Yep I had JRE on continuous play and fell asleep, woke up hours later hearing his rallying cries about looking after America’s weakest people. I assumed it was a new podcast Joe was giving in light of recent events until I picked up it was this old one. This interview says a lot about Joe’s and Michael’s wisdom but sadly even more about the state of America....
The same people who fund BLM have been allowing and encouraging this type of police Brutality under the wire. Why else would they were a cloth from the same african tribes that actually traded and used the slaves sold to "the WhItE MaN" Democrats started the KKK as well. It's easy to get over on younger folk because they haven't lived through this and your schools are now brainwashing the youth with forced ideas. Wake up
I mean I realized you made your comment with a healthy amount of sass, but the (moral) absolutist tone of the internet for the past half decade or so has become unbearable. You weren't the only comment on the video as such, I just ended up farting on you, hehe. :P
@@jackiesee1907 what do you mean? he spends most of the podcast talking about how the cops torture and torment black communities. He's describing institutional racism in black communities in elaborate detail. And Joe is agreeing. He's saying black people are and have been trapped in a viciously unfair racist system and current policy makes it impossible for them to get out of the cycle. His point about white people is only to say that the police are so flagrantly and obviously racist to black people he tried to even it up by responding to white people in something of the same way but the focus of the violence is against black people. There's no comparison with whites. He literally said that if a white dude had weed on him, there is no way he's ever going to be searched while a black person will almost t definitely get searched.
I was a cop for 6 years in Rochester NY and the only thing that kept me sane and most likely alive was getting away from the job a lot for military duty. Stopping wacko cops from beating people as a cop is hazardous to your health they tried to push me through a plate glass window for not backing them up on use of force reports that were lies.
Chain is only as strong as the weakest link, but if the whole chain is bad buy a new one. Maybe you were a good link in a bad chain, but that's life. What do you do about it? I would fight the negativity, but I'm not you. Good luck mane.
That's what's wrong Arnold and thank you for being brave enough to say that some people can act like peer pressure is just a high school thing but when your pension and your finance to take care of your family is on the line I'd say that's the very definition of peer pressure
@Tyrant I can agree very much that they need to up their qualifications to become an officer. Both mentally and physically. Honestly I think they need to have a military type boot camp and military type regular training as well.
I did 10.5 weeks in the academy of a 23 week program until I saw the way the system works (from the inside). Not my idea of what being a peace officer was to me at all. I went in wanting to possibly make a difference, help people....exact opposite of what we were being taught. “Everyone is guilty of something, and this is how you obtain them”. Wow, eye opener. No wonder many people do not respect the law. Not saying all peace officers are this way.. but that’s the way they want you to work. No thanks, there are good people out there, not everyone has bad intentions.
This has GOT to be one of the best, if not the best podcast Rogan has ever had. There are a plethora of great ones, but I cannot recall one where a man was able to speak pure truth that was as straight from the heart. Michael Wood, Sir, I cannot begin to explain how much respect I have for you. If only the majority were as brutally honest as this gentleman. The world, or at least our country would be so much of a better place to endure and enjoy.
***** .... *Which makes him a true psychopath*. Very cunning, very manipulative and very persuasive. I dunno what "fears" you are talking about, he lacks certain emotions... *again, an absolute characteristic of a psychopath*.
Andrew Olson He should have said it while a cop. Then it would have personal repercussions. As opposed to just saying shit, when no longer effects you.
Andrew Olson So he's no hero, no whistleblower. He should have said it WHILE a cop. When it had real repercussions to his paycheck. Additionally, he could have different motives.after the fact.
+Napalm He admitted that a lot of the things he did was wrong, and that he should've spoken up. He also (in my opinion) explained fairly well why he didn't.
would be a good time to see him here again. shits really hit the fan since then. but don’t put him on yet give it a year to let this play out and then have him on to assess the situation as a whole as we experience another shift in society
Not really - it's anecdotal experience and evidence. Baltimore is one of the most corrupt cities in the country - it's not all on the cops here. Democrat run cities have high levels of corruption - we can cite many examples. Chicago, Baltimore, Phiadelphia, NYC. Wood is no different than a lot of other attention seekers on social media. Not to mention he admits his own corruption by targeting white people for lock up. That's really fucked. If it were the other way around people would be screaming bloody murder.
@@j0hnnykn0xv1lle it isnt just these cities that have quota based policing creating issues. It's quite common in less corrupt cities across the country. The police shouldnt be using quotas as a metric. Or as revenue generation. That's not what the police should be there for. In some places cops have rebelled against it. But it takes good people like michael wood understanding what's going on and standing up to their superiors. And not just following orders so they get paid. It's a complex problem.
@@efef6853 I have to apologize bc it seems as tho I was listening to something that was older but was posted very recently. I'm sorry for accusing you of lying.
@@efef6853 it just goes to show that American people need to come up with a way to have the judicial system restructured. A person can be decietful and we need to. Stop allowing people so much influence on how me make choices .. just very let down for sure. But there is a TH-cam channel that has given me some calm and peace of mind from some unexpected area.s. if you have not yet seen anything by Beau of the Fifth column. He might be the most rational voice I have been hearing.
He’s not in law enforcement anymore. That’s kinda the problem. The people actually IN law enforcement won’t say anything or do anything until they get OUT of law enforcement.
I guess you could call it honesty...maybe...maybe honest as he sees it, but he seems really seems to see color a LOT. Seems like a skewed honesty from his perspective I'm guessing many others wouldn't see the same way
When I was a LEO I wasn’t RoboCOP’ish at all. I tried to reach out and be a part of the community in order to overturn the notion that COPs are bad but I never showed weakness. I also made 100% sure I knew and understood every single law I was asked to enforce... I wanted to be a COP for the right reasons and that’s to help people but I quickly learned my co-workers had different agendas. My black co-workers wanted to get revenge on whites and most of my white co-workers were bullied as kids and they wanted revenge on everyone. I got hurt in a local county jail during booking when my own co-workers left me in a life threatening situation for no other reason than laziness and that ended my LEO career and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I’ll never go back because I now know there is nothing I can do to help or change anything.
By being a responsible, and empathetic officer, you made positive changes in the lives of the individuals of your community; serving in such a way is invaluable and more than anyone could ask of a person. If you don’t mind answering, what would be your solution to the problems you described? Have a nice day and thank you for your service.
The Thigh Well I’ll tell you that the problems with revenge policing wasn’t even noticeable until the Dept’s started requiring 4 year degrees (in anything) to be LE. It seemed to me that this hiring practice was the problem. I don’t think a 4 year degree is necessary to be a good LEO and I don’t believe collage kids are the best for this type job. The local Sheriffs office here in my hometown still doesn’t require a collage degree and they seem to have much higher quality people than the municipal (City) Dept. here. I don’t necessarily think going to collage makes you a bad candidate but it seems like our Dept’s stopped trying to look for the best people for the job as long as you have a degree. We have so many COPs now that never fired or even touched a handgun until their police training and most aren’t proficient with any other weapons other than their service weapon. They just don’t seem to have the right backgrounds and interests to be COPs.
My friend was killed by a drunk driver who also ran over an African American man the same night on June 13th and is getting away with it because his dad is a cop. Fucking ridiculous. I can’t believe the police department let that happen. It’s a small area in Texas so everyone knows everyone and this was heartbreaking for so many people. But he still doesn’t have ANY charges.
Everything you just said is right on. But you can't change the culture from the bottom where you were. We can only try to educate the clueless old white ladies who have never had an altercation with a cop so they think they are there to protect us.
@@orangmawas3858 'Did those white people ever do anything wrong' .. 'Yes they were always guilty, i never locked anyone up who wasn't guilty'. Damn you're really just another version of CNN, sad.
