How America's cops became untouchable w/Joanna Schwartz

How America's cops became untouchable w/Joanna Schwartz | The Chris Hedges Report

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The terror of police power is a recurring fact of American life, particularly in this country's poorest communities and in communities of color. The power officers have over us comes not only from the strength of their weapons, but also from a legal system that is swift to protect its enforcers, yet slow to hold them to account. Where did this virtual immunity from prosecution come from? Has it always been this way? Historian Joanna Schwartz joins The Chris Hedges report to discuss her new book, Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable.
Joanna Schwartz is a professor of law at UCLA, where she teaches civil procedure and courses on police accountability and public interest lawyering.
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@User-nw37 Жыл бұрын

I remember someone very smart said 15 years ago: “In the future, there will be 3 groups of people: the top 5%, the bottom 80%, and the 15% who protects the 5% from the 80%.”

@lurelover7065 11 ай бұрын

When you have a country that's built on corruption and can only thrive on corruption, the majority of the people in the country are going to be corrupted. (look up: The Vikings)

@averayugen7802 10 ай бұрын

I learned that 40 years ago

@tomchirillo1663 10 ай бұрын

It is happening now with poorly trained American Police who after perhaps after 8 weeks of so called training are given a badge and gun and told that they can now kill people with impunity.

@John-ow2mw 10 ай бұрын

My friend, and here we are.

@ronniebuchanan6575 10 ай бұрын

May I use this.

@Voe198 Жыл бұрын

We are the fools for respecting an illegitimate legal system.

@gallectee6032 Жыл бұрын

It's funny to me when in TV shows there is a character who goes by the motto of "there is nothing more important than law", when in reality, the legal system (or sections of it) is often morally bankrupt and written primarily by the corporations via lobbyists to benefit solely themselves at the expense of others.

@markhirstwood4190 8 ай бұрын

East Germany collapsed after the Stasi did all this. Why can't Canada and America collapse? They are totally corrupt lawless industrial penal colonies. They can collapse...

@markhirstwood4190 8 ай бұрын

Those shows are to brainwash people so the cops can prey on us. It's all run by the Freemasons behind the scenes. @@gallectee6032

@JothanGurr Жыл бұрын

End qualified impunity!!!

@John-ow2mw 10 ай бұрын

NOW!

@foipa1 Жыл бұрын

How we treat the least in our society is the judgement of how healthy our Republic is or is not

@ComradeBeer Жыл бұрын

Yeah. We're fucked

@cheri238 Жыл бұрын

This country and others have become traumatized by powers of greed. We know why.

@reubenmorris487 8 ай бұрын

Lots of sickness in the United States...apparently by design.

@cathyjohnson7827 8 ай бұрын

No truer words were ever said! Dr Who, just saying, said it well also!

@nikto-ky4kx Жыл бұрын

I find it alarming that to "enforce traffic laws" they have basically become commandos as if they were at war with us.

@imminenthope8970 9 ай бұрын

It is but we also have a crazy gun nutty population and legal rights to carry firearms!! It is absurd!! We basically give people the right to be terrorists! 2a begins a well regulated militia being necessary… meaning you have a right to defend your state in the national guard. Not go around packing. Most traffic violations can be dealt with by lasers and cameras. Reckless drivers are a serious problem but we don’t need police we need lazers every mile measuring each cars speed as it crosses the lazer and the car is billed for each violation every mile. People will stop speeding. Only when they don’t pay will an officer be sent to arrest then mom and response their car or impound or until all violations are paid in full and or spend time in jail car impounded. License revoked forever!!! You have no right to drive. None of us do! It’s a reckless privilege! And killing society and the planet! More people die on highways then anything else.

@edwardmiessner6502 9 ай бұрын

In many states they are. And if you carry any significant amount of cash with you on the highway they'll steal it from you under civil asset forfeiture and then you have to hire a lawyer and sue to get the money back. Oftentimes they'll steal it or steal some of it so that the department has a lower amount taken on record or nothing at all!

@donniekraus1273 9 ай бұрын

It’s exactly what they are taught “If you want to go home after your shift, then you empty your clip first and investigate later” Training instructor

@stephanielewis712 9 ай бұрын

@@edwardmiessner6502 They do the same at the airports in mostly African Like Atlanta Georgia.

@jimechols4347 9 ай бұрын

No shit!

@jamesallen3929 Жыл бұрын

I have growing up most of my life in Miami Florida, and here in Miami, we had one of the most notorious examples of police violence in America history. In December of 1979 police from what was then called the public safety department ( it's now called Miami-Dade county police department) chased a black insurance man by the name of Arthur McDuffie. After a Chase they dragged him off his motorcycle, for what was a supposedly minor traffic infractions. They promptly beat him to death with there police batons, and flashlights. They covered it up make it look like he fell off his bicycle. The county coroner even said he was beaten to death with blunt trauma. So how an all-white jury in Tampa Florida, acquitted all the police officers in the killing of Arthur McDuffie. On may 17,1980 Miami exploded in one the worst cases of racial violence, In American history. It lasted 3 days it destroyed much of the inner cities in Miami which I as a white person lived in. Will never forget how evil police can be.

