Anytime an officer is interviews they need to ask two questions. Have you ever witness a fellow officer commit a crime ( to include lying on a report)? What did you do after witnessing this crime?

At what time in America's history was policing not corrupt? During slavery, during Jim Crow, during segregation, during desegregation, during the Civil Rights movement, during anti-war protests, during class struggles, during protests for water and land protection? When?

I remember seeing a black female officer stop her partner from choking and beating a man that was in handcuffs. She got fired for doing the right thing, and they held her pension until George Floyd incident happened. I think if they took the money from police involved settlements out of the Pension Fund, instead of taking it from tax payers would lessen the mistakes made.

Never ask a cop if the system corrupt. Hell yes the system is corrupt.

"I don't care about what you know until I know that you care." That is a very powerful and important statement.

Law enforcement has never given me a reason to trust them. The best way to deal with the police is to have no dealings with them at all.

As a part of training as a security guard in Las Vegas, we were taught to de-escalate any encounter with what they called 'verbal judo'. Detective Rhone hit that nail smack dab on the head by bringing up the 'empathy' issue. The ability to imagine yourself in the other person's 'head', or position, is key to being able to understand why the other might react as they do. IF empathy could be taught (it can't), Tyre, George, and so many others would be living their natural lives today. The time to determine whether a potential applicant for these positions of power is capable of remaining human in conflict is before they're hired. Nip them in the buds with better screening procedures. I'm of the opinion that a sizeable percentage of those who are drawn to the police force are malignant narcissists who imagine that a badge proves their superiority to the rest of us.

As a journalist, TV show host, producer, survivor of child sex abuse, DV and homelessness, and an advocate, your questions and rapport building is just extraordinary and we truly appreciate you shedding a light to many difficult issues that no one wants to talk about. You are brave and fearless of what you do. Great questions bring the best answers. Truth and a perfect world should be we don’t have to talk about this. But facing a reality and having uncomfortable conversation can break through biases and promote more peace. Thank you, Mr. Acho for being the best host and using your intelligence, insight, and courageousness to bring these black officers to this show. Please keep going. Story telling can shift our minds and I truly believe in the power of journalism. Juri Love Feature Correspondent The Sun Chronicle

Are there any good cops.? How many bad cops have you arrested? The hard hitting question like these should be asked!

Its a PD issue and very little is done to fix it. Only 22 weeks of training, little or no mental evaluations, no personal accountability, departments investigating themselves, qualified immunity and the us vs them mentality has brought us here. And I think its only going to get worse.

I have far too many thoughts on this to condense into a YT comment, so I'll just settle for sending Love & Light from Mississippi. Y'all stay safe and keep taking care of each other. ✌🏼🖤 P.S. Thanks for another wonderful conversation, Emmanuel, as uncomfortable as it may be. Your videos should be required viewing. 💯

I would have loved to see Acho ask the officers if they feel that qualified immunity should be taken away, and if police should have to carry personal liability insurance, such as doctors have to do. I know it is called malpractice, but they can be sued for harming others. I believe it would make police officers more responsible and respectful of their duty to serve the public, if they knew they would be civilly liable for their actions. I also believe it would lead to more respect in the communities they police, because people in the community would not always feel criminalized because of current police mentality. Prayerfully it may even open up a way of dialogue between the police and the public. (Just a thought)🤔

Every bad encounter I’ve ever had with a cop was with a “Black” cop! It’s sad but crazy out there. 🤦🏿‍♂️

I love the lady she is a brave honest women much respect and I pray that God keeps these officers safe!

I’m a Title 1, high school teacher in the same city these officers serve. If police officers would take the time to build personal relationships with their communities, not only would crime decrease in that community, but also officer-involved deaths. It is very simple to build relationships of trust! It just takes willingness.

All 3 of these guests were fantastic, but in particular Officer Bohannon’s self-awareness and ability to both think critically and communicate effectively was incredibly refreshing and a pleasure to hear - and I’d like to emphasize here the fact that effective communication is equally as much about actively listening and truly considering the message the other person is attempting to convey (not just listening for keywords and using those to fill in the blanks of your preconceived notion of who they are and what you assume they probably think) as it is about clearly conveying your own thoughts and ideas.

