Riding Along with Amsterdam Cops - The Jim Jefferies Show

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  • Jim rides along with a pair of Amsterdam policemen on patrol and discovers a friendly, nearly crime-free city.
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  • @nvwest
    @nvwest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3146

    I’m always scared for the police in Amsterdam. Especially at night.
    I really should buy a light for my bike

    • @yvonnecampbell7036
      @yvonnecampbell7036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Ex werd ooit betrapt op rijden zonder licht en staande gehouden. Agent; "En... waar gaan WIJ naartoe?"
      Ex; "Ik weet niet wat u van plan bent maar ik ga naar huis." Kon ie gaan lopen xD.

    • @michel1060
      @michel1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@yvonnecampbell7036 soortgelijk verhaal bij mij (30 jaar geleden;) Agent (in Auto met raampje omlaag):" Weet jij dat je licht het niet doet? ik: Ja. Agent:" Zou je niet gaan lopen dan? Ik: heb ik geprobeerd, dan doet ie het ook niet. Agent: proest..... (raampje omhoog en doorrijden) .

    • @yvonnecampbell7036
      @yvonnecampbell7036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@michel1060 Hahaha! Oh man, geweldig!! Moet ik onthouden ;))

    • @W0uterW
      @W0uterW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michel1060 Geweldig dit :P

    • @randylong4582
      @randylong4582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

  • @mri9438
    @mri9438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1732

    I worked in a "coffeeshop" for a few years. Always the tourists that came down were scared to go outside because they thought maybe police would bother them. ( some people get pretty paranoid from weed lol ) So as an example, i took a joint outside to the cop that was patrolling, and asked him for a light. He gave me a lighter, i lit the joint, thanked him and went inside again. U should have seen the look on the tourist face. Priceless. Ofcourse the cop knew me, and knew i worked in that shop as it was his patrol route, but still. Proud to be Dutch!

    • @jaydenhunter648
      @jaydenhunter648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yeah, must have been funny, probably something like this 😮

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wouldnt want to work there even if I smoked. Aren't you high all the time in there from second hand smoke?

    • @dawnmaster68
      @dawnmaster68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@-gemberkoekje-5547 really? … working at a coffeshop , aren't you high all the time. What, you can't be a bartender without being drunk all the time? Or an ER worker without shooting up tranquelizers all the time?

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@dawnmaster68 Google second hand smoke

    • @dawnmaster68
      @dawnmaster68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@-gemberkoekje-5547 second hand smoke, the active ingredient is gone.all that's left is smoke.

  • @howey935
    @howey935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5743

    I used to live in the Nederland's and 1 night I was riding home on my bike mortal drunk and I fell off and was laid in the middle of the road just as a police car was coming down the road. So the police picked me up and put me in the back of the police car then locked my bike to a lamp post. I thought they had arrested me for riding a bike drunk but they took me home then the next morning was a knock on my door and it was only the two cops from the night before they’d been and got a police van and went and brought me my bike back now you can’t get better cops than that anywhere, if it was the U.K. where I’m from they would of arrested me for riding a bike drunk.

    • @georgiaevans2123
      @georgiaevans2123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I understand that it's not really reason for arrest but you should of got some form of punishment nothing major like a fine or something because you riding down the road all wobbly going left and right isnt going to be safe if there are cars around. Unless you were on one of those roads where cars can't drive down then ignore everything I just said

    • @IAmHoTSHoTzz
      @IAmHoTSHoTzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@georgiaevans2123 Well, you said it yourself, bike lanes, he was obviously in a bike lane at the time, because if he was on the road, it would've been a crime. I hope I don't need to say this, but the crime wouldn't be drunk driving.

    • @dohtje5029
      @dohtje5029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Well in The Netherlands (pease don't say Holland) almost all roads have bike lanes next to them since it's a huge part of our transportation (plus side of having no mountains) so most bike accidents are not on open roads

    • @danielwhyatt3278
      @danielwhyatt3278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Howzer The man Well, that is quite reasonable though to get arrested for that. Although what they do in Holland is pretty cool too. They could’ve still fined you though, that would’ve still been reasonable.

    • @robertaylor9218
      @robertaylor9218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It would have been totally reasonable to fine you or have you sleep it off in the drunk tank, but it seems that they had a priority of making sure you were ok. That is very admirable, not unheard of in the US, though not as common as it should be.
      My dad was a cop for some time and he drilled into my head how important it was for the police to work toward obtaining and maintaining public trust. With it a cop is safer and they are more effective, without it everyone is in more danger and worse off.

  • @TheBoogerJames
    @TheBoogerJames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3567

    On my trip to Amsterdam 10 or so years ago, I was outside the train station when I saw a cop approach a man smoking a joint. The cop politely asked him to put it out since you aren't supposed to be smoking pot out in public (that's what the coffee shops are for). Pissed off, the man flicked the lit joint at the cop hitting him square in the chest. The cop stomped the joint out, picked it up and threw it in the trash. He then just calmly walked away. To put it mildly, that's not how that situation would have worked out in the states.

    • @naotamf1588
      @naotamf1588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +467

      reasonable police is trained to calm any situation and not behave like altered teenagers. US cops on the other hand seem to be imature bullies.

    • @deeznutz357
      @deeznutz357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      NaoTa MF Dutch polis (at least the ones in Amsterdam, I can't speak for elsewhere) are ridiculously chilled though. If that had happened in the UK a particularly nice copper might have just told you to put it out if you weren't being too much of a nuisance otherwise, but if you reacted like that you'd get lifted instantly.
      Amsterdam police seem to have the attitude of "Meh, fuck it. It's not worth the hassle so just forget it" for any minor crime that doesn't really matter, and in my opinion they're right. People don't see the police as the enemy and I assume they feel they can trust them when something actually is a problem.
      Like in the clip, all the people who if they were me, here in the UK, would be thinking "Shit, polis!" And be a bit on little on edge, as where they're working things might not be quite 100% legal, whereas they seem pleased to see them like "Ahh, it's big Dexter! How's things?"

    • @JhonB77
      @JhonB77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      In the Netherlands you would normally get arrested for that too. Obviously

    • @krombopulost4699
      @krombopulost4699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      In the states they just kill you.

    • @SomePotato
      @SomePotato 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I'm the first to call out oppressive police, but I would have no problem with cops taking in and fining someone who flicks a lit joint at them!

  • @WernerEdgar
    @WernerEdgar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3754

    As a Dutch citizen, this just puts a smile on my face.
    Don't get me wrong, there are still many things we can do to improve things here... But by and large life is pretty great.

    • @NJ-wb1cz
      @NJ-wb1cz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      The problem is, when you know a lot and have very little real worries - you demand from your government a lot, so you're always discontent with something.
      But when you are uneducated, know nothing, fight for scraps every day - then the fanatical devotion to your government or country is one of the few things that keeps you going. And when you do criticise the government it's not because the government works against you - it's because it robs you of the chance to deitify it in some way.
      It's a feudalistic system that was proven to work - as long as lords and royalty spread the narrative that this is the order of things and as long as they play the benevolent benefactors in a lore they themselves created, they can keep dumping on peasants who don't know any better, and recieve nothing but admiration in return.

    • @luminadoDoBronx
      @luminadoDoBronx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Great city but cold as fuck

    • @gjna5143
      @gjna5143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@luminadoDoBronx Uhm... We have summers?

    • @terrandroid
      @terrandroid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      where the hell do you live on a fucking cloud!

    • @boredom5132
      @boredom5132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Europeans have a different set of issues to deal with, ask Pim Fortuyn.

  • @staomruel
    @staomruel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4139

    To add to the confusion of any Americans watching this, people that vote differently here, do not consider each other enemies.

    • @roteredamus
      @roteredamus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      I you vote Wilders we can not be friends. I do draw a line.

    • @bbhfjdy9175
      @bbhfjdy9175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ahahaha ^^^ seem not all ur fellow country men agree with u

    • @Skenkie100
      @Skenkie100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Marissa B theres always a minority 😆 we having a bit of a right winger thing going on in Europe atm people forget the lessons from the past people should be educated a bit better the thing they all share is that they aint very bright 😂

    • @bbhfjdy9175
      @bbhfjdy9175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Skenkie100
      Ahaha suppressing a minority, always eent well in europe Hitler, stalin. Thank tk the laws the we suppressed for many years . Then something happen idk what ever happen to them.
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    • @staomruel
      @staomruel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@bbhfjdy9175 that is absolutely correct, not everyone agrees with me, nor I with everyone. But our religious compatriots do not bomb abortion clinics, for example.
      Our police do not kill unarmed civilians by the dozens. Still does not mean we live in a fairy tale, I was somewhat relieved that the last political assassination wasn't carried out by a foreigner, I was equally relieved there were no celebrations because of that murder. But more than anything, we do not live in a toxic socio-political climate like Americans do.
      Wait a minute, he didn't agree with me you say? I'm gonna find out where he lives and kick his ass..... Your argument is meh, just meh.

