this whole thing, neither MLB nor CDT communicated any of this to us until we pressed them for information, at which point all they could do was apologize, which frankly doesn't really do much for us," Forst messaged his team on WhatsApp, according to The Athletic. "Despite having our schedule a week ahead of time, they didn't alert us to the possibility of any complications around July 4, and once there were issues, they did nothing to communicate that to us or remedy the situation... If possible, I'm as frustrated and pissed as you are."<h2>Like the A's, the Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, and other teams have been forced to cancel workouts as a result of testing snafus</h2>Oakland was far from the only team impacted by issues with the league-issued testing arrangements. The Astros were also forced to cancel their Monday workout after waiting more than 72 hours to receive their team's initial COVID-19 test results. The Nationals faced the same problem.<div type="image" title="houston astros.JPG" height="1768" width="2357" msid="76822785" hostid="261"></div>The Angels, meanwhile, were forced to delay their Monday morning workout after testers failed to show up at either Angel Stadium or Blair Field — the team's alternate training location — on Sunday. Players were left with no choice but to administer their own COVID-19 tests, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2020-07-06/angels-among-mlb-teams-delaying-workouts-coronavirus-testing-snafus">per the Los Angeles Times</a>.On Sunday, Washington pitcher Sean Doolittle told the press that he completed a second test for the novel <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> despite not having received results for the original test he took 48 hours prior."Yeah, as I sit here talking to you guys, I still don't have my test results from Friday's test," Doolittle said, <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/no-test-results-lots-of-uncertainty-sean-doolittle-details-anxiety-within-mlb-summer-camps-191504642.html">per Yahoo Sports</a>. "So, like, I got tested again this morning without knowing the results of my test from Friday. So, we gotta clean that up. Right? So that's one thing that makes me a little nervous."<div type="image" title="sean doolittle.JPG" height="1874" width="2499" msid="76822789" hostid="261"></div>On Monday morning, <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1280139227490062338">Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo released a statement</a> in which he said the entire team had waited a full 72 hours and still had not received their test results.<div type="image" title="mike rizzo.JPG" height="1814" width="2419" msid="76822793" hostid="261"></div>"We cannot have our players and staff work at risk," Rizzo said. "We will not sacrifice the health and safety of our players, staff, and their families. Without accurate and timely testing, it is simply not safe for us to continue with Summer Camp.""Major League Baseball needs to work quickly to resolve issues with their process and their lab," he added. "Otherwise, Summer Camp and the 2020 Season are at risk."<h2>The league-wide struggle to complete efficient COVID-19 testing could put the upcoming season in jeopardy</h2>Health experts have been adamant that frequent and consistent COVID-19 testing is the only way professional <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> leagues can safely return to action amidst the <keyword id="43587" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic">pandemic</keyword>. As a result, MLB committed to administering symptom screens and temperature checks twice per day, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-06-24/how-will-mlb-operations-manual-here-are-rules-protocols-oddities">according to the Los Angeles Times</a>. The league has also arranged to issue COVID-19 tests to players every other day during the regular season, which is set to begin on July 23.<div type="image" title="eddie perez.JPG" height="1756" width="2341" msid="76822797" hostid="261"></div>Although it's still the early days of baseball's restart plan, MLB has dropped the ball on its testing protocol. This week's testing challenges — plus the league's seeming inability to quickly and adequately rectify the issues its teams have faced — are not an encouraging sign that MLB will be able to uphold its promise of regular COVID-19 testing for all 30 teams throughout the season.This uncertainty could very well dissuade players across the league from participating in the 2020 season. A handful of players — including stars like Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price and Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman — have <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/mlb-opt-out-tracker-every-player-who-has-declined-play-2020-season">already opted out rejoining their teams</a> for the year.<div type="image" title="david price dodgers.JPG" height="2480" width="1866" msid="76822801" hostid="261"></div>Doolittle said Sunday that "there were a lot of guys that were on the fence that decided to try to play to see how this was going to go." So far, the results have not been particularly reassuring, which could result in a lack of confidence in the health and safety measures the league is taking and, ultimately, even more players choosing to sit out the season."There's a lot of players right now that are trying to make decisions that might be participating in camp that aren't 100 percent comfortable with where things are at right now," Doolittle said earlier, per Yahoo Sports. "That's kind of where I am. I think I'm planning on playing. But, if at any point I start to feel unsafe, if it starts to take a toll on my mental health, with all these things we have to worry about, and just kind of this cloud of uncertainty hanging over everything, then I'll opt out."