e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph. I call this the 'Floyd Standard'. Really easy... Pass-Fail. 1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed? 2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated? 3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect? 4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions? 5, have you ever planted evidence? 6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them? 7, have you ever withheld evidence? 8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer? 9, have you ever perjured yourself? 10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
@@kevink.7597 although I would like to see that happen, if you are aware of what a polygraph looks for and can control heartbeat (I can, so I know its possible) it is really flawed. Plus being hooked up to a polygraph can cause false triggers, we need a more concrete method, more intensive training and actual repercussions for breaking the law, even detaining someone illegally which is a very very minor case for a lot of things should result in being fired on the spot and banned from being an officer in any department in the country. Cops get away with so much so they have the above the law ego we all hate with a passion
Police need to be community based and shouldn't be hired from outside of said community. Police should live where they work. When a community knows the person behind the badge and vice versa it helps curtail a lot of these problems.
When I was a kid, I said I wanted to be a police officer because then I couldn't go to jail. (Keep in mind, I was 5 at the time.) My mom replied, "That's not how it works." But it is.
Bad idea - if such a device ever were invented, it would likely start off being advertised as a non-lethal alternative to use of lethal force, but eventually just become a pain compliance tool which is rarely used as a force alternative. OH WAIT
yeah wow its so fucking scary when you say it like that, its not too far off when even a simple security guard can easily be given a gun in this country...… these cops go to school for 2/less years and barely have to train before they are given a gun and sent out as a public servant....
i've watched this video before and yet the part where the kids in school are writing "please don't shoot" on a piece of paper still makes me cry every time. This is not ok.
In Austria, whenever police officers use their weapons an investigation automatically starts, by a randomly selected police department from a different state, no questions asked. Any shots fired WILL be investigated by a force not related to parties involved. Any use of force by the police, if suspected excessive, may be treated in the same way. Not to say that it fixes all problems and prevents all misconduct by the police, but at least here people aren't routinely shot dead for no reason whatsoever. Would this not be a good method, at least a start? Shots fired automatically starts investigation by a police unit from a randomly selected state, and their investigation is subject to thorough scrutiny by the court.
This where the FBI should be the ones investigating every single use of weapons by police officers. The FBI guys not related to LE agencies (at least in theory).
@Koski Co to be fair the media again portrayed her as a saint, she wasnt.. they can make up any story they want and 90% of the public is gonna believe it. I wasnt there and you werent there so the outrage over what happened is manufactured.
@@notori0uszig the police literally tried to get her ex boyfriend to implicate her on a crime she didn't commit so her killing could look more justified... there's plenty to hate about that case. The cops don't deserve to walk free. Evidence was also withheld from the grand jury
The phrase, "A few bad apples" is only the beginning. It finishes, "ruins the bunch". So, when you're saying there are a few, you're actually saying that the entire company/system/department is ruined.
Im hev retarrd Haha. In this sense, I don’t think you could say that all black people are a bunch. Blacks do not have special black people responsibilities or any training on the proper way to be black people. And there certainly is no severe consequence to you for their failure to live up to these hypothetical yet nonexistent standards.
Im hev retarrd no you are not, cuz that would be like saying all cops are bad cops after encountering a few bad apples. The argument here is not that “all cops are bad cops.” The argument is that the presence of a few bad cops is a problem for the police system in general, because it causes distrust in an office that we should be able to trust to uphold the law.
@@jaromchristensen5598 Ah sorry, i misunderstood. I thought it was saying that all officers deserve to be labeled as bad just because of a few. I agree, it really does mess with the public's perception of a majority good work force.
Funny that the same people that say "it's just a few bad apples" also fear the "three poisoned skittles in a bowl", so paradoxical, almost like a zen riddle ...
Very true. Lets excuse the horrendously corrupt police department due to "a few bad apples" however lets as a culture and society reject all immigrants and refugees because even a "few poisoned skittles in a bowl" is enough reason to reject the entire shipment! Oliver's observation is spot on.
Made even more so by the fact that the figure is closer to "one skittle in a swimming pool". It's a stupid analogy anyways, for a number of reasons, but that's another story.
+SilentHunterSan you do realize that the US has let in over 700,000 refugees from the Middle East, right? And that of those, less than 5 have even attempted to form a terrorist plot? These are people, not monsters. They're fleeing their country to get away from terrorism, not start it. Not to mention the multiple agencies and years of approval that's needed to even step foot on US soil.
I like that like 3 seconds after it got uploaded, there's already a dislike.... Like I just imagine somebody sitting there waiting every Sunday night ready to dislike the new video from this channel
In Canada as an officer if you even fire your gun once there is weeks of paperwork and cross examinations from inside AND outside the police department. Then the cop has to prove in court that he had absolutely no other option but to shoot his/her weapon. I've watched officers in Canada get torn apart in courtrooms and lose their jobs over less than a unjustified use of force. America is the problem, the way you train your police is the problem.
That should be how it is everywhere. These people have control over our lives. They should be under the strictest scrutiny. I only have one caveat though, I hope they're paid well in Canada.
Not paid too well in Canada but they get buy. Canada has their bad apples too but the way Police are trained and selected here they go through so many processes and testings that weed out the majority of them before they ever get a badge.
This video explains why people are rioting in Minneapolis this week. I imagine I’ll have to share the video 1 million times before any serious regulatory reforms take place.
Operator 801 That’s what we call a false equivalency. See, a minority doesn’t choose their ethnicity. It isn’t a brotherhood that they were welcomed into and consented to join and are paid for it. There are bad apples everywhere, in every group. It happens. But I know for a fact that I’m not in danger of being caged by minorities when I choose to use drugs. There is no such thing as a good cop. Every single cop has agreed as a matter of employment to enforce unjust laws. Every cop who has ever been part of an arrest for a nonviolent action is a piece of shit for following those orders.
@@myquest666420 Well Mike, you are simultaneously lying through your stupid face, making nonsensical standards, and refusing to take responsibility for your actions. That's NOT a false equivalency, because I never said that the police force is identical to being a minority. I simply re-used a stupid phrase in a way that points out how stupid and non-applicable it is. The fact that not everyone is perfect does not depend on volunteer status or income. The only reliable statement you made: "it happens". Congratulations on not fearing legal backlash when breaking the law. That doesn't make them "good" or even "better" people. It just makes them "not police". You wouldn't need to fear the police doing anything if you just STOPPED BREAKING THE LAW. The only "unjust law" you will ever find, are laws that change depending on the individual. Just because crack is illegal and you disagree does not make it an "unjust law". You have no constitutional right to meth or heroin, those laws are completely just, because the majority of voters have made it so. Your feelings here do not matter at all. There are a great many valid laws beyond violent offenses, and it would behoove you to learn that. Child rape, for example. Burglary and embezelement for further examples. I highly suggest you correct your infantile world view of actions and consequences if you think that you should only ever be imprisoned for violent crimes. But yeah, clearly the police are to blame.
It's so bizarre to me to find out your cops only have a few weeks of training before starting for real! Here in the Netherlands the lowest level of education you can follow to become an actual cop (so not an assistant) is 2.5 years in a combined theoretical-practical program.
"There are bad apples in every job." True, but it's very unlikely that your car mechanic is going to shoot you during an oil change. Or that you'd lose your job because you spent 4 days in jail because a store cashier "didn't like your tone." These are people that can easily ruin and/or end people's lives. They should be held to (at least) a bit of a higher standard. Especially since we're paying for them.
I'm so blessed I live in Canada, I talked to an officer once, and he told me the that in the twenty seven years he's been in the force, he's never had to use his gun.
Your point is? The vast majority of American officers don't use their gun either. My Uncle, who was an officer for nearly forty years, once told me that of the 100+ officers he worked with as a police officer, less than ten had ever fired their gun.
We are blessed, but let us not rest on our laurels! There is a growing corruption here too. Make no mistake. It has old roots and is spreading. We have been better at hiding it as all of Canada has: repressed the Native American issues, has myopic and often unwarranted 'Canadian pride complex', fails to bother with investigations often and has a media that, for so many years, has been in favor of the law enforcement industry-- cloaking the truth of misconduct and bad apples. There is so much waste in the legal system, it has to be a a mess of corruption! We also, like other countries, automatically give a hero status to those in uniform. The social psychology is akin to us Canadians thinking there is nothing wrong with our collapsing healthcare. Or how 6-7 years ago there growing indicators of a housing crisis but we just ignored the signs as citizens and declared it all to be regular economy cycles, because that is what we were fed. Exposure of abuse of power by the 'justice system' and law enforcement is only just now starting to boil over and where a meager amount of the population is becoming aware of the stories. Mostly, for whatever reason, some of the media outlets have changed the tune and are covering corruption and allegations more so. It is not just a media sensationalism attention grab, there is truth of corruption that has long been shadowed by a choice of ignorance. I think Canada is awesome and I respect law enforcement (there are loads of good men and women who hold the right ethics); however, I caution any fellow Canadian to not let his/her guard down for the sake of Canadian pride.
F Howl + That video of that bastard stepping out from the patrol car and shooting him without warning will never be justified, all they needed was to command over the speaker. He was only Thirteen
"Theyre out to protect you". Meanwhile in reality, the supreme court sided with the police and said the police are not obligated to protect you. So now their motto of "protect and serve" is now. "Serve out punishment".
you think the police are bad just wait till they get tired of this bullshit and all quit. people who live under the power of Drug cartels in Mexico and South America would fucking love to have our police.
@@mayainverse9429 it can be better regardless. We had one woman cop die because she DIDN'T shoot a black man stomping her to death while on pcp because of his race and we've had cops shoot people because of their race. They NEED to be at their BEST. And we're not there!
"We want justice for_______ now!!" I'm leaving it blank because there's so many names that could go there and so many more since this aired 3 years ago
Police: oh come one it’s just some bad apples People: Well if you don’t wanna throw out the whole barrel, could we at least implement some kind of system to detect and remove those bad apples? Police: what? No
I was forced to resign from my dream job as a jail officer for performing CPR on a dying inmate. It was really because it was an election year and word got our I was not going to vote for our current Sheriff. I have applied at 14 different agencies in 2 different states and still don’t work in law enforcement. I now have a lot of disdain and pure hatred for law enforcement officers and spend a majority of my time educating people of their rights and exposing officer misconduct at every chance. Hence my username.
Carlos Camacho thank you. I served my Sheriff with pride and loved everything about my job. Law enforcement is a very grimy business and no matter how big or small the agency, politics and the “good ole boy” system will always prevail. I will never forget the very first question of my first recorded interview for the Sheriff’s Office, they asked “Who do you know here?” I grew up in that county my whole life but didn’t personally know anyone that worked for there, so I was an oddball from the get go. When it came to them trying to fire me over the CPR incident, nobody came to back me even though I had stood up for everyone I worked with in that jail at one point or another. It has taken almost 4 years but the depression and rage are finally starting to subside and I now live across the country and make an okay living as a truck driver. But I’ll never stop telling the truth and exposing law enforcement for the frauds they are.
Gideon Bellamy I was a probationary employee (less than 12 months) and they said that since I didn’t check for a pulse before starting that I didn’t meet the requirements to work there. However, even the American Heart Association says that checking for a pulse is not a required first step. They say that pulses can be too faint to detect and vary from person to person. They say that if no breathing is detected and no response is given from the casualty, you can start performing chest compressions. But because of my status as a probationary employee, they can legally fire me for absolutely no reason and I have no rights and cannot consult with Human Resources to challenge any decision. I was broke and couldn’t afford an attorney but fortunately I was able to meet with the Sheriff and plead with him to allow me to resign.
Wtf is a "dangerous loss of composure" during weapons training? That's so horrifying I can't even picture it. Crying? A temper tantrum? Shouting racial epithets at the paper targets?
Shooting the fucking sergeant in his fat fucking face 15 fucking times and experiencing a mind-shattering orgasm on the 14th shot... That's a pretty dangerous loss of composure, when you think about it.
John Oliver and Last Week Tonight’s 3yr old video is still relevant today. Nothing has changed in 3yrs. Hopefully things will have changed 3yrs from now.
You know what you're supposed to do with bad apples? You get rid of them so they don't spoil the bunch. If a cop is shown to be a bad apple, you bust their ass and get them the fuck out so they don't spoil the department.
Exactly, however things have gotten to the point where 'protecting your own' is no longer a responsibility but a must, and that's regardless of whether they deserve it or not. You would think at least enough of Police would have pride in what their job represents to punish those who don't uphold it. However, what instead happens is that anyone who comes under the banner of Cop gets unconditional protection.