@@braxtonw1993 There are literal videos showing these clear cases. So it obviously isn't propaganda. It is propaganda when they continually say that this is just a minority of cops, Blacks and Whites are treated equally in the eyes of police officers, etc.
muddy hotdog u mean a TRUTH artist “hotdog”... maybe u should lay off hotdogs since a Harvard study showed that leukemia goes up 75% in children who eat 2 or more hotdogs a Week. So lay off then! He told the truth, has NEVER deferred or deviated from subject matter. U are either 1) a Fool or 2) a cop.. both are the same! A bunch of Slaves fighting with other slaves arguing on a plantation. That’s the reality of it... if I can’t, get up, right now, & go wherever u want to? Then u are a Slave! Period! U feel more “safe” when a cop pulls up behind you (even if your doing nothing wrong)... said Nobody Ever!!!
ed Snowdon. your giving him a little to much credit. dude had Washington on their heels. you must have an issue with people that tell the truth. you sound like your probably cointelpro
@@chewyjello1 the last video is from 4 days ago! Am I looking on the right channel? I'm a few minutes in and it sounds like beavis and but head trying to have a coherent conversation lol
@@xDDufiosy just before the fact with all the controversy than, they defunded big programs within the law enforcement across the United states. The DARE program. A lot of budgets were cut. Yet you believe what the left says. Nobody pays attention to what is going on.
Reuben Handel He said he'd arrest white criminals for the same thing's they'd arrest blacks for rather than letting them go. You honestly don't even seem to possess a 7 year olds level of comprehension. I'm assuming you're a grown man so you should be pretty fucking ashamed.
How the fuck did he praise him so much and not think about bringing him back. I'm very centrist and have been leaning right lately but I've never seen anything so impactful about police brutality. Reality hits hard sometimes.
The fact that this is revisited speaks volumes about where we are in this country. Thanks for speaking out. More of this is needed. The nuances of this conversation in 2020 let's us know where we are headed.
I’m 46 boricua from nyc Brownsville Brooklyn he’s admitting to all the unbelievers what we blacks and Spanish and other minority s have been saying for generations after civil war and whites who blind them selves deny it don’t exist they call u crazy conspiracy Nut .Racism is a system secretly controlled by a group or groups it’s not a biggie man or just a myth .cell phones are just catching it. This is deeper than racist people and officers .
I am a former US Army infantryman and a former law enforcement officer in Virginia. Everything this guy says is absolutely accurate. I agree with his stance 100%. Everything he is saying is the reason I am no longer involved in law enforcement. I quit because most police are bullies and i do not agree with the war on drugs. There is no such thing as a victimless crime. If there is no victim there is no crime. They need to end the war on drugs and put the funding into murder, rape, kidnapping, sex trafficking. I was also a detention officer and it is exactly the same.
I got a 1380 and I dropped out of college to join law enforcement. Best decision I ever made. Law enforcement isn't fucked everywhere like it is in Baltimore.
@@W1Robur In the first week of my CJ 101 class another student and I were talking about ACT scores, and at one point I made the joke "if I got a 32 I'd be in pre-law, not CJ." My professor, a police officer and the dean of the school, said "I got a 34". Not the best first impression with the man who taught more than half my CJ classes for the next few years 😂
2:20:20 ... As an applied linguist, the movement would have been much better served by the slogan 'Black Lives Matter Too!'. This would have nullified the social conservative backlash.
At the same logic, nobody really cares about social liberal backlash. People who do primarily do it to save their business, that's it. It's a business move. I've been on both sides and boy do the democrats/progressives like to go backwards. And every person agrees black lives matter. But organization is VERY questionable. I don't know, are they helping the black folks here in Chicago? Nah
What the organization is called is not the issue. The issue is the fact that it is based upon a complete lie, a complete lack of substance, ignores the actual facts (i.e. the stasticts), is a Marxist movement, and it's supporters admit that even the name is a lie because when anyone dares question why they completely ignore any black life not taken by a cop especially if the cop happens to be white they accuse the questioner of being racist and then go on to explain that those are not the black lives which matter. So in this case Linguistics don't matter to conservatives to paraphrase a famous black life it's the content of the movement not it's name upon which we judge it's character.
The flow of drugs to the US makes a lot of people very rich under the current illegal status. The people who profit off of that have no interest in democratising their proceeds. At most you'll get their Latin American accomplices some years later when they turn on their former partners.
The funny thing is, nothing bad has happened in the countries that did, like Portugal decriminalizing all drugs. Heroin addiction went down 50% in the first year after decriminalization. The war on drugs is just a war on Americans.
@Allison Bauch also the United States profits off the drug wars and other countries because they know that they are more bound use drugs since theyre is more poverty.also the United States has been known to make deals with drug cartel leaders how messed up is that
Michael Wood is very intelligent and it is a compliment to the subject matter to have Joe Rogan interviewing him. Thanks for this. As black people we need to condemn chaotic evil no matter the color of the perpetrator. Let's reward and embrace those who can overcome the overwhelming odds we face in this country. We need to realize that within the United States; The pen is truly mightier than the gun.
Great comment man. I hope that in the coming years the institutionalized racism that permeates this nation will start to deconstruct and eventually be a thing of the past. It really is refreshing to hear this former cop tell the truth about the War On Drugs. Michael Wood is just verifying what everyone already knew, corruption, institutionalized racism, politics, and money have destroyed the system and made into something that is anything but justice.
Adam Akhtar Nah my reasoning was that he is trying to make a positive difference but the people who he is trying to help may just ignore him because he just sounds like another high up politicial guy. If you don't understand what I mean I will try and reword it
Fair enough, but he's not using any rethoric, hes just articulate, I think people would respond to him better than some politician. Also he's a marine, they tend to get alot of respect
I grew up in Boyle Heights was in the Feds at 19 I know. I’m not white but I look white for the most part. Racial injustices are prevalent through out these systems though. But one of the problems is media and people that make there money off of the problem never being solved. There’s a long list of people that have made millions off this. That talk about the problems in the community that they don’t even live in
George Thomas sorry about that I know exactly how you feel. I haven’t been in prison in six years and some of the Bullshit i experienced due to a corrupt task force is the reason why I’ve paid who knows how much money to dig myself out of the legal whole which is the penal system put in place to benefit the CDC and private prisons which they get almost a hundred k per inmate in some places. It’s literally a monopoly
I've never heard of this guy before and have no idea what he's saying now, but he doesn't seem credible to me. I get the impression that he might have been one of the bad cops and thinks they're all like him. I don't know if maybe he was really fired for misconduct (I know he says shoulder) and has an ax to grind or something..I have no idea but something just seems off with him. Maybe it's just me but he doesn't act like any cop I've ever known
I paused the video at 39:04 and I must say I'm loving every second of this podcast. My level of respect for Michael is so high. I had to get that of my chest and now I'm gonna continue watching.
@Adam Alperstein Why do you assume he is talking about people and not police? Even in this interview, the ex-cop IS the individual that tried to do better. Both police and citizens need to do better.
It's annoying how many people in the comments misconstrue his nuance points about being involved in the institutionalised cycle of racism as him simply being racist.
ChilledKnowledge I don't get why white people feel so pissed off about stuff like this. I am white and think it's important to be honest racism still exists, not only in the US either. How else are we going to change things. He seems like a very honest guy to me.
ChilledKnowledge it's because some people don't understand that institutional/societal racism and individual racism aren't the same thing. They think that because the institution is, at its core, racist, that everyone involved is racist which of course is not the case.
ChilledKnowledge TH-cam comments continue to be the gutter of the internet. Too many small minded idiots, that can't understand when a shining star of a police officer comes on here and tells the truth. He puts it out there for what it is and too many small minds on here can't handle/comprehend the truth.
Michael is an amazing human being with the clear, articulate and rationale thought that we absolutely need more of right now. Our political system should be designed and run by people like this.
He has since changed his ideas that he expressed in this podcast and now no longer believes racism exists. Thought I would share that info since I was blind sided by it myself.
Would love for Joe to have him back and hear his thoughts on the last 4/5 years of police behavior. From Daniel Shaver, to Amber Guyger, to George Floyd, murderous welfare checks, body cameras, civil rights, 1st amendment protection and law endorment violent reaction to recording and photography, not to mention police armed with lethal doses of ketamine.
