Hard-Wire: Law Of The Gun | Documentary

American police chiefs have been to Scotland to learn new techniques in how to avoid shooting violent suspects.
As numerous fatal police confrontations cause public anger across the US, officers are rethinking when, and how, they use force.
In 2015, police in the US shot and killed around 1,000 civilians, many of them unarmed.
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[@tomaszstarling]

I'm in Colorado, I was a cop for less then six months before I resigned, now I'm a paramedic, I couldn't justify it in my head that I might shoot someone, I decided to take a pay cut and try to save lives instead.

[@River-pg1uk]

That is truely inspiring my friend

[@airindiana]

Good on Chuck for thinking outside the box and looking to UK. It’s burying pride to learn from experiences.

[@bone12340]

Makes me proud to be Scottish seeing how our police can effectively handle such dangerous situations so professionally.

[@DOMiNOUKAE]

Max Bone Scottish pd please come to NYC and train the nypd please.....

[@hebmacman3788]

The thing is that the Scottish Police are FAR less likely to come across an ARMED perpetrator!... US cops aren't supposed to use their guns unless lives are in danger...

[@TheGunrunn3r]

Really? When? Last time y'all "handled a situation effectively" was with Billy Wallace.

[@markrigsby2107]

Max Bone This a black thing, DO NOT, get it ,Twisted.

[@CoolArrow78233]

Scottish wouldn’t last in the US

[@Davefacestation]

Sky News should do interviews with the US and UK officers now, see where they are. How they respond to the current situation.

[@jkg466]

At least some of the American cops are willing to learn how to do things differently.

[@thebeast9869]

No its just dumb or racist cops shooting unarmed or people running away to death i could understand if they shot them once in the leg because the cops are fat lazy pigs who can't be bothered running

[@Davefacestation]

Did they learn though, or has it only got worse?

[@2011blueman]

29:21 Her mentality is the problem in a nutshell. Police in the US train with the mentality that shooting the suspect isn't an issue as long as there is even the vaguest threat. Shooting should be their last resort, but in the US they train so that shooting is their first resort.

[@Davefacestation]

That's not her mentality, she's pointing out the way she was trained. The attitude of the force and I completely agree that it's the issue but it's not her saying that's the way she feels or acts. If anything I would read this as a realisation for her of what is wrong and speaking out.

[@helene4397]

From Finnish point-of-view police in United States get alarmingly little amount of education before they get to the field. In here future police studies 3 years and gets a bachelor degree.

[@chrissharp6733]

"talk to the psychologist" great job Chuck

[@Davefacestation]

I actually think that was a good thing. Chuck isn't a trained psychologist, he had no means to offer counseling or perhaps answer medical questions this suspect had. I think he could have been more tactful and I hope he followed up by making arrangements for that psychologist once they reached the station but who knows.

[@dannymcphee8743]

I've noticed that the cops always seem to mention the danger to them before they mention the danger to the public. Maybe that's just Americans, they all think about themselves first

[@sharpienate]

It's not selfishness per-se. It's just a different paradigm. American policing isn't about law and order, it's about fear and power. Just start looking at American police as an occupying anti-insurgency paramilitary force across all 50 states. The US military tried similar strategy in the middle east over the last 20 years. They used overwhelming military power against the slightest perceived threat to their personal safety while also trying to "win hearts and minds" of the locals. That model is exactly what American cops do. American citizens are the occupied local populace who must be placated, contained, and pacified with military grade precision. Any resistance is interpreted as a threat to their safety (aka power).

[@foleyansah]

Damn! America looking kinda scary these days.

[@DMWBN3]

XXX look at it now in 2020.

[@dax421]

These days? This is the USA we’re talking about it’s been scary since the day it was colonised and hasn’t stopped since. From slavery to the opioid epidemic. It’s one national emergency from becoming a dystopia

[@Davefacestation]

How is it looking now?

[@hekasoram]

same in 1800s

[@SuperMichelleDJ]

As for the argument about crims having access to guns so good people should have them too. That's really fucked up! Australian criminals have guns too but the rest of us chucks a bail and calls police so they can deal with it. If people can do so, sometimes gunmen are disarmed, but other than that most honest people run from the scene before reporting the criminal gunmen. That would be more sensible wouldn't it? Oh, hang on, this is a new concept I assume... Oh right?