Unfortunately "Getting rid of the bad apples" isn't enough when there's so many of them. People say "There's only a few bad cops and evil liberal media is just trying to make all cops look bad!" but that really isn't the case. It's ridiculously easy to become a police officer in most parts of America, they're poorly trained and poorly educated. That's one large root of the problem. Yeah, we can get rid of bad apples all day long, but it does nothing when we keep filling the barrel up with more of them.
Unfortunately "Getting rid of the bad apples" isn't enough when there's so many of them. People say "There's only a few bad cops and evil liberal media is just trying to make all cops look bad!" but that really isn't the case. It's ridiculously easy to become a police officer in most parts of America, they're poorly trained and poorly educated. That's one large root of the problem. Yeah, we can get rid of bad apples all day long, but it does nothing when we keep filling the barrel up with more of them.
What about getting rid of the bad apples in the community, oh nvm, the cops are already doing that. You know the ones on PCP that don't comply, or that reach for guns in their pockets while being arrested, or that have something that resembles a weapon. See when a cop says get your hands up, lay on the ground, they are doing that for their safety and yours and those around you. They don't want to shoot, they don't want stray bullets, they don't want collateral damage. One shot, center mass is GOOD training. They cannot read minds, so don't do shit unless they tell you to. I'm watching this show last night and just seeing how ignorant some of these people are, telling the police not to shoot, I don't have a weapon, etc. Morons, I'm sure that's going to go over as well as, "don't search my purse, I don't have any drugs." They cannot give people the benefit of the doubt, they cannot give the opportunity to cause harm somewhere else. If you comply it's the only way to assure these things.
Wonder why these guys feel "It's just a few bad apples" is a good argument to defend police... but don't use the same thought process when it comes to Immigrants or muslims or ...
Re-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph. I call this the 'Floyd Standard'. Really easy... Pass-Fail. 1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed? 2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated? 3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect? 4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions? 5, have you ever planted evidence? 6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them? 7, have you ever withheld evidence? 8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer? 9, have you ever perjured yourself? 10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
@@kevink.7597 Polygraphs are actually really easy to cheat, so you could get a lot of people who have prepared getting through when they're monsters. At this point I just want to fire everyone. Even if they didn't do bad things, you know they knew about it, so that's accessory in about every other circumstance. Also, if you're nervous taking a polygraph, the results can be wildly inaccurate. Sadly, this has been used against innocent people in the past. Even the creator of the polygraph was upset when he saw what his invention was being used for.
Seeing the proliferation of comments to the effect of, "I couldn't tell this vid is _ years old..." is incredibly sad. Yet I am enormously greatful this is here and available to all of us!
I get scared, but only because I’m worried that their might be a crime being committed nearby because my local police department has a really good relationship with the community, but I know that that is not the case in many cities around me
TheUltimateBeing01 Z la do your research. How many LEOs being arrested for sex crimes with children in a single month would it take to get your attention?
Watching this as of May 27th, 2020. After Ahmed Aubrey, Breonna Taylor, and now George Floyd... truly haunting. *P.S. I’m aware that Aubrey’s death was not police-related, simply a case of sensationalized vigilantism. Fact is, this has to stop.
Aubrey was murdered by white vigilantes empowered by the white supremacist ideology that has been a basis of European colonization everywhere, not excepting North America. Right now Trump’s open and violent racism has made guys like that feel they can get away with this.
So the situation is that there's bad apples in the orchard. The government does nothing to remove the bad apples... And the citizens smash apples at random because they think that makes them all bad. This is one fucked up farm.
Relatively Good Looking Jack my problem with the "few bad apples" analogy is that there's apparently known phrases, like "gypsy cops", which only describes one aspect of some of those bad apples. So it's more like an infected leg that's spreading to other internal organs and hurting the body's ability to function. Meaning these few bad apples are obviously large enough in number to not really be occasional... But yeah I still agree with you. Farms fucked
Less 'they think that makes them all bad' and more 'they can't tell which ones are bad,' I think. Can you tell a bad cop on sight? I can't. And the difference between a good apple and bad might mean, as in the cases presented in the video, the difference between life and death. Under those circumstances, it really seems only logical, even under the best circumstances, to get a little leery of apples.
"How is that possible?" For the same reason I gave my commanding officer when he asked why I didn't go to him with the sexual harassment and general harassment claims from my fellow soldiers before bringing a congressional and tribunal down on the company: "I knew it would have been swept under the rug" (nevermind the fact that I knew I would have been persecuted) The bad commanders are the reason the good cops can't fight the bad cops. The lives and safety of the good soldiers, good cops, good people, become in contention due to the bad actors.
Yeah and the same goes for society, If people would do what they are supposed to in life and live a life under some kind of honor there wouldn't be a need for an officer to have to treat everyone as a criminal. The only difference is their aren't riots claiming society currently sucks, instead you get people like the Slackers that can help kill 250k worth of people on American soil and he can BUY destruction of evidence of his guilt and legally buy off justice in other states. How do you uphold anything when people running the system are the root of the problem because as a whole no one abides by it?
@@nocturnal101ravenous6 I like how you said "Live by honor". I agree. People definitely live less and less by a social code that is acceptable for everyone.
@@없어수지 Lets be honest, people these days are a bunch of sociopaths, they really only care what they can get and are obsessed with doing as little as possible for the most they can get. If people actually cared situations like this would never occur, but the high road isn't worth taking when you can watch it happen and then seek brownie points later in protest. The policeman should never have been that violent, The Criminal should never have been High on drugs, drunk, and breaking the law. 2 Wrongs don't make a right, but you are either protesting African Americans being suppressed or you are protesting police brutality, pick 1 or the other because the first is complete racist BS spread by the media and ill-educated people with the wrong facts, Does it happen? yes, is it the majority of the situations happening...no it doesn't in fact more white people die per year in the US due to police, does it matter they are white, not really except to prove these people are selfish racist pigs. People are so full of their own BS to the point they lost all honor and they have no moral or ethical compass, they claim to, but the reality is always quite the opposite.
Just remember, everyone - this episode aired before Trump was elected. Trump is a symptom, and a bad one at that, but we've had these problems for a long time and it's going to take a lot of hard work to overcome them.
You are, of course, correct. However, Trump is not just a symptom, but also a driving factor. It's like the biggest, baddest apple telling all the other bad apples that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in the middle of an arguably justified period of civic unrest. That's not just being a symptom, that's a driving problem, simply because that's the commander in chief.
@William Hutchinson Why did he get the name sleepy Joe? I've always wondered that. Edit: everyone other than the op answering as if I don't already know. Geez. Way to ruin the bait, I was trying to have some fun. Yes I realize our dictactor Donald the dump Trump gave him the name. But nobody on that side actually has any reason for calling him that other than repeating a naritive they're too stupid to question because they watch too much Fox news. Honestly the stupidity on both sides is staggering. One side wants a stupid immoral dictatorship and the other wants retarded socialism. Both are completely stupid. God help us.
@@aholder4471 Because Trump gives demeaning nicknames all those whom he considers an obstacle to him retaining the throne. In years past, this would have lost him all creditability with the electorate. Now? I guess the tactics used your average eight-year-old are are acceptable.
@@aholder4471 There's no rhyme or reason - as with anything Trump said. Trump has always made up names for his enemies because he can't attack their track record as however bad they are, his is always worse.
Wow... that last line was such a great statement! 19:15 "The phrase isn't 'its just a few bad apples, dont worry about it', the phrase is: 'a few bad apples spoil the barrel.' And we currently have a system which is set up to ignore bad apples, destroy bad apples' records, persecute good apples for speaking up, and shuffle dangerous emotionally unstable apples around to the point where children have to attend fucking apple classes!" Especially the part about persecuting the good apples. Thats a main part, so many good police are afraid to speak out and do the right thing. Thats what happened many years ago when there were so many corrupt NY cops that were taking bribes left and right. Ever see Serpico? that shit happened!
Gun advocates seem to be the loudest supporters of the police. So the "few bad apples" is rhetoric that they too use when it comes to justifying the idiots that misuse guns. It's the same unaccountable mentality. At some point, the bad apples will ruin it for all of you, and rightfully so.
Karobi Right now they say we should blame the democrats, the media, even the minority communities. I wonder who we were blaming years ago and if the solution going forward will just be to blame?
"Yeah, but here's the thing about that. The phrase isn't 'it's just a few bad apples, don't worry about it.' The phrase is 'a few bad apples spoil the barrel.' And we currently have a system which is set up to ignore bad apples, destroy bad apples' records, persecute good apples for speaking up... You cannot look at our current situation and claim that anybody likes them apples." Best takeaway from this. RIP George Floyd.
Two things: - Becoming a professional pastry chef or baker takes more training than police. - A few "bad apples" who occasionally killed people on the job while working for an airline would not be tolerated.
Airline is a totally different breed of work. Policing usually deals with people who would ambush and kill them if they sit in one spot. And in policing you are eventually going to shoot someone if they shoot you.
We need cops for cops, like copception. These copception cops will only be able to arrest normal cops, but to prevent a "Who watches the watchmen?" scenario, the copception cops can also be arrested by normal cops. Perfect system
About two years ago, I lost two very good friends and the girl‘s boyfriend because a stupid cop decided he wanted to speed around a bend where there was a stop light and hit them head-on and killed all three of them. The policeman got off, not even a tarnish On his reputation and he returned to work. This past Christmas, my sister and brother-in-law we’re headed home from my house. A cop decided he wanted to run the red light so he turned on his lights right before the light as my sister and brother-in-law were in the middle of the intersection. Luckily, Neither were injured, but she has severe PTSD and the cop got off. Cops can get away with anything.
It sucks. What a tragedy. Hope u r doing well. The sad part is that most of the time they turn the sirens on is to get to Dunkin Donuts. I c that everyday. They just wanna get their coffee and hit on the women that make them. 60 minutes a few year back did a report on this. DD is their favorite spot when they r not harassing ppl
Here's a nice cop story where justice was served (and perhaps a bit comically at that) My friend was about 6 and he was telling us about his Dad driving home quickly because his Mum said something about the baby - he saw his speedometer and thought that it'd be okay just that once. When he got home and realised that she said it kicked, not that she was in any danger, he felt so guilty for breaking the law that he wrote himself a speeding ticket and paid the fine.
@James Walker so you expect him to have done nothing at all seems rather foolish cop accountability is bad enough as is at least hes willing to take some responsibility.
It's about accountability, not about what color the skin is. Police aren't trained enough, they aren't held accountable for their actions, and part of it is they have military weapons because of this stupid ass "war on drugs." We should institute training for police on non-violent and de-escalation tactics, requiring them to have completed and passed this training by a certain day and requiring re-certification. We should have external forces for investigation of the police, partially made of retired police officers but never entirely. We need to stop tying their funding to arrests and tickets, as this creates an aggressive police force that needs the money so they work harder locking up innocent people. We need to de-commercialize the prisons, and stop the legal slavery in them. We should institute actual rehabilitation programs to the prisons. Programs such as raising animals, have shown remarkable progress in increasing empathy in people in prison, which is one of the major deterrants for violent repeat offenders. Decriminalizing drugs and introducing rehabilitation programs for drug addicts would help as well. Housing the homeless and getting them the mental help they need. crime goes down when people aren't broke as fuck. We need to fix the job market so that almost half of black men in several age groups aren't looking for work with no luck. There's a whole lot of accountability required..and a whole lot wrong.and while the result is a focus on minorities in frisking and scrutiny, as well as shootings, the causes are not related to skin color at all..
Well he sort of alluded to race a few times. All of his examples of unjustified killings were black people even though there are just as many white people killed by police every year. If he really wanted to make his point about police accountability as strong as he could then he would include white shootings in his argument. But that would ruin his police racism narrative so he ignored it and people are calling that out.
For those who are wondering why people are relating this accountable video to race or Hillary (which is known to be anti cop), check out 18:12, 11:35, and 0:57. Oliver even made it about race 3 times in this video. Let alone with all the crap that has recently happen. If he wants to pull this crap, I wish he would make a Black Life Matter accountability video. Maybe start adding up all the damage, looted crap, and so on they cause, and ask who is paying for it and why are most of them getting away with this crap. And then he should ask why is this entire thing a black vs white matter, and why many (not all) black people try to make it a anti white problem (even going as far as saying all cop is white. Even ones that aren't white.). Why don't you hear about Asians having the same problem. And then he should ask why are more people feeling less safe before all this BLM crap.