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ian-desmond-instagram-sitting-out-mlb-season-2020-6">The Rockies' Ian Desmond announced he is sitting out the MLB season with a powerful message about inclusion in the US and baseball</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/college-sports-programs-cut-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-7">College sports programs have been an unexpected casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's the story of one student-athlete who lost his team.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-maya-moore-jonathan-irons-reunite-freed-from-prison-2020-7">WNBA superstar Maya Moore reunites with Jonathan Irons in an emotional video after she fought to have his wrongful conviction overturned</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-ashley-sanchez-heel-flick-washington-spirit-nwsl-challenge-cup-2020-7">Ashley Sanchez's brilliant back-heel flick to assist the Washington Spirit's late-game equalizer may be the best play of the NWSL Challenge Cup so far</a></li></ul>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11910868" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="philadelphia" source="Orion">Philadelphia</keyword>'s district attorney, <keyword id="14120182" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="larry-krasner" source="Orion">Larry Krasner</keyword>, sat down for an <keyword id="11905869" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="interview" source="Orion">interview</keyword> with Insider.</li><li>The recently reelected prosecutor addressed criticism he's faced from Republicans and police.</li></ul>Sixteen people a day were shot in Philadelphia last year. By the end of 2021, more than 560 residents of the city had been killed.It's a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/murder-rate-police-homicide.html">national trend</a>: a spike in <keyword id="11964076" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gun-violence" source="Orion">gun violence</keyword> that began with the pandemic and has ravaged cities in red, blue, and battleground states. As society locked down, Americans lost jobs and access to community supports and healthy diversions. Personal conflicts leaped from social media to brawls on the street, and record gun sales meant the participants were more likely to be armed — encouraging yet more people to go out and get a firearm.The reasons behind the spike in violence across the US are complex. In conservative media, though, one villain is obvious and comfortably partisan: the progressive prosecutor. And in Pennsylvania, that means Larry Krasner. Krasner is an outsider. The former criminal-defense attorney did not come up through the city's Democratic machine, having held no previous elected office, unlike his predecessors over the past several decades. He's also a committed reformer. Since taking office as district attorney in 2018, he's slashed probation sentences, ended the prosecution of sex work and cannabis offenses, and aggressively pursued cases against police officers accused of misconduct. His Conviction Integrity Unit has <a href="https://data.philadao.com/Exonerations.html?utm_source=Main+Media+List&amp;utm_campaign=b9cba6c954-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_22_01_40_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3be4269e47-b9cba6c954-19100917">exonerated</a> about two dozen people his predecessors convicted.He has, at times, been his own worst enemy. In December, Krasner insisted that the City of Brotherly Love was not experiencing a "crisis of lawlessness," citing the fact that many nonviolent crimes had indeed decreased. It was a gift not only to the likes of Fox <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> — which ran the chyron "<a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6286044765001">Philly DA Downplays Crime Despite Record Killings</a>" — but also Krasner's critics within the local Democratic Party. The former mayor, Michael Nutter, took to the pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer to decry the top prosecutor's "<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/larry-krasner-michael-nutter-philadelphia-violence-20211207.html">white wokeness</a>."Republicans, meanwhile, have been in a competition to see who can be more anti-Krasner. In January, the head of the state Senate, Jake Corman, called for the legislature to remove Krasner from office. One failed candidate in the recent GOP gubernatorial primary proposed holding a statewide referendum that would allow the governor to appoint a replacement district attorney. "It is nothing more than a new version of the Southern strategy," Krasner said during an interview earlier this year at his office over a lunch of soup, potato chips, and a Diet Coke, referring to President Richard Nixon's appeal to a white majority frightened by scenes of civil unrest in the nation's cities. "It worked before. They've read their Republican history. They're saying 'big cities, lawless,' except all the big cities they're talking about are very Democratic and have huge Black and brown populations."In his view, the coded language of today is more subtle than that of the late 1960s. Instead of directly singling out minorities, his critics go after progressive prosecution, Krasner said."I think politically, in many ways, it represents a good strategy," Krasner said. But, he added, it's "really about Black people. It's not about me."