[@Veprem]

If someone breaks into my home with a gun, why would I call the cops instead of arming myself? So they can find my corpse and file a report?

[@airindiana]

Just thinking they might have been better going to Northern Ireland as the similarities are closer to the States, in that all PSNI officers are armed. Yet similarly to England, Scotland and Wales the amount of people killed during Police interaction is very low. (I’m talking nowadays not the troubles)

[@Davefacestation]

For sure and I think this needed to be not a one off but an ongoing series of connections and communication. Maybe they did later and it wasn't filmed.

[@willmusgrave8909]

The UK police wouldn't just walk away from somebody swinging a hatchet!

[@kills26]

ikr, that was weird. Maybe they should start with baby steps and just not shoot the people who are running away from them in the back.

[@8aleph]

No they wouldn't walk away, they would run

[@l337pwnage]

The U.K. police do refuse to take reports from rape victims, tho, that's been proven.

[@coreywilliams1454]

They do, it is procedure to contain the suspect but give them space and not get close.

[@markpointer2967]

l337pwnage What’s rhat got to do with anything???

[@melissadouglas570]

It’s about a disrespect for police. There’s a pecking order for the preservation of life. I’m just being honest. -The Problem with Police in America (they just don’t get it)

[@Optatius]

Any time a hear a british narrator on a "documentary" about guns I instantly expect a bias film.

[@f11122]

The brits hate guns. It's not part of their culture.

[@joseCalderon1976]

RowdyRides Me too! They are so obsessed with the US gun laws.

[@howardg93]

true indeed i used to laugh, when i used to hear Piers Morgan talk that gun control nonsense.

[@craigcharles5523]

yep their pussys

[@DMWBN3]

craig charles coming from someone calling a race pussies because we do not carry guns, who's they pussy??

[@l_m9494]

There's Bad apples in everything. Simple as that, Nothing will change because we are humans.

[@Davefacestation]

Very true but a rotten apple can turn a whole batch if left unchecked.

[@joshlineham8291]

Don't use our uk police as a example of bad police because we're not trigger happy

[@GreatBigRanz]

No national standards. Except for maybe the Bill of Rights, there is no national set of laws to govern how police forces operate.

[@Davefacestation]

It's a huge problem, the variety of laws in general causes constant argument and division as well as confusion.

[@vickygreen8275]

Just an observation - there seems to be rather a culture of good guys/bad guys in the US?

[@BreezyE-d3n]

Yea, bad guy, seems like an infantile way to talk about a suspect. Its an over simplification of the situation, its divisive and automatically casts the suspect as guilty, when one in 5 killed by US cops are mentally ill. Both the cops and the black community seem to have a simplistic, hyper macho, school mentality which they're both paying the price for.

[@johnrice1943]

Human rights? What about my right to life?

[@technology_pro]

They got a job that pumps their adrenalin period.. Now they have rules its changing their attitude..

[@Davefacestation]

Is it changing it for the better though?

[@jamesrunions4553]

He took 2 steps and on his 2nd foot placement the officer fired his first shot

[@Davefacestation]

It's pure madness isn't it.

[@PackMan-t7c]

They should warn people that they should comply with police if they are innocent and don't want to die?

[@williambehan4546]

Good job the cameras are there otherwise they would be dead.

[@steveolto9805]

America has a deep-rooted societal problem, Scotland does not so much

[@Davefacestation]

Scotland has its own issues, societal and deeply rooted. The old firm being a prime example. The difference between american gang culture and UK football culture is gun regulation.

[@spencercodona2266]

Has American police not heard of peper spray and baton

[@tanakafupa4255]

Exactly the British are very affective without using guns

[@chrisbrownaz]

They have both of those too, and tasers. Our police are well-armed.

[@chownful]

American police are trained to think that every single person could be trying to kill them at any second so they are trained to treat the citizens that way. Since police deal with criminals on a daily basis, they begin to actually believe that the every citizen they officially contact might be just waiting to kill them at any moment. It's not so much a race issue as it is a law enforcement training issue.

[@aspire550z]

kah kah kah......

