Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, John Oliver explores the racial inequality in treatment by police as well as the increasing militarization of America’s local police forces.
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"This whole story is depressingly familiar."
- 6 years ago
At least the darpa droids with laser blasters promised not to choke humans.
Vote for droids this election.
@@unitedspacepirates9075 Can I join as a pirate? I promise you I would clean Davy Jones' browser history
@@rakaipikatan8922 can you fix a gigavolt ion drive?
@@unitedspacepirates9075 I can. As long as I don't need to come through the perfume room to fix it.
Can't believe it's still happening now or maybe it's even worse
Anyone back here in 2020 even more tired than they were before?
It's still saved under my "Police" playlist. Saw this in the sidebar and thought, "Well that's still relevant."
Tired of being complicit. Fired up more than anything.
Tired of this being an issue for so many freaking years. Unacceptable.
Yup
✋🏼 yup! and right after I watched his segment on Authoritarianism he made a year ago and it sounds eerily similar to how all this is being handled
"This whole story is depressingly familiar."
Yes. Yes it is.
My thoughts exactly :(
My first thoughts exactly.
you don't understand it
@@amirrezaamirfatahi2726 What do you mean they don't understand it?
It really rings true to that saying “Same sh*t, different day.”
6 years later and the same story. this country is appalling.
Sarah Black, welcome to an extended purge...hate to say it, but Putin was right, Democracy in America is dying by the day.
Depressing AF. So many white people dont want to know how long this has been a problem, and how little police listen to people asking for change.
It’s not going to change, so leave when you have the chance.
@@goroakechi6126 Democracys been dead for many years now, like George Carlin said, we have no choice just an illusion of it
Goro Akechi PF course Putin was right, he’s one of the guys trying to make it happen
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Admiral William Adama.
Great TV-show.
Beyond a doubt.
William Hazelwood You. You are the reason a wankstain like Trump, also known as Agent Orange, even has a spitball's chance of becoming President of the United States.
Right because the other option, who has her named attached to a body count, used predatory lending against senior citizens, ran drugs with her husband out of Mina Arkansas, spied through the FBI at her political opponents, allowed US Citizens to be murdered in Lybia, AND mishandled classified information is a much better choice.....fuck head. People like u are the reason this country is in the shit hole its in right now....
Time out...U are not an American Citizen, shut the fuck up about America. Thanks.
It baffles me that they don't even know, or choose not to tell how many times the victim was shot. Here in Finland, we know the exact amount of bullets anyone in the whole police force fires each year, and every time a firearm is used the reason and justification of that use is thoroughly investigated. The US is a strange country.
KaregoAt
I live in South Bend, Indiana, in the US. Most people know my city as the home of Notre Dame. I agree. There is a ton of racism in this country, and the amount of bullets every single police officer fires each year and the reasons should be thoroughly documented. Sadly, it isn't, and families like Michael Brown's don't get closure and know that their son was killed because of the pigmentation of the largest organ of their body. The United States of America is a very disturbing country.
Ante Up South Bend sucks. As soon as I go to college, I'm getting out of this hell hole; you sure as hell aren't going to find me in ND.
Well one of the reasons why they are so vague about the number of bullets used is to protect their own asses.
DancesWithBeauty sure come on over to Canada
KaregoAt ikr
Bro, "Not pointing a gun at someone unless you intend to shoot them" and "always treat a gun like it's loaded" isn't even just a military thing. It's like... The #1 rules of gun safety... and also common sense. My dad drilled that into me so much as a kid that now I feel extremely uncomfortable walking past the barrel of a gun, even if I know for a fact it is unloaded. The fact that I, a 16 year old girl, have a better grasp on gun safety than some of these police officers is astounding. (My dad who taught me that is coincidentally a retired police officer)
"common sense" is right. I know the basic rules of gun safety, and I've never owned or held a gun.
Heck, I don't remember the last time I *saw* a gun. They're pretty damn rare around here.
If someone doesn't know not to point a gun at people and always treat it like it's loaded, that's not just improper training. That's being completely detached from reality.
another scary thing here is that all you need to be a cop in most places is a high school diploma. That's it. My brother works as an armed courier and he has to recertify with his weapon every year. When a damn armed courier has stricter weapon guidelines than the police, *Something has gone horribly wrong*
damn fucking right...
i used to do target practice with a pellet airgun and i was so worried about making a mistake, that i would release the safety _after_ i had aimed the airgun.
Watching this video is so utterly depressing that I just want to say thank you for your cute Destiel image. It's nothing to the point but it just felt good to see it and go 'aww' in the middle of all this sadness.
@Benjamin Wulf I live in Germany where gun control is super strict (I've never even seen a real gun except when police officers were carrying them in holsters) and even I know that!
This video has aged surprisingly well. Especially given what transpired over the past week or so.
It’s not in the least surprising how well this video aged, it’s been this way for decades.
And it will continue to age well for decades to come because this shit will still be the same
@@skatei naw, we're going to burn this shit to the ground this time.
Not. One. Thing. Changed.
We gotta do things different this time around.
5 days later, and I wonder what will happen in the next 5 days.
A video attempting to explain the problem with racism and militarized police forces, I look to the comments section and see, almost entirely, people attempting to justify their racism.
It's sad because it is true
Key and Peele are awesome haha.
For the most part youtube comments are just very vocal minority. Theres so much sexism, racism and homophobia there, it cant be that its what most people think, its just that these people are the only ones who devote their time writing angry youtube comments.
***** And then when someone normal wants to say something, he sees that cesspool and just doesnt bother thus enchanting illusion that everyone are racist, sexist and homophobic.
the only way to protect americas pumpkin festivals is to militarize police depts.
All this money spend on this shit and yet there are schools falling apart. Just silly...
^^^^^^^
Dude, I know right.
exactly
+Flowergirl95 I'm betting you are the first person to call the police when someone is breaking into your house, but when you want to give them equipment that might help them save lives and not be killed themselves. Nah that's just spending too much money.
+mek86.2 when has an object designed to end lives reduced the amount of lives ended? I want real verifiable statistics instead of your emotions. I bet you are one of those people that goes off of their emotions.
Its sad to see this problem still exist today in America. RIP George Floyd.
many many years sadly
Yeah very sad. #justiceforgeorgefloyd
This all is eerily similar
A 5 year old episode, under a different presidency no less, but still VERY, VERY relevant.
Carlos Rohas-Amaya oh please shut up
John Oliver saying "This whole story is depressingly familiar" is depressingly familiar.
@infoPeace infoPiece Thanks for linking to a playlist of police brutality. At least, I'm assuming that's why you posted it here, not because of that specific video as if you were making a belligerent response.
Yeah, it's really depressing how John Oliver is lying to our faces.
@@hamidkarim4811 Sorry, is there not a severe issue regarding police militarization?
@@wolfonaut7677 John Oliver lied about the Ferguson incident. I would post a link, but my comment wouldn't show up, if I did that.
Search for the following words on youtube:
"The Media Pushed Lies About Ferguson".