3:27 Was just talking to a friend today that it’s a matter of time before they intentionally start locking white people up to even out the numbers... turns out woke cops have been doing this for a long time.
Amos Craig this comment may be the stupidest comment I’ve ever seen. This is a Russian bot obviously trying to spread divisive propaganda in the United States. Thank god nobody with half a brain reads the TH-cam comments.
@@George-cr6jq rightttttt!!! You just proved the whole Black Lives Matter purpose. Stop and frisk hello? Generally its been targeted to young black males so now you know where they been treated unfair for all this time, ofcourse it was unfair. Never said what he did was right.
i like him, he is cool, he is at least honest, mostly the comments are moaners and trolls, you can be sure. the sad thing is nothing has changed in 5 years,
I totally agree with the point they were making towards the end. Cops should be better trained in hand to hand combat. Train them more in mixed martial arts. Make it so that they feel more confident taking people down hand to hand instead of constantly being scared of physical confrontation and reaching for their weapon.
@@raydolinger1980 100%, really? The only correct thing about that comment is your response of its honesty. You're absolutely correct about that being someone's honest OPINION. Having said that, I can see where folks could come to that conclusion. And I think if more people gave their HONEST opinions rather than saying what they think they're supposed to, we could cut through to the actual issues and resolve them.
Bill Fence you didn’t listen to the rest of what he was saying. They do that so it looks like they’re not really only terrorizing the black community. Google “Baltimore gun trace task force,” it’s not the old whites that dealt with that fuckin gang
The movie the Giver shows that our differences is what makes us so beautiful and precious. And our similarities also keep us safe. Great movie. (Commenting on the idea of no flags.)
That whole soldier being the better cop thing could go either way, a lot of them come out with PTSD and can't find a job so they pick cop and end up shooting somebody who didnt deserve to be shot
@@bkerrkerr3124 Just go to his TH-cam page and listen to his most recent interviews. It's all there. Read through the comments too. I would recommend starting with this one: th-cam.com/video/YSki7QGfAQE/w-d-xo.html
@@chewyjello1 I've watched or listened to most of his interviews; not read a word of his writings. I ask again, what has been a radical (180) change in his position? You make it sound as if he changed his mind on major points. . He seems pretty much on the same wave length, though I'm sure he knows more.
Joe and Show Producers...please consider bringing this Man back for an update show. Would love to know what happened to him and his perspective on Current BLM issues.
Police should listen and learn-FINALLY someone talks truth, Amazing this conversation was 4 years ago! We can not be having this same conversation 4 years from now!
@@cmayo5659 don't be shocked if we are. the black panthers entire platform was focused around shedding light on police brutality. that was over 50 years ago.
@N Logan I think carrying a knife vs a needle nose pliers is worse. Ultimately anything can be used as a weapon if fashioned as such. How do you propose to stop the insanely high ethnic knife crime in the uk?
David Dewar lol all of the countries that rely on the US for their military budget would give a shit. all of the countries that the US gives millions to billions of dollars in aid would give a shit. all of the good innocent Americans would give a shit.
It's kind of amazing how he comes from this place of inner justice without any fear, it's like authentic courage. I just admire that. He is either a rebel who likes to piss people off, or he's just really in tune with his heart and higher purpose. And the fact that he's super hot is like, okay.. he is using the assets to actually make a positive difference in the world. He's adorable, lol. I am proud of this person I don't even know for making the world a safer place.
Y’all know what he means. Someone has a brain fart in the public eye and it gets so exposed like their stupid. Video your conversations and see how many times your tongue slips...
The biggest problem is the unions that continually put bad cops back on the street after they have been fired for doing unlawful things. Cops know they have no accountability.
@@scottmartain9941 way to generalize asshole are there bad cops, of course! just like there is bad doctors, bad comedians, bad truckers most cops are good decent people trying to feed their families, risking their lives every.single.day so you can stay home, mostly safe, and be able to walk your child to the park
There is no neighborhood that is crimeless. "Races" don't commit crime, people do! Domestic violence is a crime, rape is a crime, elder abuse is a crime, child abuse is a crime, doing/using illegal drugs in the home or out is a crime, shooting up/dismembering family members in the house is a crime, corporate corruption is a crime,
Michael Wood "...Let the white thing play out." Even better, stop it in its tracks. You have started the engine, along with the activist you spoke about during the interview, along with many like-minded, INTELLIGENT humanitarians! You've have a special calling, listen to it! You are an exceptional, evolving man. Thank you for your truth!
@@daprodigy420 possibly because it's something they don't see in almost any Republican ran state. They should be aware by now that its mostly a big city problem and a problem with historically democratic states. The Democrats have been putting laws up to stop minorities from having rights since slavery ended.
He meant melanin, haha. Cut him a break, he's a soldier not a scientist, but he was on the right foot :) Plus, I'm sure there's some nerve-racking pressure while speaking on a podcast. I'm certain he knows it's "melanin".
That's how a lot of people think who are First Responders. You separate yourself from the feelings because if you give in to the feeling and the terrible things that you see on a regular basis you will be definitely in a world of hurt sometimes.
Crazy , I’m just a regular citizen and In healthcare and I get a real RUSH seeing life come back from death or saving a life but to actually think that Cops are getting a RUSH in watching life end or seeing ppl KILLED by Police. C’mon man; this needs to stop, that’s taking steps backwards in HUMANITY.
Yeah I was completely decimated by cops 10 years ago I'm sorry but it's way more class war than it is race war people like to keep the Divide and the truth is we need healthy debate from The Middle Twitter has become a judge and jury and that is a very dangerous thing
Man 😮 i cant believe this has been up for so long and i aint seen it 😞 easily the best J.R.E ive seen, so refreshing to here that kinda talk. ✌💙👍 from Scotland 👋
It appears to me a former cop saying things that are essentially anti-cop automatically validates everything he has to say a true and a indictment on policing, without actually breaking down what he’s saying. He went on a 5 minute tangent of the chronological order of arresting black men to then resorting to drug dealing. In this entire argument, he rattles of a dozen illegal things black men are doing and then proceeds to blame the police officers for enforcing laws because its leads to negative outcomes for these people? If a BAD cop arrests a criminal, it doesn’t mean the criminal was innocent. There are bad cops obviously, but there is also a rampant culture of drugs and violence in black communities, and to suggest it’s bad cops causing this cycle is ludicrous. Bad cops don’t help it, but they certainly don’t start it.
100% correct on the OP's account. And as someone from Baltimore it's not fucking weed you morons! It's fucking narcotics, specifically heroin! Come here, see what's happening. This woods guy is a fucking leftist idealist, talking about shit from 60 fucking years ago. This is a fucking war zone, nobody is forcing blacks to MURDER EACH OTHER
Woke up at 3am to this autoplaying on my tv. My tired eyes read the upload time as four hours ago. Seems right. I blinked again and realised it says 4 years. Trippy moment.
Anyone else back here in May/June of 2020?
I watch this video every 6 months or so. This interview will stand against the test of time.
yep. i also watched the him on cognitive rampage Podcast. If you havent seen him on that one I recommond it.
Been sharing this a lot recently after watching it 4 years ago and sharing it back then. He offers solutions just no one is listening :/
Yep I had JRE on continuous play and fell asleep, woke up hours later hearing his rallying cries about looking after America’s weakest people. I assumed it was a new podcast Joe was giving in light of recent events until I picked up it was this old one. This interview says a lot about Joe’s and Michael’s wisdom but sadly even more about the state of America....
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This started autoplaying, i didnt realize this was 5 years old, i thought they were talking about things right now.
Deus Slayer exactly what happened to me ! Lol
same
It's so relevant now it's crazy
The same people who fund BLM have been allowing and encouraging this type of police Brutality under the wire.
Why else would they were a cloth from the same african tribes that actually traded and used the slaves sold to "the WhItE MaN"
Democrats started the KKK as well.