  • @dutchman2205
    @dutchman2205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1136

    This summer, my ex wife went mental and started to steal bikes and flowers out of others properties. I came home late that day with my 8th year old son and found the police at my door. They asked me if I lived in this house and I confirmed. They went with me in the house and explained the situation. Because my son was scared by this, the two cops played with him for 1,5 hour. They let him 'arrest' me with there handcuffs. My ex wife was traceles that weekend. But the next day, the two cops came to my house with some toys for my son. I deeply respect how they handled the situation and turned this bad situation 180 degrees around for my 8 year old son. I respect those guys. They are human and friendly. They found my wife the next day. She has to do some 20 hour community work. But my son never knew about this. I really love our cops how they handle situations in my country.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      +Dutchman 2
      Ahhww that's so nice. I hope everything will continue to work out fine :)

    • @jgowner6076
      @jgowner6076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      There is even a video from a news channel, where they show 2 Dutch policemen cooking dinner and washing the dishes, because their mom had to go to the hospital and the kids had nowhere to stay. That amazed me as a Dutchmen, not knowing the Police would even do that.

    • @arunadegroot8974
      @arunadegroot8974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jgowner6076 Didnt the mom had to go to the hospital? Cuz im pretty sure she had to go to the hospital.

    • @jgowner6076
      @jgowner6076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@arunadegroot8974 could to, probably I havent paid attention, will change it right away

    • @danielson9339
      @danielson9339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Dutch culture is great. I lived in Amsterdam about 15 yrs ago. If the world was like Holland, it would be a better place. I miss it so bad there. I miss Dutch people.

  • @kianasconcertvideos9868
    @kianasconcertvideos9868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    I live in The Netherlands and when i was a kid, my mom, my brother and me got involved in a car accident. (Not a bad one, the car was just ruined). But my brother and me were really scared. The cops came by and they wanted to give us stuffed animals, but they didn't have them in the car anymore. So the next day or the same day, (don't remember clearly), the cops came to our house to bring us the stuffed animals, and it was just really sweet of them.

    • @koen23
      @koen23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And that's even standard policy for Them

  • @Hyndergogen9
    @Hyndergogen9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1139

    The Dutch are fantastic people.

    • @DutchDouchebag
      @DutchDouchebag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Thanks, this compensates my mother telling me i'm a horrible person

    • @RSHMediaKgm
      @RSHMediaKgm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @DuoBanditBTW
      @DuoBanditBTW 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks

    • @Hyndergogen9
      @Hyndergogen9 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wolfram Stahl What neighbour are you? Belgian, German or French?

    • @smeetsnoud1
      @smeetsnoud1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Hyndergogen9 I reckon he's German

  • @SilkyLew
    @SilkyLew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    The more that I learn about other countries, I'm aware that America is definitely not the best country. Not even close.

    • @whakjob
      @whakjob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      That is actually what is called being 'woke".

    • @philh4820
      @philh4820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you from the USA?

    • @SilkyLew
      @SilkyLew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@philh4820 Sure do. And I'm in the military, so I do travel to other countries.

    • @thekito4623
      @thekito4623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Thats a nice change. Somebody from usa who doesnt go around shouting "we're the best" .
      Really nice to see

    • @brycere6586
      @brycere6586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SilkyLew hey man I am a Dutch, American. And I live In the Netherlands. People here love when you say that. Because they think of their country as the best In everything. But it really isn't. People here are really fakey there are incredibly high taxes whereas the middle and the lower class won't make it without working more jobs with 2 people. Housing is way to unaffordable. Food is overpriced, restaurants are unaffordable for the middle class and below. Everything u hear and see is very fake and isn't always like this. There are many dutch people who would tell you otherwise but please don't believe them or what you see online because it really isn't that way. It makes me angry to hear people saying that the USA is trash and patriotic and shit like that when really it is the dutch country who isn't all to best. But hey I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.

  • @aker919
    @aker919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Once I was biking late at night in Amsterdam with a friend and we stopped at the red light while there was no car in sight in the intersection. A police car came behind us and congratulated through their speakers for our exemplary behaviour and also told a joke while waiting for green.

  • @timmoore9855
    @timmoore9855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    So... don't treat citizens as criminals and they won't behave as criminals. Makes sense

    • @Diamondsmuggler
      @Diamondsmuggler 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rabbioogway1089 how is that getting mad?

    • @Francis-of8cw
      @Francis-of8cw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well if citizens don't have acces or carry guns obviously cops are less afraid of them and won't be suspicious of them and treat them as criminals. American cops are not to blame for the situation, but the gun policy is to blame.

    • @maxvandenberg955
      @maxvandenberg955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      MJyze Well see here, weapons, are forbidden*. I believe people can receive a jail sentence of up to 8 years. And because most citizens obey most laws, there is no market for these weapons. Exception: Criminal Markets. But they cost a lot more there. If people have that much money, they don’t need to be a criminal. Therefore there are fewer weapons.
      Also, we don’t have the mentality that if we don’t agree with something we should start shooting at people.
      So why do we need a weapon?
      Break-ins happen, but they generally do not want to kill people. They just want our TV or something like that. Also, it wouldn’t be self-defence because of two reasons:
      1. It’s illegal to own a weapon*
      2. It’s completely out of proportion.
      Which means that here someone would be charged with homicide at the very least. That could equal an 8-year sentence + some extra years for using a weapon, people would have to serve for >10 years. And a criminal record. With one here, people can hardly get a job.
      And yes we also have crazy people, but there are institutions that deal with them.
      *Illegal to an extend that makes it for most people illegal, however with a lot of check and a lengthy waiting time people can have a weapon for hunting. With the following conditions:
      Background screening (valid for so many years, like 5)
      Practical and theoretical exams passage
      Need 40 ha of area, owned by the applicant, a friend of the applicant (with permission), a family member or a relative of the applicant or the applicant needs a lot of money
      Insurance to hunt
      Hunting can only be done during certain seasons
      Permission from the police (background check and other criteria such as a weapon safe, the police will visit the applicant's home address to see if the weapons safe is secure and secured).
      But that still forbids people from using the weapon(s) for other purposes than hunting. Other exceptions are sports using weapons but those also need prior permission and checks, similar to the one above.
      Of course there are people with guns, like law-enforcement. We’re not that stupid. We know that we can’t stop a terrorist with a gun with our bare hands.
      And some criminals have them as well. But I don’t see the need, as do most people to own or open carry or both a fire arm or other weapon. In general, most people will not be shot if they don’t get involved in criminal activities. And even those who do get involved, generally don’t carry a weapon let alone a fire arm.
      There is a reason I feel comfortable having a chat with the police. And not just me, a lot of other people are not afraid of the cops cause we know they won’t start shooting unless it’s absolutely necessary.
      I think the police in the US (not all) make it a sport to over react. A lot of people in the US over react.
      Here that is not really a thing. People who over react be requested to stop being stupid and stop acting like a retard (no offence) and act normal.
      If we here a school shooting on the news, we could start a bet that it will be on the US. We’re like: Oh god, it has happened AGAIN. Will they ever learn? We’re not surprised at all. We’re more surprised if a project finishes on time here. That’s quite sad.
      I don’t believe that people are stupid in the US, they just act like it (again not everyone in the US) and they’re either proud of it or not embarrassed enough to do anything about it.

    • @maxvandenberg955
      @maxvandenberg955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frank Heuvelman 😂😂

    • @AlfredTheBrave
      @AlfredTheBrave 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      except Amsterdam is an hub for high level crime internationally

  • @Kmsasaki
    @Kmsasaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    When that cop said he loved dexter, I knew I could trust him

    • @urduib
      @urduib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I love Dexter, i love him 🎶🍻🍸 cracked me up man 😂

    • @tiaradekker1369
      @tiaradekker1369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He is amazing and so sweet believe me (he is my uncle lmao)😂

    • @ikkezegtie
      @ikkezegtie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tiaradekker1369 hij is wel echt een erg goed voorbeeld moet ik zeggen. Dat hij maar veel groentjes het vak mag leren voordat hij met pensioen gaat.

    • @beastrule
      @beastrule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's one of the best shows of all time

  • @brovahkiin4302
    @brovahkiin4302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4351

    This guy is working in a major European capital and the only time he had to usenhis gun was 35 years ago!!!! But yes, gun control doesn't work...

    • @jessecaisbomb
      @jessecaisbomb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Gun control works, total bans, do not. The issue in the states isnt much of a control issue. A few of the shooters used someone else's weapon. Just something to consider. I absolutely love that i can go to walmart with my drivers liscence and walk out with a weapon, but id be happy to have to get permits and liscences. People need to stop being bitches about it..

    • @brovahkiin4302
      @brovahkiin4302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@jessecaisbomb exactly, and as far as I know, no major politician has called for a ban. Also there are waaay too many guns around for that...
      But yes, proper registration, background checks, magazine limits etc. Can limit someone's ability to do harm

    • @sebast0409
      @sebast0409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Brovahkiin magazine limits aint gonna do shit, you can order parts for 100 round mags on ebay, what are they gonna ban, springs and sheetmetal? also a lot of politicans have called for total ban many times, like in the assault weapon bans in 86 and the machine gun ban signed by reagan....

    • @sebast0409
      @sebast0409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also, backround checks would be fine if you wouldnt have to sign of your right to privacy aswell...