These cats have done some of the same things and have acted outside the color of law many times. Having them on this platform is meaningless…

This is arguably one of the most important series on KZfaq

I absolutely loved this interview, 4 intelligent black minds having a much-needed conversation!

This type of thing will never stop until they get over this “one cop going rogue” attitude and face the fact that this type of behaviour is ENDEMIC!

I've missed "Uncomfortable Conversations" ! Glad you're back! 💯

Is the system corrupt? Do I really have to answer that? The number of corrupt , tyrannical, blood-thirsty, deranged, psychotic, unhinged, cops I have watched either violating, harassing, intimidating, and deleting innocent citizens is insane! I’m yet to see a good cop or they haven’t been born! New subscriber ❤

I’m on the Police Advisory Committee for a smaller city near Seattle. We just got our first commander of color in the last few years. The things he has had to deal with in the department are insane. We have had amazing conversations and I think our biggest issue is the top leadership doesn’t know how to connect with the community and won’t work on it. And that’s with anyone in the community, even white people who love them. We will have officers come to community events, and just kind of sit there and not engage because the culture is to be stoic and impersonal and always on guard. A big advantage officers of color have (specific to what I am seeing and learning in our area) is knowing that a person of color yelling, pacing, being upset doesn’t mean they’re a threat or that you need to use a higher level of force. Growing up in Polynesian culture, and now living in close connection with Black and brown friends, I see there is a level of expressing “negative” emotions that isn’t typical in white culture. Most white officer’s instincts is to see that as a threat, instead of a nervous system response that needs help to regulate. Our officers of color and female officers tend to see a person who is in distress or upset they’re about to be arrested. Their instinct even before training is often on helping the person deescalate because they grew up knowing that expressing big feelings doesn’t automatically mean violence. My husband and I grew up that in white culture someone yelling is automatically danger. The past two years our department has seen a great change in deescalation training and reducing force. Policies have changed dramatically and it has made a difference. I love hearing the stories of Officer spending two hours talking someone who robbed a store at gunpoint out of a tree until they surrender. A few years ago that would have been a physical altercation. But there is still a mindset issue that I think Black officers have an easier time overcoming, while also having an advantage of being seen as more likely to be safe for people of color in the community.

This is fire 🔥 , thanks for these interviews. Just found this through a wayne interview. More people need to watch this.

The problem has a name. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

Shes right! It's a level of trust. Even though a person my not like officers they will trust someone that looks like them or come from the same background as them

What they did to Tyre Nichols was brutal. They didn't just kill him they beat him to death and then allowed him to lay there and suffer. I get chills and a nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomach when he calls out for his mom.

What an amazing conversation. I pray these officers stay safe and do wonderful things in the communities they serve.

Why isn't this conversation being had on the main stream ?! This is so good for us all !

So informative, so honest, and so powerful to hear these officers using their voices for change!! I greatly appreciate each of these people and their heart and commitments to being a part of the solution! Let's be bridge builders

I absolutely loved this conversation. I am a black man from the UK. The first time I went to the US was the wonderful Detroit, and I admired the black officers I saw there, I had never seen so many people of colour in uniform. They gave me a sense of purpose and belonging. At the time, I was only twenty years old, living in the UK, we may have had only 200 black officers then. Now, at the age of 61, we may have about 100 times that number, but I doubt it. Thank you once again

Please keep up these conversation, Emmanuel. What you're doing is of paramount importance!

This was a fantastic, and very real, conversation. Love this insight

The lady looks too sweet to be an officer,but she said she loves her job. Listening to the conversations I personally think she is more than just a police officer in uniform,she's an angel, a mother, a wife and most importantly a human being who understands how to deal with people within her society!! May God bless her,thanks sister. Keep it up queen!!!❤

Excellent interview, truth will triumph. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Emmanuel for broaching these sensitive, uncomfortable topics in a fair, open discussion format.

When is someone going to give Emmanuel his own hard hitting talk show? Are any of the networks paying attention to this guy..? 🤔

Thanks 🙏🏽 Bro we needed this type of show.

This is my first time watching your show you are having real conversation with real people bra this should be the biggest show on all platforms.. I also love the pivot

I am a police officer and this converstaion was needed. Thank You!

This was such a hot topic Emanuel! Thank you for bringing light to this subject.