It's easy to get over on younger folk because they haven't lived through this and your schools are now brainwashing the youth with forced ideas.
Wake up
Deadass
This guy is fucking authentic. Much respect.
People who dislikes this podcast should be put in jail.
Whackashit Collaborations What a healthy stance to have.
If yor overlook the sarcasm, you don't even have an idea how good a point you just made.
I mean I realized you made your comment with a healthy amount of sass, but the (moral) absolutist tone of the internet for the past half decade or so has become unbearable. You weren't the only comment on the video as such, I just ended up farting on you, hehe. :P
Look up the song, "You'll be safe here" by rivermaya. Read the lyrics. I rest my case.
Whackashit Collaborations r u sayin u want to snugle with me? cuz ill sungle you real gud >:)
Damn this is 5 years ago. Bring him back for another one lol lets see what he has to say now 🤔
A lot.
@Corby Dorian Thanks, I'll take that. Lots of videos on my channel to update you.
this guy is a clown
Clown? ...explain or STFU.
Brilliant idea
Who is also here July 2020?
I pray for all of us that the rest of this damaging year, begins to heal and prosper. ❤
Thanks man, sending peace your way. We lead by example.
Amen 2020 is suppose to be looking up...but we just have to keep our heads up.
*Patches O'houlihan* me! Can't believe I had missed this
ha u thought you were going to get a thousand something likes!! whoops NOT TODAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!
@@sabramaat8395 sorry kiddo not everyone is as shallow as you
4 min in and the ex cop already admits that him being afraid of being racist in fact made him do racist things but towards white people lol
This guy needs to come back
Joe's laughter after was telling of the times
Yeah...still, 98 percent of the cops' racist violence was directed toward black and brown people
Fun Sun you have stats to support this?
@@jackiesee1907 what do you mean? he spends most of the podcast talking about how the cops torture and torment black communities. He's describing institutional racism in black communities in elaborate detail. And Joe is agreeing. He's saying black people are and have been trapped in a viciously unfair racist system and current policy makes it impossible for them to get out of the cycle. His point about white people is only to say that the police are so flagrantly and obviously racist to black people he tried to even it up by responding to white people in something of the same way but the focus of the violence is against black people. There's no comparison with whites. He literally said that if a white dude had weed on him, there is no way he's ever going to be searched while a black person will almost t definitely get searched.
I was a cop for 6 years in Rochester NY and the only thing that kept me sane and most likely alive was getting away from the job a lot for military duty. Stopping wacko cops from beating people as a cop is hazardous to your health they tried to push me through a plate glass window for not backing them up on use of force reports that were lies.
Fuck them pigs
Chain is only as strong as the weakest link, but if the whole chain is bad buy a new one. Maybe you were a good link in a bad chain, but that's life. What do you do about it? I would fight the negativity, but I'm not you. Good luck mane.
what was your badger number? Can we reach out to your dept to verify you were a cop?
That's what's wrong Arnold and thank you for being brave enough to say that some people can act like peer pressure is just a high school thing but when your pension and your finance to take care of your family is on the line I'd say that's the very definition of peer pressure
@@j0hnnykn0xv1lle what kind of a question is that? Do you not believe him?
Beside the drug war, cop quotas need to go. Quotas are just encouraging false and/or petty arrests and tickets.
There aren't quotas any more
Quotas are for sales people aren't they ...that is absolutely ridiculous ...that there are quotas...
@Tyrant I can agree very much that they need to up their qualifications to become an officer. Both mentally and physically. Honestly I think they need to have a military type boot camp and military type regular training as well.
@Tyrant the job of leo's shouldn't be writing an arbitrary amount of tickets. In effect it's a quota
@Tyrant a person who worked in law enforcement and calls himself "Tyrant" ... How ironic...
I did 10.5 weeks in the academy of a 23 week program until I saw the way the system works (from the inside). Not my idea of what being a peace officer was to me at all. I went in wanting to possibly make a difference, help people....exact opposite of what we were being taught. “Everyone is guilty of something, and this is how you obtain them”. Wow, eye opener. No wonder many people do not respect the law. Not saying all peace officers are this way.. but that’s the way they want you to work. No thanks, there are good people out there, not everyone has bad intentions.
This has GOT to be one of the best, if not the best podcast Rogan has ever had. There are a plethora of great ones, but I cannot recall one where a man was able to speak pure truth that was as straight from the heart. Michael Wood, Sir, I cannot begin to explain how much respect I have for you.
If only the majority were as brutally honest as this gentleman.
The world, or at least our country would be so much of a better place to endure and enjoy.
Well said sir.
Strype13 .... You're making a mistake. *This cop is NO "gentleman", he's a pure sociopath*.
slw154 Nice try, officer. Don't be scared because one of your own is ruffling your feathers. Change is a good thing!
*****
.... *Which makes him a true psychopath*. Very cunning, very manipulative and very persuasive.
I dunno what "fears" you are talking about, he lacks certain emotions... *again, an absolute characteristic of a psychopath*.
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Sheesh. I wasn't ready for a former cop to be THIS honest. Finally a real conversation instead of this "all officers are angels"...Blue Silence CRAP.
Think is, he didn't say it while a cop. He said it when he wasn't.
Andrew Olson
He should have said it while a cop. Then it would have personal repercussions.
As opposed to just saying shit, when no longer effects you.
Andrew Olson
So he's no hero, no whistleblower. He should have said it WHILE a cop. When it had real repercussions to his paycheck.
Additionally, he could have different motives.after the fact.
+Napalm He admitted that a lot of the things he did was wrong, and that he should've spoken up.
He also (in my opinion) explained fairly well why he didn't.
Speaking out after leaving the force still has repercussions. Cops do watch this Podcast. He is brave IMO.
bring him back. Gold mine.
IKR 🙏🏾❗😔
Agreed!
would be a good time to see him here again. shits really hit the fan since then. but don’t put him on yet give it a year to let this play out and then have him on to assess the situation as a whole as we experience another shift in society
Fully agree
But the ones who will be approached about changing things are the very ones keeping them running
This podcast is more important than ever right now
Really is
Not much police policy has changed since Rodney King.
Yupp share it with everyone
Not really - it's anecdotal experience and evidence. Baltimore is one of the most corrupt cities in the country - it's not all on the cops here. Democrat run cities have high levels of corruption - we can cite many examples. Chicago, Baltimore, Phiadelphia, NYC. Wood is no different than a lot of other attention seekers on social media. Not to mention he admits his own corruption by targeting white people for lock up. That's really fucked. If it were the other way around people would be screaming bloody murder.
@@j0hnnykn0xv1lle it isnt just these cities that have quota based policing creating issues. It's quite common in less corrupt cities across the country. The police shouldnt be using quotas as a metric. Or as revenue generation. That's not what the police should be there for. In some places cops have rebelled against it. But it takes good people like michael wood understanding what's going on and standing up to their superiors. And not just following orders so they get paid. It's a complex problem.
This is more relevant than ever. Wish Joe would have him back on.
He has a interview from 2 days ago I'm going to check out right after this
@@efef6853 adjust watch the podcast that he was on from a week ago why are you lying? The story didn't change
@@efef6853 I have to apologize bc it seems as tho I was listening to something that was older but was posted very recently. I'm sorry for accusing you of lying.
@@efef6853 God bless you too. Gotta say I'm pretty bummed out now tho
@@efef6853 it just goes to show that American people need to come up with a way to have the judicial system restructured. A person can be decietful and we need to. Stop allowing people so much influence on how me make choices .. just very let down for sure. But there is a TH-cam channel that has given me some calm and peace of mind from some unexpected area.s. if you have not yet seen anything by Beau of the Fifth column. He might be the most rational voice I have been hearing.
As a proud Baltimorean it is very refreshing to hear this kind of honesty coming from someone in law enforcement.
Indeed.
Agreed as another citizen from Baltimore
This guy is a "BADASS", it takes a lot to be sincere as a "COP". Joe,I'm so glad you had this intelligent cop on your show!