<h2>A controversial plea deal feeds attacks</h2><div type="image" title="Police tape in front of cop car" height="3120" width="6240" msid="92019683" hostid="261"></div>While Krasner might be an accomplished attorney, he was never much of an administrator, which has, at times, provided ammunition to his critics. After taking office, he was eager to replace experienced prosecutors with young lawyers who may not have had much trial experience. And in one episode, the DA's office itself acknowledged that an error by a new prosecutor had created a public-relations disaster.In 2018, just months into Krasner's tenure, his office reached a plea deal with Jovaun Patterson — who was accused of shooting and nearly killing a Cambodian immigrant with an AK-47 during a botched robbery of a corner store — that would have allowed him to serve a minimum of 3 ½ years in state prison and a maximum of 10 years. The victim was not informed of the relatively lenient sentence.Facing backlash, the DA's office soon announced that the plea agreement had not been approved by a supervisor. It also tried, without success, to have it thrown out. To Krasner's opponents, it had all the markings of a bleeding-heart liberal coddling violent felons. Then-US Attorney William McSwain, a Trump appointee, stepped in to <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/jovaun-patterson-ak-47-shooting-sentencing-william-mcswain-larry-krasner-20200813.html">pursue federal charges</a>, accusing the DA's office of having "sent a message that violent crime has little consequences." Patterson was ultimately sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for assault and attempted-robbery convictions.At the very least, the Patterson incident suggested that Krasner led a DA's office that was not functioning as a smooth, cohesive unit.Nearly four years later, Krasner insisted that while his office is younger, it's also more ethical. Carlos Vega, one of the prosecutors he fired, was involved in the prosecution of Anthony Wright — a man who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. In 2013, DNA evidence was presented linking another man to the crime. Instead of freeing him, Philadelphia's previous DA, Seth Williams, who claimed to be a reformer, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-philadelphia-prosecutor-accused-of-lying-about-anthony-wright-case-2021-4">decided to try Wright again</a>, a case that Vega assisted with in court. Wright was found not guilty and freed, with jurors wondering why he was even being prosecuted.Krasner cast that as emblematic of justice in the city before he came along. "If the point is you should keep people around who lie, cheat, and steal because the only thing that matters is winning, even if the person is innocent, well, maybe they got a point," Krasner said of prosecutors like Vega. "But that's not justice. And that's not my obligation. My obligation was to actually bring in people who had a moral compass."But it's not just people like Vega who have left the DA's office in recent years. In December, <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-district-attorney-da-larry-krasner-staff-turnover-20211222.html">The Philadelphia Inquirer reported</a> that more than 70 lawyers who Krasner himself hired had quit. Some who spoke with the paper cited burnout from an unsustainable workload and worsening morale in the office. Overall, more than 260 attorneys left during his first four-year term.<h2>Clashes with police</h2><div type="image" title="Police walking by boarded up building" height="2250" width="4500" msid="92019684" hostid="261"></div>Any successful district attorney requires not just a team of competent trial attorneys but also a working — if not necessarily "warm" — relationship with the police. At the leadership level, at least, that exists in Philadelphia. But there's also a fundamental disagreement between police and prosecutors, as exposed by a <a href="https://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/100-Shooting-Review-complete.pdf">recent city report</a> examining gun violence in the city. The police department, led by Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, insists there ought to be an "equal focus" on shootings and illegal gun possession, while the DA is adamant that there is not a correlation between the two. "If illegal gun possession was a good predictor of that, then I would probably agree with the commissioner," Krasner said. "It's actually a terrible predictor of that."In a recent report, Krasner's office said the focus on illegal gun possession, at least in cases involving nonviolent offenders with no felony convictions, was about singling out people of color."Our legislature's primary interest is incarcerating Philadelphians," <a href="https://phlcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/100-Shooting-Review-complete.pdf">the report</a> said, "most of them Black and brown."The shootings themselves deserve the most attention, Krasner said. And there are plenty of them to solve: <a