Then watch the first video with that title. Everything about the Ferguson incident is explained in this video. Then you can make up your mind about the Ferguson incident. You shouldn't just blindly believe him, do your research, listen to the other side of the story.
I respectfully disagree, John. Simon and Garfunkel makes for GREAT accompaniment to a SWAT tank.
LOL
"Hello, darkness, my old friend..."
"....As bullets the civilians rend. "
+Svend Phillips
I've come to talk with you again
+thesphynx that sentence is meaningless
There's something about the Police using The Punisher skull logo in their videos that's really unnerving.
Because the Punisher is a ruthless asshole who takes no prisoners and disregards the law to fill his own need for vengeance?
@@zillafire101 The difference is...The Punisher knows and owns that fact.
Yeah, the Punisher is like the exact opposite of Serve and Protect.
Another scary thing is how many ex military and police officers idolize him. There are news articles with several accounts about the Punisher being who they wish they could be.
I love the Punisher. But as a COMIC BOOK CHARACTER. He's not someone who could work in the real world. He's barely someone who's tolerated in the comic book world!
Harlequinade Yup, I explained this point many times to my sweet, ignorant father. Vigilantes might sometimes symbolize a public’s frustration at their protectors’ idleness in face of injustice, but they can never ever replace public servants if we ever hope to maintain a civilized society. There’s a reason Gotham is so damn miserable of a city despite decades of Bruce Wayne’s efforts because punching a city into peace never works, and that’s the same reason why Punisher is so damn miserable of a person, because punching your pain into criminals’ face can’t ever work one over mental issues.
TH-cam suggested I rewatch this. It's June 2020 and it took me a bit to realize he wasn't taking about the current riots. 6 years and it's only gotten worst. He is still right, someone needs to take their toys away
Me: "I wonder if lwt will do an episode about George Floyd and police brutality?"
lWT: "here's a 5-year-old episode that covers everything."
Me: ah
and there's another one from 2016. it just proves that these problems aren't new, they've been around for so long that it's frankly surprising it's taken so long for people to riot
Five years ... and the problem is worse.
@@lisahogholt9713 Well, they've rioted before, just not on this scale since the 60s.
@@CODDE117 good point
He just made a new one, I'm sure you'll see it but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
It's a great segment, my only real criticism is that he went too easy on Joe Biden. Believe it or not, Biden was further right than Reagan on crime. He criticized Reagan for being too soft, and he demanded harsher drug laws, more cops and more aggressive policing.
10:42 "If you are a cop in the United States, you should dress for the job you have, not the job you want." That is so spot on, and it really gets to the heart of this issue more than most people realize.
Tons of cops are given free tactical gear and weapons and they suddenly think they're comparable to special forces. You can easily tell by the amount of unnecessary gear they wear just for the "tacticool" factor (for example: carrying enough magazines for an 8 hour firefight, flex-cuffs for detaining prisoners, sensitive site exploitation bags just like special forces have, etc) and the fact that they literally have more assets than a Green Beret ODA in Afghanistan. The crucial and deadly difference is that special operations forces personnel train rigorously for years before deploying to a warzone. The training they receive assures that they stay cool in extremely high stress situations, and only engage a target when absolutely necessary. Keeping a cool head in a high stress scenario is EXTREMELY important with a job like that. These cops on the other hand have all the same equipment yet receive none of the same training. Most of them probably receive 10 hours of range time per month. On a static range with little to no stress. Now compare that to 6 hours in a live-fire close quarters "kill house" nearly every day for 8 months. The small amount of training that police receive is simply not adequate to allow them to operate with such deadly equipment. It's a dangerous concoction and a huge part of the reason that so many cops are going rambo in the US.
Flappy McDank Except they use it to bully and murder their own citizens instead of people who have been in wars their whole life who might actually stand a chance against them. Fucking cowards.
My dad, who to be fair is not the most unbiased and logical when it comes to reactions to news stories, is of the firm opinion that the American government is doing these "unnecessary" things deliberately -- to place resources for being able to declare martial law within the next year or two. Like, before the next presidential election.
He's of the camp that claims that FEMA is not only buying up tons more ammo than it needs but that when martial law hits they'll be rounding up the guns of honest citizens and also confiscating disaster-preparedness rations on the idea that people are "hoarding".
I don't pay much attention to the news (at some point I figured out that it was just making me angry about things happening in places I have no ability to affect, so that's a deliberate choice for peace of mind and lowered blood pressure), so the little bit that I hear does come filtered through either internet viral stories or through my dad. But I'm trying to not buy in to conspiracy theories.
Still... when police forces all over the country seem to be gearing up way above their needs, when they're responding to minor threats with major force and sparking riots, and when they seem to be ignoring many of the constitutional rights our country was built upon (as the barest example: confiscating large sums of cash *for the crime of carrying large sums of cash*, with no resource to get that money back), it's hard to remember that my brain is predisposed to pick up on patterns even when they don't exist.
Flappy McDank plus its been proven that accuracy on a firing range has 0% correlation with being good in an actual firefight except for snipers.
It's not about accuracy on the firing range. It's about being cool under pressure.
Flappy McDank Pretty damn spot on, man. These cops can talk the talk, but very few can walk the walk. It's just not smart to pull a run of the mill cop off the street, give him military-grade equipment, and then send him on his way. The problem with police in this country is that there isn't enough emphasis placed on deescalating conflict. Cops are supposed to be peacekeepers, but there won't be peace if they're the ones kicking the hornet's nest.
Wait he was charged with BLEEDING ON THEM??? wtf
Lies read the 5 reports on this dumbass
If you can’t even watch the first five minutes stfu
Police chiefs, Mayors, governors and sheriffs all let this shit happen. And they have the nerve to say "Bad apples"
Yup, it happened
Of course. You can't beat an innocent man, so after the fact make sure they aren't innocent.
4 simple rules for gun safty:
1. The gun is always to be thought of as loaded
2. Never take aim on a target you dont want to hit
3. Be sure of your target,
4 if you dont aim at a target your trigger finger is away from the trigger....
(I was taught this as a 14 year old while learning to fire an assault rifle (jungschützenkurs, a common activity in switzerland))
Every gun-based activity in the US (airsoft, paintball, actual gun range) that I've done holds strictly to these protocols too. Not sure why the police think they can be so trigger-happy for? It's insane.
This. J took gun safety courses online to get a hunting license and this is literally the handbook. Too many can't even be bothered to lock their guns up though, let alone follow all the precautions.
It is completely devastating that this still relatable in 2020
The police didn't know you were suppose to only aim a gun when ready to fire? I learned that in Boy Scouts, when I was 11.
I learned it from fucking Star War Battlefront. "Gee, Mai Clone Trooper only raises his gun to fire, must be a military thing". Lo and behold, my dad, who joined the marines back in Nam, told me that's exactly how it works, when I was 10.
Bottom line, your country's kids should not now how guns work, better then your police.