Idk why people are acting like 4 years is an eon or something. Things have barely changed in terms of policing & accountability since the riots in the _late 60s_ or the brutalizing of Rodney King & murder of Latasha Harlins that set off the 1992 LA. riots - the majority of Americans have just never cared enough about democratic accountability in law enforcement (or about the people who are disproportionately affected/murdered by this lack of accountability, although especially with the increasing militarization of the police, it has serious implications for us all) until now, when they're being forced to pay attention, against their inclination.
I mean, weren’t police ‘created’ as (my English is not so good) but slave catchers? And then it morphed into a whole host of reasons to lynch people th aks to the state?
Through the internet more and more young people are informed on current events, which is a good thing. With that comes the fact that for some of the younger ones, 4 years is a third or a fourth of their life, which is quite long. For 24 year old people, 6 years is 1/4 of their life, which is still not that much.
Jup, I'm not even American and I'm white and even I know this shit has been going through this same patterns for decades if not centuries. Although I do feel like with the rise of smartphones and cameras, social media and the ability for organizing that those bring to marginalized communities, plus the fact that through the internet way more people are aware of this - up until this point - futile cycle and thus may have the ability to actually break that cycle. As a European watching you guys, I feel like it's make or break time for you right now. You know, no. Scrap that. It's make time, because I cannot believe that you'd let yourself be waved off with fruitless promises again after all that's happened the past... half year, 4 years, 20 years.
The far right have a group that work to "fact-check" at facebook. If they don't agree with it, automatic fake news pile, with nothing to justify actually letting it be flagged
I was on a long-term Grand Jury once. It was a six month stint, every other Friday. The first four months were rote cases that weirdly tended to end with "the suspect claimed these were not his pants", and our juicy cases like the officer-involved shooting ones were left until the last couple months. You better believe it was so we could build up a relationship with the cops who were presenting the standard "not my pants" cases! They didn't do quite a good enough job. Most of the officer-involved shootings were suicides, one could've been Oscar bait since it involved a sniper duel between people who served in the same war and a suicide-by cop while wearing military medals. It was legitimately tragic, and I'm sure it haunts a few of us. One involved an officer who shot an unarmed man in the face. We were a contrary bunch by Grand Jury standards, I guess, because once we realized they were trying to pressure us into not indicting him we got all puffed up and were as a group like "the hell we will!" Because he shot an unarmed man in the face, see, and that kind of thing should be properly investigated. Not swept under the rug because the unarmed man had a history of non-violent offenses. Oh no, he's a messy human being! Doesn't mean he should get shot in the face. The police didn't take it well. They acted like total brats over it. We got glared at and given the cold shoulder, and while none of us thought they'd do anything to us, none of us really wanted to go to our cars alone. It was super intimidating. And all because we wanted them to INVESTIGATE wether proper procedure had been followed when an unarmed man was shot in the face. I don't think anything ever came of it... which is a shame. I bet that man could've used some compensation to help dig out from the medical bills from being shot in the face. While unarmed.
@@Mistachill Yup! He's missing about half his tongue, quite a lot of teeth, and his jaw was a trainwreck that he was trying to grow a beard over so he didn't have to look at the scarring, but he made it. He was so relieved that his case wasn't being ignored. I've never been able to find out how it went for him in the end, but I'm glad we at least gave him a chance.
@@HNBur it's very likely charges were dropped by the DA bit the record of charges could remain unless the state it happened in con seals and destroys cases that were dropped. Prosecutors are not dumb and they have been rigging the system and making the rules to the game unimpeded for decades. Making the rules so easy for them not to have to be accountable. Prosecutors are basically immune to the law.
What everyone seems to forget about the "a few bad apples" metaphor is that *"a few bad apples **_SPOILS THE BUNCH"_* ... e.g bad apples create more bad apples.
As if these idiots who say it would open a bin of fresh apples and upon seeing that there are 3 rotten ones go: "Oh it's just a few bad apples!" And close the lid. Yeah right!
Let's all wave at the 2023 viewers who'll be reading this in another 3 yrs just like us. *waves* Hope everyone survived the pandemic and that 5G is blowing your minds
@@Ralph85Williams85 True that. I really hope that if it comes true that it's not because we slacked off again but because we are still on it. We've been here so many times, enough is enough doesn't even cover it anymore, but fucking hell, Enough. Is. Enough! 5G for EVERYONE. Freedom for EVERYONE. Safety for EVERYONE. I want to see interracial intersex, trans, gay couples streaming their wedding with 50+ friends and family members, over 5G, recorded by their (perhaps adopted) children! It's the 21st century; let's act like it is!
Societal and cultural (and economic) change are multi-generational things. And there is probably always room for improvement. In 100 years the mainstream will probably think some things we think are fine are wrong. The world will never be perfect, but we can always strive toward that ideal, partially for ourselves, but especially for future generations
Officers that speak out against bad apples can be punished in humiliating ways by calling them rats, harassing them, and in some cases can even ignore them in dire situations. The higher-ups that condone the horrendous acts are definitely to blame, but fellow officers speaking out can be punished for being a decent human being
Thank you. It was hard to here. That he took his own life because of a few bad cops. I also think he may have been told bad news from the Drs too. He did see the Drs that day too. I will never know though
I wish you & your family all the best. I can't begin to imagine the pain this must have caused you. I'm at the age where I know adults don't have all the answers, but I still can't fully accept that. I'm sorry
All the more reason to hold police accountable. The cops who want to actually make a difference are shunned, bullied and tormented. My condolences and I hope that we can fix these problems sooner than later so that no more innocent lives are taken.
There should be a federal law that has a separate entity investigate ALL police shootings in the US. Internal review doesn't do it and laws need to be in place.
Re-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph. I call this the 'Floyd Standard'. Really easy... Pass-Fail. 1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed? 2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated? 3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect? 4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions? 5, have you ever planted evidence? 6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them? 7, have you ever withheld evidence? 8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer? 9, have you ever perjured yourself? 10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
@@kevink.7597 (This was copy/pasted from a different response. Just want to spread the word on the issues with polygraphs.) Polygraphs are actually really easy to cheat, so you could get a lot of people who have prepared getting through when they're monsters. At this point I just want to fire everyone. Even if they didn't do bad things, you know they knew about it, so that's accessory in about every other circumstance. Also, if you're nervous taking a polygraph, the results can be wildly inaccurate. Sadly, this has been used against innocent people in the past. Even the creator of the polygraph was upset when he saw what his invention was being used for.
@@normalgamergal Point(s) taken... But, we stand on the edge here. The public knows that these departments have run amok upon us for far too long. Polygraphs are just part of what we have to do. Police with 32 complaints against them for excessive force means that he's really done that non-stop since he was hired. We have to break this wheel! I'm old. Not going to go back and get at the pigs that harmed me o'so many years ago. But, I did look up that city and the citizens were out in the streets protesting. Small town department surrounded by angry citizens told me that I was not the only person to have been treated the same way. This is endemic.
I have an old friend of mine who is now a police officer. I did not see him since high school. I caught up with him and he was telling me all about what's it like to be a cop. Here in Australia the cops have big issues with the bikies. He was saying he would shake down anyone riding a bike, converscate Thier belonging on the basis of it being used for illegal dealings. He said he used to take mobile phones, watches, jewellery and even money. Pocket it and never report it. He even went as far as saying "The bikies think they are a gang, but we are even bigger gang, the only difference is we are allowed to hold a weapon, shoot it and not pay the price. He used to be friend, not after hearing that.
Aaron Loyd It's the same everywhere. Some are even worse.A lady in India once went to report of Rape done to her by 4 men. To her horror, the cop took her to the isolated cell block and raped her again, stating he will help her if she do it with what's the difference as the damage us done. and couple of other officers joined too. Yep, she committed suicide that following day. It was all hushed up and the case was only reported as a foot note on 5 page of a local news paper.
Almost 4 years later and the police still dodging accountability even with video evidence. What happened to George Floyd is not the first nor the last time , the only difference is that the act was filmed .
14:53 His entire argument can be waved away by just shoutinv "BANG" at any point during it "A knife ca-" "BANG" "Fists ar-" "BANG BANG BANG" "..." "OH EXCUSE ME ARENT YOU GOING TO TRY AND USE A MEDEVIL SPEAR AS AN EXCUSE FOR WHY THIS MAN MURDERED A CHILD?"
i don't agree because most of the time police can't be perfect. There are in life threatening situation and it's always hard to assess a situation in a second, or even videos are manipukated so that only to see the police bahaviour. I think the main pb is that u have weapon in ut country legalized. That put everybody fucking nervous.
@@thedoude9418 Being a cop is like the 14th most dangerous job in america, garbage men, pilots, fisherman, and general agricultural workers all have statistically more dangerous and difficult jobs
@@Wildmilly i will be curious to see the study. I am pretty sure it is by number of accidents, which are technical in most of the jobs u quoted. I think the level of stress is not the same when ur danger is coming from other human, which is much more sneaky.
My husband and I are really close friends with our neighbors across the street. We often sit out in our driveway and hang out. Sometimes other neighbors come over. I imagine if we lived in another neighborhood we might get hassled for doing that and that is fucked.
NetMage11 I lived in sahuarita, az. A suburb of Tucson. A pretty wealthy neighborhood... And my friends and I were all placed in handcuffs for standing in front of my house because we "looked suspicious". Stop acting like this shit doesnt happen
LOL! They always leave out the second and more importatnt part of that saying: A few bad apples, SPOIL THE FUCKING BUNCH! If you don't get rid or them, all apples a fucked.
It's really weird to use the "bad apples" argument in your defense when you're forgetting the second half of that adage: "a few bad apples ruins the bunch." If you have a department with ten bad cops and a thousand cops who do nothing to stop them, you have a department with 1010 bad cops.
I love how all of these comments are about John Oliver donating to Hillary, all the while he is making amazing and very valid points in this video. It just goes to show to you the attention span of the average TH-camr is, "DUHHHH YOU DONATE TO HILLARY THEREFORE EVERYTHING YOU SAY NOW IS INVALID."
The other side did the same thing to a director because he donated to Trump. Seems that loads of people are just totally incapable of just looking at an argument and not at a person when judging if the argument is valid (or in my case, a movie). Ironically it just makes the argument stronger in my eyes because it is basically a surrender since if you COULD attack the points, you'd do so.
The effect of those "bad apples" destroy the trust that civilians have. People become paranoid, distrusting, or even vengeful. These bad cops are more dangerous than the guns they carry, because of the damage they cause to the reputation of all officers.
Indeed. Enough "bad apples" accumulate, people will think that the entire barrel full is rotten, and we will soon have an entire barrel full of rotten apples that will merely reinforce what people initially thought.
Indeed; the example where a man who should not, *ever,* have been allowed on a police force nor to own or carry a firearm, ended up shooting a twelve-year-old because people simply did not read the huge warning sign in his file (or care), is especially poignant in illustrating this fact. Really, it should be a no-brainer; what's the point of a cop so psychotic he, say, kills three vaguely dangerous criminals and thus fosters resentment in twelve more, making each more dangerous to anyone they come across, while making another five turn to crime out of sheer disgust, who would otherwise not have? We need less hate, less violence, less shooting, less cover-ups of corruption and unjust conduct, and less murder. Shouldn't be rocket science, one would think.^^; In the end, criminals are just people... people who are either too poor to eat (and aren't given any job opportunities), or too hurt and angry to just slot into lawful society, or too spoiled to care about the people they hurt. The latter's a tricky one to fix, but the other two just demand empathy and an attitude of "Let's get these people into situations where they feel good about doing good" rather than "Let's make sure these scum know they're not wanted"...
Man this video aged like it never aged. Watching it again almost 4 years later and it feels like it's commentary on something that's happened yesterday next year.
So if we're going to use a few bad apples analogy I would guess not only does it apply to the police but it also applies to the rioters amongst the peaceful protesters
In California recently an off duty cop was speeding and slammed his Camero into the back of a family killing them. You guessed it, the cop was let out of jail due to "needing more time for an investigation." They said they were going to charge him with reckless driving, drunk driving, and manslaughter, but they ended up releasing him....smfh
I did not realize that I had flashed my headlights on a dark road (I thought I had turned them down after I saw the high beams come up on the car approaching me). Turned out it was a township police car which turned around on this dark 2 lane road and pulled me over. The officer accused me of flashing my lights; I replied I'm sorry, I thought I had them on by accident and had turned them down. After checking my ID and insurance, and finding NOTHING, he gave them back but threatened me with a ticket and a $150 fine if I did it again. He had approached my car with his hand on his gun, but I had my flashers on, my stuff ready, my windows down and my hands on my steering wheel and my interior lights on. I ain't stupid. When I got home I looked up the law he cited. No such law; no such fine. I resolved that if any officer in this township [where I lived] was in trouble and I saw they were in trouble, I was not going to help them. Last thing I need is other officers responding, but I'm the one getting hurt or killed trying to help. This LWT story reaffirms my decision.