href="https://controller.phila.gov/philadelphia-audits/mapping-gun-violence/#/?year=2022&amp;map=10.96%2F39.98296%2F-75.15135">As of May 22</a>, more than 830 people had been shot in Philadelphia this year, 166 of them fatally. "At the point where you take a gun, point it at another person to pull the trigger, whether you kill them or not, there is an accounting — there is a reckoning; that is a heinous and terrible act," Krasner said. "That's exactly the kind of really serious crime that we should focus upon."John Pfaff, a professor at Fordham Law School, believes Krasner is on to something. While some who are arrested on a charge of illegal gun possession intend to use that weapon in a violent crime, the strategy of focusing on illegal possession will pull many who have no such intention into the criminal-justice system, derailing lives and perpetuating distrust in police, he argued in a recent <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/what-eric-adams-gets-wrong-about-stopping-gun-violence.html">article for Slate</a>."Ultimately, these flawed models encourage police to cast broad nets that will end up locking up thousands of people just to prevent dozens of future shootings, imposing significant human and social — and moral — costs that could overwhelm the benefits of such detention," Pfaff wrote.Krasner insists the fight over guns is all about <keyword id="11893346" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics" source="Orion">politics</keyword>."The same thing is happening in basically all the major cities where there are progressive prosecutors," he said. "We're not talking too much about the actual gun violence. We're going to talk all day long about the guns. And there's a lot of reasons for that. You can control the number of gun arrests you get."Krasner added: "Stop car after car after car after car. In a city where there are more guns than people, you're going to find some guns. You can gin up a ton of gun arrests, sometimes with all kinds of illegal searches that will invalidate prosecution."You can harvest guns. I mean, that's not hard to do. What's hard to do is to solve shootings — and to solve fatal shootings. It's a more difficult task."Christopher Herrmann, a former crime analyst at the New York City Police Department who is now an assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, tends to agree. Like in Philadelphia, "there's so much pressure right now here in New York City to take illegal guns off the street," Herrmann said. And they should be taken off the street, he added."But I think a lot of people just equate — you know, if we have a 30% increase in guns off the street that equals a 30% decrease in the number of shootings and stuff like that," he said. "And that's just not how it happens."<h2>'Legit cops hate dirty cops'</h2><div type="image" title="AP_19037634391936" height="1069" width="2138" msid="92019686" hostid="261"></div>Police officers are generally less likely to engage in overtly illegal behavior to secure an arrest than in the past. That, at least, is Krasner's read on declining clearance rates — the number of homicides committed in a year compared to the number of homicides that have resulted in an arrest. In the 1980s, the clearance rate <a href="https://jacobdkaplan.com/crime.html#state=Pennsylvania&amp;agency=Philadelphia%20Police%20Department&amp;category=murder&amp;rate=false&amp;monthly=false&amp;checkbox_1=false&amp;checkbox_2=true&amp;checkbox_3=false&amp;checkbox_4=false">was over 80%</a>; now it's <a href="https://medium.com/philadelphia-justice/clearing-up-clearance-rates-ff87cc33a31a">less than 50%</a>.A <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/krasner-finds-horrendous-abuses-of-power-among-cops-prosecutors-in-special-report/">2021 report</a> from his office said that in the past police sometimes engaged in "egregious misconduct" to ostensibly solve a case, such as intimidating or bribing supposed witnesses to give testimony the police wanted. Krasner said there are still holdovers from "the Frank Rizzo era" of the 1970s, a reference to the mayor and former police chief who oversaw a department that, at one point, <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-frank-rizzo-police-violence-legacy-shootings-20200603.html">shot one civilian each week</a>, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 2020. Some of these officers are themselves criminals in the eyes of the DA. Take Joseph Bologna. In 2020, Krasner's office pursued charges against the former police commander — who was fired by the department — after video emerged of him striking a Temple University student during a racial-justice protest.While prosecutors and outraged members of the public saw an assault, Bologna's defenders characterized it as an attack on police."This is another attempt by DA Krasner to railroad a highly decorated and well-respected member of the Philadelphia Police Department," John McNesby, the president of the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philly-police-joseph-bologna-assault-protests-20210831.html">said</a> at the time.The war of words between McNesby and Krasner has been constant — and, in some ways, advantageous for a district attorney eager to cast his opponents as relics of a with-us-or-against-us era of abusive policing.That said, McNesby doesn't speak for all or even most police officers, Krasner said. Associations for Black and Latino officers, for example, endorsed the DA's reelection campaign."Legit cops hate dirty cops — that's been my experience, over