    • @sebast0409
      @sebast0409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      believe me i live in norway and if you can buy drugs then you can buy guns

  • @mcolegt
    @mcolegt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +509

    "Americans are conditioned to be scared of the police." June 2020....wonder why

    • @randomrangoon5476
      @randomrangoon5476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sad but true

    • @Hannah-uv8hy
      @Hannah-uv8hy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @rickvandam3238
      @rickvandam3238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      French start a protest americans want a revolution
      Wich wont end well ....cause europe dont want any stupid muricans here

    • @randomrangoon5476
      @randomrangoon5476 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rickvandam3238 I don't blame you.

    • @thereheis2093
      @thereheis2093 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or is the situation that bad because there scared. 🤔

  • @airsofter2247
    @airsofter2247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Dutch police are cool; about 9 years ago when me and 2 friends went to Amsterdam at 18 years old, my friend littered (he was being weird after smoking to much) not to far from some police. I watch them, watch him whilst he dropped it and I quickly picked it up for him, they came over and told my friend he owes me a case of beer for saving his ass from a fine haha

    • @The_Livingdude
      @The_Livingdude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pffft yeah yeah because your a Dutchie that explains a lot

  • @psychobergmuis6281
    @psychobergmuis6281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4820

    It ia funny since by dutch standards amsterdam is a damgerous town

    • @Banjo-ed5vv
      @Banjo-ed5vv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +670

      @@professionalpussypetter2929 Because having crime is so tough and kjoel

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +445

      @@professionalpussypetter2929
      I don't think we have time to take advice from you.
      If you will excuse us...it's 1:16 in the night and tomorrow morning I have to eat a broodje hagelslag and ride around on my bike.
      Good luck with your difficult life. Write a book, see if others are interested in your whining.
      If not...there's always the option to live here and become a healthy and happy individual. If you dare.

    • @romelos222
      @romelos222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Im dutch and i have never feel unsafe or anything in amsterdam, its mostly tourists anyways

    • @nectemere
      @nectemere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@professionalpussypetter2929 we dont use guns.
      If your interested in martial arts, you should be aware of dutch kickboxing?
      We are tough in our own way, just like other people.
      Ive been to the usa , and I get the gunlaws overthere.
      It has to do with different factors.

    • @professionalpussypetter2929
      @professionalpussypetter2929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      r/whoosh...

  • @wolframstahl1263
    @wolframstahl1263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4720

    Just to annoy Americans even more, the majority of Dutch people are non-religious.

    • @bellerophon-
      @bellerophon- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      Except them nutcases in the 'Bible belt'

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      +Bob * - Not really. There's a few nutjobs in ultra-conservative outposts, but most people in the Bible Belt are perfectly ordinary people of whom you wouldn't even suspect they were Christian unless they told you.

    • @bellerophon-
      @bellerophon- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@rjfaber1991 I stand corrected. You are right. There are some fruitcakes in places like Bunschoten/Spakenburg, but hey... you can find them also in places like Breda, Nijmegen etc.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      +Wolfram Stahl
      Actually there are quite a lot of religious people, but they aren't nutcases.
      They're the kind that read the bible and love their neighbour. The fun kind.

    • @drunkensailor112
      @drunkensailor112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@rjfaber1991 you've clearly never been in the bible belt.

  • @joostvanderlee9569
    @joostvanderlee9569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Finally something positive about my country.
    For me as a Dutchie, watching this clip and read the comments, puts a smile on my face

    • @autohmae
      @autohmae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Dutch like to complain, but sometimes forget how good we have it here.

    • @joostvanderlee9569
      @joostvanderlee9569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      autohmae exactly

    • @The_Livingdude
      @The_Livingdude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@autohmaeyeah those dutchies complains like they own the whole world tho I doubt their trying to take all over America those Dutch mf now is everyone talking about the dutchies now huh? all of the sudden is the Netherfagland so popular now probably those Americans are kissing the Netherlands now

  • @HaploidCell
    @HaploidCell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    The public education system in the Netherlands is also pretty good.
    Like, I asked for directions in Amsterdam, and the person spoke good English, but didn't know the location I was after. I was surprised when the junkie beggar with the rotting teeth who sat on the street corner right next to us overheard our conversation and piped in - again, in perfect English.
    He actually gave me directions, I gave him some change. The Amsterdamer guy I spoke first to wasn't even surprised at how nice, helpfull, and educated that junkie was. He was just like "Oh, alright then. You seem to be gettin the help you need. Have a good day then."

    • @jda974
      @jda974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Once a beggar asked me for a coin in English, I was on a hurry and told him something in Portuguese.. he switched to French and then to Spanish. Shit, I gave him a coin. That was in Amsterdam, on my way to work.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +HaploidCell
      It's a bit sad that there was a beggar though. We have homeless shelters for them, with care and showers and food. I hope he was al least getting help for his rotting teeth then.

    • @parmentier7457
      @parmentier7457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      In The Netherlands, English lessons starts at elementary school. German and French at high school.
      Homeless people in The Netherlands also receive the monthly government homeless benefits. That's why you won't see any 'Dutch' beggars in the Netherlands.

    • @Skillseboy1
      @Skillseboy1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is great!

    • @eric79boz
      @eric79boz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@parmentier7457 Well that's not quite true. A large proportion of the Dutch homeless are addicted to alcohol. As a drug counselor, almost always, I had to direct to them to our social services department to get registered at a family or friends adress to have them start receiving benefits.

  • @frankdelgrosso8297
    @frankdelgrosso8297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +578

    Ok that one cop loves Dexter more than me, and that is scary. Maybe he is why the crime is so low, all the have mysetiously dissapeared.

    • @dayvid23
      @dayvid23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Frank Delgrosso 🤣, 👌

    • @SilverbySkyline
      @SilverbySkyline 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The bank robber was never seen again...

    • @doctorale666
      @doctorale666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are all chilling in the coffee shops and the Red light dude.

    • @Mar00f
      @Mar00f 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol you nailed it ×D

    • @whooodat3723
      @whooodat3723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😁😁😁hell yea and I love dexter

  • @miki1510
    @miki1510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1724

    "Any problems at the Anne Frank Museum?"
    "No."
    "Maybe there is a criminal at the Anne Frank Museum, but you can't find him."
    LOL

    • @DutchDouchebag
      @DutchDouchebag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I went to the museum with school camp once, but i couldn't concentrate, i was thinking about my greedy ass school, coming to terms with the fact that a jewish girl from 80 years ago went to camp in Germany.. That lucky bitch

    • @kitti2089
      @kitti2089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @UltraInstinctPepe on the other hand many of them in the red light district are entrepreneurs and work voluntarily. They pay taxes and can get credit. They also all have panic buttons and they look out for each other. There is also the Dutch union for prostitutes. I mean the Netherlands is much better then others with this.

    • @exoticgirl1
      @exoticgirl1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@DutchDouchebag at least you got to go home......

    • @exoticgirl1
      @exoticgirl1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @UltraInstinctPepe not anymore!! They cleared the red light district completely years ago, arrested the traffickers and made sure the girls got counselling and were returned home! Now, the prostitutes that work there are women that choise to do this work and are members of a union! There are joined teams of police, doctors, counsellors and former prostitutes making rounds weekly to check up on the girls and guys! This is exactly why prostitution is legalized here, so the government can assure the safety of these men and women. There are still some cases of forced prostitution but it's discovered and dealth with much sooner now. It's hard to abolish but it has become pretty discouraging for traffickers to take the women to our country.

    • @NexuJin
      @NexuJin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The only crimes at the Anne Frank Museum are the outrageous long lines.

  • @DentoRuneScape
    @DentoRuneScape 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    I'm proud of the Dutch police. Just today, they arrested seven persons preparing a very large terror attack

    • @calijnscholtsz931
      @calijnscholtsz931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      And nobody even had to end up shot dead....

    • @kiraalira
      @kiraalira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm proud of the Dutch police. Just today, they sent riot cops against students who were in the act of non-violent civil disobedience.

    • @calijnscholtsz931
      @calijnscholtsz931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Did they use violence though? It was a very small turn-up though (I was there) just a waste of money

    • @DutchDouchebag
      @DutchDouchebag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@kiraalira riot cops are sent to protests as a precaution all the time, its just that there's always lunatics losing their shit as soon as they see the police van pull up

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed... great work from the Dutch police

  • @mstyfiar1569
    @mstyfiar1569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I would respect and obey a Dutch cop and if he every screamed "stop!" I would stop, because more than likely there is a tree falling in front of me.

    • @yepimnotenglish2650
      @yepimnotenglish2650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you hear ‘Stop Politie!’ What means stop police, then you are in trouble....

    • @PvMhijden
      @PvMhijden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Daan Made in Holland if i dutch cop yells stop. yell stop. you almost gonna get every unit they have after you if you don't almost impossible to escape.

