“We’ve Created the Conditions For This Kind of Police Brutality” | Amanpour and Company

[@Shelora]

In America, “Happiness is a warm gun.” I am Canadian. I personally had a conversations with an American who could not understand “why, after coming here for thirty years, I STILL cannot bring my GUNS into Canada to go skiing at Whistler.” I asked this person why he needed his guns in order to ski. He looked at me like the answer was so obvious I must be crazy. Then, realizing I was a Canadian, he explained. “I’ve already killed one of them and the other one will be on a colostomy bag for life.” I was shocked. This man was boasting that he had murdered one human being and maimed another. Terror sank like a stone in the pit of my stomach. I was shaking inside as I forced myself to ask him , “Why?” “They were jacking my car!” He spoke with pride, as if it were obvious that the value of a car (which can be replaced,) is clearly far more precious than that of two sub-human lives, that his vigilante murder were justified as some kind of moral victory over evil. His smug, self-righteousness attitude told me everything I didn’t want to know about the level to which the soul of our neighbours to the south has sunk. By the way, last spring after a rare mass shooting in Nova Scotia, our Prime Minister banned the purchase, sake or possession of ALL Automatic weapons in Canada.

[@debragalvin7711]

It is an American obsession.

[@mytwocents848]

Thank you for that. Most Americans agree with you. But the extremists demand their right to carry automatic weapons and their right wing politicians support them. I am 74 and have never owned or used a gun, nor did I ever feel I needed to. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to have an automatic weapon.

[@debragalvin7711]

@@mytwocents848 I grew up in a house of policemen and hunters who had great respect for the consequences of guns. That seems not to be the case now. It is very disturbing.

[@abocas]

I suddenly wonder, being European and a civilian with no right to carry or own guns, ...... is there any other nation than the US on this planet where you can carry weapons and in plain view? Let alone automatic or semi-automatic weapons? (And I only know those words from listening to news, documentaries and movies from the US. Never hear those words in my country. It is simply not a "thing" here).

[@debragalvin7711]

@@abocas Unless a nation is at war or very unstable, most countries do not have the gun problem the US has. It is way past time for regulation to take guns from the child like people who treat them as toys. Our Constitution actually calls for well regulated, but the grown up boys and girls who view them as toys or status throw tantrums anytime reasonable adults suggest regulation. They misinterpret the Constitution to keep their toys.

[@Noms_Chompsky]

Power corrupts, qualified immunity corrupts absolutely

[@davepearrell9512]

One of the most effective moves for cleaning up the state sanctioned terror will be qualified immunity. Every day this protection of legal psychopathy is in effect, the citizens are at risk from protected criminals doing whatever they want

[@LN-fi1nf]

Absolutely, yes.

[@davidp4192]

@@davepearrell9512 yeah exactly right that would clean up almost all of it but not ever bit.

[@karlkilcrease51]

You're absolutely correct about qualified immunity, however the attitude is a hold over from the Slave Patrols. White supremacy has created the Frankenstein monster; now the monster is lose in the community and its creator can't recall it, or doesn't want to recall it.

[@colesrk]

All Americans should be focused on ending qualified immunity as the first step in restructuring police. Asking for more training, more funding, more psych evals, etc will do nothing to change if police cannot be held accountable for their actions. Everyone should have ending qualified immunity as the first deal breaker for any potential political candidate. Anyone that runs for anything the first question is "Will you work to end qualified immunity on day 1 and each day until it is removed?" Any response that is not an immediate "Yes" will not get a vote....period.

[@gingw7333]

Until police departments stop hiring officers with a history of violence elsewhere there will be no progress on this issue, also.

[@cherylbristol5144]

The police department has to stop hiring non educated wytes who think they are supreme and train them to be killers. More social workers and should be hired by the community to assist the communities who need assistance. Policies for the public has to provide equality for all. Until the system of the US stop seeing people of colour as someone to fear then there might be some social change.

[@mariarod6998]

Agree

[@LN-fi1nf]

More will just replace them. We need changes in the system, and as the professor said, investments in other types of organizations to help reduce socioeconomic inequality, to address local issues, and a reduction of 'gun love' culture, which overall creates a heightened threat to everyone, including police.

[@donnazukadley7300]

They add a majority of ex marines... militants... instead of those who need to serve and protect

[@LN-fi1nf]

@@donnazukadley7300 - This may seem unreal, but Supreme Court rulings, and lower court rulings, continue to find that police actually have NO constitutional duty to protect ANYONE not in their custody. This is a continuing and widely held misunderstanding that most of us have. If you Google it, you will find that police have no such duty to keep us from harm. It's eye opening.

[@johnpolion2011]

If the system's was holding the police accountable and responsible and putting them in jail they would stop cause lots of them would want to avoid jail The systems need to stop acquitted those bad apples

[@Goldenboy48]

Or ppl could stop resisting arrest

[@derice7375]

@@Goldenboy48 long that doesn't happen to a member of your family you would be more sensitive.that show how inhumane immoral you are .resisting to arrest doesn't justify you should kill someone neither.grow and learn to be a better human being if you want people treat you well.i hope god would forgive you but you don't deserve it.live with your heart be more compassionate and then you would always be blessed.