Lemon Moon I learned it from my dad at the age of 10
i learned that when I masturbate
gun safety 101:
you do not point a gun at anything your not looking to shoot, regardless of the state of the gun
in fact your finger goes nowhere near the trigger assembly until you are ready ot fire, seeing someone with the finger on the trigger before even aiming is someone that needs their gun taken away from them ASAP
Oh the police know about this. They just don't give a damn. Why should they? I mean, how often does a cop get imprisoned for wrongfully killing a citizen? Or for killing Blacks? *mic drop*
And nobody has noticed they literally flashed THE PUNISHER'S sign at the start of the tank video?
Because nothing says "Serve and Protect" like a brutal vigilante who kills without remorse.
I'm sorry, where did you see a tank?
Ahem. It's pretty clear mate
Listen mate, I'm just a fourteen year old dude, I know nothing about armoured vehicles
If you don't know anything about it then don't comment on it. You, you right Floris, are why the internet is shit for public forum. If you don't know anything then shut. the. fuck. up.
This episode is from 2014. Right now it is 2020, and there are the same problems. Riots about this same issue are happening right now. How long will it take for America to fix this problem?
Centuries, if ever.
Well we’re trying to pass a bill to increase police training, police accountability but we have racist senators still shooting them down, progress won’t come until the boomers and old generation dies, you know the super racists, and the kinda racist.
The saddest thing is that it would seem the same is true of 90% of LWT stories.
@@kjj26k Agreed - it's already been over half a century and nothing's changed.
I sincerely thought John would say: “If we are going to punish everyone, it should go both ways. If the police get military equipment, so should the people. That is why-“
(tank appears onstage)
“-I got this bad boy to illustrate our point to the law enforcement in Ferguson”
I wish that would be amazing
Unfortunately John Oliver would have to have a pyrotechnic license or know someone who does to bring that tank onstage
Craig McGuinn He’s used fire before in his show. I think the main issue would be getting the tank to the studio without scaring onlookers, and getting it into the building.
@@CraigMcGuinn so ask till lindemann (singer of rammstein)
I feel like that is something they would definitely do.
The SWATing of unarmed civilians in their house depicts the land of the free or the home of the brave?
People free of any privacy, and people brave enough to publicly take it from them.
How do the SWAT teams know if suspects are unarmed? SWAT takes every precaution they can.
@@mikeaft3585 ...you seem to say it like it's a bad thing. If anything, it'd make the news more interesting.
@@zabaoth until it happens to _you_
@@thegreatempireofgermany519 You do realize other countries deal with the same problem and simply park outside and surround the home and just wait for the perpetrator to come out, right? I mean, they literally *have to* at some point, considering they shut off the water and power.
What? We can't ask our police to just work smarter, not harder?
In 2012, the entire German police force fired 36 shots. 36 shots are probably being fired this second in America.
To be more accurate probably this minute
+Kevin De Souza To be fair, Germany is just slightly smaller than the state of California
+SkyBoy96 germanys popularion about 80million while california like 35million
+SkyBoy96 You and the guy below should learn some freaking math. IF you could count, you would see that it gives a relative number of 140 shots. How long time does it take for USA, a country of 312 million to fire 140 shots? 10 minutes?
you're so fucking stupid with your csgo facts 😂
0:30 "This whole story is depressingly familiar ... " (2014) ... again (2020).
0:39 "What is absolutely clear is that the police have handled everything since then terribly" (2014) ... again (2020).
1:46 "But the more the week went on, the more you got the sense that those in charge ... don't have the best sense of how their community feels" (2014) ... again (2020).
And it repeats again and again ...
Not even again 2020 this happens every year, every month, you are only paying attention now because it's quarantine and you have nothing else to do.
@@dj4278 I definitely have other things I would rather be concerned with, and that I think the public's attention should be focused on, right now. But the murder of Floyd, and the several more recent examples of inexcusable police behavior, has a sort of forced itself into the spotlight again with a persistence of repetition that makes it absurdly hard to look past ... again.
@@db5823 That's not my point. There are so much unexcusable police behaviour, that you described was happening for so long. And people keep pretending like this just started. As a black person. It hearts my soul that people didn't care when MULTIPLE people over the years were killed for just EXISTING in their homes. No one can say that there is no correlation between quarantine and the spike in support for black lives matter. I just want people to care not because everyone else is but because it's a human injustice. And based on past years and hundreds of deaths in the black community that went un noticed, it feels like that's not the case.
@@dj4278 Really? And the nationwide protests that have happened when there wasn't a lockdown or pandemic? No one is pretending that it just started, grow up. Each instance that goes viral is bigger than the last, and the more shocking the proof/video the more of a reaction is triggered. And it has to fight against the Republican and conservative lies and narrative, FOX News, police spin ... but they have been being beatdown time and time again, it isn't an overnight success fairytale. Every instance, shootings of *anyone* or at schools, starts up the fight AGAIN -- only an idiot would say that it's all just starting right now, that people are only paying attention right now. This video, those actions, were excruciatingly explicit and torturously drawn out, so the backlash is even greater outrage than incidents before.
And your point? "Wah wah wah -- I was caring before everyone else, you're all such posers, I was caring before it was cool?" Is that your point? Or are you, you ignorant dumbfuck, just judging me like you know me or something? Are you assuming I'm white and have never experienced racism directed directly at me?!? Are you assuming that I haven't been paying attention and noticing the numerous instances in my area (even the blonde Australian woman who was shot by a black cop, and the black cop was punished, but white cops get away with that same shit?!)? I'm even aware of shit that doesn't hit the news, like the murder of a black trans woman who was just found in her Richfield home, why isn't that in the damned news? Will it make the news -- or even get a proper investigation? Probably not, but it still needs to be made a part of the larger picture.
But what is your stupid, self-centered point? That stating that this happens a lot, the same damned narratives, and the police never change, this is ... everyone but you only paying attention to it now? Fuck off.
@@db5823 That's not what I meant to say in my reply, I'm not saying I'm special or you don't really care. I would never say that. I wasn't talking about you specifically. I'm sorry that I made you feel that way. I'm just saying there is a correlation in the surge of BLM and quarantine. I'm sorry that I offended you and that I didn't put my point across well.
Holy hell this is disturbingly accurate to whats going on now...
Mark Marcus I don’t think they were born yesterday, as your comment was posted 2 days after theirs.
Wow, John Oliver is leveling up, this is an awesome analysis.
Not available in the UK :o( I really didn't like the guy when I first saw him but in the space of one episode of "Last Week Tonight" he grew on me
Odd, I'm seeing it in Switzerland
Yeah, I was going to ask if you happened to be in the US. All of the other 'episodes' are available, not sure why this one is blocked
Maybe there's a time element, in the UK they block them only for a certain period of time? This is the newest, I think.
He studied under the current maestro Jester Jon Stewart, did you expect otherwise? :)
as a textbook Republican, I believe I am qualified to say that the number one rule of gun safety is that you NEVER point a gun at ANYTHING unless you are certain you are going to shoot it. even if the safety is on and magazine is not attached.
I'm a textbook Democrat, and I agree with that.
I would like to what would you do, if a guy holding a knife is charging at u from 100ft away.
And you have a concealed handgun on ur back.