Thank you for hosting and participating in this conversation❤

Missed your videos! Welcome back! As always good content

"We have to understand as police officers we escalate the situation as soon as we get there".

Why, just why? He posed NO threat to any of the officers. He was simply trying to go home. Rest In Peace Tyree. He didn’t deserve this at all.💔🥀🕊️

Bless all police officers worldwide that refuse to go rogue under any circumstances. 💙💙💙 Thank you for trying to keep us all safe.

Glad you're keeping this in the news.

The officer’s responsible for the Nichols murder need to be convicted. Nichols wasn’t even a criminal and he tried to comply safely. I am glad that you were able to have this conversation. I hope that you visit this again.

I was a fan you you when you were playing and I'm an even bigger fan of you now with the all of the hard work and bridge building that you're doing. Keep using your platform to connect. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

So happy to see this video pop up. So many conversations to be had, such great perspective and love hearing the stories. Thank you Emmanuel, I hope there are more episodes to come. You are changing the world one conversation at a time. THANK YOU

As a black woman, I was treated like shit from police. They ran my name in every county because he said their is no way I don’t have a record and he harassed the hell out of me

My dad was a cop, he said, Police are just basically legalize gang members

Amazing conversation on an uncomfortable issue. Great job for leading this conversation.

Educating myself on these discussions I never heard at home nor school as a white individual in a predominantly white community… thank you…

When you ask black cops; is the system corrupt and they say anything but yes, they're compromised! Everything they say after that is suspect. The answer is; definitely yes! But we're doing all we can to change that, including standing up & calling out bad cops & their actions. Period!

I am somewhat impressed with Mr. Acho. I appreciate the conversations.

I understand what she said. I had a female African-American female student who was failing my class call me a “n..and mother…f..” In all the years I have been teaching, no student has ever insulted me. Students from various ethnic backgrounds were apologizing for the adults black female student. In conclusion, she dropped out of college.

Wow, talk about "uncomfortable conversations"! And I don't mean it as these folks being or acting uncomfortable. They were all incredible! They were honest. I immediately was drawn to what Jeremy said, about the uniform automatically gives you power. That is absolutely true. Some people can't handle power, some people want it from the very start. How do you weed those individuals out? How can you recognize them before it's too late? Very good and interesting convos. And I would LOVE it if those three officers were in my community!

Acho your doing a good thing having discussions that are very relevant in today’s society. Kudos to you

I'm 35 and I'm going to the police academy in December. My dad is a retired officer after 33 years and we talk all the time about this stuff. One statement he said that I will carry with me, "I'm black before the badge. I'm black after the badge." He never, ever forgot where he came from...and that's my mentality. This badge is an occupation, NOT who I am. Being black, abiding by the law, enforcing the law, and being TRUTHFUL are not easy tasks...and it's not supposed to be. I agree with Acho; it's the system that's the issue. How do we resolve it? I honestly don't know. My love for keeping these streets safe, keeping the community safe, and giving back to the community supersedes the system that is meant to work against us which is why I'm taking up the badge. I actually want to BE the difference and hopefully impact some lives along the way.

I think the world is slowing seeing that evil comes in all colors , no matter what the race , give a black man power and some will become the very thing the despied.

Acho thank you sir. As a police officer in the Southeast this was needed.

It’s the power it’s the uniform. It’s only a certain kind of human that can adjust to that kind of power!!

Thanks for doing your part in breaking barriers between the community and police. To expand on this conversation you need high level command level police officials who are working on the strategies of organizations and not the tactics. They spoke well of the grand level but there is so much more to this conversation that could be unveiled.

"The greatest thing in my opinion is your voice." And giving (all) our peoples hearts a chance to Live and Love, will create better people, with better intentions behind our voices.

I love me some acho. So smart and eloquent when getting his views across. Much love and respect. I think getting the perspective of these officers is important. I have not really seen anybody try to get the perspective of black police officers about police brutality. Thank you.

Mr. Emmanuel Acho thank you for having this platform and shining the Spotlight on this issue.. What's the solution to decrease the Brutality by Law Enforcement Individual's??? May your journey continue to be safe and blessed..

This was awesome im really proud of these police officers 👏🏾 we need more like them👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I thought you were going to asked the uncomfortable questions. Good conversation just not an uncomfortable one

It was so sad see our brother deleted in the manner. Even worst by our own black police officers.