I protected a group of cops in the street from being run over by a drink driver one night. A year later I was pulled over and harassed by some familiar faces in the group of about 20 cops for 2 hours to let them do an illegal search of my vehicle. I eventually conceded and they left finding nothing of course, and didn't apologize. I'd do it again, but I would be annoyed.
You see one or two cops "misbehaving" then another 6, 8, or 10 arrive on the scene, and the majority join in. And the non-participants do not interfere. Anyone who does report unpoliceman like behaviour is normally ostracised, threatened, abused, and not backed up in dangerous situations. Hence the "no change" in police behaviour since this program was made 4 years ago ...
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Do all these people cluelessly ranting about a few bad apples realize that the saying is "One bad apple destroys the WHOLE bunch."?
Yeah, would be nice if they at least said that one should remove the bad apples right away and make the good apples look good for a change. Instead they seem to want to say " can't do nothing, gotta live with it".
e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph. I call this the 'Floyd Standard'. Really easy... Pass-Fail. 1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed? 2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated? 3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect? 4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions? 5, have you ever planted evidence? 6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them? 7, have you ever withheld evidence? 8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer? 9, have you ever perjured yourself? 10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
Every major city in the USA has tried to install a citizens review board. None of them lasted because the police unions refuse to cooperate. They will always refuse. Crooks do not like getting caught. e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph. I call this the 'Floyd Standard'. Really easy... Pass-Fail. 1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed? 2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated? 3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect? 4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions? 5, have you ever planted evidence? 6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them? 7, have you ever withheld evidence? 8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer? 9, have you ever perjured yourself? 10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
i swear man, sometimes you make me laugh so hard that i have decided to remind myself not to ever get high before i watch you again, you are a real card. thanks for the laughs from one of your fans.
Halorocker101 I get that but I thought police are trained in hand-to-hand combat? They should be hitting the gym if they're afraid of someone else's fists, I mean they have batons too...
We have been talking about this injustice for three years in our society and it is getting worst. Finally society has to fix the issue of what is reasonable in our justice system today.
I love how not only does Oliver speak about very serious problems & issues but ALWAYS is looking for a resolution to the problems. And as a citizen I’m starting to think we should all be wearing body cameras.
So...in germany every time an officer fires a gun there is an immeadiate investigation against him, even if he doesnt hit someone. When he hits someone he needs to defend himself and needs to proof that it was 100% necessary. Like that, we have had 2 killings in 2015, 7 in 2014, 8 in 2013, 8 in 2012 and 6 in 2011 and almost all were really justified (not al though). maybe you should be thinking about changing the system.
Oh Germany the country now arresting people for having an opinion. Ah the dream where women are raped and cover ups are done. No I don't think America wants to follow you on that magical journey.
Reno... what the fuck are you talking about? Nobody has ever been arrested for having an opinion except for in the US. Women are raped every few weeks in the US. 100% of government projects have coverups. You are an ignorant patriotic moron. Please educate yourself about your own damn country.
You might want to check that. Oh oh how about we start with the guy who was yelling at the guy who shoot up the McDonalds. This sounds like fun. How about the guy who had that facebook group that got reported and got jail time. Isn't it nice to not know what is actually going on in Germany.
I think America has a lot of catching up to do. 25% of world's prisoners, punishments instead of rehabilitation, and uninvestigated rape kits: www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/16/untested-rape-kits-evidence-across-usa/29902199/
american conservatives on muslims: "this one guy did something, and so I will hold his entire religion and ethnicity accountable for it." american conservatives on police "I get that it looks like a pattern, but those thousands of people of that group are just a few bad apples that for some reason doesnt spoil the cake."
that's not a fair comparison. in the case of muslims, their bad actions directly result FROM the belief system of islam. if someone sits around reading a book that says "shoot up a school" over and over then they do it, it's not unfair to go "hey, maybe that book is kinda a bad thing"
Trophonix, in the case of Muslim Fundamentalists, their bad actions come from them misusing their religion to support their preexisting hatred and misogynistic feelings. The same way Christian Fundamentalists do. Religion is, and always was, a system of control. Telling people that believing in God isn't enough, you have to believe correctly and use the correct label or you'll burn in hell. Religion as a whole is the enemy, not any one religion.
Not surprised in the slightest that John Oliver has already covered this issue.
e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph.
I call this the 'Floyd Standard'.
Really easy... Pass-Fail.
1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed?
2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated?
3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect?
4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions?
5, have you ever planted evidence?
6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them?
7, have you ever withheld evidence?
8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer?
9, have you ever perjured yourself?
10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
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@@kevink.7597 although I would like to see that happen, if you are aware of what a polygraph looks for and can control heartbeat (I can, so I know its possible) it is really flawed. Plus being hooked up to a polygraph can cause false triggers, we need a more concrete method, more intensive training and actual repercussions for breaking the law, even detaining someone illegally which is a very very minor case for a lot of things should result in being fired on the spot and banned from being an officer in any department in the country. Cops get away with so much so they have the above the law ego we all hate with a passion
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I listened to rappers in the late eighties that covered this issue. He’s very late still.
The only problem with this video is that it's ALWAYS relevant.
Sadly that's the only problem with almost (if not all) the videos on this channel.
true
It's not just that it's still relevant. It's even more relevant now, and it becomes more and more relevant every day.
your last name is Hegedus, you don't know
@@Justin-tp1mx i'm sorry....what?
Can we re-air this episode? I feel like we REEAAALLLLYYYYY need it...
Cole Shepherd Yeah.
Or you know do a follow up story in relation to what's happening in Minnesota.
We need a part two, at least.
How unbelievably disgusting is it that this was 3 years ago and you can't even tell.
Police need to be community based and shouldn't be hired from outside of said community. Police should live where they work. When a community knows the person behind the badge and vice versa it helps curtail a lot of these problems.
When I was a kid, I said I wanted to be a police officer because then I couldn't go to jail. (Keep in mind, I was 5 at the time.)
My mom replied, "That's not how it works."
But it is.
It is if you don't piss off other corrupt cops then you get offered up to internal affairs
At least you can finally become street thug and never have to face any punishment
If only we could invent a device that uses electricity to incapacitate someone non-lethally.
Bad idea - if such a device ever were invented, it would likely start off being advertised as a non-lethal alternative to use of lethal force, but eventually just become a pain compliance tool which is rarely used as a force alternative.
OH WAIT
Fuck this is too real
It doesn't work as well as you'd think, actually...
how about tranquilizers gun ?
yeah i dont understand why they need special training for a taser and not for a gun.
This video shouldn’t be still relevant today... but here we are.
This video shouldn't have been relevant when it was made. It was already long overdue when it was made.
That says a lot abut this corporate schlub making money off of it.
it's too relevant, heck the whole ignoring 10 people in the corner statement didn't age, it got younger.
All of LWT videos are about time bombs ticking or poisons slowly being ingested...relevant beyond time.
You can likely find video clips covering this same exact subject from every single decade since video was invented.
A classroom full of 1st graders has a combined experience of 30 years of school. That does not make each of them all as smart as a PhD.
ADMA sixty. Thirty students times two years. They’d be the best in their field!
we.. all kinda understood even b4 any explanation that ^^that statement is obvi bs
No but it does make them as smart as any police department.
yeah wow its so fucking scary when you say it like that, its not too far off when even a simple security guard can easily be given a gun in this country...… these cops go to school for 2/less years and barely have to train before they are given a gun and sent out as a public servant....
@@mikeferster7966 school for 2 years??😳🤣🤣 not in MY town!
i've watched this video before and yet the part where the kids in school are writing "please don't shoot" on a piece of paper still makes me cry every time. This is not ok.
It's ironic that the phrase "Snitches get stitches" is associated with gangsters but the police have a very similar policy.
Police Unions are the new modern mafias.
a rat is a rat.
+Anton Ionov And a cat is a cat. What's your point?
Just another foreign Clinton Foundation donor- pay for play.
Hermaeus Mora Point is, it doesn't matter who says it, the police or the criminals, the saying applies either way.
In Austria, whenever police officers use their weapons an investigation automatically starts, by a randomly selected police department from a different state, no questions asked. Any shots fired WILL be investigated by a force not related to parties involved. Any use of force by the police, if suspected excessive, may be treated in the same way. Not to say that it fixes all problems and prevents all misconduct by the police, but at least here people aren't routinely shot dead for no reason whatsoever. Would this not be a good method, at least a start? Shots fired automatically starts investigation by a police unit from a randomly selected state, and their investigation is subject to thorough scrutiny by the court.
This where the FBI should be the ones investigating every single use of weapons by police officers. The FBI guys not related to LE agencies (at least in theory).
how the heck do I delete this comment ?
That doesn't matter when officers are not being held accountable.
horrovac I think you have a great idea down under!
Crikey, thanks mate!
I can't believe I watched this for 16 minutes before I realized this was FOUR YEARS OLD. Holy shit nothings changed.
@Koski Co to be fair the media again portrayed her as a saint, she wasnt.. they can make up any story they want and 90% of the public is gonna believe it. I wasnt there and you werent there so the outrage over what happened is manufactured.
@@notori0uszig the police literally tried to get her ex boyfriend to implicate her on a crime she didn't commit so her killing could look more justified... there's plenty to hate about that case. The cops don't deserve to walk free. Evidence was also withheld from the grand jury
What do you mean? Did the live audience not give it away?
Except hillery clinton.
Could be sixty years old. Take money out of politics.
“people instinctually trust the cops” *minority groups have left the chat*
@@kamrynturner5232 unironically you are such a chad if you were a country you would share a border with cameroon
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@@hughjanos3992 Nigeria for life 🇳🇬🇳🇬
I know white people with clean records who don't trust the police 😂
I was thinking the exact same sentence
@@IronLion219 I really hope you are joking.
The phrase, "A few bad apples" is only the beginning. It finishes, "ruins the bunch". So, when you're saying there are a few, you're actually saying that the entire company/system/department is ruined.
Im hev retarrd Haha. In this sense, I don’t think you could say that all black people are a bunch. Blacks do not have special black people responsibilities or any training on the proper way to be black people. And there certainly is no severe consequence to you for their failure to live up to these hypothetical yet nonexistent standards.
Im hev retarrd no you are not, cuz that would be like saying all cops are bad cops after encountering a few bad apples. The argument here is not that “all cops are bad cops.” The argument is that the presence of a few bad cops is a problem for the police system in general, because it causes distrust in an office that we should be able to trust to uphold the law.
@@jaromchristensen5598 Ah sorry, i misunderstood. I thought it was saying that all officers deserve to be labeled as bad just because of a few. I agree, it really does mess with the public's perception of a majority good work force.
P>p
It really comes down to #PersonalChoice. We can choose to do the right thing - even if no one is watching. Or...
#EndPoliceBrutality
#BLM
Funny that the same people that say "it's just a few bad apples" also fear the "three poisoned skittles in a bowl", so paradoxical, almost like a zen riddle ...
Very true. Lets excuse the horrendously corrupt police department due to "a few bad apples" however lets as a culture and society reject all immigrants and refugees because even a "few poisoned skittles in a bowl" is enough reason to reject the entire shipment! Oliver's observation is spot on.
Made even more so by the fact that the figure is closer to "one skittle in a swimming pool". It's a stupid analogy anyways, for a number of reasons, but that's another story.
You mean the 60% bad skilltes in a bowl (terrorist+rapist+murderes+sharia fans)
But the police in the USA has more problems than a few bad apples so you are right on that one
+SilentHunterSan you do realize that the US has let in over 700,000 refugees from the Middle East, right? And that of those, less than 5 have even attempted to form a terrorist plot?
These are people, not monsters. They're fleeing their country to get away from terrorism, not start it. Not to mention the multiple agencies and years of approval that's needed to even step foot on US soil.
I like that like 3 seconds after it got uploaded, there's already a dislike.... Like I just imagine somebody sitting there waiting every Sunday night ready to dislike the new video from this channel
Of course not. Just some guy named John Miller.
Freida Wang it's the bad apples 🍎
Feel your pain
Mardan Plays his fingers are too short, he can't reach the button fast enough
Hahaha... Right.
Here 2020. John Oliver is truly a man ahead of the times. Wow, just WOW.