Let's assume it's in middle of the street at night and u just slept with his girl friend. And there is no one around.
jack li Run or took a stone or your belongings to counter the knife. Remember, the guy with the knife can't shoot you in the head and kill you because he had no gun.
we should all start that sentence by saying "As a human being with common sense..."
+jack li You seem to have an odd sense of justice- a man who robs a store should be shot and killed by the cops, but a man who fucks another man's girl friend should defend himself against that very man. I don't see consistency here, as I thought cheating on somebody was morally worse than stealing some cigars...
went to my first protest by myself yesterday and thank god it was peaceful. its inspiring to see so many people coming together for one cause, but the actual idea of that cause is heartbreaking and infuriating
I thought "hey, that's odd, did they make an additional episode about the ongoing protests?"
And then noticed it was actually 6 years old...
Seriously. John Oliver has the best insights on stuff like this. All. The. Time.
John Oliver is why I added HBO to our DirectTv subscription in June!
Loreen Liberty that is a good enough reason if Game of Thrones wasn't enough.
he is HILARIOUS and so dead on.
I live in Saginaws next town over, I've seen that vehicle and I can confirm, Chads civic is a POS.
GAAAARY?
Gary Chief Oh you think you guys have a problem with Chad's Civic over in Saginaw? I'm from Hartland and had to go to school with Chad and listen to him go on and on and on about his "Towtally Siiick Civic, bruh." In every Enrichment period I had from Sophomore year onwards.
6 years later and the only thing not current in this video is John's hair.
My thoughts exactly
You wanna know what the Feguson police are like? Well, I live in St. Louis - which is near Ferguson. This story I'm about to tell you occured shortly before I got clean & sober so let me prephase by saying this isn't who I am today. Anyways... One of my dealers just happened to live in Ferguson & for some dumb reason me & 3 of my white friends drove down to Ferguson mid-riot/protests. (I'm from St. Louis but these particular friends all live in a smaller town about 50 miles west of here so they're a little country... one in particular). Well, the idiot driver, who has no license, took a wrong turn down a dead end street & we were met by 4 white cops in full riot gear & carrying automatic weapons. Mind you we now have a butt load of drugs, paraphernalia, & an open container of booze in the car. The driver rolls down the window & the cop asks what the hell we are doing there. (I remember his gun being uncomfortably close to my friends head- but far enough to mantain plausible deniability). The driver picks the best time ever to get tongue tied & says something like, "Um... you see, we're just... we're here to uh..." (I was afraid to draw any attention to myself by speaking because I had most of the drugs). Then after letting my friend awkwardly try to speak for 30 seconds or so, the cop just makes up a reason for him! He says "Are you idiots just here to see the riots?! Do you know how dangerous that is?" My friend responds, "Yes. Yes. Exactly! The riots. Thats it. We were just curious...." He agrees thats we came for & that we shouldn't have come at all. Then the cop- without checking for IDs or for car registration/insurance or anything- tells us to go home. He just lets 4 obvious junkies drive off into the sunset- 2 of which had warrants & all of us were on probation or parole. That was the day I learned 2 things beyond a shadow of a doubt:
1. White Privilege is real &
2. Dope makes you STUPID. If we'd waited an hour we could have gone somewhere not crawling with cops. But nope. If cops hadn't been so focused on the protestors- who were mostly black (not entirely but mostly)- we'd all have gone to jail/prison.
This is my brain on drugs: 🍳
That's an incredibly important story to share, thanks. It makes me burn with tired fury, sure, but it's important.
hey man congrats on getting clean!
Great to hear you're clean, thumbs up for sharing this!
It saddens me how you distance yourself from yourself multiple times and belittle yourself.
What have they done to you?
Wow thanks for sharing.
I'm still trying to figure out who America is more terrified of - the rest of the world or its own people?
Really, we should be worried more about people in other countries who mean us harm, but the possibility that those people could pose as law-abiding citizens of the USA terrifies most of us.
Let me just say to all of those racist police officers in Ferugson: If African-Americans were as much a threat to our society as you seem to think they are, they would've taken over the country by now, and prevented you from ever being born!
+Minty Sadly, this is what the rest of the world experiences from the U.S. military. That is a truth. I don't say this with any hatred.
+Minty "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within". They should be more worried about the people in power than any overseas threat :P
Are you joking? I mean, what other people are harming you????? And the USA is deporting a lot of war in other country's... and selling a lot of weapons to others...
The problem is you're made scared to act like the rich and powerful people want in the US... Its a shame. Why the us is not acting about this big corruption... or is it because your all in it....
Kyle Stubbs the threat comes from within
The moment when the "duuuuuuuuude" guys have more political awerness about there police, than the average citizen
their
+Liz Rathburn You missed "awerness", the unnecessary comma after "police" and the lack of a period at the end of the sentence.
They see what’s happening. Is it that bad.
Their*
@@UnYin99 grammar nazi
“This whole story is terribly familiar”
Is in 2020
I see you litterly everywhere, i think we have the exact same youtube feed or something
@@Simon-nx1sc Guess so
And every other year....?! 'Merica.
Profoundly relevant right now. Crazy that 3 years later we’re still dealing with this bullshit
6 years my, friend and guess who resumed recently shipping military equipment to cops again...
WE"RE GONNA STOP A BURGLARY AT LITTLE CAESARS!!!!!!!!!! WE"RE GONNA STOP A BURGLARY AT LITTLE CAESARS!!!!!!!!!!
That made me laugh so hard.
M Theory Enthusiast
In Flames, I dunno if you guys are still around. but if you are, _Take Notes!_
Almost spit out my lunch laughing at that. Freakin' hysterical.
M Theory Enthusiast this is why i love this episode
Since John Oliver is such an expert on being an LEO, I would like for him to give a demonstration at an actual robbery on how to handle it in a civil, non-intimidating manner, meaning no lethal equipment, no body armor, no back-up, because all of that is highly intimidating. Maybe he can carry a swimming pool noodle if he's certified to use it.
Better yet, never give the Ferguson PD their "toys" back, since they've clearly shown that they don't know how to use them properly.
Apparently for all of the terrorism and heavily-armed criminals that we haven't heard about in this town.
Sure thing, but first ask the rioters and looters to stop rioting and looting. Last night nearly 100 business were looted, damaged, or set ablaze. The police response in the beginning was bad, since it was unneeded intimidation toward peaceful protestors. Now, however, the police response is pretty appropriate. Or do you have some better way to handle looters and rioters damaging 100 business and shooting at people?
Lord Tippington the Wise - Atheist Knight of Le Reddit Gentlesirs I was watching, and the only damages to businesses, was the stun grenades blowing out the windows, and a couple fires that were started by what ever they were shooting that blew off a lot of sparks
I managed 4 livesteamers from the middle of the protest last night and every single one of them was threatened with being shot
not tear gassed, not arrested, not pepper sprayed or tazed
they were threatened with being SHOT
Bluebelle51 You're completely full of shit. About 100 stores were robbed and/or damaged. You can easily google this. The protestors that were threatened with being shot by officers were refusing to leave the hotzone after police already asked them to. The city has been declared a state of emergency, and officers have every right to ask protestors to clear areas for everyone's safety. This just doesn't fit your narrative and your agenda.