[@jb2736]

@@Goldenboy48 That just an excuse to murder people, we have seen the video of that lying narrative. Why not just police people that look like you.

[@Goldenboy48]

@@jb2736 If cops intent was to murder, they wouldn't bother giving aide after they shoot someone, shut up dummy

[@jb2736]

@@Goldenboy48 lol😂 I offend wonder why they would even take the time to offer resuscitation after shooting someone 4 times in the chest. I guest to them it looks good on camera...👀

[@briganja]

Y’all contact your senators and representatives to push for the inclusion of funds for local community orgs in the infrastructure bill! Also contact state level representatives and lobby with your friends for state funds for community orgs! Now is the time when there is increasing awareness about this issue.

[@tbell1698]

Sorry but without major restructuring first, community org funding will only increase corruption among those non-profits. There's virtually NO proper oversight and non-profits are by and large corrupt money pits that do not fulfill their mission.

[@briganja]

@@tbell1698 I support more regulation and oversight (which is already part of the grant application process but it could be broadened I suppose), but there are a lot of great community orgs that do the most they can with very limited financial resources. In my community we have a lot of great ones with great people, but also a few that are clearly used for tax evasion purposes. The tax evasion ones don’t get grants to my knowledge, they are just used to shuffle money around.

[@AlLindsay]

"Truth is Unacceptable in the Kingdom of Lies"...Ruled by Psychopath's

[@JRose-ub3hd]

Spot on quote!! WOW!!!

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Where is the quote from?

[@conniegrant939]

So true, this unequal disparity has been going on before cell phone recordings it’s just exposed by cell phone recordings now.

[@brokensword9689]

Imagine the 60's,70's, 80's,90's what police did to people when there was no cell phone.

[@richietattersall2122]

They have NEVER dealt with the cause, they only react to the results.

[@SISI-q1l]

It doesn't help to have a society where potentially everyone is armed.

[@joannebaker4925]

Agree 100%.

[@luddity]

Everyone is potentially armed because everything is potentially a weapon, it just depends on the circumstances, but certainly the more guns are present, the greater the potential for accidental violence.

[@SISI-q1l]

@@luddity Particularly guns, lethal weapons. Creates a heightened level of fear for everyone. No time to reason out a problematic situation.

[@abocas]

Can I, again, ask you Americans to check out what is going on outside of your own backyard! Europe, New Zealand, several South East Asians countries have strict gun laws. Civilians are not allowed to carry arms. Police, in general, do not carry arms. And we have so much less gun violence and deaths by arms.

[@joannebaker4925]

@@abocas As an American, I'm of the mindset that we don't need guns but I'm in the minority of that thought. Within the pass two months we have had a series of mass shootings. It almost seem like an everyday occurance. The sad thing is, none of these killings have been because of self or family preservation/protection, it's because of individuals being upset for a host of reasons so they kill others and then take their own lives. Then the politicians spout 2nd Amendment while the mass murders continue.

[@vaunniethayer1484]

If we invested in all the children in our community, we wouldn’t have to invest in prisons.

[@hks2377]

💯

[@avamariewilson1442]

They want more prisons because there is MONEY in it for them

[@Goldenboy48]

Starts with family and responsible parenting not government funding

[@January.]

@@Goldenboy48 Obviously, reality is that a lot of people don't have a support system and access to good parenting which ends up causing devastating problems for society.

[@Goldenboy48]

@@January. there's plenty of support in America, the problem is shitty ppl raising other shitty ppl.

[@lovepeace3041]

Thank you so much. Enlightening. Could you please report on the connection between US made guns being smuggled into Central America, fomenting the violence that then feeds the migration epidemic?

[@theswiftschoolofselfhealing]

America destabilized CA, years ago. Its what started the problem.

[@jesusRamirez-xv7xp]

thers bigger issues among citizens entering public places and shooting so shh

[@hayesdabney]

Police should have to take random drug tests. Remove those who are battling addiction.

[@ganamoneyeccles6683]

I lived in London from 1971 to 1974 and the police there never made me uncomfortable in fact their presence was reassuring,but here in America I feel threatened all the time.They way some of them approach you makes you frighten.

[@lorebay2593]

They don’t have to retreat, but departments need to get rid of the wicked, the fearful and the egotistical to stop this mess. We need bravery, civility, discernment and especially de-escalation skills, general people skills are needed pronto.

[@elsebethlind1076]

I am Danish look at the jails in Denmar/ Norway/ Finland /Sweden We try to reeducate prisoners to return to society.

[@mariyahisrael5508]

Of course, you do. Your intention toward your own people is not GENOCIDE ... as Black people are experiencing in America!

[@annikamyren3026]

Ja, tack och lov att man är skandinav ! I Sverige måste man gå på utbildning för att få köpa vapen och man får inte bära med sig dem överallt . Det är väl samma i Danmark

[@topboxing4764]

Jails here in America are used for Slave labor...