  • @crystalcarlisle9496
    @crystalcarlisle9496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    Don't watch this and think that Dutch cops are pushovers, though. They are highly trained and I've seen them work as a cohesive unit to take down people fighting in the streets. They didn't do it with guns, they did it as a team. It was amazing to watch. Amsterdam cops are some of the most trained, because you cannot become an Amsterdam cop right away. They will train you in smaller cities first. This is because Amsterdam, while very peaceful and fun, does have some unpredictability with tourists. So they can't have rookies acting like assholes. They also don't give a fuck if you have any drugs, really. If you have ecstasy, pot, coke, speed...if it's a small amount, they don't care. They would rather focus on bringing down the larger drug criminals rather than the people who just do it recreationally. They USED to have places set up around the city where you could get your drugs tested, no questions asked, to make sure that they were safe, but as the Netherlands has gotten progressively more conservative, this has stopped and that's a shame.

    • @kingda117
      @kingda117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Americans love their ex-military trained cops. Their cops shoot more citizens than anywhere else in the developed world.

    • @bigpapa8458
      @bigpapa8458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      that is just so not true lol every cop in the netherlands can be a cop in amsterdam like the police in amsterdam is the same as the police in rotterdam

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@bigpapa8458 Niet waar, er zijn andere trainingsmethoden.

    • @VeniVidiAjax
      @VeniVidiAjax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Crystal Franke-Carlisle well dutch cops go to the police academy for 4 years.
      That differs a lot then the 1 year (at Max) training the US cops get.
      There are however a lot of rookie cops in Amsterdam, they are trained ‘under the wings’ of a experienced cop.... like anywhere else in the Netherlands.

    • @maxmilian294
      @maxmilian294 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      if only that was true

  • @Brucessary
    @Brucessary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    *when having grown up in America leaves you feeling scammed*

    • @videostop7564
      @videostop7564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Komekage LOL poor fella. It’s funny, but sad you had to grow up in a third world country like America. Travel the world a bit! Enjoy life

    • @roadrage9191
      @roadrage9191 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@videostop7564
      3rd world country lol.
      I think that was a pretty dumb comment.
      US can learn from the world, but loads of people try to get into this "3rd world country" for a reason. It is not to escape their better world.

    • @PeterBalkEllende
      @PeterBalkEllende 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@roadrage9191 It was meant as satire. US Citizens do be living in the poorest rich country ever though.

  • @ME-ty8rv
    @ME-ty8rv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I can agree that the Dutch Police are very nice. I lost my wallet in Amsterdam during the day. And I thought damn. But I had the Hotel and the travel back already arranged for the next day so I just had to go to the Hotel and sleep until next morning to go back. At 22:00 someone called me on my Cellphone. It was the Dutch Police informing me that they found my wallet and that I can get it right now back. I always keep my Cellphone number in my wallet. So they just called me. I catched a taxi and went to the Police Station and got my wallet back without any big question. Of course money was gone (maybe 30 EUR) but all my cards and my ID Card were there. I was so happy. Since then those guys have my confidence ...

    • @The_Livingdude
      @The_Livingdude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bruh nice?!!! Are you sure about that because I experience it differently tho

    • @The_Livingdude
      @The_Livingdude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those Dutch mfs are just trying to hypnotize you to make you feel like that tho bruh☠️☠️☠️

  • @OpenMind3000
    @OpenMind3000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Amsterdam is Great. One of my favourite cities to visit. I go there once a Year. The dutch are also awesome.

    • @wouter8294
      @wouter8294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As a dutchie, Amsterdam is shit. Its our touristic buffer zone, so the rest of the country doenst have any tourists. If you want to see the real Dutch, go to Arnhem or Nijmegen.

    • @imluvinyourmum
      @imluvinyourmum 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wouter8294 Ppl doing a beeline for Amsterdam are noobs who don’t know any drug dealers. Worst thing u can do is legalise it and give it to the Gov, look at tobacco and alcohol.
      As long as it’s just a fine i’ll take it.

    • @david6054
      @david6054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wouter8294 Beter to go to Utrecht if you want to visit a city(but really there are a lot of great cities outside of Amsterdam, Rotterdam & Den Haag), Limburg if you want to visit our *cough* "mountains", Zeeland or one of the Islands if you want to go to the beach or Brabant when it is Carnaval(but stay out of the larger cities, choose a medium or small city and get yourself a local as a guide so you do not die from culture shock) if you want to party.
      Consider doing things like renting a bike and ride one of the MANY bike routes or going walking on the Waddenzee.
      Many places you can ride canoes in the old waterways and in the countryside there are places where you can do old dutch farm games etc
      Point is, there is so so much to do in our little country, but people that only visit Amsterdam do not know the real Netherlands!
      They only see the atractions in a city that has already made it clear that they want less tourists.
      Just dont fall into those tours that label everything as "Amsterdam *". So no "Amsterdam beach" or "Amsterdam Uithof" or "Amsterdam Afsluitdijk" etc it is as cringeworty as "Washington's Grand Canyon" or "New York Falls" or "Hollywood statue of Liberty"
      (Not that traveling is a option right now but you know, one day...)

    • @monkeydank7842
      @monkeydank7842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are really everywhere.

    • @Lagonas_
      @Lagonas_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wouter8294 From all the amazing places in the Netherlands, you advertise Arnhem and Nijmegen?

  • @countys32
    @countys32 5 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    If you live in western Europe like me you can count yourself very lucky as you won't find a better place to live. I'm very appreciative of my situation and know I'm very fortunate. It's not perfect but better then just about anywhere else and I've lived all over the world so I'm not just talking out my ass.

    • @RSHMediaKgm
      @RSHMediaKgm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @softenbysam
      @softenbysam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      countys32 My Family moved me to America when I was young, please smuggle me back to Europe

    • @cdifff643
      @cdifff643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just don't turn up in a football top

    • @prinz1106
      @prinz1106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haven't been to Costa Rica huh? 😂

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Countys32 I wholeheartedly agree with you... I feel very lucky to be European. And I live next to the Netherlands so I visit them from time to time to get me some green...thanks to our open borders 😀

  • @backwoodsjunkie08
    @backwoodsjunkie08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    As an American this is so alien to me... when I see a cop my first reaction is fear...

    • @SomethingSeemsOff
      @SomethingSeemsOff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My palms legitimately get sweaty when i see a cop, shit sucks man because I understand most cops are good cops, but i'm still freaked out by them in general as a group. (I just realized, in a way, that's a xenophobic sentiment for me to have, but I'm not denying it.)

    • @ajdegroot1980
      @ajdegroot1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Try being a Dutch guy, on vacation in the States, being used to these kind of cops, and then get yelled at by the Highway Patrol with their hands on their gun. A pretty surreal experience, I tell you.

    • @anthonyvigil7567
      @anthonyvigil7567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      backwoodsjunkie08 lol why? I’m Hispanic and I never get nervous around a cop

    • @SilverbySkyline
      @SilverbySkyline 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      That's wild. When I see a cop (UK) it's no different than seeing a mailman, or delivery driver, etc.

    • @gjna5143
      @gjna5143 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You see how wrong that it is?

  • @DeKaded
    @DeKaded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I have been in Netherlands 4 times. Most trouble I got when I was smoking a joint and drinking a beer in front of hotel with my friend and cops walked by. They said something in dutch to which I replied "Sorry I don't speak dutch" and they said that toss that beer to trash you can't drink it in public. Throwed the can to trash and they wished good evening and left. Just love Holland and dutch people

    • @2009heyhow
      @2009heyhow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its a kind of ''crime'' that cops over here wont spend to much energy in to stop people from doing it. they just give you a warning and move on. If someone is actually drunk and still drinks beer they will take action by taking it away from him and give you a fine. Sometimes they even give the person a ride back to their home/hotel or in worse cases just one night at a prison cell. Such a person will be allowed to go free the next morning.

  • @samhansen5323
    @samhansen5323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had the best experience in dam with police there. Got way too drunk, was about to get into a fight with about 12 guys, they put me in the cell ‘for my own safety’ and were extremely nice and respectful when I woke up the next morning. Massive gratitude for them; that’s what protecting the community means. They protected me, kindly, from myself.

  • @afwaller
    @afwaller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I was in the Netherlands, riding the night bus back to my hotel outside the center, and this group of British girls were all drunk (or whatever) out of their minds. The one girl was going to throw up. The bus driver pulled over and helped her off the bus to throw up while her friend held her hair. Then he helped them back on and made sure they got off at their stop OK. He didn’t kick them off the bus - he helped them out and made sure they were safe.
    In the US the police probably would have arrested the girls or something. The bus driver would have thrown them off the bus in all likelihood, stranding them on the side of the road in the middle of the night to get raped or god knows what. Oh wait - there is no night bus in the US - they would probably have driven home drunk and killed someone.
    The social infrastructure in the Netherlands is designed to reduce harm and keep people safe - not punish and repress. It is a better system. It is sad we will never have it in the US.

    • @Warlock-Morlock
      @Warlock-Morlock ปีที่แล้ว

      Well hold on now, as an American, let's be fair. If they were American girls in America... they might deserve to be thrown off the bus. We can't be too certain, but I've never heard of a Dutch woman painting a picture on the bus window with her own feces.