Or better yes, figure out what geniuses decided to give local police force military grade weaponry when they obviously don't need it and fire their asses and make the Deparment of Defense stop handing this crap out.
Gee I wonder why THIS is in my recommended feed for the past week?
“Hey I seen this episode it’s a classic”-Marty Mcfly
Biff kept the almanac in this dystopian timeline...
Dammit mcfly...
Slacker!
That last line, savage AF
"Which of these two men is right about what it's like living as a black man in Ferguson?"
Well I'm not confident, but I'm going to guess the black man is right.
@@dixztube white amerca is afraid for real...like buddy said in the Orlando shooting "we are not coming for you, you have suffered enough" whelp I heard him and white people have been on alert ever since. blacks never really stood and fought form themselves for real peaceful protest didn't work what soever other getting rights
@@GHustle4 blacks have never fought peacefully to get their rights? Goddamn you don't know anything about the past. www.biography.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-black-activists-civil-rights-movement Look at that, it'll help you learn more.
@@GHustle4 Ha-
Have you-
Have you heard of MLK Jr?
Have you heard of Rosa Parks?
Also, if you were beaten, bullied, and pushed down by a jackass, wouldn't you wanna punch back? Cause we really didn't treat black people so well back in the days of slavery.
Cedrik Durand literally FIGHT not a peaceful protest!!!
Dr. Bright have you heard of Malcolm x, Marcus Garvey...etc fuck Martin!
Funny how this happened and then we all collectively forgot about it until it happened again isn't it?
No, we didnt all collectively forget unless by 'all' you mean white ppl.
@@BeautifulEarthJa yes. That is what I meant. Apologies. I could have framed my statement better. My point was that white guys like me had plenty of chances to listen learn and change and we just decided not to and then let it happen again. Then when it did people acted surprised even though nothing had changed. The blame is not on every US citizen as a collective and I'm sorry that I implied that was the case.
@@galactic85 I do think it is on all citizens to have acted before this but I don't think all have forgotten... particularly because several black ppl have been killed (and caught on tape) in America every year since this - including Ahmaud Aubrey and Breonna Davis this year - and so black ppl have not had the luxury of forgetting. This is everyday life in America for black ppl.
@@BeautifulEarthJa It is. And its fucking insane that people try to deny it.
I came here to say not everyone forgot but after reading the comments, I'm hopeful. Thank you for your honesty, for reading the entire post and acknowledging the problem. If we had more conversations like this, we would make significant change. We only get there together, thanks for showing how to get it done 🤗
John in 2014: This whole story is depressingly familiar.
Me in 2020: It sure is John :(
Yeah, it's really depressing how John Oliver is lying to our faces.
@@hamidkarim4811 lying about what specifically?
@@samago1994 Well, I would post a link, but my comment wouldn't show up, if I did that.
Search for the following words on youtube:
"The Media Pushed Lies About Ferguson". Then watch the first video with that title. Larry Elder explains what really happend in Ferguson. Michael Brown wasn't killed because of his skin colour.
@@samago1994 It's very shameful, that people would smear Officer Wilson just for the sake of pushing a narrative.
@@hamidkarim4811 lmaooo you give people the benefit of the doubt and they come back quoting Larry Elder as their source, have a nice day
If you listen carefully... you can hear the millions of College dorm kids clumsily try to hide their drugs and sober up while having a heart attack after watching this video.
+Danny Caracciolo By millions you obviously mean trillions.
+The Doctor. simply The Doctor. Of course how silly I meant Trillions.
+Danny Caracciolo Wtf does that have to do with anything?
+Gabriel Velez 12:25-12:35
+The Doctor. simply The Doctor. assuming we are talking about here in america,it couldn't possible be trillions.
This has easily turned into one of the best shows on period. Keep up the great work.
mrgeetah lol
mrgeetah They are called monthly shows.
This whole Story is depressingly familiar...
2020 and still going...
History repeats because we refuse to learn the lessons of the past.
craxnor Especially the recent past it seems
"those who forget history are doomed to repeat it" or something like that, i'm not good with quotes.
Lol, Americans be like 'we want guns so we can stop ourselves becoming a police state'. Well done guys, you are now a police state.
+Greg. Sym.
See link...
www.americasfreedomfighters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/download-5.jpg
Don' blame a tool for doing bad, blame the user.
Just like this video stated, it may not be the military items, it could just be what is under the skin... then we see an asshole cop....
***** Yeah, but it would help if they didn't have military grade weaponry. Also, why hasn't it been taken away from them?
Greg. Sym. Because, there would be a civil war. The plqn is to slowly reduce them. Like in stone states and cities.
Then at that point only criminals and police would have weapons.
***** Which would be more or less what you want.
Greg. Sym. What i want? What i want is people to own whatever tools they want. If they harm someone with a tool, then they get judged for it.
Police Militarization boils down to an extremly unhealthy worship of soldiers in the entire country.
As a white male veteran who fought for your freedom of speech, I can not agree with your theories. What I do believe is we are all human beings whose rights are being abused.
@@threelittlebirds7942 you guys need to admit to yourselves that nothing you do in the US military has anything to do with "our free speech"
@@alanfulcher460 Police Militarization is the wrong approach and I don't need to be worshipped but I don't need to be hated either. If there was no military we would have been walked over by the Axis powers which would have probably limited your free speech.
slaskel as a soldier this is offensive. If a soldier kills an unarmed civilian he goes to military prison. And not the good one in Germany. The one in the states. Basically the worst parts of the Bible. Secondly if you wound an enemy combatant you are required to render first aid. I had to help bandage someone who had just fired at my truck 5 min prior. Hit him in the leg and he made it half a mile before we caught him. Pissed me off at the time but looking back , got a little respect for the fucker.
@Zahir Datoo
wut...
American is blessed with John Oliver, this show is amazing.
"Depressingly familiar" almost 6 years ago. We've made a stunning lack of progress in so many areas.
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9:28 Duuuuudddddeeeeeee Duude My Car is Sick Duuuuuuuuddddeeeee
Linda Mitchell Duuuuuuuuuuddddddeeeeeeeee, there's my car...
Num43 dude sandstorm
Dude, Where's My Military Assault Vehicle?
They could replay this episode this weekend and it still made sense...
I’m begging you guys to release the full version of the latest episode about police brutality! We all need to share it right now so everyone can see it including people who don’t have an HBO membership. This is a very important episode and it needs to be shared!
I remember when the Ferguson protests resulted in me not having school during my freshman year. Six years later and here we go again. #BLM
"WE'RE GONNA STOP A ROBBERY AT LITTLE CESAR'S!"
*Little Caesars
Bahaha I think that was favorite part “the song is literally titled die motherfucker die” 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😪😪
we're gonna stop a burglary at LITTLE CEASARS
Burglars: But we can live in PEACE!
Cops: We have a tank.
Burglars: Our communities can coexist.
Cops: We have a tank.
Burglars: Would you like some pasta?