[@DrKnight81]

America prefers the old fashioned archaic way,EXECUTION!

[@LoveMusicVideoArt]

I really really wish the US would do this but our country makes more money keeping people down and low in the penitentiary system 🥺

[@sophiaisajiw1076]

I wish media would speak to sociologists more often.

[@nativeb.9718]

I agree. Professor/Dr. Sharkely did a wonderful job.

[@woopityscoop2863]

The study about children performing worse with serious occurrences in the neighborhood is something I'd really like to see. A cycle.of inequality.

[@martavillanueva1062]

So happy it was filmed.

[@theswiftschoolofselfhealing]

Are u saying you dont believe it? Or u just want to see the study?

[@woopityscoop2863]

@@theswiftschoolofselfhealing I want to see it.

[@brokensword9689]

A cycle of white supremacy is plaguing america

[@shibliziadeh4247]

What American dream? That dream was gone looooooooooooooooong time ago.

[@Noms_Chompsky]

American Scream

[@valeriecasavant6597]

I agree

[@edgarcayce2.02]

"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

[@oliviaturner7388]

American nightmare!

[@jb2736]

It was always a nightmare, quite as its kept.

[@ChamberedMaiden]

Revelation 18: 4-5 - "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." 🍃

[@daneseahippler-grantfrew5720]

Amen...this is NOT our FIGHT! Only TMH/GOD will put an end to our trauma on this earth 🌎!

[@verasymister9040]

God have mercy on us in USA

[@ChamberedMaiden]

@@verasymister9040 God/YAH has. Many times. But, the masses forget about GOD/YAH every time their issues are resolved. "GOD IS not mocked." Pride, greed, selfishness, and hate have taken hold. "The love of many will wax cold." God/YAH is merciful, yes. But pride refuses to repent of sin. Instead, it justifies itself. I fear that "The cup of their iniquities has reached Heaven." 💔

[@joshkidd2075]

Interesting topic. The war on poverty replaced by the punishment model. The investment in law enforcement over communities & rights. Enforcement agencies abound (FBI,SS,Marshalls,ATF,Homeland,ice,prisons,drug) policing every aspect of our lives.

[@anniec7958]

Patrick Sharkey, appreciation for your work.

[@cheleftb]

Thank you I am a baby of the war on Philly in the 60's born late 79. Bomb dropped on us... I have no idea what normalcy is. Just survival.

[@martavillanueva1062]

The negative layers associated with this pandemic are more than anyone would imagine. I would like to see a(Covid) report on the rise of public health and/or human rights advocates being threatened with death threats including their family members for advocating public health measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

[@karendalsadik7119]

environmental activists are murdered in Mexico and South American every day.

[@donnagray9579]

@@karendalsadik7119 and your point is?

[@lipshamorrissey4636]

@@karendalsadik7119 Yes, and that's also outrageous and tragic, and deserves coverage too. Worse elsewhere doesn't justify bad enough here.

[@jeffreyhhatcher3992]

I know many who work or have worked in government and they all say the same thing about contacting your representatives: Do it. They take it seriously and receiving even a half dozen - really! - emails, letters, etc., has a dramatic effect on them. They worry that each one represents hundreds or thousands of others (and it likely does).

[@chiefapostlefredrickwilson1370]

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE 100% ON THE TITLE OF THIS TOPIC! THESE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE ITS BEEN ALLOWED FOR DECADES NOW IN AMERICA!!

[@sinequanon5586]

We already have the law on the books...18 USC 242...it's a Federal Crime to violate someone's Constitutional or statutory rights under color of law. This law was specifically written for bad cops, but Federal prosecutors almost never use it except in the most egregious cases. Despite the mountains of evidence that cops routinely violate peoples' rights, from illegal searches to excessive force to any one of about a million other possible violations, and almost every time it happens, the criminal cop is permitted to walk away, regardless of whether he/she is fired, suspended, retained or sued. We already have the law to hold cops accountable - no new legislation required - but it just sits there unused, because federal prosecutors won't use it. If we had a team of specially appointed prosecutors and judges specifically tasked with prosecuting nothing but 242 cases all day every day, we could finally reclaim our constitution from these criminal cops.

[@loriomyoreo8224]

One of the best discussions of confronting violence and intrinsic connections therein. Herein lies the truth my friends! I wish everyone could see/hear this!

[@TallyRocky]

Professor, you need to define the “we” responsible for creating this scenario. Let’s get into the power structure of this country, rather than glossing over the fact that corporations and the 1% are calling the legislative shots.

[@crazypatymartinez]

Great interview, great questions followed by great answers. Great overview and summary of the situation. This should be watched by everyone, not only in the US.

[@katherinejones850]

Thank you!!!!

[@Maddie9185]

7:03 so spot on then on 7:24 again spot on. I’ve been saying the same thing for some time now. We have armed the police to handle every social issue out there with force and in return we have defunded communities of resources, than we wonder why this is happening.