They all went silent when he said who is going to police the police and then one can come up with the canned response

We need Civilians and cops conversation ‼️

Most officers (neutral of ethnicity) are "good" cops; however, the "bad" ones make the headlines and have the power to wreak havoc within communities. That is the core problem. As long as departments continue to bring bullies into their ranks, we will have systemic problems in the police force. There are so many psychological evaluation tools available now to weed out these individuals that every division should be COMPELLED to employ these tests in the hiring process. No department should be so needy for officers that they allow folks whom they KNOW will be problematic with the public be hired. It's also unfortunate that some departments are more concerned with protecting their own than protecting the public. People that talk about "black on black" crime - that's just silly. Statistically, people commit crimes within their own community by a huge margin. If "black on black" is something you think the black community at large (I'm talking to you CARL TAYLOR) is responsible for eliminating, why is there no conversation about "white on white"? I'll tell you why - because it's a stupid way to look at crime. POVERTY is the largest driver in both black and white (and other) crimes - yes, even the overwhelmingly senseless killings of young black men by other young black men. That dog whistle question is so tired and overused. Any time you feel the need to deflect from a topic with "what about" - pause, ask yourself why it's not OK with YOU to discuss the current topic. Therein lies the problem

I love the transparency and the willingness to sit and have these conversations. Because if more conversations as transparent as this were happening, then a bridge between the communities and law enforcement would be better. It used to be the clergy used to be the bridge between law enforcement and the communities. In all honesty we all need to do better on all sides to make it better for the future.

Excellent content. Im now a Minister born in Chicago and have been assaulted by Officers 5 times. Three times in Chicago, once in GR Mich and once in Muskegon Mi. I guess I qualify as an Expert on Systemic racism against Black Men. By the grace of God I survived.

How this doesn’t have over a million views

My hat is tipped to the officers that participated in this interview. This is how the communities can start the process of healing

I am retired . Over my years. I do not subscribe to the white /black Identity. Just like race all of these things we're used as separators.. How can we have humans But different races. But that's for a different Discussion. I do not knock anyone else for how they view themselves because it was a learning journey for myself as well. After traveling Many countries. And lots of study I view myself differently. I truly appreciate the conversation And the value each of these officers brought. I think officer Bohannon. Was very solid an own point. I pray each of these officers be safe. And again I commend them And thank them for their service. And I hope each and every one of us will 1 day. Look and see who profits the most out of us being the way we are and that we become the best versions of ourselves. And that in turn will help each and every person no matter Where they are from or What group they may associate with. Continue blessings

They didn't want to answer the question truthfully about the system. It's absolutely corrupt by it's design.

I felt so sorry that the one guys son had to go through that. Every race deserves to exist. We can't play God.

To see a person literally killed by police officers is sickening and disturbing. Especially if the victims are black and brown and are done under the pretense of fear and control. It’s extra disturbing when the officers are minorities themselves. But I believe this happens for several reasons which points to primarily the culture of policing. Everything else falls underneath that perception that officers have the belief of “them against us” mentality. As for those minority officers who kill other minorities are swept up in the same culture. But compounded with fear to speak up against other officer and the sense of wanting to belong to the sense of power over others. I’m sure there are other factors, and this is my opinion.

Hi Emmanuel great to see your back on KZfaq with Emmanuel Acho 🙏🏽👏🏽 "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" I have your book bought 3 gave two to my nieces husband's a father's day gift. Thank you for the solid dialogue. To hear the perspective of these officers each one had their own dealings with people and what how they feel on shootings, murders of black people. Sadly there are the rogue cops and the fight continues onward. The varied communities of all ethnicities to understand different cultures and Communication

Black or white it should make no difference. Murdering someone should equal PRISON

These are three examples of the kind of examples of police officers that we need in the black community and across the country

The fact that the arguement almost always shifts to black on crime is a perfect example of the cultural bias. I base this statement on the statistical fact that with any racial group the overwhelming majority of the time the perpetrator of a crime is the same race as their victim. So the question is, why is only black on black crime a "problem" or excuse??