Cops: **Open fire**
To be honest, he sounds better than 90% of Nickelback's music catalog
*Little Caesars
@@zabaoth you use the word burglar meaning someone who stole so read the 10 commandments and tell me about coexisting
Whenever I see someone getting arrested, I immediately start filming it. They need to be held accountable.
This whole story is depressingly familiar.
Yeah, it's really depressing how John Oliver is lying to our faces.
@@hamidkarim4811 no
@@henrywaters Well, I would post a link, but my comment wouldn't show up, if I did that.
Search for the following words on youtube:
"The Media Pushed Lies About Ferguson".
Then watch the first video with that title. Everything about the Ferguson incident is explained in this video. Then you can make up your mind about the Ferguson incident. You shouldn't just blindly believe him, do your research, listen to the other side of the story.
@@hamidkarim4811 agreed ill watch it
@@henrywaters 👍🏼
Some people saying that the video of Michael Brown committing a store robbery is relevant because it proves he was a criminal, and that seems to make sense until you stop and think about it for longer than three seconds. In what universe does shoplifting warrant killing him? You think that shoplifting should be punishable by death? A short spell in prison or a fine, yes, but DEATH? What the hell is this, Saudi Arabia? So he ran away from the police officer? How does that warrant gunning him down? Please understand that I wholeheartedly believe in cooperation with police officers, but then I come from Britain where there is no possibility of a police officer pulling a gun on me, and where I can expect mostly fair treatment and a fair trial. In Britain, seeing a police officer armed is a rarity, not an every day occurrence. That doesn't seem to be the case in much of the United States. I don't understand how people can back the police on this. I know that the situation is complex but with regard to this issue, it seems fairly clear cut that Michael Brown in no way deserved what happened to him.
+Theocook1 --The original request was "Please walk down the sidewalk, not in the middle of the street." Michael Brown then started a fight with the Officer, and tried to shoot the Officer with the Officer's own weapon. After beating the Officer with punches, Michael Brown began to walk away. The Officer then asked Michael Brown to stand down, and Michael Brown began to run back towards the Officer in an attack, and it is then that shots were fired. If he behaved like a civilized human being, he would be alive today. Remember the original request was "Please walk down the sidewalk, not in the middle of the street." I do not think that is too much to ask.
+Chris Rathouz It wasn't too much to ask. But disobeying it didn't warrant death. The difference between military societies and democracy is that disrespect to a police officer isn't supposed to result in execution here.
+Chris Rathouz i might have missed the report but how did they come to the conclusion of that is what happened?
***** that is still just an assumption that he charged the guy in the first place
No it doesn't but for some reason we as a race of humans cannot for whatever reason get along and accept each other as equals, seriously, if there are aliens and stuff out there, than we are probably the laughing stock of the universe. Really think about it, if we took the time and energy that we used to kill other people and suppress other races and religions, and used it for advancing our society, than just imagine how far in technological advancements we would be
He walked out of the store with a pack of blunts. Just like cops to overstate a shoplifting charge as a "strong arm robbery". On top of that the cop did not know about the robbery and did not stop him for the robbery. The evidence should clarify the witness statements but if the witness statements are true; this is an execution. Either way he needs to be held accountable, even if there was a physical struggle he shot an unarmed kid in broad daylight in the street. Even if you buy everything up until the officer exits the car...he didn't deserve to be murdered in the street.
didn't the cop break his orbital bone when the kid punched him though? i also heard the kid went for his gun. not on either side yet cause i dont feel enough info has been shown so don't get defensive here cause im just askin. and i also heard the cop had indeed heard about the robbery and they matched the description which is why he pulled over in the first place. again not trying to advocate for the cop because alot of questions need to be answered but i dont think we should all be jumping on to one side of this when none of us were there. not to mention all the disinformation from crazy narrow minded activists(not all) and media outlets pumping out the first info they get for ratings instead of trying to get the facts straight
"Strong armed" comes from grabbing and shoving the store clerk. The cop not knowing about the robbery supports the cops' story. Who was the witness, how credible are they. "even if there was a struggle" supports the cop. You are not helping the victims case. The autopsy supports the cop. Drugs in his system besides MJ would be the final stroke. The cop will be exonerated. The "activists" and looters will get more cash and merchandise, John Oliver can make more jokes- everyone wins!! No one weeps for Michael; I do.
larry lommel He was unarmed in broad daylight. He didn't deserve to be executed.
Titus Crow he got stopped by a cop, then punched the cop so hard it broke his orbital socket.. sorry but anyone who attacks a cop isnt "executed" he is shot in defense.. lesson for today, answer cops questions, then move on and go home safe, or attack the cop and take your chances.. sad that a life is now gone, but he rolled the dice and lost
Aaaaaaand we back
I think I know what the next episode of LWT is gonna be about
@Mark Marcus jesus fucking christ.
I have no faith in electoralism and want to see a revolution but Ive put some effort into not becoming a bitter misanthrope.
@Mark Marcus dude, I'm on board with a revolution I just think it's important to control your anger. Otherwise you just lash out at people for no reason.
Mark Marcus if you hate America so much, then leave. Trust me, it’s worth it. And I will tell you right now, you are not going to get people to suffer for 300 years. That’s just not plausible.
@@moonmoon2479 "if I lived next door to heaven, I would not move to heaven. I would strive to improve my house, and make it superior to heaven."
Sorley De Cesare problem is, its not just you. And many people hate so much that they will never give you the chance to improve.
The security tape is absolutely irrelevant. The officer who shot him had no idea he committed the crime. And even if he did know, there was no justification for the shooting, because a $50 robbery (or even A robbery) doesn't give you the right to execute someone
"Absolutely irrelevant"? Would you say that if it depicted Michael Brown thoughtfully holding the door for a little old lady, or helping the store owner back to his feet? (If yes, then you understand "state of mind," but purposely failed to apply the concept here. If not, then you want to selectively keep out evidence that would corroborate the testimony of the officer involved in the officer-involved shooting, i.e., that Michael Brown was belligerent and combative. Either way, you are mistaken.)
In addition, while Officer Darren Wilson did not initially know that Brown was the perpetrator, he did know that Swisher Sweets were forcibly taken from the convenience store. Officer Wilson thought of Brown as a suspect when he noticed the cigarillos in Brown's hand, and the video became relevant as to Brown to show that Brown had engaged in violence a mere 10-15 minutes prior to his altercation with Wilson. Wilson, who had no disciplinary actions against him but was awarded a commendation for service 6 months ago, did not "execute" Brown for a robbery (although that makes for an irresistible, albeit false, narrative about police brutality against black men). Wilson shot a 300 pound armed robbery suspect who was resisting arrest and who charged at him. If you don't think a 300 pound male charging at you is not an imminent threat of great bodily injury or death, then I suggest you go to the nearest dojo or boxing gym and get informed.
The video has certain limited relevancy, so "absolutely irrelevant" is simply inaccurate.
You're dancing around the subject. Why? The fact is, the officer shot and killed a man who was unarmed and to his knowledge at that point, did nothing wrong. He needs to be prosecuted.