and over," Krasner said.Last year, police arrested suspects in only <a href="https://medium.com/philadelphia-justice/clearing-up-clearance-rates-ff87cc33a31a">about one-third</a> of homicide cases in Philadelphia, according to the DA's office. It took an average of 35 minutes for an officer to respond to a 911 call, according to an <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-911-calls-response-time-20220215.html">analysis by The Inquirer</a>, four minutes longer than in the prior year. And the number of police claiming to be too injured to work has <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/a/philadelphia-police-injury-claims-heart-lung-abuse-20220201.html">more than doubled</a> since Krasner was elected, with 14% of the city's law-enforcement officers collecting a tax-free salary while at home on disability — or, The Inquirer found, working second jobs.Forty years ago, Philadelphia police engaged in a "<a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0207/020728.html">work slowdown</a>" to protest budget cuts. The police have not been defunded — its $729 million slice of the city's budget is second only to pensions — but morale, here as elsewhere, is down in the wake of the 2020 protests against killings by law enforcement.Could history be repeating, this time with police protesting Krasner's prosecution of their fellow officers?<div type="image" title="Larry Krasner speaking to reporter" height="5504" width="8256" msid="92019687" hostid="261"></div>Herrmann, the former NYPD analyst, told Insider the 2020 social-justice protests in the wake of George Floyd's killing, and the increased distrust of police since, has influenced morale in departments across the country and, consequently, their ability to solve crimes. When there's a shooting, for example, eyewitnesses may be less willing to cooperate with the police investigation. Police, in turn, could blame the community. When the crime isn't solved, they may blame each other.But, Herrmann said, work slowdowns or stoppages ("the infamous 'blue flu,' we call it") tend to "last a couple weeks or maybe a couple months, at most." Those who haven't left the force, he added, may well be deciding not to give it their all, worn out by the pandemic, the ensuing rise in violent crime, and increased criticism of law enforcement as an institution."That's happening in a lot of cities now, which is: the distrust and the lack of faith — and the lack of cooperation, maybe we'll even call it — between the police department and the prosecutor's office," Herrmann said.Each side accuses the other of having the wrong priorities, with the department wanting to focus more on gun-possession cases and Krasner saying the department has underinvested in modern forensic technology that could help solve more cold cases."There seems to be a lot more riffs," Krasner said. Krasner said he didn't believe that such riffs could have led to police in his city to consciously do their jobs poorly as a means of expressing displeasure with his office."That is one of the most awful and cynical things I've ever heard, actually, because that would be criminal conduct," Krasner said when asked about the possibility. "Wouldn't it?"He continued: "If that is true — and I'm not saying it is true — but if that is true, then what you are suggesting is a lot worse than disinterest in highly effective modern methods," he said. "What you're suggesting is that they want crime to win so that they can go back to no accountability — and maybe more compensation.""And," he said, "that's what criminal organizations do."Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>.

Progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner is taking on gun violence and ‘dirty cops’ in Philadelphia

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Kevin Winter/Getty Images" title_caption="The cast and crew of " Birdman="" take="" the="" stage="" to="" accept="" best="" picture="" award="" at="" Oscars.="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54eaba6f6da8113411fe8b83-960/birdman-best-picture.jpg"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54eaba6f6da8113411fe8b83-1200-800/birdman-best-picture.jpg" border="0" alt="birdman best picture oscar 2015" /></a>Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe cast and crew of "Birdman" take the stage to accept the best picture award at the 87th Oscars.</div></div></div>"Birdman" went home the big winner of the 87th Academy Awards.The film won a total of four Oscars including best picture and best director.Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore were among the other big winners of the night.See all of the Oscar winners below. Winners are highlighted in bold.Best Picture"American Sniper" "Birdman" "Boyhood" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "The Imitation Game" "Selma" "The Theory of Everything" "Whiplash" Best ActorSteve Carell in "Foxcatcher" Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper" Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game" Michael Keaton in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory of Everything"Best ActressMarion Cotillard in "Two Days, One Night" Felicity Jones in "The Theory of Everything" Julianne Moore in "Still Alice" Rosamund Pike in "Gone Girl" Reese Witherspoon in "Wild"Best Supporting ActressPatricia Arquette in "Boyhood" Laura Dern in "Wild" Keira Knightley in "The Imitation Game" Emma Stone in "Birdman" Meryl Streep in "Into the