In Canada as an officer if you even fire your gun once there is weeks of paperwork and cross examinations from inside AND outside the police department.
Then the cop has to prove in court that he had absolutely no other option but to shoot his/her weapon.
I've watched officers in Canada get torn apart in courtrooms and lose their jobs over less than a unjustified use of force.
America is the problem, the way you train your police is the problem.
That should be how it is everywhere. These people have control over our lives. They should be under the strictest scrutiny. I only have one caveat though, I hope they're paid well in Canada.
this is why I want to live in Canada
Not paid too well in Canada but they get buy. Canada has their bad apples too but the way Police are trained and selected here they go through so many processes and testings that weed out the majority of them before they ever get a badge.
tyfenrir your police don't go to dangerous areas where murders happen in the dozens each week.
It's funny how people are still defending that argument. Also, that has nothing to do with what he stated.
This video explains why people are rioting in Minneapolis this week. I imagine I’ll have to share the video 1 million times before any serious regulatory reforms take place.
Please everybody share at least 1 m times.
Knowledge doesn't hurt (although some people are astonishingly resilient against it...).
Are you serious? 1 million? Try again.
@@Krystalmyth Here's a group actually making changes - www.nlg-npap.org/about-npap-justice/
We can only hope people will learn if we say it loud and frequent enough.
It's unfortunate that people are using the tragedy to loot businesses though. There's multiple sides
Everyone who repeats the "A few bad apples" seems to forget the rest of the saying is " will spoil the whole barrel".
EXACTLY
This is accurate both metaphorically and literally
Wow, mother of all double-edged sword.
There's "a few bad apples" in the minority communities too.
Operator 801 That’s what we call a false equivalency. See, a minority doesn’t choose their ethnicity. It isn’t a brotherhood that they were welcomed into and consented to join and are paid for it.
There are bad apples everywhere, in every group. It happens.
But I know for a fact that I’m not in danger of being caged by minorities when I choose to use drugs.
There is no such thing as a good cop. Every single cop has agreed as a matter of employment to enforce unjust laws. Every cop who has ever been part of an arrest for a nonviolent action is a piece of shit for following those orders.
@@myquest666420 Well Mike, you are simultaneously lying through your stupid face, making nonsensical standards, and refusing to take responsibility for your actions.
That's NOT a false equivalency, because I never said that the police force is identical to being a minority. I simply re-used a stupid phrase in a way that points out how stupid and non-applicable it is. The fact that not everyone is perfect does not depend on volunteer status or income. The only reliable statement you made: "it happens".
Congratulations on not fearing legal backlash when breaking the law. That doesn't make them "good" or even "better" people. It just makes them "not police". You wouldn't need to fear the police doing anything if you just STOPPED BREAKING THE LAW.
The only "unjust law" you will ever find, are laws that change depending on the individual. Just because crack is illegal and you disagree does not make it an "unjust law". You have no constitutional right to meth or heroin, those laws are completely just, because the majority of voters have made it so. Your feelings here do not matter at all. There are a great many valid laws beyond violent offenses, and it would behoove you to learn that.
Child rape, for example. Burglary and embezelement for further examples. I highly suggest you correct your infantile world view of actions and consequences if you think that you should only ever be imprisoned for violent crimes.
But yeah, clearly the police are to blame.
In light of everything thats going on, I'd love to see an update to this.
We probably will this weekend
This is it...
This was the updated version.
0:00 update starts here.
It'll be out Sunday at like 3am. I'm like 99% sure.
The fact that a hairdresser’s training is longer than police’s...
A LOT of training and licensing is much longer than training someone to carry a gun, pepper spray, tear gas, batons, etc... than cops training.
Bad apples cut some ears off
It's so bizarre to me to find out your cops only have a few weeks of training before starting for real! Here in the Netherlands the lowest level of education you can follow to become an actual cop (so not an assistant) is 2.5 years in a combined theoretical-practical program.
@@AliceDiableaux In Finland it is three year degree, with some practical training, but I don't know details on that.
AliceDiableaux yeah we suck lol
"There are bad apples in every job." True, but it's very unlikely that your car mechanic is going to shoot you during an oil change. Or that you'd lose your job because you spent 4 days in jail because a store cashier "didn't like your tone." These are people that can easily ruin and/or end people's lives. They should be held to (at least) a bit of a higher standard. Especially since we're paying for them.
I'm so blessed I live in Canada, I talked to an officer once, and he told me the that in the twenty seven years he's been in the force, he's never had to use his gun.
Is Canada taking American refugees?
let's hope so...
Kandhu you understand that's the majority of American Police officers as well.
Your point is? The vast majority of American officers don't use their gun either. My Uncle, who was an officer for nearly forty years, once told me that of the 100+ officers he worked with as a police officer, less than ten had ever fired their gun.
We are blessed, but let us not rest on our laurels!
There is a growing corruption here too. Make no mistake. It has old roots and is spreading. We have been better at hiding it as all of Canada has: repressed the Native American issues, has myopic and often unwarranted 'Canadian pride complex', fails to bother with investigations often and has a media that, for so many years, has been in favor of the law enforcement industry-- cloaking the truth of misconduct and bad apples. There is so much waste in the legal system, it has to be a a mess of corruption!
We also, like other countries, automatically give a hero status to those in uniform. The social psychology is akin to us Canadians thinking there is nothing wrong with our collapsing healthcare. Or how 6-7 years ago there growing indicators of a housing crisis but we just ignored the signs as citizens and declared it all to be regular economy cycles, because that is what we were fed.
Exposure of abuse of power by the 'justice system' and law enforcement is only just now starting to boil over and where a meager amount of the population is becoming aware of the stories. Mostly, for whatever reason, some of the media outlets have changed the tune and are covering corruption and allegations more so. It is not just a media sensationalism attention grab, there is truth of corruption that has long been shadowed by a choice of ignorance.
I think Canada is awesome and I respect law enforcement (there are loads of good men and women who hold the right ethics); however, I caution any fellow Canadian to not let his/her guard down for the sake of Canadian pride.
I still can't believe no charges were brought to the murders who shot Rice.
F Howl +
That video of that bastard stepping out from the patrol car and shooting him without warning will never be justified, all they needed was to command over the speaker.
He was only Thirteen
and those who killed eric garner.
and the cop that killed Tony Timpa as you can see in the footage of police body cams th-cam.com/video/_c-E_i8Q5G0/w-d-xo.html
daang lotsof comments are sooo new now
It was a black kid. Are u really surprised.
local prosecutors working with cops, and then they are supposed to prosecute them? this is a massive issue that needs to change
"Theyre out to protect you". Meanwhile in reality, the supreme court sided with the police and said the police are not obligated to protect you. So now their motto of "protect and serve" is now. "Serve out punishment".
you think the police are bad just wait till they get tired of this bullshit and all quit. people who live under the power of Drug cartels in Mexico and South America would fucking love to have our police.
Definitely contradictory, no matter the position.
@@mayainverse9429 it can be better regardless. We had one woman cop die because she DIDN'T shoot a black man stomping her to death while on pcp because of his race and we've had cops shoot people because of their race. They NEED to be at their BEST. And we're not there!
@@mayainverse9429 I would love it if our police quit. Let's see a cartel run a country with 80 million guns.
I just watched an Adam Ruins Everything on cops, & I was pretty shocked to find that out, too.
I stayed up till 2:30 am for this because I can't afford HBO..
ههههههه
same
Yousef Elraghy Same here.
Same here fam
Yousef Elraghy West Coaster 11:30!!!
"We want justice for_______ now!!"
I'm leaving it blank because there's so many names that could go there and so many more since this aired 3 years ago
Police: oh come one it’s just some bad apples
People: Well if you don’t wanna throw out the whole barrel, could we at least implement some kind of system to detect and remove those bad apples?
Police: what? No
@JosukeHasCoolHair i lost brain cells reading this
I was forced to resign from my dream job as a jail officer for performing CPR on a dying inmate. It was really because it was an election year and word got our I was not going to vote for our current Sheriff. I have applied at 14 different agencies in 2 different states and still don’t work in law enforcement. I now have a lot of disdain and pure hatred for law enforcement officers and spend a majority of my time educating people of their rights and exposing officer misconduct at every chance. Hence my username.
Keep it up
I’m so sorry, you sound like a great person, I’m sorry law enforcement failed you
Carlos Camacho thank you. I served my Sheriff with pride and loved everything about my job. Law enforcement is a very grimy business and no matter how big or small the agency, politics and the “good ole boy” system will always prevail. I will never forget the very first question of my first recorded interview for the Sheriff’s Office, they asked “Who do you know here?” I grew up in that county my whole life but didn’t personally know anyone that worked for there, so I was an oddball from the get go. When it came to them trying to fire me over the CPR incident, nobody came to back me even though I had stood up for everyone I worked with in that jail at one point or another. It has taken almost 4 years but the depression and rage are finally starting to subside and I now live across the country and make an okay living as a truck driver. But I’ll never stop telling the truth and exposing law enforcement for the frauds they are.
What was the reason stated?
Gideon Bellamy I was a probationary employee (less than 12 months) and they said that since I didn’t check for a pulse before starting that I didn’t meet the requirements to work there. However, even the American Heart Association says that checking for a pulse is not a required first step. They say that pulses can be too faint to detect and vary from person to person. They say that if no breathing is detected and no response is given from the casualty, you can start performing chest compressions. But because of my status as a probationary employee, they can legally fire me for absolutely no reason and I have no rights and cannot consult with Human Resources to challenge any decision. I was broke and couldn’t afford an attorney but fortunately I was able to meet with the Sheriff and plead with him to allow me to resign.
Wtf is a "dangerous loss of composure" during weapons training? That's so horrifying I can't even picture it. Crying? A temper tantrum? Shouting racial epithets at the paper targets?
I was wondering the same.
yes. all of the above..
Shooting the fucking sergeant in his fat fucking face 15 fucking times and experiencing a mind-shattering orgasm on the 14th shot...
That's a pretty dangerous loss of composure, when you think about it.
I was imagining he was acting out movie scenes, but yeah, it could have been much worse then that.
@@ahbbuddha 😂😂😂😂😂
John Oliver and Last Week Tonight’s 3yr old video is still relevant today. Nothing has changed in 3yrs. Hopefully things will have changed 3yrs from now.
You know what you're supposed to do with bad apples? You get rid of them so they don't spoil the bunch. If a cop is shown to be a bad apple, you bust their ass and get them the fuck out so they don't spoil the department.
Exactly, however things have gotten to the point where 'protecting your own' is no longer a responsibility but a must, and that's regardless of whether they deserve it or not.
You would think at least enough of Police would have pride in what their job represents to punish those who don't uphold it. However, what instead happens is that anyone who comes under the banner of Cop gets unconditional protection.
Unfortunately "Getting rid of the bad apples" isn't enough when there's so many of them. People say "There's only a few bad cops and evil liberal media is just trying to make all cops look bad!" but that really isn't the case. It's ridiculously easy to become a police officer in most parts of America, they're poorly trained and poorly educated. That's one large root of the problem. Yeah, we can get rid of bad apples all day long, but it does nothing when we keep filling the barrel up with more of them.
Unfortunately "Getting rid of the bad apples" isn't enough when there's so many of them. People say "There's only a few bad cops and evil liberal media is just trying to make all cops look bad!" but that really isn't the case. It's ridiculously easy to become a police officer in most parts of America, they're poorly trained and poorly educated. That's one large root of the problem. Yeah, we can get rid of bad apples all day long, but it does nothing when we keep filling the barrel up with more of them.
Are you an officer?
What about getting rid of the bad apples in the community, oh nvm, the cops are already doing that. You know the ones on PCP that don't comply, or that reach for guns in their pockets while being arrested, or that have something that resembles a weapon. See when a cop says get your hands up, lay on the ground, they are doing that for their safety and yours and those around you. They don't want to shoot, they don't want stray bullets, they don't want collateral damage. One shot, center mass is GOOD training. They cannot read minds, so don't do shit unless they tell you to.
I'm watching this show last night and just seeing how ignorant some of these people are, telling the police not to shoot, I don't have a weapon, etc. Morons, I'm sure that's going to go over as well as, "don't search my purse, I don't have any drugs."
They cannot give people the benefit of the doubt, they cannot give the opportunity to cause harm somewhere else. If you comply it's the only way to assure these things.
...and this is why he got an Emmy!
and it was well deserved
Because he is white? :D
I ment it as an joke 18:13 , but unfortunately you are propably right...
white privilege but he's still awesome as fuck
Excuse me while I go fetch my God Killer.