[@TyOnB2B]

Excellent interview.

[@waltergodsoe5526]

Police training in Florida includes on-line instruction, that the student pays for. Forget Police Academies, forget standards any reasonable community should expect.

[@Gwen-joyful-light]

I didn't know that, so is that a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion and why, thanks :)

[@veritastold830]

Cold-blooded murder is beyond police brutality.

[@tedviens1]

When we go to a basketball game, the cheerleaders jump and dance chanting "Rah, rah. We're great, we're great. Go, go. Run, run. Shoot, shoot, shoot!!" The players run out and they shoot, shoot, shoot!! When we go to a football game, the cheerleaders jump and dance chanting "Rah, rah. We're great, we're great. Go, go. Run, run. Shoot, shoot, shoot!!" The players run out and they shoot, shoot, shoot!! When we talk about guns, the gun cheerleaders jump and dance chanting "Rah, rah. We're great, we're great. Go, go. Run, run. Shoot, shoot, shoot!!" The gun players run out and they shoot, shoot, shoot!! Do you see what is happening here?

[@marceechristensen2533]

I am going to make this comment again again. America LOOK to other countries on OUR PLANET have done to improve and innovate the role of policing. There are statistics from other countries that show they have accomplished better policing, excellent de-escalating the interaction within police response to callers for police. Come On America and Government get over your yourself and consider that maybe there are other countries doing a MUCH better job in dealing with this issue!!

[@margarethoerl461]

I concur, this guy is spot on

[@banonKING]

Defund the Police is literally the community saying "You're doing too much, you don't need to be involved in all this, so we're going to start funding other avenues."

[@sher3571]

NO We Never Ask Them To Do Racial PROFILING To Do Racial Misconduct To Do Racial MURDERS

[@annsanse2935]

well, there would be no violent reaction to a bad cop who kills an innocent person if there was no bad cop who killed an innocent person. It starts with the cops: Their bullies and misfits need to be held accountable for the crimes they've committed and rid from the ranks, then pd's need to make amends for the harm done and maybe pledge to not continue to f&ck over the public anymore.

[@carmalitamoreno4448]

Whoa!!! That makes so much sense!!! Give this dude a job!! He seems to have a clear understanding with empathy. No yelling or blaming. Only recognize with understand and apply a solution.

[@ccole1255]

They seem to be glossing over a huge factor... the "Warrior Cop"- training that police depts pay for that encourages police to "shoot first, ask questions later", plus police culture, plus qualified immunity

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

Plus cops believing they are “The Punisher”.

[@tartvtheafricanrepublic7825]

Take away guns from the police period or make them carry liability insurance like any other tradesman. Providing KKK guns and badges is a recipe for disaster. Police in the UK doesn't carry guns. Yet their communities are much safer

[@sunnersky5996]

Great points

[@tamarrajames3590]

If you outfit the police with military equipment, you must expect them to change their behaviours to reflect the way they are kitted out. With less military spending you could have universal healthcare, the end of student debt, and better general education...people could have homes, and food. (We have known this for many years)...and still spend WAY more on defence and other military interests than any other nation in the world.🖤🇨🇦

[@Goldenboy48]

So only criminal's should be armed with high capacity weaponry...got it

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@Goldenboy48 No, I think criminals should be banned possession of these sorts of weapons completely..if caught in possession immediate jail terms. That is only for those who have used weapons in the course of criminal action. Abuse the right...Jose it.🖤🇨🇦

[@Goldenboy48]

@@tamarrajames3590 too bad criminal's don't follow the law, but keep complaining about the cops because they're the problem

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@Goldenboy48 There are far too many people who never take accountability for their own actions. Some are criminals, some are police, some are politicians, and a great many other things as well. Having lived through the Cold War, and the proliferation of more and more deadly forms of armament, all with the aim of mutually assured destruction leads me to avoid judging groups of people. Not all who wear a uniform are the good guys, and not all who carry legitimate grievances against government and policing are bad or violent people. Considered action is a better approach than random reaction, and far too many choose reaction regardless of the likely result. These things have led to a massive lack of real and meaningful communication. When government fears its people, and the people fear the government and its mechanisms for controlling social action there is little that can be done to defuse potentially violent interactions on both sides.🖤🇨🇦

[@Goldenboy48]

@@tamarrajames3590 that's a cop out full of conjecture and a foolish justification. You can't stick to one subject to save your life..and you hide behind willful ignorance.

[@ingridlandberg8662]

Karma is in everything. What ever attention is given to increases. Thank you for revealing and reminding of this reality.

[@mtm00]

👍Michel Martin asks really cogent questions, and Professor Patrick Sharkey gives well considered answers on this important question in this interview.💚

[@motokiheights]

It’s the power of police unions in keeping things the way they are. It’s in their interests. Power. Money. Control.