He’s not in law enforcement anymore. That’s kinda the problem. The people actually IN law enforcement won’t say anything or do anything until they get OUT of law enforcement.
I guess you could call it honesty...maybe...maybe honest as he sees it, but he seems really seems to see color a LOT. Seems like a skewed honesty from his perspective I'm guessing many others wouldn't see the same way
When I was a LEO I wasn’t RoboCOP’ish at all. I tried to reach out and be a part of the community in order to overturn the notion that COPs are bad but I never showed weakness. I also made 100% sure I knew and understood every single law I was asked to enforce...
I wanted to be a COP for the right reasons and that’s to help people but I quickly learned my co-workers had different agendas. My black co-workers wanted to get revenge on whites and most of my white co-workers were bullied as kids and they wanted revenge on everyone.
I got hurt in a local county jail during booking when my own co-workers left me in a life threatening situation for no other reason than laziness and that ended my LEO career and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I’ll never go back because I now know there is nothing I can do to help or change anything.
Tell your story brother. This is your avenue to change.
By being a responsible, and empathetic officer, you made positive changes in the lives of the individuals of your community; serving in such a way is invaluable and more than anyone could ask of a person.
If you don’t mind answering, what would be your solution to the problems you described?
Have a nice day and thank you for your service.
The Thigh Well I’ll tell you that the problems with revenge policing wasn’t even noticeable until the Dept’s started requiring 4 year degrees (in anything) to be LE. It seemed to me that this hiring practice was the problem. I don’t think a 4 year degree is necessary to be a good LEO and I don’t believe collage kids are the best for this type job. The local Sheriffs office here in my hometown still doesn’t require a collage degree and they seem to have much higher quality people than the municipal (City) Dept. here.
I don’t necessarily think going to collage makes you a bad candidate but it seems like our Dept’s stopped trying to look for the best people for the job as long as you have a degree.
We have so many COPs now that never fired or even touched a handgun until their police training and most aren’t proficient with any other weapons other than their service weapon. They just don’t seem to have the right backgrounds and interests to be COPs.
My friend was killed by a drunk driver who also ran over an African American man the same night on June 13th and is getting away with it because his dad is a cop. Fucking ridiculous. I can’t believe the police department let that happen. It’s a small area in Texas so everyone knows everyone and this was heartbreaking for so many people. But he still doesn’t have ANY charges.
Everything you just said is right on. But you can't change the culture from the bottom where you were. We can only try to educate the clueless old white ladies who have never had an altercation with a cop so they think they are there to protect us.
Who's here after George Floyd's death, just to remind yourself of the date this video was published......
Me!
Nothing changed
"I would intentionally lock white people up to balance the numbers."
@@orangmawas3858 'Did those white people ever do anything wrong' .. 'Yes they were always guilty, i never locked anyone up who wasn't guilty'. Damn you're really just another version of CNN, sad.
@@PROfaniteez shut up boomer, go read about some stupid conspiratard qanon shit or something.
This guy needs to write a memoir, because I am certain that all that he has said on the podcast is just the tip of the iceberg.
Well, he did. He wrote a book. And that's all this guy is, a propaganda artist trying to make money
@@muddyhotdog4103 lol propaganda? This shit is happening all across the US every day.
@@braxtonw1993 There are literal videos showing these clear cases. So it obviously isn't propaganda. It is propaganda when they continually say that this is just a minority of cops, Blacks and Whites are treated equally in the eyes of police officers, etc.
muddy hotdog u mean a TRUTH artist “hotdog”... maybe u should lay off hotdogs since a Harvard study showed that leukemia goes up 75% in children who eat 2 or more hotdogs a Week. So lay off then! He told the truth, has NEVER deferred or deviated from subject matter. U are either 1) a Fool or 2) a cop.. both are the same! A bunch of Slaves fighting with other slaves arguing on a plantation. That’s the reality of it... if I can’t, get up, right now, & go wherever u want to? Then u are a Slave! Period! U feel more “safe” when a cop pulls up behind you (even if your doing nothing wrong)... said Nobody Ever!!!
Guarantee you it’s “just the tip” 😉
this is one of the best and most important joe rogan episodes all year.
Jeshua Madden when the fuck did he decide to get BEHIND oversensitivity? and that scientist dude was right..wasn't joking.
+Jeshua Madden ... most important for jerking off to SJW fantasies.
+Jeshua Madden ... most important for jerking off to SJW fantasies.
+Jeshua Madden ... most important for jerking off to SJW fantasies.
I would like to see Joe bring him back on the show. It would be interesting to get his updated take on racial issues in America now.
Please see my channel. You'll see lots of change.
I wouldnt. He'd take the side of Jacob Blake smh just bc he was black
@@mtf88 how about you read ANY of my work or watch anything from the last 3 years.
@@MichaelWoodJr i didn't you were that guy from the video! 😂😂😂 ill check some stuff out and let you know
@@mtf88 here ya go th-cam.com/video/YSki7QGfAQE/w-d-xo.html
this guy is the edward snowden of police.
ed Snowdon. your giving him a little to much credit. dude had Washington on their heels. you must have an issue with people that tell the truth. you sound like your probably cointelpro
Ya, if Edward Snowden was trying to create propaganda for the purpose of selling books
muddy hotdog he’s doing so much more than selling books. You sound salty
@@muddyhotdog4103 you just sound like a cop sucker being all bitchy about it
@@Angela-219 I know. Like creating fund raisers and ripping people off right!? Don't let your emotions get to you
This conversation more relevant now than ever
Definitely. And this dude should definitely have a platform right now!
I’ve asked so many people to watch this. I can always tell if they did the next time we talk.
@@bobdigi500 You might change your mind about that if you hear what he is saying today. Go to his TH-cam page. He views have changed.
@@chewyjello1 the last video is from 4 days ago! Am I looking on the right channel?
I'm a few minutes in and it sounds like beavis and but head trying to have a coherent conversation lol
@@bobdigi500 Yes, that's the right one.
Watched this a while ago, it still fills scary today listen to all this.
i came looking for this video cuz of recent events as well. shit is fucked up im glad he spoke up about it. acab
@@yomomma9876543210123 Same here.Given current events,I immediately thought of Joe's interview with Michael Wood Jr.
Like Tupac said,some things never change.
same....Sent this link to a friend today because its more important now than ever. Now im stuck here watching it again
He did an interview with Jimmy Dore shortly after this interview that I recommend, he talks about how to community led policing
I am SO happy TH-cam recommended me this interview 👌🏾
I can’t believe this was recorded half a decade ago
@@xDDufiosy just before the fact with all the controversy than, they defunded big programs within the law enforcement across the United states. The DARE program. A lot of budgets were cut. Yet you believe what the left says. Nobody pays attention to what is going on.
Same here.... It's from 5 years ago but super relevant.
Me too
this is the kind of guy governments should be fighting to keep,, and put in a leadership position instead of letting him just walk away
ThePaganworld He openly admitted to arresting people solely based on their race
He should be indicted. The statute of limitations isn't up
Reuben Handel He said he'd arrest white criminals for the same thing's they'd arrest blacks for rather than letting them go. You honestly don't even seem to possess a 7 year olds level of comprehension. I'm assuming you're a grown man so you should be pretty fucking ashamed.
You must think he is really bad if you have to deny what he said.
Reuben Handel You're taking maybe like 40% of what he said and basing your whole argument around it, stop being a hypocrite.
Sorry but he admitted to being racist and violating the civil rights act.
He belongs in prison
He's a Marine no wonder he's not stressed out. You learn how to turn off your emotions and then unplug
This is the realist shit ever posted ✊
Concerned for this guys safety.
realest*
you're wrong actually it is realist
Probably one of the best JRE's , this is still applicable in 2020
Does this guy still have a Twitter???
@Bullets in Bacon Grease not you nigga the cop in the show
This guy is a blessing for society cops included. Thanks for the amazing honesty !