  • @OsmosisHD
    @OsmosisHD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The biggest difference is how the Dutch cops are trained compared to the US it's police force.
    The dutch police is much more than a enforcer of law. The police officers are social workers, trustee(s), problem solvers, law enforcers.
    They maintain peace and safety within society. They understand the importance of using a human and kind approach to resolve issues.
    Sadly the US cops are trained to maintain and enforce the law, even somewhat encouraged to approach in a hostile, non-humanizing way.
    More or less like a invading military force on foreign enemy soil. How can you expect people to trust or feel comfortable when approached in such a way?

    • @formatique_arschloch
      @formatique_arschloch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said and this is how it is in all western European countries and the nordics.

    • @gabrielconstantine4607
      @gabrielconstantine4607 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      so basically usa=sith The Netherlands= Jedi

    • @NextChapterRapper
      @NextChapterRapper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well said. I think if the US had the social security system they have all over europe, you'd have less getthofication and less dangerous streets though. The ultracapitalism leads to literally murderous competition on the corner. That's a climate that a Dutch cop couldn't do his job in either. When your life is actually in danger, you will act accordingly.
      Besides, Dutch cops in Amsterdam are largely corrupt. A friend of mine was essentially fired from the police force in the bad Amsterdam neighbourhood for NOT taking bribes. It's rotten to the core. Netherlands is a global player in the XTC business. That's because the law is turning a blind eye. That will keep the peace. There's tolerant policies, and then there's corruption. I guess if you value human live above all, these things are still preferable over the state America is in.

    • @Babayega19
      @Babayega19 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      amsterdam cops arent't corrupt, just a little bit common sense

    • @NextChapterRapper
      @NextChapterRapper 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeroen Valkema is it common sense to take bribes from organized crime? Then yeah, amazing common sense all over the place. It’s still called corruption in the dictionary though.

  • @AntonGudenus
    @AntonGudenus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    To put the difference concerning cops between the US and Europe into context:
    In Europe we consider police to be part of society and our actual friend and helper in need. Police officers being just normal citizens who dedicate their time to keeping everyone else safe and following the rules.
    In the US police is "THE LAW" and quite often acting like Judge Dredd. They have an adversarial or at least "feeling superior" relationship with everyone they come about.
    To give an anecdote about the differences:
    - Got into a car crash without injured people in Europe at 20. We called the police just to have an independent party take the accident report.
    They arrived shortly after (1 car, no fuss, saying "sorry that it took so long, but we were at another call"), asked if everybody was ok, asked us if we already filled out an accident report, or if we need one, looked at the accident, signed the accident report and offered one of us a ride home. (as the car had to be towed)
    - Got into a car crash without injured people in the US at age 17. We called the police just to have an independent party take the accident report.
    They arrived with 4 cars with sirens blaring but surprisingly late, boxing us in, jumped out of their cars, started ordering us around, asked all of us for ID and then drew a gun on me (because I had the audacity to turn my back on them, to ask a friend of mine, with whom I was staying, for his address), never said sorry for drawing a gun on me, and after seeing that nobody was hurt (which we told them over the phone before) left without taking the accident report, while we had to wait on the side of the road for a ride home.

    • @Zaagvis
      @Zaagvis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      stfu u posh nerd

    • @AntonGudenus
      @AntonGudenus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Zaagvis What gives you the idea, that I am a nerd or posh?

    • @Zaagvis
      @Zaagvis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AntonGudenus ur second privileged alinea

    • @AntonGudenus
      @AntonGudenus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Zaagvis I am sorry to ask: but what is an alinea?

    • @Zaagvis
      @Zaagvis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AntonGudenus oh I'm sorry.. I thought it was the same in English.. I meant paragraph

  • @MeTube-sg1tx
    @MeTube-sg1tx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "He was not dead but I hit him" audience: 😂😂😂

  • @malmo439
    @malmo439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Strolling around with cops, took a marijuana break whilst cop waiting for him. Pure gold.

  • @eddiex7311
    @eddiex7311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    Are you serious?! Is this real????? Everyone needs to see this

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      This is very real... And not just in the Netherlands... it's a European thing (except the coffeeshops, that's exclusively the Netherlands)

    • @solomonshv
      @solomonshv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      i spent a few weeks in Switzerland. never heard any cop sirens. saw a cop play jump rope with some a bunch of little girls and their moms, saw a cop walk some cows off the road while the drivers were just chilling in their cars and waiting for the road to clear, saw another cop trying to teach a teenager how to properly use a stick shift because he kept stalling (right outside my hotel in lucerne), saw some cops talk philosophy with a bunch of old guys while taking a stole up a mountain (in weggis). one cop stopped me because i was going a tad too fast (10km/h over the limit) once he found out i was visiting, without me even asking he told me where the best views are then let me go. that's about it.

    • @mannyverse6158
      @mannyverse6158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I was amsterdam for a few weeks this summer. Awesome place

    • @eddgrs9193
      @eddgrs9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      I live in Europe, the vast majority of cops reach pension without ever firing their gun, and if they do, it's mostly warning shots to stop some thief from running away. If someone gets murdered for whatever reason, it makes national TV news.

    • @jimmyryan5880
      @jimmyryan5880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      This is normal in 1st world countries.

  • @jo_magpie
    @jo_magpie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Norway is literally renting prison cells on the cheap from the Netherlands so they won't have to fire every prison worker in the Netherlands.

  • @cptant7610
    @cptant7610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The last mention of a police officer getting shot in the Netherlands I can find is of 2004.

    • @Baska311
      @Baska311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are quite a lot of shootings over here these last few years. And while a highly respected lawyer got shot and killed not too long ago, criminals really only just kill each other. They don't shoot at the police. There is a "gang war" going on in and around amsterdam though.

    • @FrankHeuvelman
      @FrankHeuvelman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Baska311 We have no gangs like in the big cities in Asia and North and South America. Can you please rephrase 'gang war'?
      Simple people might actually take your words literally and that doesn't do right to Dutch people in general nor to our governing bodies.

  • @zjgvergara
    @zjgvergara 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Felt much safer in Amsterdam than I did in Paris. Amsterdam is an awesome place to visit, will sure to go back one day.

  • @natewilson111
    @natewilson111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Anyone else here watching in 2020, and *especially* wishing American police were a bit more like these guys?

    • @2009heyhow
      @2009heyhow 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, people here are not allowed to have firearms. So cops don't have many reasons to be afraid for their own lives when they arrest someone. In America if you make a wrong move cops will quickly reach for their weapons. (which i kinda understand to be honest)
      I think that a salutation for the USA is two sided. The police need do things differently, and citizens (not just black people) have to return their firearms.
      Only one problem is that many Americans consider the freedom of carry a gun a freedom that should never be taken away from them. If i got my facts right it already went that direction during the colonial era. In the time of Indians and bandits people had to be able to protect themselves, and now it's stuck in the system.

    • @Jatochnietdan
      @Jatochnietdan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It 100% depends on who you interact with. There are PLENTY of Dutch police who are complete assholes and want to abuse their power, especially when they think you are a foreigner. One time I was cycling home from work and I came to a bike crossing, just as I went through the bike crossing, the light went from green to orange and about halfway through the intersection it went to red. Two police in a van happened to be waiting at the intersection, right at the intersection, they didn't stop to wait at the traffic lights for cars they actually pulled all the way up to the crossing and sat there, looking at the *bike light* to tell them when to go. So as soon as it went red, he floored it and almost hit me.
      He then starts yelling out the window at me to be careful and not cross when it's red. I explained that when I started crossing, it was green, just about going orange as I went through it and not going red until I was well into the crossing. He then got very irritated and said that if I keep talking to him he will arrest me and started swearing at me. I was very tempted to continue arguing but I decided better to avoid escalating and I left. The cop was at 100 the entire time pretty much, he was super hyped up and aggressive from the start. I was absolutely in the right in this situation and the cop was wrong from the start as he was not even in the correct area for a car and was not going based on when his car traffic light went green, but rather when the bike light went red, which is not the precise moment that the car light goes green, there is always a delay.
      You can also look up videos of black protesters in Rotterdam who were protesting "Zwarte Piet" (a tradition of black facing and putting huge red lipstick on) in celebration of what the Dutch refer to as a Christmas-like celebration, but actually "Zwarte Piet" original source is from slave ships since NL was a massive slave trader and the "Piets" are black helpers of a fat white guy "sinterklass" and they do all of the work, delivering presents etc. At these protests, police rounded up the mostly black protestors into a van, beating them with batons if they didn't comply. There is very graphic footage of this and this is pretty standard practice almost every year.
      There were also a significant number of police arrested in NL for being involved in organised crime. Also, this video paints a very quaint picture of NL, not all of NL is so calm. In Amsterdam there are plenty of murders and shootings. When I lived in the ghetto of Amsterdam, a decapitated body was found in a van near my home. Last year someone also fired a rocket launcher at a building. Also, gangs have been going around exploding ATMs, so now a lot of banks have opted to remove most public ATMs as it is simply too much hassle as they are so targeted.
      When I lived in Rotterdam in a nice area, hearing shootings was pretty standard. Hearing someone shooting in Rotterdam multiple times a year is standard stuff. There was a gang shootout in a hotel lobby while I lived there, someone was shot in the small playground behind my apartment, there was a shooting on the street next to my apartment, there was a girl raped in plain sight in the morning in public when it was bright, right next to a bunch of apartments with nobody noticing, lots of SWAT raids on houses, police chased and shot some guy in the street in the middle of the day, there was a shooting in Utrecht's tram which killed 3 people, countless more examples in just a 2 year period.
      You have to remember that it can seem quaint and quiet when you don't hear all the news from here, all of our news is in Dutch and it doesn't really garner worldwide attention like English news does, as a lot of people understand English and really only people who live here understand Dutch it isolates all of these events so that only we are aware of them.
      Not saying that the country isn't pretty safe but I think this definitely paints it as an ideal paradise of barely any crime at all when it simply isn't the case. If you do some Googling on the Dutch news you will find plenty of stuff that happens here too. Plenty of gang wars, organised crime, bad policing etc.