[@marinadubois7347]

The Swedish police train for 2.5 years! In USA the average training is 22 weeks. There needs to be an in-depth psych evaluation and social media examination. The police need to be policed by an outside agency. Good cops need to be protected when they report troubling behavior. There needs to be an in-house review team of experienced, diverse cops ,who are elected by their peers , to help to train or intervene when an officer has problems.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

All investigations of police misconduct need to be by an outside entity that is unbiased. Police can NOT investigate themselves impartially!

[@williethomas2628]

This is a new world you can see what's happening all over the world in a matter of minutes wake up people nothing will ever be the same

[@williethomas2628]

@Jamie K man perish for a lack of knowledge has nothing to do with dividing society a walk society is a dangerous society

[@anthonythomassr9333]

And I have yet to see a white police putting his knee on a Whiteman neck and the man dying begging for his life for decades

[@mytwocents848]

I think it is really important to realize that this last year and a quarter have been unprecedented in our history. Besides a pandemic, an economic meltdown and political divisiveness people are frightened. When people are frightened, they are defensive and blaming and they want to strike back at "something". This includes all segments of our culture, including law enforcement. What we need is immediate and effective training that addresses this in our society and in our law enforcement. For law enforcement, individual officers need to be open to periodic evaluations on their mental health as well as the history of their arrests. And we seriously need gun control in. this very precarious time.

[@sydnidowney3598]

Get rid of QUALIFIED IMMUNITY and require police to carry PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE. If a cop has a PATTERN OF BAD BEHAVIOR they won’t be able to get insurance or they will pay very high premiums. We have liability insurance for our cars, homes and doctors must carry MALPRACTICE INSURANCE.....WHY NOT POLICE? AND GUN OWNERS TOO. WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS.

[@sylviewalker7560]

There's a fundamental connection between racism and the response of leadership to not address inequality. Policy wide programs that include all are the best way to overcome racism and inequality. $15/hr minimum wage, Medicare4All and educating all, housing for all can help correct this racial divide.

[@pattirockgarden4423]

Big issue, that needs reformation & evolution. Good discussion! Great analysis.

[@yghhuh1755]

Watch: A Requiem For The American Dream. Noam Chomsky

[@edgarcayce2.02]

Or read _America: The Farewell Tour_ by Chris Hedges

[@ronaldmcgill3858]

Unlike most first responders in America, police officer's don't see their job as to protect and serve. But rather, to Dominate and control. And that's the cause of the problem we are facing.

[@jonthebru]

Interesting statistics, as general societal violence has decreased, police violence and abuse has remained constant.

[@jeromebaker2925]

We are almost to the point of no return as the frustration with policing across the country becomes more visible! There are many who feel that their is no real accountability for police officers! They are allowed to resign, facing little or no criminal charges filed. When criminal charges are filed there is little hope for prosecution! When these issues are constantly ignored is what is leading to the rising protests escalating to violence!

[@gmanon1181]

Congress and Senate are responsible to create the necessary corrections for things to work. They create and mold the policies ruling the country. They are largely responsible for more jails and less opportunities for certain people in the country. They should work on fixing the system.

[@felixduprey]

Hummm....some great points and valid interpretation of whats happening, but, I think the profe still stays on the superficial and as with most everyone else keeps the conversation away from the deep analysis of causation. At exactly 7:59 into this video the profe said: "we created the conditions for this kind of police brutality".... that, I believe missed the mark by a mile and keeps all busy and distracted from the real issues. Brutality should not happen, should not be use regardless of what conditions there are...brutally is something that requires a human, a person to act brutally. Why are there brutos? How and why does a human becomes a bruto at some point in their life? If we can't avoid a certain amount of humans become brutos,... why can't we at least meet sure they don't make it to such power positions as a police person... We have a seeds challenge....not a tree challenge.

[@rebeccajohnson8579]

Remember this incident at the Bundy Ranch, whereby he called his Militia together and they had their weapons pointed at the State & Local Police and GOT AWAY WITH IT! Bundy initiated the 2014 Bundy standoff in Nevada, an armed standoff with federal and state law enforcement over defaulted grazing fees. On February 10, 2016, Cliven Bundy was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the Portland International Airport while he was on his way to support the Malheur Standoff. He was placed in federal custody, facing federal charges related to his own standoff with the Bureau of Land Management in 2014. On December 20, 2017, because of prosecutorial misconduct violating the federal Brady rule, his case was declared a mistrial by Judge Gloria Navarro and his charges were dismissed.

[@gregl2808]

The President of the United States can end this with a stroke of a pen, today, if BIDEN wanted too.

[@evanrose3459]

As a proud liberal it bothers me when the facts are ignored and twisted by my people. Stop saying he was pulled over for an air freshener. He had expired tags. Isn’t that a ridiculous enough reason to die? Why make up an even more ridiculous reason? Let’s not become like the gaslighting Republicans.

[@antonpie9697]

and there was a law that permitted expired tags because of Covid-19. But I understand he is 'property' , alien, beast, heathen and other superlatives.... and most of all only 3/5. If that makes your conscience clear go bro.