Its pretty fucking bad when being an honest cop is rare enuff it makes you fucking famous!!
+MrKylecardinal Right right, and in this sense, even worse, it makes him 'infamous' to other cops. That's insane.
Ray Slone A cop who sits silent and watches his department conduct itself like this without saying anything isnt a good cop
He isn't honest he just regurgitates liberal talking points and white privilege bullshit. This guy is a leftist looking for a book deal
CDizzle How did you manage to watch all of this and end up with that?
He didn't watch it all.
PLEASE bring him back. What a gold mine of experience & first hand knowledge.
i agree. fkn amazing we still talking about this bullshyt
How the fuck did he praise him so much and not think about bringing him back. I'm very centrist and have been leaning right lately but I've never seen anything so impactful about police brutality. Reality hits hard sometimes.
@@ThatPianoNoob he brought him back once. but the guy turned out to be kind of a toolbag. him and joe argued on twitter once about guns
Right. It would be nice to see what he had been able to do the past 4years
@@logant4217 Qqa a q I'll 1
This conversation just becomes more and more relevant
Was about to say the same thing
The fact that this is revisited speaks volumes about where we are in this country. Thanks for speaking out. More of this is needed. The nuances of this conversation in 2020 let's us know where we are headed.
I’m 46 boricua from nyc Brownsville Brooklyn he’s admitting to all the unbelievers what we blacks and Spanish and other minority s have been saying for generations after civil war and whites who blind them selves deny it don’t exist they call u crazy conspiracy Nut .Racism is a system secretly controlled by a group or groups it’s not a biggie man or just a myth .cell phones are just catching it. This is deeper than racist people and officers .
I am a former US Army infantryman and a former law enforcement officer in Virginia. Everything this guy says is absolutely accurate. I agree with his stance 100%. Everything he is saying is the reason I am no longer involved in law enforcement. I quit because most police are bullies and i do not agree with the war on drugs. There is no such thing as a victimless crime. If there is no victim there is no crime. They need to end the war on drugs and put the funding into murder, rape, kidnapping, sex trafficking. I was also a detention officer and it is exactly the same.
You got a 1400 on your SATs, kid. You’re an astronaut, not a Statie
Your black cop in Boston, you don't need any help from me to know your completey fucked 🤣🤣
I got a 1380 and I dropped out of college to join law enforcement. Best decision I ever made. Law enforcement isn't fucked everywhere like it is in Baltimore.
Departed reference. Solid.
@@W1Robur In the first week of my CJ 101 class another student and I were talking about ACT scores, and at one point I made the joke "if I got a 32 I'd be in pre-law, not CJ." My professor, a police officer and the dean of the school, said "I got a 34". Not the best first impression with the man who taught more than half my CJ classes for the next few years 😂
I'm pretty proud of my 1650 now. I'm lazy as hell in school but always do well on important tests
2:20:20 ... As an applied linguist, the movement would have been much better served by the slogan 'Black Lives Matter Too!'. This would have nullified the social conservative backlash.
Nobody really cares about a social conservative backlash lol
At the same logic, nobody really cares about social liberal backlash. People who do primarily do it to save their business, that's it. It's a business move. I've been on both sides and boy do the democrats/progressives like to go backwards.
And every person agrees black lives matter. But organization is VERY questionable. I don't know, are they helping the black folks here in Chicago? Nah
What the organization is called is not the issue. The issue is the fact that it is based upon a complete lie, a complete lack of substance, ignores the actual facts (i.e. the stasticts), is a Marxist movement, and it's supporters admit that even the name is a lie because when anyone dares question why they completely ignore any black life not taken by a cop especially if the cop happens to be white they accuse the questioner of being racist and then go on to explain that those are not the black lives which matter. So in this case Linguistics don't matter to conservatives to paraphrase a famous black life it's the content of the movement not it's name upon which we judge it's character.
Backlash would have just shapeshifted.
wow. never thought about this. interesting
Can any of you just watch a podcast with an open mind and not jump to conclusions wanting to judge every guest.
CHEM TRAIL Do you belive in chem trails?
***** ALL DAY LONG!
Hahahaha comedy
Haha calm down dude woman whatever you are and sort of not to the extent of a conspiracy theorist but it seems somewhat true.
No.
People have done drugs since the beginning of time. FFS, legalize them already
Genessender G That is a fact!
The flow of drugs to the US makes a lot of people very rich under the current illegal status. The people who profit off of that have no interest in democratising their proceeds. At most you'll get their Latin American accomplices some years later when they turn on their former partners.
The funny thing is, nothing bad has happened in the countries that did, like Portugal decriminalizing all drugs. Heroin addiction went down 50% in the first year after decriminalization. The war on drugs is just a war on Americans.
@Allison Bauch also the United States profits off the drug wars and other countries because they know that they are more bound use drugs since theyre is more poverty.also the United States has been known to make deals with drug cartel leaders how messed up is that
Michael Wood is very intelligent and it is a compliment to the subject matter to have Joe Rogan interviewing him. Thanks for this. As black people we need to condemn chaotic evil no matter the color of the perpetrator. Let's reward and embrace those who can overcome the overwhelming odds we face in this country. We need to realize that within the United States; The pen is truly mightier than the gun.
Great comment man. I hope that in the coming years the institutionalized racism that permeates this nation will start to deconstruct and eventually be a thing of the past. It really is refreshing to hear this former cop tell the truth about the War On Drugs. Michael Wood is just verifying what everyone already knew, corruption, institutionalized racism, politics, and money have destroyed the system and made into something that is anything but justice.
Angryjolly Well spoken and right on track with the ideology of the future.
This is low-key one of the best interview on JRE
this guy speaks very well
Might strangely be his main weakness though
How do you mean, his talking might get him in trouble?
Adam Akhtar Nah my reasoning was that he is trying to make a positive difference but the people who he is trying to help may just ignore him because he just sounds like another high up politicial guy. If you don't understand what I mean I will try and reword it
Fair enough, but he's not using any rethoric, hes just articulate, I think people would respond to him better than some politician. Also he's a marine, they tend to get alot of respect
***** I struggle to trust him in all honest though, I think he might be in it for himself before anything else
If your low income and white and have been in trouble before they are all over you! Believe me!
absolutely
@@MichaelWoodJrjust wanna say thanx for bein real...
Who is all over me?
I grew up in Boyle Heights was in the Feds at 19 I know. I’m not white but I look white for the most part. Racial injustices are prevalent through out these systems though. But one of the problems is media and people that make there money off of the problem never being solved. There’s a long list of people that have made millions off this. That talk about the problems in the community that they don’t even live in
George Thomas sorry about that I know exactly how you feel. I haven’t been in prison in six years and some of the Bullshit i experienced due to a corrupt task force is the reason why I’ve paid who knows how much money to dig myself out of the legal whole which is the penal system put in place to benefit the CDC and private prisons which they get almost a hundred k per inmate in some places. It’s literally a monopoly
Watching this after all of the BLM movement spreading across the world is very stark!
@@efef6853 my life experience says...that's entirely possible.
Heartbreaking.
@@efef6853 source? I cant find anything recent from him.
@@efef6853 thx i checked it out, but i still hear him saying the same msg in his latest video as he does here.
I've never heard of this guy before and have no idea what he's saying now, but he doesn't seem credible to me. I get the impression that he might have been one of the bad cops and thinks they're all like him. I don't know if maybe he was really fired for misconduct (I know he says shoulder) and has an ax to grind or something..I have no idea but something just seems off with him. Maybe it's just me but he doesn't act like any cop I've ever known
@@efef6853 Maybe he grew ip and realized what the real problems and causes are?
This is fascinating, amazingly honest as you said "refreshingly honest" Good work
Listening to this 6/23/20 this man was being 100% real and even in 2020 I’m sure its relevant. Everyone needs to hear this podcast
Carl's Brother mmhmm
You late asf
Gracias
Dr. Michael Wood no sir thank u!!
He does a lot for awareness.