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

White people living in inner cities in the 1980s and the pre-1980s wasn't anything unusual. There are still White people living in inner cities today.

@nopt1118 Жыл бұрын

So painful

@hungmeow8284 Жыл бұрын

The FBI raided me in 1993 over love letters criticizing WACO, FBI, courts and police and I had NO RIGHTS in federal court. I ended up locked up for 1 year over that. At the time I was in the Army reserves and an Air Force veteran. The POLICE are my sworn enemies. They should not EXIST. They are TYRRANTS.

@Black_unity597 11 ай бұрын

It’s not just the police I understand that it is hard for some good ole white folks to say it or to face but as a race group your people are evil these race soldiers have been mandated to do this evil to the black community for generations and every time that we screamed out what was happening to us you people didn’t have no problem with what they were doing as ling as they only did it to us but now that power that you guys gave them is now coming back to you that power will corrupt anyone even though the entire thing was corrupt from the beginning! This thing may be to late to correct, it just maybe to late they are full n out of control the entire judicial system is screwed! What has to happen is these all white jury has to put their racist VEIWS to the side and judge these race soldiers fairly but that won’t happen because the vast majority of white Americans still harbor this strange hate for black Americans who have never done anything to them! Y’all just hate and have convinced all other race groups to hate us also it’s very strange thing the spell that white people has cast this spell on the world but I whole heartedly believe that karma will make its way right back to your peoples door!

@averayugen7802 10 ай бұрын

Most people would say he was DRUG. THANK YOU for being literate and sorry this country is such a monster re human rights

@cantonlowlifemedia 9 ай бұрын

The official motto of EVERY Internal Affairs division in EVERY law enforcement agency in the United States of America is: "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing!"

@markhirstwood4190 8 ай бұрын

Same here in Ontario. Cops that drink and golf together investigate each other and say 'Not in the public interest. File closed.' It's the Freemasons. They run the cops secretly behind the scenes and they plan it all and help the cops cover up their crimes.

@art-hx6hq 7 ай бұрын

Only in US? I think it is called 5 columns of power and you know last person to challenge it ended up.

@The.Messenger.2832 9 ай бұрын

The "fighting" on behalf of corrupt cops who commit unlawful acts are done by the DAs. They should be held accountable.

@Jerzybred908 Жыл бұрын

This is the kind of journalism that is so important and imperative.. Thank you for reporting and showcasing subjects and stories that are needed.. A lot of society has a blind allegiance to supporting the police no matter what. And that’s not how any functional or true democracy should be.. From the beginning idea of peace officers to the distorted state of increasing militarized law enforcement army against citizens.. Stories like this should be shouted from rooftops and talked about constantly because the dam’s of what peace officers should be has been flooded with this militaristic, prison industrial complex we live in now..

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

You meant to write "dams"(plural)

@gulfgal98 11 ай бұрын

Great comment. I agree completely.

@DavidMoore-lx4xz 9 ай бұрын

“True democracy should be”. Stop with the ignorance. We are a Republic. Democracies fail every 200 years and that is what most of the division is over. People trying to turn the USA into a democracy. Beyond that I agree with everything you’ve said.

@jenniferw1956 Жыл бұрын

Get rid of qualified indemnity.

@frankvandalen6524 Жыл бұрын

We're screwed if WE THE PEOPLE don't in some way rein in those who think they're above us!

@rrussell9731 11 ай бұрын

That's why I watch Long Island Audit on KZfaq.

@sgtslaughter21 9 ай бұрын

And THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE

@Blue-hf7xt 9 ай бұрын

no we are not screwed. We need help. We need Divine Help Calls to Archangels, Prayers for protection and intervention. police powers/depts are Very dysfunctional as stated in this video. police depts/government is imploding on itself. It's Also important to know how to handle interactions/stops with cops. Know your Constitutional Rights. Many people give up their rights to cops. Saying Yes to search, saying 'I have nothing to hide'. Always Invoke God, Angels, Masters in all you do.

@Blue-hf7xt 9 ай бұрын

@@rrussell9731 Yes Keep supporting the front line angels.

@rrussell9731 11 ай бұрын

This is why First Amendment Audit videos are becoming so popular. Nobody likes criminals and when the system doesn't hold itself accountable people see a double standard.

@1Stonerock 8 ай бұрын

Amen... amen.