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

12:40...What you are explaining is simply excessive "fear." The police need to recruit from the communities being policed. These bozo badge wearing killer cops especially, are not made for the streets. The department cannot train people to be street wise and responsive so they shoot. Signed: Philando Castile

[@sunnersky5996]

Excellent read.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Let's not forget the role that copaganda plays in our society. It's as old as the TV and film industry at least. And I'm assuming radio had its own copaganda.

[@lauriemarie6902]

Im a 5'4" 120lb woman how much of a physical threat am I? I dont trust them and never will.

[@Goldenboy48]

Keep your hands to yourself and don't commit crimes, you won't have that concern

[@nic969]

@@Goldenboy48 troll

[@Goldenboy48]

@@nic969 it's called common sense

[@elaineburnett5230]

Big mistake to not follow up with the Professor comment that in America "we have never taken the community seriously" ee have not recognized that there are effective in helping to reduce violence and increase safety, but we have not given the community the tools to use their input and ideas. I have been able to see where a difference can happen when local police and invested community members worked together....Of course, policing is just one part of the needed changes, but it is extremely important.

[@keyissues1027]

Investing heavily in brutal law enforcement tactics and extreme, punitive measurements, create a distrusting, disenchanted, & hostile society.

[@tuckyjoe4693]

This professor is 100% spot on. Taking money away from the communities and spending it on law enforcement is the single most cause of what's happening today.

[@htunlin2000]

14:38 to 16:33 Not just kids school performance drop after violent incidents, but us adults too. We as individuals, a community, a state, a nation are effected by the traumatic residue of physical violence, as also economic violence. Longterm malaise and chronic dysfunction (as individuals, as well as as community) ensue long after the endless cycles of violent crimes (and its mirror) police and state-violence repeat themselves. I'm thinking of Detroit, Chicago, NYC, Atlanta, Baltimore, Minneapolis . . . and yes, Raqqa, Mosul, San Pedro de Sula, Tijuana, Mogadishu, Kabul . . . and many many more. All places where it's easier to buy an ammo-clip than a stick of butter.

[@rashb3994]

This was great!

[@dollcrazy300]

He's so very right! We (as a society) have asked police to be brutal to potential criminals; all communities both white and black have supported "strong" policing. But this is the inevitable result of ignoring poverty and inequality--and expecting people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps no matter how deep the hole they were born in. If the only opportunity to make a living in my neighborhood is selling drugs, then I will sell drugs. And who are the major customers of drug dealers?

[@tomjohn8733]

I completely agree with Patrick, the old saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing and expecting difference results,...

[@colint7743]

Canada - We were faced with the same problems the Doctor just described. We decided to NOT use the Police/Prison system to SOLVE society 's ills. PRIME MINISTER HARPER WAS VOTED OUT OF POWER.

[@rbewoor]

Good discussion overall. The guy sense to have really done good analysis and his book will be interesting. However, I would have also liked the exploration asking this line: "What is the impact of the way a 911 call described the situation versus the police interaction?".

[@elaineberg3095]

If I was a police person, I would start rethinking my actions on the street. Just because you are police does not give you the right to be judge, jury and executioner. You are trained on how to make an arrest and what crimes require this. When people are killed for traffic infractions, passing a single counterfeit bill and asking questions of why they are being arrested are not killing offenses. Especially when these people are killed by white peoples without due process. It is time that guns are taken from the police. They have tasers, billy clubs and most importantly, words of mouth.

[@SQUID_Road_Glide]

The professor has an interesting thesis and many of his interpretations are actionable. However, in order to accept the majority of his premise , one is forced to agree with the supposition that none of his findings address the fact that white communities don't have the same outcomes. Policing in the African American community started with slave catchers. Policing in the Mexican American community started with the Texas Rangers. Policing in the Indigenous communities started with the English settlers. The systemic nature of these undisputed facts is largely lost on the author's findings. Finally, it is a bit disingenuous not to include the fact that police departments are largely autonomous and did not have a federal mandate to keep statistical data on police involved shootings untill the year 2000. Thus, his benign statement of policing being an issue for decades. The police know, if there is no paper trail, it didn't happen. Therefore, if race is a factor based on what you lead with, that role is not a central role. A = For your study on children and the affects of violence on the performance in school. B = for the book recommendation C = For your interpretation of your findings and your inability to understand you should place race at the forefront of your interpretations. Additionally, you hold a position of great influence. If white males, in a racial hierarchical society don't stand up when they have the data and the platform, then nothing of significance will change.

[@betsyhansbrough2211]

The origin stories of policing departments always tell us why the mythology that has been passed to generation after generation might be. Confronting those mythologies (which justify violence against the traditional other) and changing the way police are trained. Not from the myth but from the reality of the people of the community.. can change things.

[@SQUID_Road_Glide]

@@betsyhansbrough2211 now all we have to do is break the cycle of misunderstanding and misinformation that is the bedrock of our governmental system and the American education system that reinforces it.

[@silvyasmith4748]

Mr.Sharky what you can do about policing reform after your long argument?