[@akfanfortyseven8375]

monday morning quarterback

[@doseanator3]

At max....

[@Jivvyy]

I want to know why your son was running from the police?

[@morganveitch1422]

does it matter?

[@Jivvyy]

@@morganveitch1422 yes it does. Don't run from the police. Nothing good can come from that.

[@morganveitch1422]

@@Jivvyy doesn't justiy shooting him. if that happened in the uk there'd be a national outrage and inquiry

[@BreezyE-d3n]

@@morganveitch1422 yea, but to run away from US police as a black dude at night, wtf did he think would happen. Can't have been the sharpest tool in the box.

[@khaiserfan]

ya know we have all these , tv shows about what police do,.. they know they are being filmed, .. try filming them with hidden camera,s,...

[@Davefacestation]

Why bother? They just turn them off...

[@CybertronGangsta]

maybe if they behaved like the rest of us, nobody would get shot

[@neighbor9672]

They don't have the skills to do so.

[@kentereau6017]

I'd like to know where these reporters got their information. Seems slanted.

[@Davefacestation]

Which information specifically?

[@jasminejeanine2239]

COPS ALWAYS label anyone who speaks up OR stands up for their rights as anti cop. However standing up for MY rights is standing up for EVERYONE'S rights including THEIRS. I actually have a MAJOR soft spot for police which is why I've dated a cop, trooper, MP, military detective, and THEY taught me about their tactics AND my rights.

[@jamesrunions4553]

Just be NICE to people

[@Davefacestation]

It helps in de-escalation so much. So so much, being genuine and trying to communicate solves so many issues in policing.

[@Quach7]

Be nice. Until it is time not to be nice. - Road House.

[@louisjohnson7441]

He didn't have a gun and the came 21ft to him he didn't come to them

[@tac6557]

Gotta love how these "Innocents" wont comply with lawful orders.

[@Davefacestation]

Ronald Johnson's car was shot at by an unknown person or persons. When the unmarked police officer tried to pull him over, he flead. Why? Only he knows that because they shot him in the back. My logic would be if someone had been shooting at me, and then someone tried to stop and detain me that they were back to finish the job. It costs next to nothing to put a flashing light in your car. This officer charged to protect and serve the public, shot an unarmed man in the back. He killed someone, for running.

[@neighbor9672]

They do not have the skills to do so.

[@VitalyMack]

There should be a law, where if someone challenges a police officer with a hatchet, the officer should produce his own hatchet and engage in one on one combat. But I do recommend testing this in Great Britain first, since the "bobbies" seem to handle themselves so much better there, and then train our American police force on the best technique.

[@webtoedman]

VitalyMack The objective is to enforce the law, not to give criminals an equal opportunity.

[@rushokim]

Hahaha hand to hand combat huh

[@staceysibert3730]

VitalyMack the funny thing is is when are police used to use batons or even the taser instead of the bullet they got criticized for that as well take somebody down with a baton or to hit him with that taser so no matter what they're going to lose. The same ones that are protesting now we're the same ones protesting about the use of the Baton and the taser before police officers and those neighborhoods should just leave the neighborhood seems how they're not wanted.

[@Quach7]

I have the same idea. But there is one problem. Swords have been extinct since the invention of the gun. We would have to go back to the Highlander stuffs. We would have to relearn to fight with swords again.

[@abigailwalsh191]

its as if they want to kill criminals. no man or woman has the right to take a persons life only god does AND i dont even believe in god!

[@donrussell8889]

pos's who attack others should be made dead, ASAP. Who needs them? good riddance!

[@Davefacestation]

@@donrussell8889 we have laws, regulations and justice systems in place for a reason. This sort of escalation is exactly why the police have had free reign to commit these acts of murder.

[@DMWBN3]

Few years old this is now....things gave gotten worse here in England & in USA.

[@lilyzotou3616]

Tulliallan is not in England. It's in Scotland, where the police are trained differently to those in England

[@ResistTheNonsense]

My question is why was he running?

[@DOMiNOUKAE]

Patent Arms running is not punishable by death.

[@ResistTheNonsense]

They are NOT the law abiding citizens. Typo.