I paused the video at 39:04 and I must say I'm loving every second of this podcast. My level of respect for Michael is so high. I had to get that of my chest and now I'm gonna continue watching.
Regarding what he said about what cops can/should do in low-crime areas, it's pretty much exactly what Japanese cops do.
When does it become the responsibility of the individual to do better?
With every breath we take
@Adam Alperstein Why do you assume he is talking about people and not police? Even in this interview, the ex-cop IS the individual that tried to do better.
Both police and citizens need to do better.
Birth
The day the radical liberal left admits they are terrorists
"Its about equality we have a problem, recognize it and lets fix it instead of getting all upset" - M. Wood
It's annoying how many people in the comments misconstrue his nuance points about being involved in the institutionalised cycle of racism as him simply being racist.
ChilledKnowledge Some people are just bias and don't want to listen.
ChilledKnowledge I don't get why white people feel so pissed off about stuff like this. I am white and think it's important to be honest racism still exists, not only in the US either. How else are we going to change things. He seems like a very honest guy to me.
ChilledKnowledge it's because some people don't understand that institutional/societal racism and individual racism aren't the same thing. They think that because the institution is, at its core, racist, that everyone involved is racist which of course is not the case.
MetusBatmanV4
as far as i can tell we both agree with the op so keep your panties on little lady
ChilledKnowledge TH-cam comments continue to be the gutter of the internet. Too many small minded idiots, that can't understand when a shining star of a police officer comes on here and tells the truth. He puts it out there for what it is and too many small minds on here can't handle/comprehend the truth.
Michael is an amazing human being with the clear, articulate and rationale thought that we absolutely need more of right now. Our political system should be designed and run by people like this.
He has since changed his ideas that he expressed in this podcast and now no longer believes racism exists. Thought I would share that info since I was blind sided by it myself.
Would love for Joe to have him back and hear his thoughts on the last 4/5 years of police behavior. From Daniel Shaver, to Amber Guyger, to George Floyd, murderous welfare checks, body cameras, civil rights, 1st amendment protection and law endorment violent reaction to recording and photography, not to mention police armed with lethal doses of ketamine.
3:27 Was just talking to a friend today that it’s a matter of time before they intentionally start locking white people up to even out the numbers... turns out woke cops have been doing this for a long time.
Amos Craig this comment may be the stupidest comment I’ve ever seen. This is a Russian bot obviously trying to spread divisive propaganda in the United States. Thank god nobody with half a brain reads the TH-cam comments.
@@bradleymyers7189 well, this guy on Joes podcast literally just said he purposely looked for white people to lock up.
?! Lol 'obviously a Russian bot'. What?! Silliest comment I've seen today 😄
@@bradleymyers7189 you read it
Duncan McCree-Falconer yeah im fucking retarded
" Were a hammer looking for nails," I like that line.
>I would intentionally lock white people up to balance the numbers
Wtf why are they laughing about it?
Says it all about Rogan
I think he meant not letting them off easy and actually making arrests on minor things like ounce of weed, how minorities are treated?
@@jylee9980 but that is still bad you shouldn't be locking people of a specifically race up to balance the numbers
@@George-cr6jq rightttttt!!! You just proved the whole Black Lives Matter purpose. Stop and frisk hello? Generally its been targeted to young black males so now you know where they been treated unfair for all this time, ofcourse it was unfair. Never said what he did was right.
@@jylee9980 so what is your point then?
I appreciate this guys realness. Why everyone don't like this guy?
i like him, he is cool, he is at least honest, mostly the comments are moaners and trolls, you can be sure. the sad thing is nothing has changed in 5 years,
Because his honesty is exposing the ugly truth most people don't have the guts to be honest about.
Nice to hear someone that tells their opinion. Were all allowed to have em. Yep yep
Excellent interview. I hope this guy is doing well.
I totally agree with the point they were making towards the end. Cops should be better trained in hand to hand combat. Train them more in mixed martial arts. Make it so that they feel more confident taking people down hand to hand instead of constantly being scared of physical confrontation and reaching for their weapon.
feminism insisted on letting women be cops which lowered the physical requirement for all cops. a tiny female cop almost invites resistance.
@noturbone-WOW! The level of complete, and utter stupidity you possess to think that way is ineffable.
Um, a police officer is gonna wanna about a physical confrontation if possible
@@noturbone You are 100 percent correct , and I know that you know it... Finally some real honesty :)
@@raydolinger1980 100%, really?
The only correct thing about that comment is your response of its honesty. You're absolutely correct about that being someone's honest OPINION.
Having said that, I can see where folks could come to that conclusion.
And I think if more people gave their HONEST opinions rather than saying what they think they're supposed to, we could cut through to the actual issues and resolve them.
this is like watching 5 seasons of "the wire" in 2:30 hrs. good stuff
“He’s got more melatonin than I do”
Y-you mean MELANIN😂
Falling asleep like it's nothing!
That was incredible to listen to. I can't believe such a candid examination of self could actually happen. I need to be more like Michael. Thank you.
This is his spiritual calling. His life choices prepped him to speak out and tell us truth! I'm impressed a man of integrity!!
this guy has my respect for owning up to his past behavior
Bill Fence you didn’t listen to the rest of what he was saying. They do that so it looks like they’re not really only terrorizing the black community. Google “Baltimore gun trace task force,” it’s not the old whites that dealt with that fuckin gang
@Bill Fence it's not like he was locking up innocent people
Bill Fence yeah he said because it was already disproportionately black. And the white people werent innocent. Listen dummy
The movie the Giver shows that our differences is what makes us so beautiful and precious. And our similarities also keep us safe. Great movie. (Commenting on the idea of no flags.)
Move to Africa or South America or any other country and see if you still feel the same. You have no idea
It was a book.
That whole soldier being the better cop thing could go either way, a lot of them come out with PTSD and can't find a job so they pick cop and end up shooting somebody who didnt deserve to be shot
Joe, don't you think it's time to bring Woods back. He's written a book and the timing is perfect.
Wood's is a completely different person now. His views have done a 180. I imagine having him back on would be quite awkward.
@@chewyjello1 Where is your evidence for this.? How has he changed. I'm skeptical.
@@chewyjello1 Where do you see that change? What change/
@@bkerrkerr3124 Just go to his TH-cam page and listen to his most recent interviews. It's all there. Read through the comments too. I would recommend starting with this one:
th-cam.com/video/YSki7QGfAQE/w-d-xo.html
@@chewyjello1 I've watched or listened to most of his interviews; not read a word of his writings. I ask again, what has been a radical (180) change in his position? You make it sound as if he changed his mind on major points. . He seems pretty much on the same wave length, though I'm sure he knows more.
One of my personal favorite JRE's so far. Hats off to this man.
Joe and Show Producers...please consider bringing this Man back for an update show. Would love to know what happened to him and his perspective on Current BLM issues.
I would love to. Sadly I have been ignored when reaching out.
Get this guy back on now
Police should listen and learn-FINALLY someone talks truth, Amazing this conversation was 4 years ago! We can not be having this same conversation 4 years from now!
@@cmayo5659 don't be shocked if we are. the black panthers entire platform was focused around shedding light on police brutality. that was over 50 years ago.
Careful what you wish for. This guy has done a complete 180. He now says racism is fabricated and doesn't exist in America anymore.
WE NEED THIS COMMON SENSE NOW!
DO IT JOE!
he hasnt been a cop for 5 years.
“Are you a weirdo?” - Joe Rogan
This is the best interview with the most honest cop I've ever heard on a national broadcast! Wood for Jeffco Sheriff!
They were doing stop and frisk in England and it was a good idea, the knife crime there is massive.
@N Logan you can have pliers on you as long as you carry your plier license
@N Logan I think carrying a knife vs a needle nose pliers is worse. Ultimately anything can be used as a weapon if fashioned as such. How do you propose to stop the insanely high ethnic knife crime in the uk?
It's almost as if criminals will commit crimes regardless of what the laws say.