[@annetteyoutube742]

16:23 'If this is seen exclusively as a black problem, it won't receive the same attention to be resolved.' --> Let's look at this simply and hypothetically: even if guns are *only* killing blacks, it still is not *just* a "black problem". It will affect our entire US culture, and probably the entire world. EVERYthing has a ripple effect, especially when it impacts our sisters and brothers.

[@ellengran6814]

When propagand/lies are used against other countries, it also effects the homeland. When people are told other countries/people are evil and need punishment, this attitude will one day backfire.

[@evelynmatt2000]

Is it the mayors of these communities pushing for more police instead of social programs, not the people in these communities? Also why not take guns away from the police. It use to be that way at least in Britain. Reduce gun availability, reduce violence? It sounds pretty simple but I know that idea would have people up in arms. Just a thought, though!

[@ShefortheJeeps]

What does the term “urban crime” mean?

[@michaelherb5622]

Counties need to come together, everything changes if people are , proud , for another word , but everything changes if you or all are proud of your community , all of us need to clean up a government must give us the tools to do it

[@ingridlandberg8662]

"All people are created equal." is a myth. There are people who are generally trustworthy and others are complete opposites and many varying degrees. MLK had a dream that people be judged on the content of their character. Prof Sharkey pointed out that stress can influence character.

[@gsojohn5079]

1. Guns are not violent, people are. 2. Elected officials pass laws, government enforces laws. 3. If government brutality is a significant issue, try reducing the number of laws.

[@georgeluna5845]

You never never never mention that most are hurt evading capture.

[@topboxing4764]

You might be the Police. You're a simpleton. Why must someone Die from a traffic stop? The police has all your information before they even get out their patrol cars. one cannot outrun the police; think about that...

[@georgeluna5845]

To disrespect the law is one thing. To sit there and push people’s button, people who have guns, there’s your simpleton.

[@siriuslyspeaking9720]

At around 8:00 in the video, Martin asked for an example of people changing their stance on policing, and to some degree, abandoning a more holistic preventative solution, for a return to an increase in punitive measures. Sharkey cited Atlanta's Mayor's recent request, to hire 200 additional officers. He said that the return to punitive measures, when crime increases, is a natural phenomenon. Sharkey immediately followed with the statement that - evidence shows that residents and community organizations, are effective in controlling violence. I wish he had provided evidence, or Martin had asked for evidence of this, in communities where violence has existed in high levels, throughout the half century time period, that violence has been a major problem. Established stable functional communities can control violence more easily, because there are not the conditions nor a culture, that more readily fosters it. It is easier to patrol a community, when a criminal is more easily recognizable, because significant numbers of them, don't live among you. Part of the problem is, the 'Left' is not willing to admit, that culture plays a big roll, and it is not the "culture of poverty, so much as it is, the culture of criminality. Most people living in poverty, are not criminals, and certainly not the violent type. Many, if not most criminals in households living along the poverty line, are the exception, in their families. Their siblings take the normal route to support themselves and work to better their lives, but some, for various reasons, are drawn into, or willingly embrace, the culture of criminality. This choice may to some degree be personality driven, if it is ,sociologist and psychologist, need to do a better job of making the understanding of the process of human development, more understandable and practicable to the average person. Civics as well as returning the creative arts, industrial arts, and home economics, must be returned to the curriculum, of the worst schools in the country, so as better students and citizens will be produced. The curriculum of these schools have to be updated to keep students competitive with the rest of society. Proper or optimal parenting needed to be taught in schools. Of course it would have to also take into account non-traditional family structures, that exist today, but the basics of good parenting, should be emphasized throughout the society. The debate seems to be presented as an either or, question, but the two options can be equated with 'Marshall Law' and a 'Marshall Plan'. A 'Marshal Plan' is implemented, when control of a situation has been established. Rebuilding can not take place while fighting is still going on. This is is how I see the situation. The holistic/structural/long term efforts, have a better chance of working if the literal hemorrhaging in the streets is stopped early on. The same is true on the police side of the equation. The military culture/mentality of the police, has to change. They cannot have blanket immunity for wrongdoing. Even the military has their 'code of conduct' and punitive punishment. If only policing could be done immediately with "a few good men"? The first step in policing is the standards, a community sets for itself. The best way to defund police and prisons, is to make them largely unneeded. The bounds of morality have shifted to some degree, over time, but save for sex/sexuality, basic human values are still largely universality recognized, if only rhetorically. It is certainly a legitimate argument as to whether we are doing ourselves a disservice, as a specie, that we don't take them more seriously. When it comes to the law, those entrusted to enforce and uphold it, should be held to an even higher standard, of the law. How can the people have faith in and respect for the law, when those who represent it and apply it, disrespect and disobey it? Even members of the military don't get rights beyond the citizenry. The 'Policemen's Bill of Rights' should be repealed nationwide, but also these killing/shooting have to be viewed, and judged fairly as individual cases, and judged on the evidence and circumstances of each individual case. Finally, religious belief or spiritually, and even philosophical ideology, plays a significant role in the lives of people. They all have a sense of a superior idealism in common. One of the greatest ideals of enlightened or religious/spiritual human beings, is peace. We would all be more consistent with our higher selves, if we always kept the notion and possibility/hope of peace, in the forefront of our minds. George H.W. Bush and Margaret Thatcher, in the 90's proposed a 'peace dividend' to the nations of the world. We should be constantly reminding ourselves of how costly violence of all kind, is to us. It is costly to our physical and emotional health. It's cost is felt, but often not acknowledged, as being costly, in other areas of society, like insurance. A life is a terrible thing to waste, especially when no one knows what potential exist in that life, no matter what circumstances the person may be born into. The potential benefit each person has to humanity, can't be calculated, but we can imagine the possibilities. Is it too idealist to simply ask ourselves seriously, to give peace a chance, and can we all just get along, justly and equitably?