[@Davefacestation]

Ronald Johnson's car was shot at by an unknown person or persons. When the unmarked police officer tried to pull him over, he flead. Why? Only he knows that because they shot him in the back. My logic would be if someone had been shooting at me, and then someone tried to stop and detain me that they were back to finish the job. It costs nex tto nothing to put a flashing light in your car.

[@ChicagoGuerrillaJournalist]

No need for probable cause? Good the gun is taken off the street, not good cop doesn't have probable cause to stop in first place.

[@forensicwow1639]

Chicago Guerrilla Journalist probable cause because no front license plate

[@lowmansdue]

That's a laugh..... Most officers here don't confront a suspect 20 at a time....nor do must departments have the shear numbers to send 20 out together on every patrol

[@Davefacestation]

Most police in the UK patrol in units of 2.

[@webtoedman]

The public gets the police forces it deserves.

[@Davefacestation]

No, they don't. Nobody deserves to be shot for suspicion of committing a crime. The police force are servants of the community and protectors of those people within it. They are there to uphold the values of the uniform.

[@EpicThe112]

This style of Training by UK Scotland Police should be included in the George Floyd Justice bill including the end of Qualified Immunity

[@Geek_San]

I have the solution! Why don't cops carry that bullet proof glass shield that swat uses, when they pull people over for traffic tickets that way there less stressful for both parties

[@jonnyg9330]

Republican Geek they cost $2k a piece

[@Davefacestation]

@@jonnyg9330 less than most firearms and most police units already have them in stock for riots.

[@jonnyg9330]

@@Davefacestation riot shields and ballistic shields are two different things. Ar15s are about $1000 and glocks are $500. Once a ballistic shield is shot they’re trash like a vet. It’s very impractical is what I’m trying to get at. There are very few shootings where the people are following directions and get shot. Usually somebody got a warrant and trying to drive through a cop, or digging through their console or pockets. Honestly why aren’t we asking people to act right, why is that so hard not to have a knife fight out in the yard, and why expect a cop not to shoot 😂

[@anthonywyma6492]

Let's compare Chicago and how the Scottish police do thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏻

[@steveolto9805]

Couldn't Obama have improved this situation a bit during his 8-year reign? Just a little bit?

[@staceysibert3730]

Steve Olto he could have but instead he decided to see how much more he could fan the Flames of hate and incite the riots by claiming every officer-involved shooting was racist motivated even before any evidence was gathered this is his legacy.

[@iriscollins7583]

@@staceysibert3730 Of what I've read anything that Obama tried to do was blocked by the Republicans. They quite openly even said they would do this.

[@Davefacestation]

The US political system is highly complex but in short. He made efforts in that direction but was blocked by republican lawmakers. Manny of the actions a president can and will take is to make advisories. They are not dictators who can impose will over all. Beyond federal changes there are so many specific state changes needing done on that state level that reform by one office even the office of the president is extremely difficult. With a current democratic majority in both house and senate it may be possible Biden can make more dramatic change but I think he's aiming for a change in the overall method of politics more. Aiming to reach a point where there's less division and more compromise.

[@Davefacestation]

@@staceysibert3730 which statement from Obama was that from?

[@TheRedrooster72]

1000 killed...1 in 10 unarmed. Are we talking about 100 people? With all of the interactions with police across the country...100 people?

[@Davefacestation]

Irrelevant. One needless death from a police officer is one too many and there are well over 100 daily.

[@steveolto9805]

it's not really fair to compare Scotland with the black Suburbs of Chicago, is it. I would much rather be a cop in Scotland and deal with a few drunks or an occasional Islamic Machete wielding dude.

[@BreezyE-d3n]

SCOTLAND is the assault capital of the world according to new United Nations statistics. The shocking data shows that we are more likely to be the victims of a physical attack than any other country. Scotland fared worse than notorious crime hotspots such as Mexico, Colombia and El Salvador. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes report claimed Scotland is the world leading location for attacks resulting in “serious bodily injury”. Nearly 1,200 people per 100,000 were assaulted in 2013. The figure is more than double the rate in England and seven times the average for the rest of the world combined. The UN research looked at more than 80 countries including rich and poor nations in North and South America, Africa and Asia

[@markrigsby2107]

This black woman says, nothing about the black on black, shootings, in her hood.