@cheri238 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Chris Hedges for having Joanna Swartz on TRNN with her new book, "How the Police Became Untouchable." Another illuminating discussion between the both of you.❤

@johnstrawb3521 Жыл бұрын

Imagine your police force courteous, scrupulously observant of your rights, willing to submit to total transparency and governance by the communities they police, and acknowledging that being given a gun and the ability to beat and kill citizens absolutely requires absolute oversight. ---Yeah, no. I can't either.

@user-ti3vp9mt3z Жыл бұрын

The State has the laws and apparatus for a police state which, I believe, is presently active, covertly and underground.

@Scriptorsilentum Жыл бұрын

edward snowden pointed this out to us and what happened? the govt wants him dead for high treason. be careful.

@TupacNation 11 ай бұрын

Definitely

@TI.T.O 9 ай бұрын

They have neural monitoring capabilities. They can literally read your mind and fuck with you in ways you cant even imagine. Beware of the voices that have no face. Be careful what you think. You dont want to be targeted by the police because they will stuff you in a dump truck and throw you in the landfill like they tried with me and all ive dealt with for the last 3 years is constant surveillance and electronic harrassment and heres a question everyone should be asking. What happens when the police become serial killers? What does one do when its the police who are trying to kill you? Ive been asking and theres no answers other then they get promoted.

@wilfridcyr 9 ай бұрын

Probably worst.

@Blue-hf7xt 9 ай бұрын

lookatceleste solumpolice powers on y t.

@briananderson8428 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding guest, Chris. She is so well-versed and well-spoken. I'm guessing she's a great law school professor. Please have her back on to talk about general 4th Amendment issues. Thanks again!

@wmb5240 10 ай бұрын

I agree she was a good guest.. However she parroted the same racist divisive bs by asserting Blacks, Latinos, and every other Minority group stands no chance in a Civil Case against the Police.. as if every Jury is all White, and all bigots who blindly back the Blue & believe Lying COPS.. In fact, a Jury of your peers as selected in your area will very likely include members of your own Demographic .. I agree & have seen in my own life how the brutality & corruption of the Police impacts EVERYONE!!

@caliss5715 Жыл бұрын

people in jail or prison can get bullied so that they plead guilty. Financial duress, physical duress, mental duress, to plead guilty.

@user-ti3vp9mt3z Жыл бұрын

The public has no idea how horrible and what goes on in our jails and prisons😲

@streetwisepioneers4470 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ti3vp9mt3z @J That's true. My only concern (in modern times) being they wouldn't care even if they did. As long as the the general perception is, it shouldn't happen to the articulate.

@hungmeow8284 Жыл бұрын

The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT makes up false evidence and federal courts is NAZI GERMANY

@edwardmiessner6502 9 ай бұрын

@@streetwisepioneers4470 Your concerns are well founded. I had a disgusting interaction with someone 25 years ago and he kept saying, "Why _shouldn't_ they be r@ped in prison?" 🤢🤮

@gertrudewest4535 Жыл бұрын

They lie and are lazy. Recently Had a frustrating situation with our local sheriffs department. Nothing violent but it was clear that they felt they didn’t need to perform their jobs, could lie with impunity and felt a misogynistic tone when I reached out for help - nothing serious, but their attitude was palatable.

@deeplorable8988 Жыл бұрын

Were you being a Karen?

@michaelkatz7862 Жыл бұрын

Reporter is lying. So many examples dispute his allegations about the system. Only 2% result in charges because 98% of the time cops don't want to lose their jobs and home and know when it's right to shoot. Your premise is propaganda and you should know better.

@rrussell9731 11 ай бұрын

Yep, I learned the hard way myself. 25 years ago I was getting my teacher credential and needed fingerprints. You would have thought I was a serial killer the way they treated me. Maybe they were jealous that in every aspect I'm a better American than them, or more likely they're just losers. Either way I learned that only interact with them as a last resort...just as you would any other criminal.

@MrDXRamirez Жыл бұрын

If I am not mistaken civil lawsuits filed against police are settled by taxpayers. The personal or organization funds of the police are left intact. Unless a judge orders the settlement paid by the cops themselves they suffer no compensatory losses. Political autonomy is achieved through an economic autonomy, their money is out of bounds, is the unfairness of the system. Problem here is ... a structure of immunity. The City employs the police and the tax payer pays the settlement. Economic immunity is the result.

@katiekane5247 Жыл бұрын

My point is; it's financial at it's core. Cop gets hurt, their insurance pays. Higher insurance costs the cops & unions. Civilian gets hurt, even if they sue & recover (a tiny number), the taxpayers foot the bill. The insurance industry actually impacts lots of policy, not just LE.

@MrDXRamirez Жыл бұрын

@@katiekane5247 All ( I repeat, ALL) problems in the public sector are a result of the private sector industries creating a society that works for the private sector not the public. Political parties is the political arm of the private sector stacked up against a mass of politically defenseless Americans. And there are alliances in the private sector that are literally out to extract more value from the public sector than what the private sector produces for the public. Everything is a commodity and Americans are uneducated about what commodities do to living individuals and societies. Misguided and falsely taught to believe. I agree with your point but take your point further to its logical conclusion and you will arrive at the same conclusion of a pervasive domination over people through the domination of things by the private sector.