    • @erebostd
      @erebostd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@2009heyhow who isn't allowed to have firearms? If you aren't a criminal and you need a gun for hunting, sport or educational/collecting purpuodrd6, you can get a license. It's just common sense gun control.

    • @2009heyhow
      @2009heyhow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erebostd You are talking about a super small amount of people. It's not compareble with the United States were people also have them for protection.
      Also the process of getting a lisence is much different, harder and way more limited with what kind of rifles you can own.

    • @erebostd
      @erebostd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2009heyhow I can own (and do) own everything, from multiple ar15 to multiple Glocks, rugers, some classic bolt action, revolvers... Yes, the process is quite different and way more lengthy. And that's why so many people get shot every day in the US, and next to non here, even in years...

  • @luisgandara9633
    @luisgandara9633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Haha that cop is legit and funny and he likes Dexter.. kudos

  • @samrussell9264
    @samrussell9264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The Netherlands...
    When you want to see humans at the utmost balance between Logical, Ethical, Practical and Moral...

    • @mdsign001
      @mdsign001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ... for the most part anyway.
      Source: am Dutch

    • @Denz2799
      @Denz2799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For the most part. Which is more than we can say for most countries. But we always strife for betterment.

  • @JillontheLake
    @JillontheLake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Less guns, less gun violence. It's really that simple.

    • @thecaptain5026
      @thecaptain5026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      in general, it is. But you have a different culture then the Netherlands. You have a gun culture and a country saturated with guns.

    • @anthonyvigil7567
      @anthonyvigil7567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jill Springer Forrest there 33,000 gun deaths in America and 60% of those deaths are by suicide that means only 19,000 murdered. But only 97 people who legally own a gun commit murder a year.

    • @lepetitroquet9410
      @lepetitroquet9410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Actually, here in Switzerland we have a pretty high number of guns and very low gun violence.
      The trick is that we do check who buys a gun (I could buy one tomorrow if I wanted, but the local authorities would quickly check if I'm a threat to others and if I've caused troubles in the past before I receive the permission to buy it) and we have a great welfare programs that ensures that nobody is put in a situation in which they feel the need to steal.
      In Switzerland, as a swiss citizen, you literally cannot be homeless unless you choose to be. As soon as you go to the government (the "commune") where you live and ask with a simple "please", you've got a roof, food, clothes and even some money for your car in some cases (the trick is: the money is lent to you, not given, so if you ever earn more than a certain threshold, you have to pay it back).
      Guns don't create violence, deregulation and poverty does.
      ps: giving someone a job that doesn't provide a living wage is not a good way to fight poverty. Basically free public education (including college) and investment in science as well as globalism has proven way more effective for us.

    • @zeroblade6599
      @zeroblade6599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get the idea that gun violence is just a symptom of what's actually going on in the US. Main problem (I Think) is crappy healthcare and crappy education. Get your people educated and healthy and they'll feel a lot less inclined to kill each other. Gun control will help, but it's a band-aid compared to an actual cure.

    • @lepetitroquet9410
      @lepetitroquet9410 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zero Blade
      I'm sorry to insist on that, but... I always have some difficulties to believe that people have to live in their cars or live in the street in the USA like in a third world country.

  • @tiaradekker1369
    @tiaradekker1369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    OMG LMFAO ONE OF THE COPS IS MY UNCLE 😂😂

    • @biggermanboi4205
      @biggermanboi4205 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah yeah of course

    • @Hallo-ex8nk
      @Hallo-ex8nk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      AureirDE and why would she lie. Sounds plausible to me

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@biggermanboi4205 cops have family you know.

    • @FrankHeuvelman
      @FrankHeuvelman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, can I have your autograph?

  • @VineethShankarMaller
    @VineethShankarMaller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I once smoked a blunt outside a cafe in Amsterdam and a cop saw and gave me a thumps up. One of my happiest moments.

  • @gshak33
    @gshak33 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It’s not a “war on drugs” cause that implies it’s something that you can hypothetically win.

    • @Juuul89
      @Juuul89 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      burn xD

    • @noopster17
      @noopster17 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wars end.

    • @zapador
      @zapador 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha! Well said. I guess it is time to concede defeat.

  • @dahalofreeek
    @dahalofreeek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I've heard the Netherlands is straight up the best country.

    • @ajdegroot1980
      @ajdegroot1980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Well, you know what they say. As finishing touch, God created the Dutch 😂
      Just kidding of course. Our country isn't perfect, but I am very fortunate to have been born here, and I can honestly say it's a very good country to live in, with sound social structures and in general a government, local, regional and national, that works to improve the country. There might be exeptions to that "rule" in the eyes of one or another of course, as you can never do "the best" in everyone's eyes, but overall we have it good here.

    • @henkieklaassen3104
      @henkieklaassen3104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah we're something like fourth in the world

    • @TheStraatjutter
      @TheStraatjutter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We would be if it weren't for Finland!.
      *Shakes fist*

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We tend to be high up there, yes. To be fair though, the margins are pretty slim, and if you want the best place to live in the world, take your pick from the Benelux, Scandinavia, or Australia/New Zealand. It's always those three groups of countries that do well on the kind of lists countries want to do well on.

    • @ravinloon58
      @ravinloon58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nowhere on earth is perfect but let's all agree the Netherlands is pretty close.

  • @matiezie
    @matiezie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I live in Amsterdam and yes it's generally really safe, but this item makes it seem like there is no crime here.

    • @Flimpofloempieflomp
      @Flimpofloempieflomp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This. I feel that a lot of people are looking at European countries and cities with rose colored glasses. Now I'm not saying that there's rampant crime all over western Europe but there are certainly some areas where law enforcement and emergency services are hesitant to enter.

    • @maaiker2977
      @maaiker2977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He mentioned a bank robbery, drunk tourists and pickpockets.

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Flimpofloempieflomp I think the truth is in the middle between both of your remarks

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Flimpofloempieflomp and that is a whole lot better than the US of A

    • @matiezie
      @matiezie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, the police officer mentioned that. Still you don't think they made Amsterdam look a little bit much like a utopia?

  • @reindert144
    @reindert144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Come to the Netherlands on 31 December, you’ll find a lot less peace here😂😂😂😂

    • @damian_bubble6287
      @damian_bubble6287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      For everyone not from the netherlands: It basically becomes a warzone (Explosion sounds everywhere you go) with how much fireworks we use.

    • @tristansh6364
      @tristansh6364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Pretty much like Berlin, they pretty much bring back the ww2 for 48 hours ( fireworks 💥 🎇 )

    • @heav6924
      @heav6924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Rotterdam in WW2 flashbacks

    • @HvV8446
      @HvV8446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And if you cant wait, go to Duindorp

    • @heav6924
      @heav6924 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HvV8446 xd

  • @Mr108454
    @Mr108454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The cops are your friends in the Netherlands! One of 'em was also my soccer coach and he'd just use the speaker on his car in the middle of the village to ask if your parents were home.... He'd wanted to have some coffee you see :)

  • @sofiesoof286
    @sofiesoof286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Just wait when a moped goes 51 KM/H, then you'll have action

    • @MM-tf4xt
      @MM-tf4xt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pff only 51? 80 is where it is at!

  • @furrybumper
    @furrybumper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    such a prime example of "local" policing, they have their routes where they know the people, they look out for the safety of the public, they only hassle you if you cause trouble and you genuinely feel safer with them around, rather than watching out for them like in the US

  • @CaptainNemo1701
    @CaptainNemo1701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been visiting Amsterdam since 1983. Fantastic place, always admired the Dutch for common-sense, pragmatic solutions to things like sex & drugs. Was there for Kingsday in 2015, whole city partying, few cops about but looked like they had nothing to do!.

  • @MercedesE300hybrid
    @MercedesE300hybrid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Been to Amsterdam twice, always a great experience. Very mature society

    • @ramon9175
      @ramon9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Welcome to come back anytime!

  • @tr0nd15c
    @tr0nd15c 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Jim I f*cking love you & this segment. Thanks for blazing and keeping it real!

  • @Ardhant1
    @Ardhant1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I kinda feel like moving the the Netherlands and becoming a cop.
    Watching shows all day is the only job I feel I'm really qualified for.

    • @eddgrs9193
      @eddgrs9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's criminal shows, like Dexter, Narcos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, they are mandatory for training :)

    • @samvanderplas7619
      @samvanderplas7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good luck with all the paperwork tho!