[@Davefacestation]

Is an excuse used by people who do not know the statistics and without a comprehension that this black woman is paying these cops to keep her and her family safe. Not shoot them in the back.

[@jolandaraimann8509]

Law to kill

[@nmarbletoe8210]

police and civilians are less violent than ever before in history. we live in a golden age but we complain about the glare.

[@DOMiNOUKAE]

N Marbletoe one "glare" is all it takes to take your life...nobody wants to die. "glares" are important.

[@codex_logos]

Glares don't kill ppl, rappers do..

[@Davefacestation]

So we should stop evolving and growing, stop improving and trying to be better?

[@ianjuneau7022]

Guys here from tyt?

[@DanRobards]

yup

[@stanleyparrish6733]

AMERICAN LIVES MATTER

[@sonyaalpio8266]

Criminal Sonya

[@masumasamooo2493]

Why would they get a guy with a blocked nose to narrate this? Ruins the whole thing!

[@WHATITDEW69]

Britain is a good example of police using non-deadly force. Oh wait police in Britain are arming their police force more and more. That's weird...

[@staceysibert3730]

Luke Rogerson yeah and the terrorist threat level over there is the fault of a government is sold out its own people. But they want us to do the same thing but a bunch of terrorist in over here so that we can suffer just like they do over there

[@ksteve9807]

I dont understand why American are stuck on gun

[@hornet76football85]

Bc guns r y we r still here

[@Davefacestation]

Fear and ego.

[@akfanfortyseven8375]

Hey! Guys. Check it out. There are so many enlightened people regarding police and guns in the comments below! ( I was laying the sarcasm pretty thick on that one)

[@BreezyE-d3n]

I guess a lot of people live in countries that have crime and police in them

[@MrPoisony]

11:22 Logic. Nothing else. I wish we had more liberal gunlaws in Sweden. Also wish I could move to the US.

[@MrPoisony]

I agree with him 100%

[@johnrice1943]

Try Switzerland. Great gun laws.

[@CaptainCocaine]

7:50 - Why does his gun only carry 8 rounds? What 21st century duty weapon only carries 8 rounds? He should have at least 12 rounds. Though 15 would be optimal.

[@hornet76football85]

Sadpants McGee he probably had a 1911 a great handgun but it is a handgun cops have rifles bc it is a better tool for a job that no one wants to do but may have to u have a handgun for when u dont thank something going to happen but may happen rifle is for when u know someone has a weapon or has some one hostage

[@CaptainCocaine]

I've never heard of a cop in the 21st century carrying a 1911

[@TaskMaster2006]

Clean up the streets

[@Davefacestation]

Protect and serve.

[@joseCalderon1976]

I don't know about this. Two countries that are 3000 miles away from each other are very different. It's an European accent, so this means it's somehow anti gun more than anything.

[@CrimsonGuard1992]

25:48 Actually, police can shot someone in the back if it is "reasonable" or probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. (Tennessee v. Garner). So the issue is if it was "reasonable" for the officer to have shot the fleeing suspect in the back and if that suspect posed a serious threat to officers or others.

[@lukelee8934]

Y'all killt my son my son bc he was a thug how about that. Thats more like the truth

[@nicholaswoolfenden5254]

British are too soft. And Australia despite being armed with glock 9mm pistols. Need to get in quicker. Armed plainclothes everywhere or let civilians carry. Don't expect them to die waiting.

[@charsal3194]

More low-grade whining

[@bobbylove3647]

Have to tickle black man feet from now on 😆

[@bluecollarnobody4217]

blue lives matter hands up or they might shoot

[@seanberthiaume8240]

don't break the law

[@lumiere4460]

Every horrific people say about police officers is true. I hope they're successful in changing it though; that outcome would lead to the most good.

[@dagucka]

"Out in the field" the us police is thinking and therefore actong like they are in a war and every non-cop is an enemy and not even human.

[@steveolto9805]

Maybe cops should carry 21 foot whips

[@Davefacestation]

haha I think our local lot would be more likely to put an eye out.

[@PackMan-t7c]

They should probably just warn people they might die if they FAAFO when they see the flashy lights...

[@steveolto9805]

send a handful of Scottish Police officers into the American hoods to deal with sickos who hammer a hatchet against the doors and windows in front of them.