Wonder why these guys feel "It's just a few bad apples" is a good argument to defend police... but don't use the same thought process when it comes to Immigrants or muslims or ...
This... this right here.
They just apply the second half of that phrase to any minorities that don't fall in line
Re-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph.
I call this the 'Floyd Standard'.
Really easy... Pass-Fail.
1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed?
2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated?
3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect?
4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions?
5, have you ever planted evidence?
6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them?
7, have you ever withheld evidence?
8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer?
9, have you ever perjured yourself?
10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
@@kevink.7597 Polygraphs are actually really easy to cheat, so you could get a lot of people who have prepared getting through when they're monsters. At this point I just want to fire everyone. Even if they didn't do bad things, you know they knew about it, so that's accessory in about every other circumstance.
Also, if you're nervous taking a polygraph, the results can be wildly inaccurate. Sadly, this has been used against innocent people in the past. Even the creator of the polygraph was upset when he saw what his invention was being used for.
A few bad apples is no excuse its just a reason without reason.
Seeing the proliferation of comments to the effect of, "I couldn't tell this vid is _ years old..." is incredibly sad. Yet I am enormously greatful this is here and available to all of us!
Boy, what a time for this to turn up in my feed.
You know there's a problem when upon seeing a police officer, you get scared/worried/anxious, instead of feeling safe/protected.
Great point
Sure it's called racism.
You'll only feel scared if you're doing something wrong.
The Wolfrumble Tamir Rice must have been shaking in his boots?
I get scared, but only because I’m worried that their might be a crime being committed nearby because my local police department has a really good relationship with the community, but I know that that is not the case in many cities around me
This is depressing.
They didn't even talk about the police who violently rape children and do not become registered sex offenders
Reaching.....^^^^
Very.
TheUltimateBeing01 Z la do your research. How many LEOs being arrested for sex crimes with children in a single month would it take to get your attention?
and this is just in America
it's much worse in other countries
“Just a few bad apples.” Damn, they were saying the exact same shit three years ago. They gotta change that playbook.
Well is 2020 and 3 years later this did not age at all... it may even have gotten younger somehow
It somehow benjamin buttoned itself
@@sv32099 They just use lots of Botox
Watching this as of May 27th, 2020. After Ahmed Aubrey, Breonna Taylor, and now George Floyd... truly haunting.
*P.S. I’m aware that Aubrey’s death was not police-related, simply a case of sensationalized vigilantism. Fact is, this has to stop.
algamboa1987 this was over 3 years ago, I really have no hope anymore
Aubrey was murdered by white vigilantes empowered by the white supremacist ideology that has been a basis of European colonization everywhere, not excepting North America. Right now Trump’s open and violent racism has made guys like that feel they can get away with this.
But the father and son were retired law enforcement
Aubury's hunters and killers were formerly police, and that is why nobody was arrested for a month after his murder.
sad that this video was coincidentally made before the last election...
So the situation is that there's bad apples in the orchard.
The government does nothing to remove the bad apples...
And the citizens smash apples at random because they think that makes them all bad.
This is one fucked up farm.
P much.
animal farm
Relatively Good Looking Jack my problem with the "few bad apples" analogy is that there's apparently known phrases, like "gypsy cops", which only describes one aspect of some of those bad apples. So it's more like an infected leg that's spreading to other internal organs and hurting the body's ability to function. Meaning these few bad apples are obviously large enough in number to not really be occasional... But yeah I still agree with you. Farms fucked
If the orchard is the black community, then you have yourself an argument.
Less 'they think that makes them all bad' and more 'they can't tell which ones are bad,' I think. Can you tell a bad cop on sight? I can't. And the difference between a good apple and bad might mean, as in the cases presented in the video, the difference between life and death. Under those circumstances, it really seems only logical, even under the best circumstances, to get a little leery of apples.
"How is that possible?"
For the same reason I gave my commanding officer when he asked why I didn't go to him with the sexual harassment and general harassment claims from my fellow soldiers before bringing a congressional and tribunal down on the company:
"I knew it would have been swept under the rug" (nevermind the fact that I knew I would have been persecuted)
The bad commanders are the reason the good cops can't fight the bad cops.
The lives and safety of the good soldiers, good cops, good people, become in contention due to the bad actors.
Yeah and the same goes for society, If people would do what they are supposed to in life and live a life under some kind of honor there wouldn't be a need for an officer to have to treat everyone as a criminal. The only difference is their aren't riots claiming society currently sucks, instead you get people like the Slackers that can help kill 250k worth of people on American soil and he can BUY destruction of evidence of his guilt and legally buy off justice in other states.
How do you uphold anything when people running the system are the root of the problem because as a whole no one abides by it?
@@nocturnal101ravenous6 I like how you said "Live by honor". I agree. People definitely live less and less by a social code that is acceptable for everyone.
@@없어수지 Lets be honest, people these days are a bunch of sociopaths, they really only care what they can get and are obsessed with doing as little as possible for the most they can get. If people actually cared situations like this would never occur, but the high road isn't worth taking when you can watch it happen and then seek brownie points later in protest.
The policeman should never have been that violent, The Criminal should never have been High on drugs, drunk, and breaking the law. 2 Wrongs don't make a right, but you are either protesting African Americans being suppressed or you are protesting police brutality, pick 1 or the other because the first is complete racist BS spread by the media and ill-educated people with the wrong facts, Does it happen? yes, is it the majority of the situations happening...no it doesn't in fact more white people die per year in the US due to police, does it matter they are white, not really except to prove these people are selfish racist pigs. People are so full of their own BS to the point they lost all honor and they have no moral or ethical compass, they claim to, but the reality is always quite the opposite.
"Some jobs can't have bad apples" Chris Rock
What do you even mean by that?
Some jobs, everybody gotta be good. Like, pilots!
like a doctor or a surgeon. or cops.
@CrystalCat Go re-watch the show!
"There can't be good cops as long as there are bad cops."
Body cameras are a no brainer. They increase accountability and provide protection form false allegations against officers.
Just remember, everyone - this episode aired before Trump was elected. Trump is a symptom, and a bad one at that, but we've had these problems for a long time and it's going to take a lot of hard work to overcome them.
You are, of course, correct.
However, Trump is not just a symptom, but also a driving factor.
It's like the biggest, baddest apple telling all the other bad apples that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in the middle of an arguably justified period of civic unrest.
That's not just being a symptom, that's a driving problem, simply because that's the commander in chief.
@William Hutchinson Why did he get the name sleepy Joe? I've always wondered that.
Edit: everyone other than the op answering as if I don't already know. Geez. Way to ruin the bait, I was trying to have some fun. Yes I realize our dictactor Donald the dump Trump gave him the name. But nobody on that side actually has any reason for calling him that other than repeating a naritive they're too stupid to question because they watch too much Fox news. Honestly the stupidity on both sides is staggering. One side wants a stupid immoral dictatorship and the other wants retarded socialism. Both are completely stupid. God help us.
@@aholder4471 Because Trump gives demeaning nicknames all those whom he considers an obstacle to him retaining the throne. In years past, this would have lost him all creditability with the electorate. Now? I guess the tactics used your average eight-year-old are are acceptable.
@@aholder4471 There's no rhyme or reason - as with anything Trump said. Trump has always made up names for his enemies because he can't attack their track record as however bad they are, his is always worse.
Barry Geistwhite he’s still a racist asshole that’s stirring the pot in our country and making things worse.
Wow... that last line was such a great statement! 19:15 "The phrase isn't 'its just a few bad apples, dont worry about it', the phrase is: 'a few bad apples spoil the barrel.' And we currently have a system which is set up to ignore bad apples, destroy bad apples' records, persecute good apples for speaking up, and shuffle dangerous emotionally unstable apples around to the point where children have to attend fucking apple classes!"
Especially the part about persecuting the good apples. Thats a main part, so many good police are afraid to speak out and do the right thing. Thats what happened many years ago when there were so many corrupt NY cops that were taking bribes left and right. Ever see Serpico? that shit happened!
True
When I first heard that, I just turned it on the TV. I thought he was talking about priests until I saw it here.
Gun advocates seem to be the loudest supporters of the police. So the "few bad apples" is rhetoric that they too use when it comes to justifying the idiots that misuse guns. It's the same unaccountable mentality. At some point, the bad apples will ruin it for all of you, and rightfully so.
RyoHazuki224 - and many more true stories of gangster mentality.
Personally witnessed many abuses in North America and abroad...
That shows you how messed up it all is.
The actual protests and riots show that none of the problems he talked about was solved during the last years.
Exactly it’s a shame the ruling class cares so little about his fellow man
The elites are sociopaths.
Karobi Right now they say we should blame the democrats, the media, even the minority communities. I wonder who we were blaming years ago and if the solution going forward will just be to blame?
People voted for a guy who promised them to encourage their racism and xenophobia. What did you expect.
Well, trulo and shit, how a change is possible...
I love the amount of excellent research that goes into the show, as well as the fact that he makes me laugh out loud.
"Yeah, but here's the thing about that. The phrase isn't 'it's just a few bad apples, don't worry about it.' The phrase is 'a few bad apples spoil the barrel.' And we currently have a system which is set up to ignore bad apples, destroy bad apples' records, persecute good apples for speaking up... You cannot look at our current situation and claim that anybody likes them apples."
Best takeaway from this. RIP George Floyd.
Incredibly well said!
Couldn't put it better myself!
Two things:
- Becoming a professional pastry chef or baker takes more training than police.
- A few "bad apples" who occasionally killed people on the job while working for an airline would not be tolerated.
Beauty School: 1600 hours.
The airline thing is a totally different breed of jobs it makes no sense to apply it to police.
@@bueno_oneub_0 It makes "no sense" to compare it? Please extrapolate and explain.
Airline is a totally different breed of work. Policing usually deals with people who would ambush and kill them if they sit in one spot. And in policing you are eventually going to shoot someone if they shoot you.
@@bueno_oneub_0 Im not sure what your point is then. Police should be held to a higher standard is my point. Are you saying they SHOULDN'T be?
The biggest problem that has to be done away with is 'self investigation.' Police policing themselves is just a batshit crazy practice.
Wow this is 3 years ago?! And absolutely nothing has changed and cops has even become less accountable? Nice to see how we are “advancing” 🙄
30 years
50 years
You had to know this was gonna happen the second they elected trump
I'm old enough to remember Rodney King and the LA riots.
evolution, but backwards
@@HollowGolem And tell the whole audience please sir, has anything changed between then and now?
We need cops for cops, like copception. These copception cops will only be able to arrest normal cops, but to prevent a "Who watches the watchmen?" scenario, the copception cops can also be arrested by normal cops. Perfect system
It actually the way alot of countries use to keep cops accountable
wtf is copception?
Cop-inception. like the movie about dreams within dreams.
I need to know what shit you're smoking. I want to try it out.
To an extent, this is something that the DoJ does.
“A few bad apples, Spoil the whole Batch”.
About two years ago, I lost two very good friends and the girl‘s boyfriend because a stupid cop decided he wanted to speed around a bend where there was a stop light and hit them head-on and killed all three of them. The policeman got off, not even a tarnish On his reputation and he returned to work. This past Christmas, my sister and brother-in-law we’re headed home from my house. A cop decided he wanted to run the red light so he turned on his lights right before the light as my sister and brother-in-law were in the middle of the intersection. Luckily, Neither were injured, but she has severe PTSD and the cop got off. Cops can get away with anything.
ForeverMe543 im so sorry to hear that :(
It sucks. What a tragedy. Hope u r doing well.
The sad part is that most of the time they turn the sirens on is to get to Dunkin Donuts. I c that everyday. They just wanna get their coffee and hit on the women that make them. 60 minutes a few year back did a report on this. DD is their favorite spot when they r not harassing ppl
Here's a nice cop story where justice was served (and perhaps a bit comically at that)
My friend was about 6 and he was telling us about his Dad driving home quickly because his Mum said something about the baby - he saw his speedometer and thought that it'd be okay just that once. When he got home and realised that she said it kicked, not that she was in any danger, he felt so guilty for breaking the law that he wrote himself a speeding ticket and paid the fine.
James Walker You must be real fun at parties
@James Walker so you expect him to have done nothing at all seems rather foolish cop accountability is bad enough as is at least hes willing to take some responsibility.
I love the fact that he didn't say anything about race, and yet that is all the comment section can talk about
It's about accountability, not about what color the skin is.
Police aren't trained enough, they aren't held accountable for their actions, and part of it is they have military weapons because of this stupid ass "war on drugs." We should institute training for police on non-violent and de-escalation tactics, requiring them to have completed and passed this training by a certain day and requiring re-certification. We should have external forces for investigation of the police, partially made of retired police officers but never entirely.