@SLR777i Жыл бұрын

Correct!

@faithford9143 9 ай бұрын

They take the money from the police budget and every cops has a bond attached to them that can be sued against them, she didn’t mention. Cops also defund themselves too. Our tax money don’t mean nothing to a civil lawsuits. At least it is giving to Americans not foreigners

@Blue-hf7xt 9 ай бұрын

Regardless it does drain cops funding. And I would advise those winning lawsuit to use it to support cop auditors, do everything to learn and teach others about Constitutional rights, support organizations like the Institute for Justice.

@marcusthomas6998 Жыл бұрын

They need to outlaw qualified immunity. There shouldn't be any undisclosed settlements, all settlements need to be known by citizens. Police should be held at a higher standard and take away departments ability to over see themselves.

@Black_unity597 11 ай бұрын

None of that will change the racist in them race soldiers!

@averayugen7802 10 ай бұрын

The example they set 4 the rest of us. And the idea that they subject SCHOOL CHILDREN to these ignorant violent monsters But they are always "against drugs" 4 sone reason..... yup up up up ONLY IN AMERIKKKKKKKKA

@John-ow2mw 10 ай бұрын

I agree all settlements should be puplished.

@cathyjohnson7827 8 ай бұрын

True, true! Help make that change!

@henrymark2288 Жыл бұрын

So the working class is screwed either way. Either the cop wins the lawsuit and continues to terrorize the community, or he loses the lawsuit and the community foots the bill for his actions. This is madness.

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

"Working Class" is an antiquated term

@henrymark2288 Жыл бұрын

@@goldenvulture6818 What would you call the group of people who sell their labor to survive? Capitalism has changed a lot over the centuries, but by its very nature it will always be a class based system.

@kenfernanadez3110 11 ай бұрын

At the end of the day, however corrupt the sustem may be, the individual police officer has a personal choice, just like the rest of us. IF police forces engage the most violent of the high school bully-types, then problem rests with the himan resources officials and more importantly, with the city councils that make doing, policy. IF thisnis not a matter of policy, then it is a matter of an individual's morality, ethics, and sense of service to the community. Such individuals must be vetted as best as possible.

@collin5052 Жыл бұрын

Solidarity from Albany, NY

@worldweary1913 Жыл бұрын

SOLID INTERVIEW!

@fiendssanctuary Жыл бұрын

They are not law enforcement officers they are policy enforcers which is part of the problem with holding them accountable. They don't know the law nor obey the law only statutes, codes, rules, policies, and regulations.

@hungmeow8284 Жыл бұрын

The police NEVER obey the Bill of Rights and your CIVIL/HUMAN rights. The courts and governments are all tyrrants that is why they have thousands of laws violating your basic rights and the police are the tyrrants foot soldiers. That is why they pass tyrranical gun laws which is unconstitutional.

@jamesjeanty7642 Жыл бұрын

I second that policies are not law, most police departments are out there enforcing policies, violating our constitutional rights to enforce policies and prosecutors and judges goes along with the miss justice. The public needs to start holding them accountable and demand that laws are enforced not policies.

@fiendssanctuary 9 ай бұрын

@@jamesjeanty7642 facts, it's why they are called police. It's a derivative of the word POLICY. Take the Y off and replace it with an E and it changes the usage from a thing to a person. In general, if you know the process/ steps necessary to pass a LAW, you immediately know what is lawful compared to what is LEGAL. EVERYONE should Learn the law starting with your free national name, your state and federal Constitution, and jurisdiction. The rules of civil and criminal procedure. Corpus Delicti and the difference between what is legal compared to what is lawful. Case law= precedent = STARE DECISIS. One of the most important INALIENABLE RIGHTS that is glossed over is the your 1st AMENDMENT right to PETITION your so called governments for redress. No response = NIHIL DICIT JUDGEMENT. CONSENT IS THE LAW.

@cathyjohnson7827 8 ай бұрын

WE have the internet everyone!! Educate yourselves and then get out there and effect change!! Auditors can't do it all!@@fiendssanctuary

@loninappleton Жыл бұрын

Recently I was watching and old crime film on You Tube. The frustrated central character was in a scene where he wants to leave his job as detective. His superior responds, paraphrasing, 'You know if you leave the force you become one of the little people.' I was very taken with the remark since it was from from the 50s or so.

@ramongonzales2292 Жыл бұрын

How unjust the US is. Amazing…!

@jimcocke Жыл бұрын

Police should be treated exactly the same as everybody else on legal and criminal matters

@John-ow2mw 10 ай бұрын

The police should be liable for beating people up and killing. And cities should not be allowed to by ass kicking and killer cop insurance because with out penalty cops have no incentive to change their attitude and behavior.