Dumb ass
This is great episode that all Americans need to hear
David Dewar lol all of the countries that rely on the US for their military budget would give a shit. all of the countries that the US gives millions to billions of dollars in aid would give a shit. all of the good innocent Americans would give a shit.
It's kind of amazing how he comes from this place of inner justice without any fear, it's like authentic courage. I just admire that. He is either a rebel who likes to piss people off, or he's just really in tune with his heart and higher purpose. And the fact that he's super hot is like, okay.. he is using the assets to actually make a positive difference in the world. He's adorable, lol. I am proud of this person I don't even know for making the world a safer place.
He just likes to piss people off. Check out his TH-cam page. He's a completely different person today. Now his goal is pissing off the left.
@Allison Bauch If by the "left" you mean Democrats...I completely agree with you.
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Allison Bauch You are totally correct. We need to get rid of this two party system. I mean look at what we’re left with in 2020.
36:15 "He's got more melatonin than I do" haha I think he means melanin
Good catch. I missed that one. Or maybe he thought African Americans sleep better!
Lol I caught that too 😂
Haha.. I thought the same thing
Y’all know what he means. Someone has a brain fart in the public eye and it gets so exposed like their stupid. Video your conversations and see how many times your tongue slips...
@@bamatime1491 it was just a joke bro
We are against defunding the police, not police reform.
The biggest problem is the unions that continually put bad cops back on the street after they have been fired for doing unlawful things. Cops know they have no accountability.
Cops used to get respect before they became revenue collectors....
Cops got respect when they could handle themselves in a manner that garnered respect.
No, before Obama
@@scottmartain9941 way to generalize asshole
are there bad cops, of course! just like there is bad doctors, bad comedians, bad truckers
most cops are good decent people trying to feed their families, risking their lives every.single.day so you can stay home, mostly safe, and be able to walk your child to the park
@@alanmtz8054 sorry didn't mean to generalize lol.
This is one of the best interviews concerning racist cops and racist society I’ve ever heard. So smart and so honest!
And still underlying racism by saying PADDY WAGON .
Do they literally presume all Irish are people are criminals
And will have use of this vehicle .
There is no neighborhood that is crimeless. "Races" don't commit crime, people do! Domestic violence is a crime, rape is a crime, elder abuse is a crime, child abuse is a crime, doing/using illegal drugs in the home or out is a crime, shooting up/dismembering family members in the house is a crime, corporate corruption is a crime,
Bryce Thompson Whow there Bryce. I'm still waiting for someone to look at the records of my official race. Let the white thing play out.
Michael Wood "...Let the white thing play out." Even better, stop it in its tracks. You have started the engine, along with the activist you spoke about during the interview, along with many like-minded, INTELLIGENT humanitarians! You've have a special calling, listen to it! You are an exceptional, evolving man. Thank you for your truth!
Great responses. Especially considering it's true...
Great responses. Especially considering it's true...
Great responses. Especially considering it's true...
"Why don't conservatives see this?"
Conservatives don't control large cities.
True..but they also seem to be the ones that are in denial that this stuff goes on at such an alarming rate.
@@daprodigy420 possibly because it's something they don't see in almost any Republican ran state. They should be aware by now that its mostly a big city problem and a problem with historically democratic states. The Democrats have been putting laws up to stop minorities from having rights since slavery ended.
@@UnusualScenario bada bing bada boom exactly friendo
Joe should get this guy back on. I think that he would have a larger impact now than ever before.
Yeah. This guy should head up a government task force to try and fix some of this shit. He’s a smart guy.
He's dead
Agree
The most disturbing thing about this is Joe Rogan hasn't watched the wire? ? Can we start a charity, or something?
Napalm38382 I thought the same lol. One of the best shows of all time.
Kyle Pruim THE best show of all time!
Napalm38382 what is the wire I'm just curious
@@longbeach.bradlydalmatian6130 "THE best show of all time"
@@longbeach.bradlydalmatian6130 u got something called Google buddy lol but yea highly recommend it
LMAO " He's got more melatonin than i do" he can fall asleep faster than i can ?
He meant melanin, haha. Cut him a break, he's a soldier not a scientist, but he was on the right foot :)
Plus, I'm sure there's some nerve-racking pressure while speaking on a podcast. I'm certain he knows it's "melanin".
After all that he said, *that* is your comment? Go back to coloring or bouncing a ball.
@@isaiahgarcia4196 0000
Isaiah Garcia hes a marine not a soldier
That's how a lot of people think who are First Responders. You separate yourself from the feelings because if you give in to the feeling and the terrible things that you see on a regular basis you will be definitely in a world of hurt sometimes.
We need more guys like you Michael!! #respect
Franck Jmn anti 2nd amendment?
Pelosi's father was the mayor of baltimore for decades went to jail for corruption
4 years later , this could’ve been recorded word for word today 😔
Oranje NY yes, but 4 years is almost literal no time., that’s in & out of High school
It’s more like 400 years, but the fact that NOTHING seems to have changed since this taping is a *very* sad reality.
Crazy , I’m just a regular citizen and In healthcare and I get a real RUSH seeing life come back from death or saving a life but to actually think that Cops are getting a RUSH in watching life end or seeing ppl KILLED by Police. C’mon man; this needs to stop, that’s taking steps backwards in HUMANITY.
Such a brilliant episode
“...We should be changing their environment, not changing them.”
"they should vote people into office that haven't systematically targeted them for generations but they like free stuff so......."
Changing their environment IS changing them.
They need fathers in their life.
Yeah I was completely decimated by cops 10 years ago I'm sorry but it's way more class war than it is race war people like to keep the Divide and the truth is we need healthy debate from The Middle Twitter has become a judge and jury and that is a very dangerous thing
@@K131399 Can you expound upon your intent in using this particular quote, please?
" stats are junk"
Yep. All of them.
I’d love to hear his thoughts on what’s going on now. Love to see him back on!
Agreed, great guest. Would love to hear his take now
Man 😮 i cant believe this has been up for so long and i aint seen it 😞 easily the best J.R.E ive seen, so refreshing to here that kinda talk.
✌💙👍 from Scotland 👋
TheDevilWearsPrada IKR me to
It’s being pushed by TH-cam because of all the protests. Welcome to dumpster fire 2020
He's the real life Ethan Hawke from training day. Has morals and a stand up dude
This guy lost me at open borders, and I'm Mexican
THIS is the guy who should run policing in this country...wow
It appears to me a former cop saying things that are essentially anti-cop automatically validates everything he has to say a true and a indictment on policing, without actually breaking down what he’s saying. He went on a 5 minute tangent of the chronological order of arresting black men to then resorting to drug dealing. In this entire argument, he rattles of a dozen illegal things black men are doing and then proceeds to blame the police officers for enforcing laws because its leads to negative outcomes for these people?
If a BAD cop arrests a criminal, it doesn’t mean the criminal was innocent. There are bad cops obviously, but there is also a rampant culture of drugs and violence in black communities, and to suggest it’s bad cops causing this cycle is ludicrous. Bad cops don’t help it, but they certainly don’t start it.
Aaron Jacobs what he was saying is men shouldnt lose their whole life for weed weed should be legalized and it would cut down on useless arrests
Were you stoned when you wrote that? Did you even listen to the whole podcast?
100% correct on the OP's account. And as someone from Baltimore it's not fucking weed you morons! It's fucking narcotics, specifically heroin! Come here, see what's happening. This woods guy is a fucking leftist idealist, talking about shit from 60 fucking years ago. This is a fucking war zone, nobody is forcing blacks to MURDER EACH OTHER
@@nope653 Your just focusing on effect and ignoring cause.
@@vernonweatherhead5602 the cause is a complete fucking lack of mortals
Funny how this happens to be on my recommendation feed at this point in 2020
Woke up at 3am to this autoplaying on my tv.
My tired eyes read the upload time as four hours ago. Seems right.
I blinked again and realised it says 4 years.
Trippy moment.
Totally. Joe should have him on again
Joe get this guy on again!!!!!