[@Asghaad]

dont forget to ship those cops with body bags they will be coming back home in ...

[@smile4dflash779]

10:50, this officer is a drone. There is no war on police. The most dangerous time to be a police officer in the US was the early 70s. Where police were actually hunted. Shot, stabbed and even bombed. The media fuels this pro police propaganda while this is the safest time to be a police officer. This officer obviously doesn't know the history of his profession. To add, the Police in California are the highest paid in the US. They average six figure salaries, state paid life insurance and top notch medical. So, no, there isn't a war on police.

[@valentines969]

Why is the lgbt flag in the protest ?

[@markkkwall]

These scottish cops would not last one minute using these tactics in oakland or detroit or chicago.

[@MarineAqua45]

mark wall They wouldn’t use those tactics in Oakland, they’d use tactics used by the Royal Ulster Constabulary & the later PSNI. This force is routinely-armed.

[@williambehan4546]

The cops will never find cops guilty

[@damaged05170]

How many American cops does it take to corner a guy with a hatchet ON the roof?

[@Nwolf1840]

I hope that these American cops who go to the UK don't come back home wanting to arrest people for posting offensive things online, or ignoring criminal rape gangs.

[@lilyzotou3616]

not the UK - Scotland. Scotland trains their police differently to the way England does

[@ashleyradwell709]

the police In the US the madoraty of the police are poorly trained and are not given conflict solution skills, and many become stressed from aggressive people and many are shot without been armed and not just a few times up to 10 round's, also they always choose lethal rather then the taser they all have...

[@staceysibert3730]

I want to Believe but they have been charged with brutality when they have used their tasers just like when they used to use the Baton to disarm somebody or to take them to the ground no matter what choice they choose people in the neighborhood always starts screaming brutality or excessive force.

[@petersymons9912]

A good person should not have a gun

[@JustAGuy93-G]

I must be terrible then. I own 7

[@Alan-jb3hg]

he can do it but we can't do it is his thoughts

[@tigern_i_f_rimeri6069]

❤❤ Scotland...EU police...we can call us very lucky having such a police here...

[@meliqase006]

we should send these guys to iraq or Afghanistan instead of the military

[@glockthirtyfive7617]

they should have tranq guns

[@Davefacestation]

Pointless, take too long to activate in the bloodstream that's why we use tasers. Tasers are also less likely to cause fatal damage.

[@ryanvargas4889]

@ least that cop was woke on the gun laws.

[@markrigsby2107]

Always, in the BLACK ,hood!

[@Jsfun]

And the comments, as usual, are utter cancer.

[@markrigsby2107]

Remember, 21 feet, is a Threat.

[@Davefacestation]

No, it isn't. Unfortunately the perpetuation of this old boys club rule throughout US policing is a virus.

[@mathewashley06]

Too bad this woman didn't teach her best friend/son not to threaten or be dangerous toward police officers

[@Davefacestation]

Ronald Johnson's car was shot at by an unknown person or persons. When the unmarked police officer tried to pull him over, he flead. Why? Only he knows that because they shot him in the back. My logic would be if someone had been shooting at me, and then someone tried to stop and detain me that they were back to finish the job. It costs next to nothing to put a flashing light in your car. He was no threat and was running away.

[@realitychess2747]

Trigger happy cops

[@11B30Inf]

What about trigger happy criminals? Well cherry boy?

[@petebromleyBromers]

What about a society that arms criminals?

[@petebromleyBromers]

***** America, due to the 2nd amendment, arms criminals and that is why the police and the population are scared and paranoid!

[@petebromleyBromers]

It is very true, as America is the only industrialised country with a written constitution and the only country that justifies death and destruction that take place, with a constitution that clearly needs to be brought into the 21st century!

[@petebromleyBromers]

Why would I want to move to another country..I'm quite happy where I am thanks, in a place that is not stuck in the past, with an uncodified constitution and seems to take pleasure in killing others!

[@justanothercayleb820]

If people would just comply with police authority and bring their complaints to court like civilized people. Shootings would not be as common.

[@seanberthiaume8240]

That Baltimore "chief" is an anti gun socialist johnson haha!

[@TruckerGlass]

Whatever.