@gordongarrett6229 9 ай бұрын

The Supreme Court will not fix the problem they've caused. They should be held accountable.

@ll2nycell 9 ай бұрын

Every time I went to jury duty, they asked "Raise your hand if you ever had a negative encounter with law enforcement?"....I'm black..and I was like "duh". Glad you mentioned this. I thought it was such a filtering question. I've never made it to a jury yet, despite my efforts. I would love to participate.

@dennispellock2359 8 ай бұрын

Lie and say no then find the person not guilty no matter what the evidence is.

@GregoryJWalters Жыл бұрын

Super discussion! Thank you

@CyberspacedLoner Жыл бұрын

Liberty and Justice for Some

@SLR777i Жыл бұрын

❓What's the solution when the cops who are supposed to protect you the citizens-taxpayers, become public enemy terrorist with Qualified Immunity from prosecution?

@dashboardkid21 Жыл бұрын

they were never established as peace keepers or protectors of the people. they keep the peace of wealthy white folks and protect their private property. organize!

@Skyhors3 Жыл бұрын

Citizens' Arrest, 2A.

@gallectee6032 Жыл бұрын

@@Skyhors3 They will probably kill you if you try that.

@Johnconno Жыл бұрын

The police aren't meant to protect you.

@MartintheTinman 9 ай бұрын

Copper Jacketed Lead

@adamgorelick3714 Жыл бұрын

I knew a woman whose ex-husband, a Canadian citizen and black, was stopped by U.S. police for no apparent reason. He happened to be a successful person who was driving a Maserati at the time and several cops approached him with guns drawn and the usual Stormtrooper {Nazi} screaming of orders. Was this an example of "Probable Cause" or "Reasonable Suspicion" ? Just today a cop in California was shot in the arm by a suspect who fled. When he is enviably found, police vigilante "justice" would be predictable - or a huge sentence. What happens when a cop murders an unarmed {usually black} person ?

@MartintheTinman 9 ай бұрын

They get extra Doughnuts

@blackfreud9048 Жыл бұрын

I thought 'ignorance of the law was not a defense! Negligence is criminality in lethal situations.....

@fernly2 Жыл бұрын

TY, Beautiful Chris, for having this great truthteller on . I’ve ordered her book and tried to review. Law and order must be funded including the best training to help our citizens. Lately a couple police officers found an unconscious man under a park table near me. They roused him, asked if he was OK and left. No evidence of knowing how to help an injured man. I am simply floored at the level of competence.

@joeanthony7759 Жыл бұрын

You mean "incompetence". But cops aren't supposed to be social workers. However, that does not excuse the fact that many lack intelligence and decency. Both attributes would go a long way if they were required attributes for becoming a police officer.

@jean6453 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I learned a lot from this conversation. Thank you both so much ! How are we ever going to fix this mess? I am not hopeful.

@katiekane5247 Жыл бұрын

I maintain it's economic forces that drive the cop safety above all else. Cop gets hurt, insurance pays. Civilian, doubtful there's even a lawsuit, if the victim recovers anything, it comes out of tax funds. Can we not see how this affects training, policy & outcomes? Now with military equipment & attitude, we've become the enemy.

@nopt1118 Жыл бұрын

They've "served" in Iraq, Afghanistan etc, they tortured, killed, they are tainted and psychologically sick. They bring this violence back home. They are given battle-grade weapons to police the population. They have immunity. They can do as they please.

@hungmeow8284 Жыл бұрын

Yes if you don’t belong to either major party you are also considered a domestic enemy. The democrats consider Trump supporters like some of my relatives who are Asian and veterans like myself as DOMESTIC enemies. I was a victim of the feds and these cowards like DHS and FBI visited me Jan 2021 and Mar 2022 over speech on youtube over NAZI JOE BIDEN and democrats. I am a combat retired disabled veteran that lives 2 hrs from the cities in the mountains of Idaho. I left CA to get away from the police state only to end up in another police state. I went from a blue to s red state. Both parties red and blue love their FASCIST POLICE. The feds tried to tie me with Jan 6 which was started by democrats under Pelosi. I don’t belong to either party and I do not protest and I have not left Idaho since moving here in 2018 as of Mar 2022. I never been to the North East Coast like DC. CAN YOU SEE THE FASCISM in the courts and their police? This is NAZI GERMANY we have been living the past 30 yrs even though it started in 1871

@gortnicktu3177 Жыл бұрын

To understand just how out of control the police/community disfunction is, consider the case of a smaller rural, low-crime locality with serious homeless/housing problems amidst budget shortfalls. The median income in that community mostly matches th national average. The police are paid three times the median, until recently when the conservative city council approved a 20% pay increase. None of this redounds to the community's benefit and yet there it is.