Woods"Best Supporting ActorRobert Duvall in "The Judge" Ethan Hawke in "Boyhood" Edward Norton in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Mark Ruffalo in "Foxcatcher" J.K. Simmons in "Whiplash"Best DirectorAlejandro G. Iñárritu "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Richard Linklater "Boyhood" Bennett Miller "Foxcatcher" Wes Anderson "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Morten Tyldum "The Imitation Game" Best Animated Feature Film"Big Hero 6" Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli "The Boxtrolls" Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, and Travis Knight "How to Train Your Dragon 2" Dean DeBlois, and Bonnie Arnold "Song of the Sea" Tomm Moore and Paul Young "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki NishimuraBest Documentary Feature"CitizenFour" Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky "Finding Vivian Maier" John Maloof and Charlie Siskel "Last Days in Vietnam" Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester "The Salt of the Earth" Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, and David Rosier "Virunga" Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna NatasegaraBest Original Song"Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie" Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson "Glory" from "Selma" Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn "Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell…I'll Be Me" Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle BriseboisAchievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Alexandre Desplat "The Imitation Game" Alexandre Desplat "Interstellar" Hans Zimmer "Mr. Turner" Gary Yershon "The Theory of Everything" Jóhann JóhannssonAchievement in cinematography"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Emmanuel Lubezki "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Robert Yeoman "Ida" Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski "Mr. Turner" Dick Pope "Unbroken" Roger DeakinsAchievement in costume design"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Milena Canonero "Inherent Vice" Mark Bridges "Into the Woods" Colleen Atwood "Maleficent" Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive "Mr. Turner" Jacqueline DurranBest documentary short subject"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry "Joanna" Aneta Kopacz "Our Curse" Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki "The Reaper (La Parka)" Gabriel Serra Arguello "White Earth" J. Christian JensenAchievement in film editing"American Sniper" Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach "Boyhood" Sandra Adair "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Barney Pilling "The Imitation Game" William Goldenberg "Whiplash" Tom CrossBest foreign-language film of the year"Ida" Poland "Leviathan" Russia "Tangerines" Estonia "Timbuktu" Mauritania "Wild Tales" ArgentinaAchievement in makeup and hairstyling"Foxcatcher" Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier "Guardians of the Galaxy" Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David WhiteAchievement in production design"The Grand Budapest Hotel" Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock "The Imitation Game" Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald "Interstellar" Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis "Into the Woods" Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock "Mr. Turner" Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte WattsBest animated short film"The Bigger Picture" Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees "The Dam Keeper" Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi "Feast" Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed "Me and My Moulton" Torill Kove "A Single Life" Joris OprinsBest live-action short film"Aya" Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis "Boogaloo and Graham" Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney "Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)" Hu Wei and Julien Féret "Parvaneh" Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger "The Phone Call" Mat Kirkby and James LucasAchievement in sound editing"American Sniper" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" Brent Burge and Jason Canovas "Interstellar" Richard King "Unbroken" Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaroAchievement in sound mixing"American Sniper" John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga "Interstellar" Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, and Mark Weingarten "Unbroken" Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and David Lee "Whiplash" Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas CurleyAchievement in visual effects"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist "Guardians of the Galaxy" Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould "Interstellar" Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher "X-Men: Days of Future Past" Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron WaldbauerAdapted screenplay"American Sniper" Written by Jason Hall "The Imitation Game" Written by Graham Moore "Inherent Vice" Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson "The Theory of Everything" Screenplay by Anthony McCarten "Whiplash" Written by Damien ChazelleOriginal screenplay"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Written by Alejandro G. 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