Great panel wishing this was longer

Truth is - whenever we see controversial content the vast majority of productive discourse is censored from view, not just by platform toxicity software but content creators as well. If we can't get beyond the unreasonable fears and hysterical censorship we can't have open and honest conversations. Emmanuel here, is as guilty as any other when he intentionally participates in overzealous censorship. I won't bore you in debate on particulars, suffice to say publishers do in fact block, filter, or censor comments. YT makes lists of comments removed available to content publishers who may decide to publish - or not, thus limiting individual freedom to speak openly, and protest things that are not right. Most importantly, suppressing opposing views can hold back social progress and restrict people's ability to learn more about the world and other people.

This is how we can all heal from the constant barrage of angry and frightened voices that have spread throughout our country. Dialogue, honest, kind , well thought out dialogue can change how you look at me and I look at you. We must meet on common ground or we will fall on that ground.

Watching this and not commenting 100 different posts is hard. There is just so much to be said. Great job Acho, you have a long journalism career ahead of you. Hopefully, this will be the last topic like this with black or white cops or people in general!

What a great episode. The best officers I've ever known are the ones who when asked why they became officers are the ones who say "to help my community " or "to help people." These officers all said that. :)

It's not a black or blue issue it's a right or wrong issue .

Regarding police brutality, Officers happen to be black but they are officers first.

I have some thoughts and comments as I watched this video however It cannot be ignored the fact that I am white and therefore I have a very different background that shapes my thoughts knowingly and unknowingly. My first comment is based off of a realization of horror that I discovered I unintentionally created racial bias in my mind. It wasn't from the culture I was raised in, it was because I kept watching shows like THE FIRST 48 which often deals with homicide of black individuals often committed by other black individuals because the show is filmed in areas with a very large population of black people. I was watching the show often because I was interested in police procedure and investigation that is not fiction or Hollywood. But... There was a moment I realized that I unintentionally gave myself racial bias when I was reading a news article about a domestic violence incident that involved weapons and drugs in my local small city and I was picturing in my head the events. There was no video footage or pictures of the individuals but I realized in horror that I pictured them as black people. There's multiple reasons why this absolutely horrified me. Firstly, It shouldn't have been something automatic as I am white. I say automatic in the same way as often we picture characters in books as being like us of the character is not described or as kids, we tend to draw people with the same skin colour as ourselves. Secondly, I had ZERO reason to picture the people in the article as black, logically speaking, because the vast majority of people who lived in this little city are white. The next largest groups of people are Indian and Chinese and then maybe Algonquin etc. Thirdly, I had no reason to assume it was a black on black crime because I wasn't even aware of any previous crimes involving black individuals in the area whatsoever. When I realized my bias I completely stopped watching THE FIRST 48 or A & E NEW ORLEANS etc in hopes to undo the damage. I actually started watching more cop and paramedic shows based in the UK where most of the criminals are white in hopes of "evening out" the bias if that makes any sense. I bring this whole journey up because I wonder if police officers should rotate frequently from state to state, city to city, province to province to avoid unintentionally creating biases against sny groups of individuals. Sure, it'd suck for the officers and their families and I'm sure that there must be relationship building between the local police and the local people they encounter frequently but perhaps it might be for the best? For example, maybe officers are dealing primarily with one group of people everyday (specific races, specific religions, gangs, mobs, homeless etc) and they might unintentionally develop a bias towards these people because they deal with them all the time. Perhaps it'd be wise to send them to another location with more diverse issues and individuals or just a different environment? Perhaps rotating police might also cut down on corruption and compliance as well as harassment issues?

There are people crossing the bridge. It's just slow and I realize it's seems too little, but this is how change occurs. Change isn't usually a monumental event, it's a slow gradual process.

Very good talk!

Oh I just love he soft soothing background music you chose when the Sgt. is talking about policing themselves.

Wish @emmanuelacho would have posed the statement, "the System is not broken, it was created that way" and then asked true or false? Do you believe it to be true?

Interesting video. Far too short given the subject matter. While prejudice drives many abuses of power in our criminal justice system, we need to always remember that there is an ineherent conflict between a criminal justice system / public order system and the average human being. Individual freedoms and liberties vs security and order. How do you balance the competing needs? This is true in any nation on the planet. The deeper you go into problems you will have to deal with challenges driven by socioeconomic class, gender, ethnicity, religion and other human attributes and they may need specific solutions and strategies.

Interesting discussion Much needed Thank you

Much needed conversation thank u