We need to stop tying their funding to arrests and tickets, as this creates an aggressive police force that needs the money so they work harder locking up innocent people.
We need to de-commercialize the prisons, and stop the legal slavery in them. We should institute actual rehabilitation programs to the prisons. Programs such as raising animals, have shown remarkable progress in increasing empathy in people in prison, which is one of the major deterrants for violent repeat offenders.
Decriminalizing drugs and introducing rehabilitation programs for drug addicts would help as well. Housing the homeless and getting them the mental help they need.
crime goes down when people aren't broke as fuck. We need to fix the job market so that almost half of black men in several age groups aren't looking for work with no luck.
There's a whole lot of accountability required..and a whole lot wrong.and while the result is a focus on minorities in frisking and scrutiny, as well as shootings, the causes are not related to skin color at all..
Well he sort of alluded to race a few times. All of his examples of unjustified killings were black people even though there are just as many white people killed by police every year. If he really wanted to make his point about police accountability as strong as he could then he would include white shootings in his argument. But that would ruin his police racism narrative so he ignored it and people are calling that out.
well once, when he pointed at himself
At 18:12 he clearly brings up race(waving over his face), i.e implying him being white will mean the police will use less force.
For those who are wondering why people are relating this accountable video to race or Hillary (which is known to be anti cop), check out 18:12, 11:35, and 0:57. Oliver even made it about race 3 times in this video.
Let alone with all the crap that has recently happen.
If he wants to pull this crap, I wish he would make a Black Life Matter accountability video. Maybe start adding up all the damage, looted crap, and so on they cause, and ask who is paying for it and why are most of them getting away with this crap.
And then he should ask why is this entire thing a black vs white matter, and why many (not all) black people try to make it a anti white problem (even going as far as saying all cop is white. Even ones that aren't white.). Why don't you hear about Asians having the same problem.
And then he should ask why are more people feeling less safe before all this BLM crap.
Idk why people are acting like 4 years is an eon or something. Things have barely changed in terms of policing & accountability since the riots in the _late 60s_ or the brutalizing of Rodney King & murder of Latasha Harlins that set off the 1992 LA. riots - the majority of Americans have just never cared enough about democratic accountability in law enforcement (or about the people who are disproportionately affected/murdered by this lack of accountability, although especially with the increasing militarization of the police, it has serious implications for us all) until now, when they're being forced to pay attention, against their inclination.
I mean, weren’t police ‘created’ as (my English is not so good) but slave catchers?
And then it morphed into a whole host of reasons to lynch people th aks to the state?
Through the internet more and more young people are informed on current events, which is a good thing. With that comes the fact that for some of the younger ones, 4 years is a third or a fourth of their life, which is quite long. For 24 year old people, 6 years is 1/4 of their life, which is still not that much.
Jup, I'm not even American and I'm white and even I know this shit has been going through this same patterns for decades if not centuries. Although I do feel like with the rise of smartphones and cameras, social media and the ability for organizing that those bring to marginalized communities, plus the fact that through the internet way more people are aware of this - up until this point - futile cycle and thus may have the ability to actually break that cycle. As a European watching you guys, I feel like it's make or break time for you right now. You know, no. Scrap that. It's make time, because I cannot believe that you'd let yourself be waved off with fruitless promises again after all that's happened the past... half year, 4 years, 20 years.
They are young and have little life experience.
Finally someone with some sense. TH-cam thanks you for not being an ignorant moron like the rest of these fools.
My friend just got a warning for posting this on facebook it violates their standard
The far right have a group that work to "fact-check" at facebook. If they don't agree with it, automatic fake news pile, with nothing to justify actually letting it be flagged
I was on a long-term Grand Jury once. It was a six month stint, every other Friday. The first four months were rote cases that weirdly tended to end with "the suspect claimed these were not his pants", and our juicy cases like the officer-involved shooting ones were left until the last couple months. You better believe it was so we could build up a relationship with the cops who were presenting the standard "not my pants" cases!
They didn't do quite a good enough job.
Most of the officer-involved shootings were suicides, one could've been Oscar bait since it involved a sniper duel between people who served in the same war and a suicide-by cop while wearing military medals. It was legitimately tragic, and I'm sure it haunts a few of us.
One involved an officer who shot an unarmed man in the face. We were a contrary bunch by Grand Jury standards, I guess, because once we realized they were trying to pressure us into not indicting him we got all puffed up and were as a group like "the hell we will!" Because he shot an unarmed man in the face, see, and that kind of thing should be properly investigated. Not swept under the rug because the unarmed man had a history of non-violent offenses. Oh no, he's a messy human being! Doesn't mean he should get shot in the face.
The police didn't take it well. They acted like total brats over it. We got glared at and given the cold shoulder, and while none of us thought they'd do anything to us, none of us really wanted to go to our cars alone. It was super intimidating. And all because we wanted them to INVESTIGATE wether proper procedure had been followed when an unarmed man was shot in the face. I don't think anything ever came of it... which is a shame. I bet that man could've used some compensation to help dig out from the medical bills from being shot in the face. While unarmed.
Powerful story. Hearing your personal experience gave me chills. Thank you for sharing!
What? The dude survived???????
@@Mistachill Yup! He's missing about half his tongue, quite a lot of teeth, and his jaw was a trainwreck that he was trying to grow a beard over so he didn't have to look at the scarring, but he made it. He was so relieved that his case wasn't being ignored. I've never been able to find out how it went for him in the end, but I'm glad we at least gave him a chance.
@@HNBur it's very likely charges were dropped by the DA bit the record of charges could remain unless the state it happened in con seals and destroys cases that were dropped. Prosecutors are not dumb and they have been rigging the system and making the rules to the game unimpeded for decades. Making the rules so easy for them not to have to be accountable. Prosecutors are basically immune to the law.
What everyone seems to forget about the "a few bad apples" metaphor is that *"a few bad apples **_SPOILS THE BUNCH"_* ... e.g bad apples create more bad apples.
As if these idiots who say it would open a bin of fresh apples and upon seeing that there are 3 rotten ones go:
"Oh it's just a few bad apples!" And close the lid. Yeah right!
Nerobyrne They do exactly that every time they give a murderer paid vacation and no jail time.
just like when you lay down with dogs you get fleas
***** True, but even a bad apple can kill you if it contains patulin ;)
not all bad apples create bad apples
Let's all wave at the 2023 viewers who'll be reading this in another 3 yrs just like us.
*waves*
Hope everyone survived the pandemic and that 5G is blowing your minds
Ikr
How terrifying is that, Chrissy? It's just insane
@@Ralph85Williams85 True that. I really hope that if it comes true that it's not because we slacked off again but because we are still on it. We've been here so many times, enough is enough doesn't even cover it anymore, but fucking hell, Enough. Is. Enough! 5G for EVERYONE. Freedom for EVERYONE. Safety for EVERYONE. I want to see interracial intersex, trans, gay couples streaming their wedding with 50+ friends and family members, over 5G, recorded by their (perhaps adopted) children! It's the 21st century; let's act like it is!
Societal and cultural (and economic) change are multi-generational things. And there is probably always room for improvement. In 100 years the mainstream will probably think some things we think are fine are wrong. The world will never be perfect, but we can always strive toward that ideal, partially for ourselves, but especially for future generations
If America still exists lol
And we still don't hold them accountable.
But we WILL.
it's not the few bad apples i'm worried about, it's the vast majority of apples that will look the other way when they see police misconduct
Officers that speak out against bad apples can be punished in humiliating ways by calling them rats, harassing them, and in some cases can even ignore them in dire situations. The higher-ups that condone the horrendous acts are definitely to blame, but fellow officers speaking out can be punished for being a decent human being
Yes! Don't tell me your a good cop if you stand by and do nothing. That makes you a bad cop. Period.
It's easy to ask others to take risks and make sacrifices.
We didn't put ourselves in those positions though.
My brother ended up killings himself because of those bad apples. He was a good apple.
Thank you. It was hard to here. That he took his own life because of a few bad cops. I also think he may have been told bad news from the Drs too. He did see the Drs that day too. I will never know though
I wish you & your family all the best. I can't begin to imagine the pain this must have caused you. I'm at the age where I know adults don't have all the answers, but I still can't fully accept that. I'm sorry
+Sir R Lucky thats sad dude maybe in the next life he can finally be born as a human
Huge hugs.
All the more reason to hold police accountable. The cops who want to actually make a difference are shunned, bullied and tormented. My condolences and I hope that we can fix these problems sooner than later so that no more innocent lives are taken.
Imagine an airline who claims that they only have a few pilots who decide to crash the plane into a mountain, the others are just fine.
There should be a federal law that has a separate entity investigate ALL police shootings in the US. Internal review doesn't do it and laws need to be in place.
I'm sorry, is this from 3 YEARS ago? I clicked on this thinking this was an update! Anyway, I'm rewatching just to feel sane.
Re-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph.
I call this the 'Floyd Standard'.
Really easy... Pass-Fail.
1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed?
2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated?
3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect?
4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions?
5, have you ever planted evidence?
6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them?
7, have you ever withheld evidence?
8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer?
9, have you ever perjured yourself?
10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
@@kevink.7597 (This was copy/pasted from a different response. Just want to spread the word on the issues with polygraphs.)
Polygraphs are actually really easy to cheat, so you could get a lot of people who have prepared getting through when they're monsters. At this point I just want to fire everyone. Even if they didn't do bad things, you know they knew about it, so that's accessory in about every other circumstance.
Also, if you're nervous taking a polygraph, the results can be wildly inaccurate. Sadly, this has been used against innocent people in the past. Even the creator of the polygraph was upset when he saw what his invention was being used for.
@@normalgamergal Point(s) taken... But, we stand on the edge here. The public knows that these departments have run amok upon us for far too long. Polygraphs are just part of what we have to do.
Police with 32 complaints against them for excessive force means that he's really done that non-stop since he was hired.
We have to break this wheel!
I'm old. Not going to go back and get at the pigs that harmed me o'so many years ago. But, I did look up that city and the citizens were out in the streets protesting. Small town department surrounded by angry citizens told me that I was not the only person to have been treated the same way.
This is endemic.
Every cop that says there are some bad apples adds one to the number.
I have an old friend of mine who is now a police officer. I did not see him since high school. I caught up with him and he was telling me all about what's it like to be a cop.
Here in Australia the cops have big issues with the bikies. He was saying he would shake down anyone riding a bike, converscate Thier belonging on the basis of it being used for illegal dealings. He said he used to take mobile phones, watches, jewellery and even money. Pocket it and never report it.
He even went as far as saying "The bikies think they are a gang, but we are even bigger gang, the only difference is we are allowed to hold a weapon, shoot it and not pay the price.
He used to be friend, not after hearing that.
tomar5e115 holy fuck bro
holy christ mate thats crazy
shit I thought the cops were out of control here in America!
Aaron Loyd usually they're a bit more tame, this guy's friend is a psycho
Aaron Loyd It's the same everywhere. Some are even worse.A lady in India once went to report of Rape done to her by 4 men. To her horror, the cop took her to the isolated cell block and raped her again, stating he will help her if she do it with what's the difference as the damage us done. and couple of other officers joined too. Yep, she committed suicide that following day. It was all hushed up and the case was only reported as a foot note on 5 page of a local news paper.
Almost 4 years later and the police still dodging accountability even with video evidence. What happened to George Floyd is not the first nor the last time , the only difference is that the act was filmed .
The only way I can't tell this episode isn't from last Sunday is the live audience
I wouldn’t be surprised if we get Police Accountability 2 this weekend
and the hair lol
14:53
His entire argument can be waved away by just shoutinv "BANG" at any point during it
"A knife ca-" "BANG"
"Fists ar-" "BANG BANG BANG"
"..." "OH EXCUSE ME ARENT YOU GOING TO TRY AND USE A MEDEVIL SPEAR AS AN EXCUSE FOR WHY THIS MAN MURDERED A CHILD?"
it only takes one bad apple to kill an innocent, harmless person
same for non police people
Joe Lafritte yes, and we hold those people accountable. But not the police, and that’s an issue.
i don't agree because most of the time police can't be perfect. There are in life threatening situation and it's always hard to assess a situation in a second, or even videos are manipukated so that only to see the police bahaviour. I think the main pb is that u have weapon in ut country legalized. That put everybody fucking nervous.