@dansonthetube Жыл бұрын

Another excellent CHR for TRNN 👏

@gregoryjarvis000 8 ай бұрын

Why do our politicians keep turning a blind eye and deaf ear towards this terrible policing problem in America?

@AlternativeHomesteading 9 ай бұрын

Excellent interview. Thank you.

@darrell8167 Жыл бұрын

The question is is why has the cops been allowed to even go this far who told him that it's okay to act this way towards the citizens to begin with

@streetwisepioneers4470 Жыл бұрын

Group dynamics.

@TENNSUMITSUMA 11 ай бұрын

@@streetwisepioneers4470explain!

@MartintheTinman 9 ай бұрын

Watch the video and listen to what was said

@regcrowder9010 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Well done. 😊

@johnanderson591 11 ай бұрын

The old , poor , marginalized are always at a disantavantage. The powerful will never be treated like that. ..😮

@1Stonerock 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is a far greater problem than most people know. Too many people become cops for the wrong reasons.

@boombot934 Жыл бұрын

Thank❤🌹🙏 you, Joanna Schwartz and Chris Hedges! System is rotten to the bone😢

@davidwillis5016 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the work you do OTVO

@averayugen7802 10 ай бұрын

Never knew this story, sure didn't learn it in junior high. Never learned it at all. But personally speaking ALL of them should be FIRED today. My life was ruined in 1986 by this CRIMINAL MOB and then the whole CRIMINAL diabolical system after I was a domestic violence crime victim

@OffShoreSniper 8 ай бұрын

Somehow got this in my recommendations. Glad I stuck it out. I like this lady. Very informative video.

@JD-yz4kr Жыл бұрын

In other words, in the American system, you have to be lawless to implement the law. You also have to wage war to obtain peace. Only rich men can solve the problems of the poor. Bad is good and good is bad.

@andrewsirkis9114 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and informative interview

@caliss5715 Жыл бұрын

People need instructions on how to file for 1983, etc.. Local complaints can go ignored, etc.. Where to get forms?

@daviscd6837 Жыл бұрын

This is the case for Defund The Police.

@ronniebuchanan6575 10 ай бұрын

We don't need to completely defund but overhaul training and the system do away with qualified immunity or make very stringent rules that can take away qualified immunity if they violate our rights or use excessive force.

@gordm3527 Жыл бұрын

Chris, you deserve a Pulitzer every year, even though that award and the Nobel are shams. I’m reminded of a Netflix series on Waco several years back (not the recent one). The police were moving in on the compound and the Captain was asked why they were being so heavy-handed? He replied: “In America the civilians outnumber law-enforcement 5000-1. If we don’t kick ass when we get the chance we’ll be overrun in a week.” Food for thought. Peace & blessings 🙏

@edmike54 9 ай бұрын

In order to get a conviction in cases that the cops lack enough evidence to get a guilty verdict they just lock a person up, wake them up day after day at 2am in the morning and just let them sit the whole day in a holding cell in an effort to break them down and in some instances they will juice up other inmates to click on them over and over until that person gets tired an just signs a plea deal just to get out of jail (many of whom are actually innocent of what they are being charged with) this is one of the main reasons they do not want people with a conviction on juries simply because those people know all the unlawful tricks the just-us system uses to obtain a conviction...

@BillyBasd 9 ай бұрын

Of course all that goes away if you can ransom yourself. Sorry post bail/bond

@karengrice2303 Жыл бұрын

We have the technology. Laws should be put into place to make body cameras mandatory for ALL police officers. When they were first rolled out, I thought that would happen but it hasn’t.

@michaelkay7999 8 ай бұрын

“If the individual is no longer sovereign, if the police can pick him up whenever they do not like the cut of his jib, if they can seize and search him at their discretion, we enter a new regime.” Justice as William O. Douglas’ words were prophetic. We are living in that new regime! We can be detained and or arrested for any reason or no reason at all.

@792slayer 9 ай бұрын

Lawsuit settlements should be paid from the police pension funds.

@darrell8167 Жыл бұрын

Well if this behavior from the police continues to get worse than I suggest that the citizens start arming themselves and protecting their rights as an American citizen with our constitution behind us

@hungmeow8284 Жыл бұрын

That is why you never obey any GUN LAWS or any laws that violate your BILL OF RIGHTS ( 10 ) and your CIVIL/HUMAN RIGHTS. You have an equal right to kill the police. The courts and governments gives special rights to police which is tyrrany and unconstitutional but the courts do not obey the US CONSTITUTION.

@johnanderson591 11 ай бұрын

Good luck 😮

@TENNSUMITSUMA 11 ай бұрын

I had to fast scroll for 60 seconds before finding this comment, the only solution that will work!