    • @ravinloon58
      @ravinloon58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You might die of culture shock! I have spent a lot of time in both the Netherlands and The USA... oh boy are they different. In one the talk all the time about their freedom in the other they know what freedom means. To understand the Dutch you have to understand what it means to be occupied by the Nazis... to be flooded... and to work together to literally build your Country from nothing. The Dutch have an attitude I love... when the EU brings in regulations they smile and nod in agreement and then shrug and carry on... it's just our way... we don't have curtains because we have nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of. I asked why the house prices were so high... well we have no crime here, none at all... wow imagine that, what would you pay to live there?

    • @TheICEgirl6100
      @TheICEgirl6100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      don't

  • @mlc4495
    @mlc4495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This clip could have been filmed in any Western European country and the result would have been the same. Low crime, friendly police, high standards of living, low inequality.
    Why in the hell would anyone want to live in the US?

    • @armedwombat6816
      @armedwombat6816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because it's the greatest country on earth. It has to be, because all the right-wingers and conservative media keep parroting it. You think they would lie to you, just so they'd never have to change their ways?
      Okay, seriously: What makes a country a good place to live depends on what you value. If you value a very specific set of things the US might be better for you than Europe.

    • @googlesucks7840
      @googlesucks7840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not in the UK, mate. Go to London and you won't see a police car without its flashing lights on. And policemen calmly patrolling the streets.....? No chance outside the tourist traps.

    • @reductio1000
      @reductio1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because they have +10 aircraft carriers...they are so cool! i can not think of any other reason.

    • @alink2dfuture504
      @alink2dfuture504 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because of the lie that we have come to name the American Dream

  • @cheezarose
    @cheezarose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a fellow European,I agree Amsterdam is very save. Just went there two weeks ago and people were friendly and helpful. We were walking around the city in the middle of the night and things were really chill.

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Who would've thought that making less things illegal would result in less crime?

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      especially if it's a victimless "crime" now cause you get rid of the violence that can result from illegal weed trafficking.
      Bottom line is this: People are going to smoke it. They will find a way to grow it or they will find someone who knows someone who knows someone who does. Just make it legal, sell it under government regulations, everyone profits.
      There is literally no debate there if you don't invent some bs about it.
      Example A: Amsterdam
      Example B: Colorado
      There are not enough letters but you get my point

    • @mashamitchell9574
      @mashamitchell9574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Pretty much everyone outside the retarded US.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Masha Mitchell Don't forget the UK's backward ass punitive attitude, which has made it the drugs capital of Europe. Not the only reason of course but a major factor.

    • @shop-a-holic3194
      @shop-a-holic3194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It isn't really about making it legal. It is about opporunity's, here in the Netherlands we got a fine social wellfare system that works out for everybody. When I was a student I could get a study loan and if I finished in 4y, i diddn't had to pay anything back! Same with the healthcare system, when my mom got cancer she got from the goverment extra money so we could stay in our house and my mom could focus on getting better..
      Yes, I earn arround 32k a year and pay 21,5% tax on that. But, there is no reason for us to get in crime.. Remember 99.9% of the criminals diddn't start out becauste they like the thrill of it!
      Ofcourse we got some criminals, drugsgangs, illigal prostitution and junkies. But that amount is sooo small! And often it has to do with their mental conditions.. Psycopaths, bordeliner personality u name it..

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@pseudonayme7717 well the brits are the Americans of Europe...look at Brexit

  • @ybd1el
    @ybd1el 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I smoked a j once and the cops where waiting for me too... but not in Holland :(

    • @nmga4022
      @nmga4022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😁😂😂😂,oh sorry man,i bet you wished to be in Holand that moment!!!!😀😁😂

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There's only one thing illegal that both of you are doing and you're lucky the cops aren't here....
      It's *the Netherlands* and you're calling it Holland or even Holand. Don't, please. It's the Netherlands.

    • @dohtje5029
      @dohtje5029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes North- and South Holland are provinces in The Netherlands.

  • @tokkiemetuitkering8030
    @tokkiemetuitkering8030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When I was 16 me and my friends got really drunk and the police where just making fun of us and returned us home safely without any problems and they even took a selfie with us

  • @undead9999
    @undead9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how the cops started singing with him after a while

  • @Gabe9408
    @Gabe9408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Well, time to learn to speak Dutch.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hoppa!

    • @Chilukar
      @Chilukar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Only to be respectful. Every Dutch person I ever met spoke better English than most British people... including the garbage collector I asked for directions at 4am one winters morning. So yeah learn dutch but to really fit in learn at least 1 or 2 more languages perfectly too.
      Oh did I mention that the Dutch have world class education too?

    • @chuckster1234chuck
      @chuckster1234chuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In school they are taught English and Dutch from day one to the same level

    • @hagar2025
      @hagar2025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      fun fact: more than half of the Belgians speak Dutch too. And don’t forget Suriname. And as a bonus: if you go to South Africa, you’ll understand most of one of their languages, Afrikaans.

    • @DutchDouchebag
      @DutchDouchebag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some people's English is atrocious and in the future it will possibly get worse; i mostly learned English by watching English/American shows with Dutch subtitles (cartoon network ftw!!)
      Today, the kids shows are in Dutch, no subtitles..
      And we got a ridiculous accent as well that oddly i'm low key proud of 😅

  • @lisaschutte1108
    @lisaschutte1108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    My kind of place...where being a cop is the most boring job.

    • @urduib
      @urduib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Avoid stress, work as an Amsterdam cop :)

    • @fyodorkaramazov2136
      @fyodorkaramazov2136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Being a cop is super boring in a lot of places, but a lot of kids picked this jobs to kick some ass, as a result some of them will be ultra violent for no reason once they have the occasion, playing their Dirty Harry fantasy

    • @urduib
      @urduib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fyodor Karamazov - I agree. Basic psychology still applies to being a cop

    • @alt1579
      @alt1579 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fyodor Karamazov My mom gave it to me! - Cadet Eugene Tackleberry

    • @awellner3285
      @awellner3285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fyodorkaramazov2136 those cops still excist in the Netherlands, but most of them became riot police to kick football holigans asses ;)

  • @theroaria8065
    @theroaria8065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    With all that's going on in America right now, I'm being to realize, more and more, that it's not just the policing system that's messed up, it's the people as well

  • @bombelz
    @bombelz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Please do it in Germany, people in the states think the country is burning down..

    • @armedwombat6816
      @armedwombat6816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They think the same thing about the Netherlands and this video isn't going to change their opinion.
      There's no use trying to change the mind of people who don't do much thinking anyway.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Bom Belz
      The Polizei is great, but there was one instance when they fined me 5 euro's for sitting on the back of a bicycle, because I was 'portraying dangerous behaviour that was putting everyone at risk."
      Sitting on the back of a bicycle that is. That's all I did. We were sober.
      So, yeah, I still haven't forgiven the Polizei for that.
      Other than that, the Germans are awesome and while we're at it, Germany is awesome. Die Sprache, die Brezel, die Deutsche Humor (es gibt schon ein kleines, kleines bißchen Humor irgendwo in Deutschland) es ist alles großartig! :) Liebe Grüße aus die Niederlande!

    • @BigMisterApple
      @BigMisterApple 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      >implying Germany isnt a lost cause

    • @andreaslaier9703
      @andreaslaier9703 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it legal to ride 2 people on a bike in Germany? In Denmark the fine is almost 95 euros for each person on the bike. I think you should consider yourself lucky.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andreaslaier9703
      I was júst across the border from Netherlands to Germany though. In the Netherlands, it's very legal. That made it petty, to me.

  • @dayvid23
    @dayvid23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    We even have shops to test xtc pills and other drugs, you can also test them at festivals and events.
    Im here 15 years, The Netherlands is trully the most cool, swaggered, awsome country ive lived.

    • @roteredamus
      @roteredamus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy you like it here, how was your first stroopwafel?

    • @bruh-sf4gw
      @bruh-sf4gw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ecstasy*

    • @dayvid23
      @dayvid23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      louis hesketh thats how we say it in dutch, but you are right.

    • @sjoerdvelzen8255
      @sjoerdvelzen8255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bruh-sf4gw XTC

  • @edrowland4614
    @edrowland4614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Holland is great. Easy going people and most of them speak more than 1 language. Smart and laidback. Love the Dutch.

  • @Alex-jb2vb
    @Alex-jb2vb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this segment

  • @Reitz86
    @Reitz86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1991 and 1993 backpacked thru with my wife, fantastic and never had a problem, everyone was very kind and friendly ❤️👍

    • @Snaakie83
      @Snaakie83 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still are 😉

    • @Reitz86
      @Reitz86 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Snaakie83 👍, Wonderful People and City❤️

  • @katiekane5247
    @katiekane5247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Our stupid sense of exceptionalism has made it impossible to adapt other countries good ideas to our own. Time to stop this war against American people!

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Indeed... if you keep repeating you are nr1 at everything (not true) and claim you are the greatest democracy in the world (witch is completely untrue) you tend to not look at other countries how they do things better...

