is he -- i believe he said he's from harford, connecticut. so, i wanted to ask him questions about that. host: and what about it, robert? caller: ok. ok. i just want to get right to my point without being disrespectful to him. i used to run there because i was a drug addict all through hartford. i guess my question is he's a college graduate. he comes home. the question would be does he have a car? and he must know the areas that he shouldn't be going to. so, i don't want to put it on him. he probably was an innocent guy. he got shot. i want him to know if he had enough sense not to go down that corner store. guest: thank you for asking that question. yes, i am from hartford, connecticut. i grew up from the same street where i got shot at. a community that has been devastated by poverty and devastated by a lack of education opportunity and lack of job. the community has been riddled by crime and violence for decades. one thing that i haven't seen in that community growing up and including when i got shot is i invested in things that actually

they are also searching resources to fight crime and other major cities including sti and harford. >> trace: let's bring in... thank you both for coming on. we have tiffany dozens of examples of these young people committing these crimes across the country. then you look at these headlines. wall street journal says public schools lost more than 1 million students during the pandemic. washington post headline, math scores for u.s. students an all-time low on international exam. you think the correlation of test scores going down, absent -- absenteeism going up and easy youth crime just exploding. is not hard to find the common denominator. >> union bosses lead to learning losses. the truth of the matter is that academic failure is linked to the link when see, of violence and crime. you don't have to take my word for that. those of the words of the department of justice of the united states of america. 70 percent of inmates in america's prisons have a fourth grade reading proficiency. you are five times more likely to drop out of high school if you are not reading on grade level by thir

is he -- i believe he said he's from harford, connecticut. wanted to ask him questions about that. host: and what about it, robert? caller: ok. ok. i just want to get right to my point without being disrespectful to him. i used to run there because i was a drug addict all through hartford. i guess my question is he's a college graduate. he comes home. the question would be does he have a car? and he must know the areas that he shouldn't be going to. so, i don't want to put it on him. he probably was an innocent guy. he got shot. i want him to know if he had enough sense not to go down that corner store. guest: thank you for asking that question. yes, i am from hartford, connecticut. i grew up from the same street where i got shot at. a community that has been devastated by poverty and devastated by a lack of education opportunity and lack of job. the community has been riddled by crime and violence for decades. one thing that i haven't seen in that community growing up and including when i got shot is i invested in things that actually keep c