Val Halla I would still say it's irrelevant. And im black.
Tony Laberti Who is avoiding the subject? What have you to say about the policeman being attacked by a 300 pound adult man (corroborated by at least a dozen witnesses), let alone a robbery suspect? The officer shot and killed a man who resisted arrest and attacked the officer. Even the Supreme Court has given police latitude to kill suspects when they pose a significant threat to the police or to the public, even if the suspect is unarmed and is fleeing the scene of a crime. Demands to prosecute the officer in this instance are gratuitous, misdirected and inflammatory.
How were they allowed to use the Punisher skull on their police video.
If police truly believed in that, it would be terrorism, not justice
Because there's still a huge pro-vigilante sentiment in america. They don't see anything wrong with the punisher. A sizeable chunk of americans don't understand the idea that pro-punishment is not necessarily anti-crime, and vice versa
@@potaterjim there is also a high pro-vigilante sentiment here in Canada, too. Mostly because of all the fairly recently reported pedophilia cases that have emerged over the past four decades or so.
It has always been about terrorism.
You mean vigilantism, right?
How is this terrorism witch means there forcing a political beliefs by use of force
Here in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd.
Yep. R.I.P. George Floyd.
nearly 6 years on from this, and absolutely nothing has changed....
Oh things have changed. Police have become more paramilitary. But that isn't the change we wanted.
We need more people like Mr. Oliver. And fast...
It's amazing how in the US the police are above the law they should be upholding. Here in Finland that would never happen in a thousand years.
So I can go to Finland, rob a store, walk in the middle of the street and when a cop asks me to stop, I can fight him and try to take his gun without getting shot? Neat.
@@zabaoth really?
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Well that was what happened in Ferguson. There is a video of the guy trying to take the gun from the cop and attacking him. Him doing nothing and getting shot was all a media spin. One that lead to riots and more violence.
@@pauld.b7129 similar stuff has happened here as well. But cops do not shoot people for that.
Good luck trying to take the gun from an officer lol. You'll be lying kissing the pavement with a broken arm before you even know what happened. They are very very well trained to deal with that without using firearms.
Police can only take their gun out of their holster when they are being shot at first. And even then they can only shoot you in your leg or somewhere non lethal first to put you down.
Police carrying guns is just theatre and to display authority more then anything else.
@@zabaoth
You wont get shot. Because our cops are competent enough to take you down before your hand is even on the gun. Amazing what some basic training will do to you police force am I right?
the 'we're gonna stop a burglary at little ceasar's' part is my favorite thing in the whole worl
That whole “Not all cops are bad,” statement hasn’t exactly aged well
Yeah, even John Oliver criticized the statement as part of his 2020 episode on Police in the wake of the death of George Floyd. He said that the sentiment is not enough because even if there are good cops, the system makes them bad cops by association and complicity in maintaining a white supremacist legal and justice system.
Well it’s not that they’re bad, it’s that they’re specifically “bastards” which is not just a word people use to say they suck, it literally means “no longer in its pure or original form; debased,” or corrupt which is what ACAB is meant to actually represent. Not that the people who are police are all bad people, but that the fruit of a corrupt tree will never be able to bring safe sustenance to any person. Or, less metaphorically, that a person upholding a corrupt system can never hope to be fully just and especially cannot hope to reform the system to which they subscribe.
All cops are better theb criminala
We need more WHITE people like John Oliver in America and in these TH-cam comments. The world would be a better place.
Amen Brother.
you go first mate, we'll catch up w/ya later ; )
No, we don't. John Oliver is a liar. He lied about Ferguson and Michael Brown.
@@hamidkarim4811 bold and vague claims to make without receipts
@@MsScarletwings Watch the following video on youtube:
"The Media Pushed Lies About Ferguson"
After watching that video you know what I mean. John Oliver defamed another person just because he wants to push his narrative.
While I believe in the idea of police, and agree that they serve an important function, I cannot and WILL not, ever support the kinds of stuff I've been shown here in this video.
Because over the last few years, it really does seem like the famous phrase "protect and serve", as become exactly that, just words, with no backing whatsoever.
Jay WHat do you think about UK police (or at least Irish, not sure of the UK does this bit in practice they do), they never carry any weapon if they're in uniform, they can only carry firearms in plain clothing, so If you see someone in a Police uniform you know that they're not armed.
+Double - N Actually, some uniformed patrol officers in the UK do carry tasers, and others are trained to handle firearms, although the latter keep their weapons in the boot of their patrol vehicle and only get them out when they are responding to an armed incident. I think plain clothed officers are very much like the uniformed police - they don't carry firearms unless they are responding to an incident that requires armed police, and they would only have guns if they have been trained to use them.
antardragon Yeah, tasers are alright, 95% of the time they wouldn't be lethal even if you tried, just no firearms.
+Double - N Here in Singapore,our police use and carry guns too. Thankfully they have training and have to fill in reports if they are uses. •phew•
Yukii Oto Yes, I don't know MUCH about Singapore, but a likely offensive stereotype exists in my mind about the place that makes me not surprised about that!
Well, this aged like fine wine.
He needs to do a sequel in light of what has occurred in the last 2 weeks.
He can make a thousand of these, but those privileged racists in the system look after one another. The judges let them off, the prosecutors are hand in glove with the cops
"if you're getting high in your dorm room right now you're not being paranoid, there is a swat team outside and they're coming to get you!" hahaha
It's not even SWAT anymore. ANY given police department can do this now. Yep, even township cops in any give county can raid homes with military weaponry with police level rules of engagement. BE afraid.
"Oh, hi dudes, wanna smoke some herb? You with the funny hat, can you order a pizza? I'm starving".
John Oliver for President 2020. I know it won't happen but I can still dream.
He's not natural born. No point in even dreaming for it.
Tristan V. Lol. That's why i said i know it won't happen.
Honestly, who knows what the US will look like following "president" Trump, if that joker can get elected spouting the shit he says, I think that a rational person like John Oliver could have a shot. Rules can be changed if shit isn't working out.
It COULD happen - the rules COULD be changed; it would require a Constitutional Convention, but that HAS happened a couple of times in the past...
I can guarantee with 100% certainty, that the rules will not change to enable that. And even on the largest whim known to man that they do, it wont be during his lifetime.
John Oliver: Obviously, not all police are bad.
June 2020: Hold my beer
And even he refuted that sentiment to express that individual officers' actions don't matter if the system forces them to be silent and complicit.
Years later and nothing changed
The fact Michael Brown allegedly committed a strong arm robbery before his shooting is irrelevant for the following reasons: A) The cop who killed him was not aware of any robbery because B) that day on the scanners no robbery was called in as Michael Brown had purchased the cigars - if the robbery was the reason he was shot, why did it take a week to release that information, and why did the cop not know about it? Why was his alleged accomplice not in (and is still not in) police custody? If I recall, a white man bombed a school in Oklahoma city and was not shot on sight...are we saying that an assumed robber of cigars should be shot on sight and killed, but a murderer of children with detonator still in hand deserves his day in court?