@@thedoude9418 Being a cop is like the 14th most dangerous job in america, garbage men, pilots, fisherman, and general agricultural workers all have statistically more dangerous and difficult jobs
@@Wildmilly i will be curious to see the study. I am pretty sure it is by number of accidents, which are technical in most of the jobs u quoted. I think the level of stress is not the same when ur danger is coming from other human, which is much more sneaky.
My husband and I are really close friends with our neighbors across the street. We often sit out in our driveway and hang out. Sometimes other neighbors come over. I imagine if we lived in another neighborhood we might get hassled for doing that and that is fucked.
Wat
huh?
It is great that you can see that - being able to see that not everyone is treated equally is the first step to solving these problems!
ifyouLoveLayandyouknowitclapyourhands _
bullshit, don't try to play the race card
NetMage11 I lived in sahuarita, az. A suburb of Tucson. A pretty wealthy neighborhood... And my friends and I were all placed in handcuffs for standing in front of my house because we "looked suspicious". Stop acting like this shit doesnt happen
LOL! They always leave out the second and more importatnt part of that saying:
A few bad apples,
SPOIL THE FUCKING BUNCH!
If you don't get rid or them, all apples a fucked.
Should've watched till the end first LOL
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I agree 100% that all the apples are fucked if you don't get rid of all the bad ones!
you missed the end apparently
3 seven year olds are 21 combined. Doesn't mean that they can go to a night club
unless they pull a little rascals. three kids one trench coat. 60% of the time, it works every time.
Imagine if you had 100 seven year olds, that's 700 years of combined knowledge in the same room!
th-cam.com/video/K4nVWgp5uis/w-d-xo.html
vote for crazy socialism and see what is police is about.
Now you're just being ridiculous
In a big overcoat sure
It's really weird to use the "bad apples" argument in your defense when you're forgetting the second half of that adage: "a few bad apples ruins the bunch." If you have a department with ten bad cops and a thousand cops who do nothing to stop them, you have a department with 1010 bad cops.
I love how all of these comments are about John Oliver donating to Hillary, all the while he is making amazing and very valid points in this video. It just goes to show to you the attention span of the average TH-camr is, "DUHHHH YOU DONATE TO HILLARY THEREFORE EVERYTHING YOU SAY NOW IS INVALID."
The other side did the same thing to a director because he donated to Trump.
Seems that loads of people are just totally incapable of just looking at an argument and not at a person when judging if the argument is valid (or in my case, a movie). Ironically it just makes the argument stronger in my eyes because it is basically a surrender since if you COULD attack the points, you'd do so.
true. you can respect someones opinions and what they're saying without having to agree with everything they think or say.
Billy Bob
I think if one did not, they would have almost no allies. Echo chamber forums are usually very small.
Oliver never donated to Hillary.
Vlad Petrescu
Source?
The effect of those "bad apples" destroy the trust that civilians have. People become paranoid, distrusting, or even vengeful. These bad cops are more dangerous than the guns they carry, because of the damage they cause to the reputation of all officers.
Indeed. Enough "bad apples" accumulate, people will think that the entire barrel full is rotten, and we will soon have an entire barrel full of rotten apples that will merely reinforce what people initially thought.
Well said.
Indeed; the example where a man who should not, *ever,* have been allowed on a police force nor to own or carry a firearm, ended up shooting a twelve-year-old because people simply did not read the huge warning sign in his file (or care), is especially poignant in illustrating this fact. Really, it should be a no-brainer; what's the point of a cop so psychotic he, say, kills three vaguely dangerous criminals and thus fosters resentment in twelve more, making each more dangerous to anyone they come across, while making another five turn to crime out of sheer disgust, who would otherwise not have? We need less hate, less violence, less shooting, less cover-ups of corruption and unjust conduct, and less murder. Shouldn't be rocket science, one would think.^^;
In the end, criminals are just people... people who are either too poor to eat (and aren't given any job opportunities), or too hurt and angry to just slot into lawful society, or too spoiled to care about the people they hurt. The latter's a tricky one to fix, but the other two just demand empathy and an attitude of "Let's get these people into situations where they feel good about doing good" rather than "Let's make sure these scum know they're not wanted"...
Raven Witch these are supposed to be protectors of the people, not the hooded figures in the dog park
Yes also, welcome to nightvale
Man this video aged like it never aged.
Watching it again almost 4 years later and it feels like it's commentary on something that's happened yesterday next year.
So if we're going to use a few bad apples analogy I would guess not only does it apply to the police but it also applies to the rioters amongst the peaceful protesters
In California recently an off duty cop was speeding and slammed his Camero into the back of a family killing them. You guessed it, the cop was let out of jail due to "needing more time for an investigation." They said they were going to charge him with reckless driving, drunk driving, and manslaughter, but they ended up releasing him....smfh
Adam Oliva thats a damn shame. Smfh.
link please?
Drunk driving?
Wow by sheer coincidence a family member of those killed is in these very set of comments.
th-cam.com/video/K4nVWgp5uis/w-d-xo.html
vote for crazy socialism and see what is police is about.
I did not realize that I had flashed my headlights on a dark road (I thought I had turned them down after I saw the high beams come up on the car approaching me). Turned out it was a township police car which turned around on this dark 2 lane road and pulled me over. The officer accused me of flashing my lights; I replied I'm sorry, I thought I had them on by accident and had turned them down. After checking my ID and insurance, and finding NOTHING, he gave them back but threatened me with a ticket and a $150 fine if I did it again. He had approached my car with his hand on his gun, but I had my flashers on, my stuff ready, my windows down and my hands on my steering wheel and my interior lights on. I ain't stupid. When I got home I looked up the law he cited. No such law; no such fine.
I resolved that if any officer in this township [where I lived] was in trouble and I saw they were in trouble, I was not going to help them. Last thing I need is other officers responding, but I'm the one getting hurt or killed trying to help. This LWT story reaffirms my decision.
I protected a group of cops in the street from being run over by a drink driver one night. A year later I was pulled over and harassed by some familiar faces in the group of about 20 cops for 2 hours to let them do an illegal search of my vehicle. I eventually conceded and they left finding nothing of course, and didn't apologize. I'd do it again, but I would be annoyed.
The problem with dismissing it as a few bad apples, is that it omits the rest of the quote, a few bad apples *ruin the bunch*
Imagine the day when this segment is no longer relevant.
"You may say I'm a dreamer..."
Probably not in my lifetime, I'm sad to say.
@Grailsarvas Your ignorance is noted.
@Grailsarvas Grasp it? I've had to live with it every day of my life. It's a part of growing up black. Even being female is no shield.
Unfortunately, I believe we may never get that far as a species.
#JohnOliver2020
Yeah let's make a beta male celebrity a president
he can't run, he's British
Obama ran, and he's Muslim.
1.) that's a religion, not a race. so it's irrelevant
2.) he was born in Hawaii
3.) please don't start a debate
sorry nationality
You see one or two cops "misbehaving" then another 6, 8, or 10 arrive on the scene, and the majority join in. And the non-participants do not interfere. Anyone who does report unpoliceman like behaviour is normally ostracised, threatened, abused, and not backed up in dangerous situations. Hence the "no change" in police behaviour since this program was made 4 years ago ...
Do all these people cluelessly ranting about a few bad apples realize that the saying is "One bad apple destroys the WHOLE bunch."?
Yeah, would be nice if they at least said that one should remove the bad apples right away and make the good apples look good for a change. Instead they seem to want to say " can't do nothing, gotta live with it".
e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph.
I call this the 'Floyd Standard'.
Really easy... Pass-Fail.
1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed?
2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated?
3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect?
4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions?
5, have you ever planted evidence?
6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them?
7, have you ever withheld evidence?
8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer?
9, have you ever perjured yourself?
10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
Oliver basically said that in the video. Why repeat it like it's your own idea?
As a manager, I work side by side with my employees every day; when one of them breaks the rules I write them up! If they attack someone I fire them!
We really need a third party to investigate them. Lke we do with accounting. You can't expect Walmart to self report if they cook their books
Every major city in the USA has tried to install a citizens review board. None of them lasted because the police unions refuse to cooperate. They will always refuse. Crooks do not like getting caught.
e-Hire all the Russ-Thugu-KKKant hate-monger Pigs that can pass a polygraph.
I call this the 'Floyd Standard'.
Really easy... Pass-Fail.
1, have you ever assaulted a suspect that was already handcuffed?
2, have you ever lied about matters of law you investigated?
3, have you ever stolen anything from a crime scene or suspect?
4, have you ever turned a blind-eye to fellow officers' criminal actions?
5, have you ever planted evidence?
6, have you ever searched someone just so you could touch them?
7, have you ever withheld evidence?
8, have you ever abused your authority as a police officer?
9, have you ever perjured yourself?
10, Have you ever caused or took place in injuring a person under your authority?
Reason why 'Beau of the Fifth Column' no longer trains police. Cop said:
"We write the reports".
Or Trump to personally count the votes.
i swear man, sometimes you make me laugh so hard that i have decided to remind myself not to ever get high before i watch you again, you are a real card. thanks for the laughs from one of your fans.
Yes, a fist too can be deadly... Which Is why I'm sure we all recall the carnage from the mass-fisting in Las Vegas last year...
Macabre - but hilarious.
lmao
Clearly you have never been to Vegas because 15 died in last year's mass fisting you insensitive prick
Halorocker101 I get that but I thought police are trained in hand-to-hand combat? They should be hitting the gym if they're afraid of someone else's fists, I mean they have batons too...
@@sad_doggo2504 Part of that training would be along the lines of: Don't get in a hand to hand fight when you have a gun on your belt in easy reach.
It’s weird seeing James Comey in a non Trump-related story
We have been talking about this injustice for three years in our society and it is getting worst. Finally society has to fix the issue of what is reasonable in our justice system today.
Funny how he thinks we can count flu cases, jokes on him we can't do it real time.
@@marcdulberger4207 we've been talking about this injustice for a LOT longer than that since there were slaves in the country
I love how not only does Oliver speak about very serious problems & issues but ALWAYS is looking for a resolution to the problems. And as a citizen I’m starting to think we should all be wearing body cameras.
That's actually a good idea.
Or not breaking the law
So...in germany every time an officer fires a gun there is an immeadiate investigation against him, even if he doesnt hit someone. When he hits someone he needs to defend himself and needs to proof that it was 100% necessary. Like that, we have had 2 killings in 2015, 7 in 2014, 8 in 2013, 8 in 2012 and 6 in 2011 and almost all were really justified (not al though). maybe you should be thinking about changing the system.
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Oh Germany the country now arresting people for having an opinion. Ah the dream where women are raped and cover ups are done. No I don't think America wants to follow you on that magical journey.
Reno... what the fuck are you talking about?
Nobody has ever been arrested for having an opinion except for in the US.
Women are raped every few weeks in the US.
100% of government projects have coverups.
You are an ignorant patriotic moron. Please educate yourself about your own damn country.
You might want to check that. Oh oh how about we start with the guy who was yelling at the guy who shoot up the McDonalds. This sounds like fun. How about the guy who had that facebook group that got reported and got jail time. Isn't it nice to not know what is actually going on in Germany.
I think America has a lot of catching up to do. 25% of world's prisoners, punishments instead of rehabilitation, and uninvestigated rape kits:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/16/untested-rape-kits-evidence-across-usa/29902199/
american conservatives on muslims: "this one guy did something, and so I will hold his entire religion and ethnicity accountable for it."
american conservatives on police "I get that it looks like a pattern, but those thousands of people of that group are just a few bad apples that for some reason doesnt spoil the cake."
That's pretty standard. Judge their group by the worst of them. Judge my group by the best of us.
that's not a fair comparison. in the case of muslims, their bad actions directly result FROM the belief system of islam. if someone sits around reading a book that says "shoot up a school" over and over then they do it, it's not unfair to go "hey, maybe that book is kinda a bad thing"
Trophonix, in the case of Muslim Fundamentalists, their bad actions come from them misusing their religion to support their preexisting hatred and misogynistic feelings. The same way Christian Fundamentalists do.
Religion is, and always was, a system of control. Telling people that believing in God isn't enough, you have to believe correctly and use the correct label or you'll burn in hell. Religion as a whole is the enemy, not any one religion.
Damn, when you put it like that...
Travis Breazile
Yep.
4 years ago, still nothing changed, fix your policeforce America!
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Fix the whole system. Top down. The whole thing is a racist shitshow.
Just like fixing healthcare
Fucking crazy, right?
Why would country with 400 mln guns need a police? Disband it, save state and federal budget and see how that works ;>
Why does Last Week Tonight have the power of clairvoyance? This is such a systemic issue that the episode aged incredibly well.