[@joycesvarvar]

American culture is rooted in love of the gun. It's rooted in the "Cowboy hero", the white hat, versus the black hat, rooted in the Militaristic posture of the government. This is a reflection of the American, who based his power on the barrel of the gun, enforcing belief systems that enshrine the gun. The Military budget of the US Government is a symbol, militarized Police Departments is a symbol, Americans who choose the "Second Amendment rights, over the greater good of the Community is symbolic. Lastly and most importantly, the silence of the people who know better, who don't think they are impacted by a culture of violence, particularly since, Hollywood thrives on depicting violence in movies. Who has moral authority to speak out about this insanity.

[@ita9ful]

In the U.K & Ireland the police DO NOT CARRY GUNS OR TASERS but the drug dealers do. They are trained to DESCALATE a situation. Their lives depend on it. It is extremely rare that a cop is shot. Like once every 30 years or so. IT CAN BE DONE.

[@schoolcoach1]

The window apparently has been covered in bricks from the blood of the slaughtered.😰😭😱😡🤬😈👿💀☠

[@hw-rg7gn]

Excellent discussion...

What do you think about M Greene and S Millers New Racist Republican Party, the freedom Caucus, That wants to promote Anglo Saxon Racist beliefs, hate mongering, wants America to get rid of minorities, unless they are subservient! New American Nazi, KKK, gun toting white supremacist movement!

[@homelandfreedom]

Q.I NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AWAY ACROSS THE BOARD 50 STATES ... CERTIFICATION AS WELL... THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A JOB ANY PLACE GET SUED CIVIL COURT.. LOSE PENSION HOME CARS COLLEGE MONEY PENNILESS HOMELESS... THEN THEY WILL LEARN..

[@barnabyjonesdangerdog758]

If any employee, other than a cop, stopped doing their job they would be fired. And the poor cops think they're being treated unfairly.

[@Blacharrt]

He's incorrect the govt. has known that community driven programs could work since the Nixon era, the things is, there is no money in that. There is money in addiction, overcrowded prisons, terrible health care system, big pharma, and crushing civil right activist whoms goals were to enrich those very same communities. This was purposeful, so don't say America hasn't known or done it's job. It's done it's job very well.

[@theresethomas3941]

I would like your show to tackle the use of infrastructure (roads, highways, train tracks , etc) to separate and then deinvest or invest in the subsequent defined areas that are created. I drive through My Ohio city as I commute and the stark differences in areas of town are not lost on me. The residences have to be affected by this type of segregation. What can we do to right the wrong and fix our cities and and support our neighborhoods?

[@theresethomas3941]

I wonder f police officers are emotions reacting to implicit racism and biases as they work different neighborhoods. How can we change or implement police training to make a positive change to policing and our own mindsets?

[@kasnarfburns210]

My mother suggested that it might be we're recruiting too many people STRAIGHT out of the military. I don't know what the statistics are in that regard. However the increasing amounts of hardware and the increasing militarization of the police seems to be corroborating points. Tanks and other military paraphernalia make our domestic streets look and feel like war zones at times.

[@agentxyz]

Great interview . Sometimes it seemed like she closely questioned him, because she suspected he was apologist for the police but he kept blowing her away an awesome exposition of the systemic racism in policing (the DA and courts hopefully next time).

[@petunialuna4801]

Statistics can sometimes give perspective. To address the common police claim that they can violate rights "for their safety" : according to FBI numbers the police kill about 1000 people a year in the U S. The nearest "western" country to that is Canada with 38. Most European countries kill less than 10. Police deaths in the U S. average about 49 a year due to violence. But the highest number of police deaths are by vehicle accidents which they generally cause. In a rating of the most dangerous jobs logging is #1, law enforcement is #17. So which of these numbers should we be most concerned about? Who's safety is at the greatest risk? If the police are concerned about their safety, then they should address the #1 cause of deaths, vehicle accidents, mist of which they cause, and receive violations for speeding without an emergency or lights in, running stop lights and signs, not wearing their seat belts, have car inspections up to date, being distracted by their laptop or cell while driving, etc. I hear no concern about this nor concern about placing others at risk by their reckless driving. Numbers can give perspective rather than repeated baseless claims.

[@frankenfoamy]

a lot depends on where you get the stats