What would happen if it were a "white boy" instead of black? Just curious.
He would have never been shot, that's what would have happened.
Jeff Rimann That surely has a higher probability.
Let's say an imaginary dickhead police officer at Boston shot an unarmed white kid. Do you think the media reaction would still be the same?
Rajiur Rahman no
Rajiur Rahman No because the officer would be properly fired and discharged for what he did. Since justice was served there's not really a story, it's just common and proper practice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kelly_Thomas
Well, I'm currently writing this comment smack dab in the middle of a shit load of protests. I wish this video was wrong, I wish this stuff wasn't happening, but to any who read this in the future, just keep your eyes open. This is not an issue that will just disappear, this will be an issue until the police start actually working for the public. This will always be an issue until the police are not inherently racist. This will be an issue for many, many years to come. I only hope its better for you all in the future.
I legit thought this was a recent episode.
I'm fucking dying over the military vehicle in Saginaw. My sister goes to school there and NOTHING happens there. What a giant hilarious eyesore in the middle of nowhere.
I ripped the cable out of my television about seven years ago because I just couldn't take the adverts, the mind numbing shows and more importantly the news; all the injustice, the immoral shit etc was making, no lie physically ill. Here I am thinking I'm safe on TH-cam, but no! Up pops Oliver with his intelligent humor approach to the news alluring and enticing me to watch AND I can't resist a British man: Laugh, angry, laugh, angry. Damn you John DAMN YOU!
Yes and your comment is getting so much done.
+Reese duuuuude
DK Dempcey Knight DK But if there is hope, it lies in the proles.
It’s so upsetting that the only Last Week Tonight episode about my state and area is this bad and this relevant
Ryan Quicke Man I feel that. That and the fact Missouri hasn’t ratified the ERA
"Not to say all cops are bad"
Statements that didn't age well.
What upsets me is that someone pointed out that so many officials are talking about "bad apples".... but fail to finish the adage "spoil the whole bunch." This is apparently all too true - one bad apple does spoil the entire bunch. Just look at the bad apple we put into the Oval Office.
This issue isn’t all cops are bad. Cause they aren’t. The issue is, the bad ones continue to escape any sort of real punishment. That, in turn, causes more to be bad, as they know they’ll be fine. It’s not just the bad cops, but the fact that they can do whatever the fuck they want to anyone, and nothing will happen
Imagine if airlines were like police “most of our pilots are good but some of them just like to fly into mountains. It’s impossible to know who flys into mountains.”
@@MrWoWasdf ACAB
6:05 Looks like Janice from Accounting finally gives a f**k about something.
Lol
Finally!!
That's not Janice.
Reading some of this comment section honestly makes me depressed to live in America. We're such an ignorant nation, it's hard to bare sometimes....
i know
i wish i lived in an enlightened and tolerant country
like Somalia
i say we head there now
ill catch up
Sometimes I wonder if the little Hate Gremlins that live in the minds of all men come out specifically to comment on TH-cam videos.
bear.
Andy Toomajian
www.writing-skills.com/60-second-fix-bear-and-bare
Randy Palmer It's unfortunate Darwinism hasn't bred your ilk out of society yet. But don't worry, there's still time.
"This whole story is depressingly familiar"
R.I.P. George Floyd
I always find myself liking his videos before I even start watching. So far no regrets
14:45 is probably the greatest thing I've ever heard
Why is the footage of him manhandle a clerk and steal a box of cigars irrelevant? It's not like this was weeks ago prior to him finding Jesus. It was time stamped 10 minutes before he was shot. Your video is 15 minutes long. You consider video footage of the suspect pushing himself past a clerk irrelevant effectively stealing from the store, but the color of the donated armor they're wearing damnable. I guess you thought it was ordered from a catalog where they could choose khakis or the burgundy.
The other side of the argument is that it's better for the cops to not be protected. Do you think if the police tell them to disperse, the rioters and protesters will say, "Dreadfully sorry, old chap. Didn't know I was being unruly. I will vacate the premises immediately."? Are you under the impression that police officers have a natural immunity to glass bottles and bricks? Now that you have a badge: miscellaneous objects can't hurt you. It's like. ... you are aware cops get hurt, right? They're not werewolves that can only be killed by a silver bullet on a full moon. I know John McLain could survive jumping off an F15, but not all police officers can survive simply by the suspension of disbelief.
I acknowledge that there is an inherent racism in the area. It's compounded by repetition and reputation. It's a very underfunded, poorly educated area with little opportunity for growth. People of the area can't afford to leave so they're stuck there. They can't improve the area because there's not enough income inherently in the area to fund through taxes. There's a hated for "the system" which results in a defiance of the system and its authority. (Hence the f---- the police and the kill the police chants). It'll take decades to solve the issues of the area and an investment both monetary and effort with no way to guarantee return.
That said, unless you want to quell the rioters and the protesters yourself, don't say they're safe without the armor.
To answer your question, the video is irrelevant because even then he was unarmed. Theft is not punishable by death, especially not before a trial.
Well.... Battery: but you're assuming it was an execution for the crime. Is that what you think? That he was mitigating justice? Maybe that's the difference. I saw it as a police officer who was paranoid of the situation killing Big guy with video footage showing he could be seen as violent. Solitary officer, outnumbered, no backup. If it was a clear case of killing for punishment.... why not kill the other guy?
Gerard Newell You act as if death is just run-of-the-mill police work. They have other ways to subdue suspects that do not include deadly force. Tasers and mace, for example. If witness reports are accurate, then the suspect had his hands up at the time of the shooting. He had already given up. Jumpiness is no excuse for shooting someone dead in the street, even if that person can be "seen as violent." If this is the result of a "paranoid" officer getting trigger happy, then he should still be held accountable for his actions, and the entire police force should undergo revised training for how to properly handle a weapon in the field.
But given the narrative we're hearing from the people of Ferguson and the blatant racism coming from members of the police there, is it really so hard to believe he shot Mike Brown due at least in part to racial bias?
Gerard Newell The police chief said that the cop who shot him did not know anything about the robbery. He was stopped for walking in the middle of the street.
No. There is a racist bias. I don't doubt that. But I don't think a gathering crowd chanting "kill the police" within 3 hours of the shooting is a sign of a sign of a safe neighborhood that looks out for the well being of cops by himself holding multiple suspects.
Now, I'm no expert in gun safety, nor do I have any military training; but I was a volunteer assistant supervisor for the Target Sports event at a YMCA summer camp for a week. The first thing I had to teach the 4th graders there, before they were even allowed to touch a bow, was that you do not point the bow at anything that is not your target. I had to explain that you should always treat a Nerf gun as if it's loaded and primed and never assume it won't fire because you could be wrong and make a mistake. I was apparently giving 4th graders more comprehensive firearms training than some police get.
3 years later... Rate of change... 0
Robert Prehn
This show was published nearly 6 years ago in august 2014 but yeah 0 change
@@BluBlu777 last surge of responses to the video was 3 years ago, I guess there was another wave of killings then... Maybe this time around change is inevitable...
Robert Prehn Aaahhh, I understand. My apologies.