    • @eddgrs9193
      @eddgrs9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "Yeah, but do you want to live in a socialist hellhole like the Netherlands or Denmark ? Have you heared of Venezuela ? - That's exactly what's going on in Europe. Murica No 1 !"

    • @DutchDouchebag
      @DutchDouchebag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@eddgrs9193 socialist hellhole...?
      Dude have you ever been to Holland? ROFL

    • @eddgrs9193
      @eddgrs9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Bas vV That's why what say on Fox News, it must be true if it's on the TV. Also wtf happened to your football team ? Must be all them legal drugs.
      I was being sarcastig, I live in Europe and Holland is my favourite team since I was a kid :)

    • @henkieklaassen3104
      @henkieklaassen3104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @REDEX SUBZERO no

  • @enderassasin515
    @enderassasin515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for giving my fatherland some recognition. Appreciate it.

  • @hornetobiker
    @hornetobiker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I got lost in Amstrdam on my first visit.. I went lookiing for breakfast after I booked in to my hotel without taking a note of the hotels name (I travelled overnight). About 18 hrs later a cop caught me taking a sly piss down an alley at abot 3 in the morning as I wandered about trying to find home. The guy did not ticket or arrest me, he asked about landmarks etc that could identify my place then took me there on the back of his moped. When I have tried to tell some folk (esp americans) this story they do not believe me. I don't blame them ,you have to go there to appreciate just how special this place is. Oh and the most hated visitors are from England. By a loooong way. They love Scots though. : )

  • @DawnApon
    @DawnApon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This one was my favorite of JIMS A COP! so far.

  • @ralphjaime1470
    @ralphjaime1470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was in Amsterdam ten years ago, I tell ever one how nice the cops are. its shocking how cops can be so nice.I live in U.S.A.

    • @ramon9175
      @ramon9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome to come back any time!

  • @DJSamsonofficial
    @DJSamsonofficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    about the fact that the Netherlands are shutting down prisons: they also rent em out to Belgium. So, Belgium has now got prisons in the Netherlands.

  • @iMaralo
    @iMaralo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim Is A Cop is now my favorite series

  • @morganboutwell8231
    @morganboutwell8231 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The “bad boy bad boy” got me every time

  • @manantank
    @manantank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    *_B A D B O Y S B A D B O Y S_*

  • @jessecaisbomb
    @jessecaisbomb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watched it twice it was that good

  • @RealBrowl
    @RealBrowl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amsterdam is just great. Been there a couple of times, it's just about 3 hours away from where I live in Germany. Never met someone disrespectful. Even the homeless people are so amazingly friendly. I once was sitting at the canal, smoking, and a homeless guy (who indeed smelled really bad) came to ask if he got hit the joint a few times. Told him that my girl and I have a really private chat right now, and he was like "oh hell, I'm so sorry guys, have a good day" and just left. Needless to say he spoke perfectly fine English. Love this city so much.

  • @alexsosa266
    @alexsosa266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Amsterdam. Beautiful place, beautiful people.

    • @ramon9175
      @ramon9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! please visit us again soon!

  • @stephenhawkingsbeautywheel9080
    @stephenhawkingsbeautywheel9080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    There can be peace without guns
    Americans: **visible confusion**

    • @erebostd
      @erebostd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frank Heuvelman not necessarily. There are quite some guns here, but you need a license, training, and can't be a criminal. If you are convicted, they take your license. You know, common sense...

    • @erebostd
      @erebostd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frank Heuvelman We got none? Legally owned firearms in europe count to about 70-80 millionen, with 100-3000 illegal Weapons in private Hands. Thats "some" for me at least...

    • @erebostd
      @erebostd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frank Heuvelman oh please, just use Google, the numbers are everywhere, from interpol to the local administrations.

    • @Tony.795
      @Tony.795 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Frank Heuvelman Well, Switzerland is in Europe.

    • @JuniorJuni070
      @JuniorJuni070 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erebostd i been to prison.. still got my gun license in the netherlands lol... whats ur point again ?

  • @JL-mt4ry
    @JL-mt4ry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Being from the U.K. I can honestly say I prefer these cops 👮‍♀️

  • @bihbosangero3490
    @bihbosangero3490 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it there cant wait to go back in summer

  • @mscudde2
    @mscudde2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Soooooo good. I love Jim.

  • @jimhumble3000
    @jimhumble3000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "gedooble, gedoobiedoo." - Anne Frank, 2018

  • @ItsChurchieYall
    @ItsChurchieYall 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I said to my mom that I was so glad that his show was getting established and she said "yeah you and 7 other people"
    Ooooo

    • @urduib
      @urduib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You have 7 likes õO and now i will thump you up so you can show your mom 8 likes. Lessons must be learned. I know my sister also watch Jim

    • @emmy6909
      @emmy6909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SübZer00 I am the 10th like... go show your mom!

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just gave you your 17th like... just to prove her wrong

  • @BruceScombro
    @BruceScombro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant believe this show is off the air, such a cool dude and he found the coolest cops in the world

  • @DerMossi
    @DerMossi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amsterdam is fantastic, really enjoyed my holidays last year :)

  • @anja6983
    @anja6983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I knew that the Netherlands is great, before watching the Video.
    But just because it works there, doesnt mean it will work in other countrys.
    Its just the people there.
    The dutch are awesome

    • @Denz2799
      @Denz2799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They can try it in other countries though. Maybe start with a few experimental counties in the US, to get the ball rolling.

    • @markknoop6283
      @markknoop6283 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      An American cop pulled we over for speeding.
      In the Netherlands some small talk a ticket and everybody is on his way.
      In Amerika the story was completely different he was way more aggressive from the beginning.
      He knew i did it on purpose and he was ready to teach me a lesson.
      Bud i already knew the speedometer gave it away.

    • @anja6983
      @anja6983 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markknoop6283 I meant weed. Police in the Netherlands is normal too me.
      USA has just bad police.

  • @gamefreakforlife
    @gamefreakforlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The word they mention in the bit is "gedoogbeleid" which kind of translates to "tolerant-policy"
    Both Belgium and the Netherlands have one for weed, but the Belgian one only goes as far to let people go when they have a small personal amount on them. (used to be below 3g). The Dutch one also allowes stores to sell it, but they haven't legalised industrial growing, meaning the shops usually get their stuff from illegal plantations. Meaning a lot of weed on the borders of the Netherlands, come from illegal Belgian plantations. Meaning a lot of Belgian stoners cross the border to buy Belgian weed and smuggle it back to Belgium. It's far from perfect.

    • @TheStraatjutter
      @TheStraatjutter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      condone-policy really

    • @NaughtyNimitz
      @NaughtyNimitz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazingly, that other 'drug' that kills millions all over the world and therefore is more lethal than weed, is legal to buy... Alcohol...

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's true... I think we Belgians grow most of the weed that is sold in the Netherlands (a lot on farms were there is much space), but the Dutch come to our country to set up the installation (they are the champions in that)

    • @dawnmaster68
      @dawnmaster68 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Might not be prefect. But it's still better then spending 100% of our combined defense budget on a war on drugs. If you ask me.

  • @leeroubos2434
    @leeroubos2434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as someone who grew up in Amsterdam this is so normal for me. I just read through all the comments and it blows my mind that people find this to be a strange occurrence. Dutch cops are awesome. Oh and the guy with the brown hair isn’t to bad looking haha. I’m almost done with my high school education and planning on maybe becoming a cop or Journalist after. This inspires me. Cops shouldn’t strike feelings of fear they should provide safety and comfort. Holland is a pretty easygoing place and the people are amazing. My mum told me a story about when she first came to Holland (she’s from
    England) after meeting my dad. She was amazed by the kindness off everyone. I’m happy to say that i feel safe to walk or go jogging at night and that’s because of the cops. Thanks guys 🙏🏼

  • @McBoogle
    @McBoogle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly, this show is class.

  • @ElcoWeitering
    @ElcoWeitering 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    its not all milk and cookies. Organised crime is very violent and protective of their ownership in the manufacturing and supply of any drug you can buy on the streets or in the shops. If only we could make the next step in legalising the whole process similar to alcohol. Eliminate the criminal factor, slap some taxes on them, create legit jobs. Quality control. But we have to fall in line with international laws.

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We're not perfect, that's true, but when it comes to crime, even our organised criminal underworld pales in comparison to that of some other countries.

    • @bjornsantens9030
      @bjornsantens9030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although Portugal is coming close... drugs is prioritised as very low crime and no excesses over there... but yes they should legalise it all (except heroin because that is pure suicide) if people want to do it, they always find a way and by legalizing it you erase that crime component and you make it less unsafe + the state can tax it... win win

  • @tonylawlor8833
    @tonylawlor8833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fair play to the Dutch, love their attitude, live and let live.

    • @The_Livingdude
      @The_Livingdude 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awww the Dutch is trying to turn your American face into a Dutch person I doubt those Dutch f@ggots are trying to rule or taking over America

  • @kyronheathorn2810
    @kyronheathorn2810 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best thing I have ever watched. Government, take notes.

  • @somerandomdude4365
    @somerandomdude4365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That one police guy sounds like the voice actor for so many npc's in the witcher 3 game