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Law and Disorder
Mon, Apr 20, 2026 11:00 AM
LAW AND DISORDER APRIL 20, 2026
Hosts recognize April 24, 2026 as the 111 anniversary of the Ottoman Empire’s systematic plan to exterminate the Armenian race, when the Young Turk government carried out widespread torture and brutal killings of more than half of the Armenian population. This year, U.S.-Armenian relations made headlines in a revealing way. In February 2026, Vice President JD Vance became the first sitting U.S. vice president to visit Armenia. His office posted—then swiftly deleted—a message saying he was at the Armenian Genocide Memorial to "honor the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide." The White House called it a staff error. A replacement post went up with all mention of the word "genocide" stripped out. When pressed, Vance called the massacre "a very terrible thing that happened a little over 100 years ago"—and left it there.
We hear our annual documentary titled It Was Genocide: Armenian Survivor Stories. Law and Disorder co-host Heidi Boghosian narrates this sound rich documentary featuring rare stories of several adults who survived the Armenian genocide.