@darrell8167 11 ай бұрын

@@johnanderson591 you're a big wussy

@krischanlive 9 ай бұрын

She knows her stuff, very interesting, thanks yall

@jhwaaser Жыл бұрын

Royer v. Florida tightened up the ability to frisk. He can pat down to search for weapons but can NOT go through pockets or car without probable cause or a warrant!

@ciacutout Жыл бұрын

Based on the following models, BROWNSHIRTS and GERMAN STAZI

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

Correction: East German Stasi

@ciacutout Жыл бұрын

@@goldenvulture6818 Yes you are correct....A Nazi is still a Nazi, no matter how you spell it....And when they are done with the brownshirts....look what Adolphe did to the FIRST brown shirts....

@madcat61207 8 ай бұрын

When I heard her interview on NPR, I got Shielded on audiobooks, and then listened to it while driving. It was a great follow up to Rise of the Warrior Cop, Mafia Democracy, and 1984.

@helifynoe9930 8 ай бұрын

Imagine hopping from country to country as a huge vacation plan. When in the airplane about to leave one airport, you notice that the pilot and co-pilot are talking to passengers. So you ask the person sitting next to you, who seems to be from that country, what is going on. The person then informs you that here, in this country, the pilot and co-pilot select passengers who are then to fly the airplane. Immediately, you panic. The professionals are NOT going to fly the plane, but mere citizens will instead. Now picture yourself in court. You did NOT commit a crime, but here you are in court. Your lawyer, the pilot, supports you, but there is another lawyer, a suicidal co-pilot, who is against you. But not to worry, because the average inexperienced citizens, the jury, are going to fly your case.

@eric_a_ 9 ай бұрын

If an officer doesn't have probable cause how can they have reasonable suspicion

@charlenef.9055 9 ай бұрын

😢😢 thanks for sharing and showing light how powers versus powerful versus powerless all can swarm one another and a victor prevail once the dust settles.

@hassanal-mosawi4235 Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@denisconor648 9 ай бұрын

Great stuff.

@christopherjordan2890 9 ай бұрын

This is just disgusting how out of control this has gotten, and to think it all started with qualified immunity, the concept of frivolous lawsuits bankrupting poor officers just doing their job, when there has been no evidence to show that this was ever a possibility. And how it has grown into this huge machine since then - should make it very clear to every American that we live in a police state. I bet if the Supreme Court at the time knew it would become what it is today, they would all have taken a very different stance on qualified immunity. It is clear to any individual with common sense that at the very least these lawsuits should be coming out of the police budget, if not from the officers directly. Why should the taxpayers suffer, and especially those without political power as her work has shown, when often those are the communities being violated most often.

@Caffein780 8 ай бұрын

We need to change these laws. In the highest courts in the nation.

@brianjones7521 11 ай бұрын

good coverage

@Dave--FkTheDeepstate Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Liked! Shared! Commenting!

@JS-pe7uc Жыл бұрын

Theyd do well to remember that they aren't untouchable, and there's way more of us than them.

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

You meant to write "they'd"

@frankvandalen6524 Жыл бұрын

@Golden Vulture the apostrophe is understood to be there. Spell check isn't always what it is meant to be.

@ivandafoe5451 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately superior numbers are meaningless when all of the power and resources are in the hands of a legally protected minority.

@SLR777i Жыл бұрын

🌶️ Problem for you is that they're organised trained k¡||ers with bigger we@pons than you or us and they have qualified immunity from prosecution! Can you beat that? 🌶️2nd Ammendment's is a fanciful farce!

@barrysims9906 9 ай бұрын

Face it. They are out of control. We are screwed.

@MrLafrontera 9 ай бұрын

But no one brings these problematic problems to the presidential candidates on the debates! Why??

@TheLosrodri 9 ай бұрын

Nice to hear an actually nuanced discussion about such a nuanced topic which, despite having received a ton of attention in the last 5-10 years, nevertheless always seems to be disgustingly oversimplified, on BOTH sides.

@jeffreyjackson5229 9 ай бұрын

They have become that way because something big, really big, is coming, and the powers that be don't want the legal system to be enmeshed with litigation that will result when law enforcement has to use measures to quell it. This is bigger than what most think or know.

@mpetry912 Жыл бұрын

great discuss on a critically important topic. We'll never crack qualified immunity. What cities can do is deduct police use of force settlements from the police budget. Don't defund, just provide real motivation to do better and weed out "thumpers"

@SLR777i Жыл бұрын

🌶️They'll simply increase the budget to compensate for the increased payout. 🌶️So taxpayers will end up paying for their continued oppression. ❓What's the solution when the cops who are supposed to protect you become public enemy terrorist with Qualified Immunity?

