Alec Karakatsanis discusses his book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate the News. He outlines the concept of Copaganda which is a process of manufacturing fear of the most powerless to push the idea that our fears are only solved by more money for police, prisons, and prosecutions. By looking at news articles, the sources reporters use, and the repetitive language, he points to huge police P.R. Departments and private actors who shape and feed the news. Additionally, how even the idea of well-meaning "reforms" can be deployed to justify an expansion of police surveillance and carceral control.

Alec Karakatsanis is the founder of Civil Rights Corps, a non-profit organization founded in 2016 that challenges systemic injustice in the U.S. legal system.