@ComradeBeer Жыл бұрын

In Colorado they can lose qualified immunity

@chgojack1 8 ай бұрын

So true. I'm a disabled veteran. My neighbor's dog had bitten. When I complained, my neighbor ruined my life. His son in law is a Shitcago cop, they put me under false arrest 3 times, had the cops beat me, had me evicted, drove me to homelessness. I lost most of my possessions. It was a nightmare

@donniekraus1273 9 ай бұрын

Not for long The people WILL rise up🇺🇸

@n0rg 8 ай бұрын

Compared to your tirade on Late Night Comedians, I can really support this take on police abuse. They really need to be held accountable like the rest of us.

@n0rg 8 ай бұрын

Also, the police are virtually the only org that removes someone from service with paid leave during an investigation. No other company I know does that. Some of these recent cases where someone is said to have done something (remember innocent until proven guilty) are fired before an investigation ensues because of fear.

@ronrhea2001 9 ай бұрын

Only an insane, sick,, and evil society would protect roaming Gestapo soldiers to have so much protection that they must practically go on a mass murder spree to be held accountable.

@gordongarrett6229 9 ай бұрын

End Qualified Immunity for government thugs and hold them accountable for crimes against innocent citizens. Overturn Terry v Ohio as well. We The People Insist.

@john_cockpit 9 ай бұрын

I think the judge could have been more kind and say; god bless you to

@mikecorbeil Жыл бұрын

Very good, and scary. There is really nothing new about it, but it is absurd.

@dashboardkid21 Жыл бұрын

"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses!" Rage Agaist the Machine!

@lisaharrison5274 Жыл бұрын

I love Rage Against the Machine ☺️✌️

@jupitercyclops6521 Жыл бұрын

While that is true, & RAM has been calling in us yo "wake up" , "know your enemy" & "take the power back", the problem oday isn't so much cops being kkk members & even racist. Most police will violate citizens rights eegardless of skin color. This making it about race is something that the establishment spends a lot of resources on. If we are ever going to take the power back, we have to stand united for one another's rights. We have stand up for each other, including the rights of those we dont agree with. Right vs left & race have been used to divide us for too long. We must abandon the 2 parties. Neither represents the people. We must see ourselves & each other as Americans 1st. Not black Americans, white Americans Asian, Spanish speaking,...... We must see ourselves as American citizens

@goldenvulture6818 Жыл бұрын

Prosecutors have even greater immunity. Their immunity makes police immunity look insignificant. More police officers of whatever rank/title have been charged and tried for committing professional misconduct than prosecutors for committing professional misconduct.

@SLR777i Жыл бұрын

Of course, having Absolute Immunity, prosecutors are absolved from litigation absolutely! Qualified Immunity corrupts and Absolute Immunity corrupts ABSOLUTELY!

@mgu1N1n1 Жыл бұрын

Men, do not hesitate for one moment to put a restraining order against your female partner if you feel your safety and health is in jeopardy. Placing a permanent restraining order on my female partner was absolutely the wisest protective move of my adult lifetime. My only regret is not doing it years earlier. Men, be safe!

@TENNSUMITSUMA 11 ай бұрын

*AMEN!* (Just need you to repeat what you said, but say it into this 📢 pointed at this 🎤, thanks!)

@TI.T.O 9 ай бұрын

They said that she would be the death of me and she did play a role in my upcoming homicide but its the police who are trying to kill me

@KEITHHAYES001 9 ай бұрын

Anybody see the protesters at Black Rock, arrested for blocking a road being given their Miranda rights? Me neither.

@montanamayfield 9 ай бұрын

I have an indepth case study for the writer/ professor I will send her. This case spans 5 years investigating the Washington State police and how WSP handled a legitimate false arrest claim from a citizen.

@uradragon 10 ай бұрын

There is in place an American Stasi, the Patriot Act opened the door for such an organization. It is modeled after the East German Stasi and there is no problem finding recruits. A democracy would find little use for such, however an authoritarian regime would find it invaluable for containment and control. There is the added effect of the shredding of trust that helps to break down society. It is in place and has been for some time. 24/7 internet and phone.

@harrietjohnson1930 8 ай бұрын

Lord help us. 🙏🏾

@dahui2085 9 ай бұрын

Listening to this tells me, we the people have no real recourse. It scares me.

@ubermenschen3636 Жыл бұрын

To be concise, the law is 42 USC §1983.

@marionmarcetic7287 8 ай бұрын

I Agree Completely With Joanna Schwartz!!! Having Had A Few Negative Experience's With PD Department's Myself.🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🗽‼️

@user-zs4jn4yx3w Ай бұрын

The supreme court,all courts' ruling must use the Constitution as THE base for ruling not their whim

@janetbusener6634 8 ай бұрын

File charges against violent cops with the local DA office.

@SkullyTheHypnoSkull Жыл бұрын

No comment. KZfaq threatens me over my rando comments and the USA does not protect my speech, so I won't share my opinion.

@painkillerjones6232 9 ай бұрын

The judge is right!! I guess our mayor thinks she is above the law..And By the way, when has Planned Parenthood EVER helped anyone plan for parenthood???