Police - Last Week Tonight

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Unsurprisingly this week's episode focuses on police brutality in the wake of protests and how the history of policing and white supremacy are entwined.

 

[JehutyRunner]

I really wish sometimes the YT was region free for all of his stuff than just some of it because this is something I really want to see.

 

[chefbags]

I really wish sometimes the YT was region free for all of his stuff than just some of it because this is something I really want to see.

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I can download it for you and send it to your gdrive if you're cool with it

 

[Fat4all]

an absolutely stellar episode, with a powerful ending

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

unfortunately blocked here

 

[Creamium]

Great episode with a perfect ending

 

[LukeOP]

One thing that was overlooked is how these police departments are actively infested with KKK members and white supremacist. It's not just the police institution we're built on racism, they are still intentionally recruiting racists.

 

[zeknurn]

One of his best episodes.

 

[Blade24070]

Best episode. Amazing ending.

 

[No Depth]

Really lays it out. Highly recommended watch.

 

[Garou]

Anyone have a link to the Trevor Noah segment mentioned in the end?

 

[Marauder Shields]

His audience-less shows are really growing on me, moreso that his regular ones.

 

[mmitt]

great episode

Anyone have a link to the Trevor Noah segment mentioned in the end?

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[raYne_07]

Incredible ending.

 

[LiK]

John went all in. Savage.

 

[Acheteedo]

I feel like HBO have a responsibility to unlock this YouTube content to worldwide audiences. These are worldwide issues and this video is important. How do they even benefit from restricting it?

 

[The Bookerman]

Can't watch it in canada....

I feel like HBO have a responsibility to unlock this YouTube content to worldwide audiences. These are worldwide issues and this video is important. How do they even benefit from restricting it?

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They sold the rights to other companies in other countries.... even if it's online.
I think it's crave or Bell here in canada that has the rights?

 

[Temp_User]

That was fantastic.

 

[Arkanim94]

great episode.

 

[Arkanim94]

I feel like HBO have a responsibility to unlock this YouTube content to worldwide audiences. These are worldwide issues and this video is important. How do they even benefit from restricting it?

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I can watch it just fine in italy, is it only blocked in the anglosphere outside of the US ?

 

[Kernel]

They sold the rights to other companies in other countries.... even if it's online.
I think it's crave or Bell here in canada that has the rights?

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Yeah it's Bell Canada/Crave which sucks.

 

[Deleted member 5086]

Great episode. I appreciate him being completely frank about it, including the pointlessness of spineless band-aid 'reform' suggestions. This is an issue from the top down, and it's by design.

 

[Huncho_Houdini]

Powerful ending. Good episode.

 

[Temascos]

Great episode.

I heard about the clip at the end but never actually saw it until now, that lady is absolutely right on every count.

 

[Deleted member 58401]

Incredible TV. The last 10 minutes or so are must-see for virtually every American.

 

[Titanpaul]

Essential viewing for everyone.

 

[TheGhost]

Whoo that closing clip is right on the money

 

[Ultimate Bear Cub]

Just finished watching. Great ending and nailed it.

 

[Deleted member 5086]

Great episode.

I heard about the clip at the end but never actually saw it until now, that lady is absolutely right on every count.

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Whoo that closing clip is right on the money

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The full clip is worth watching.

 

[Kreed]

Glad John focused the entire episode last night on the problems with Police/solutions, in addition to making the whole thing available for YouTube/sharing.

 

[djplaeskool]

Glad the Kimberly Jones clip is getting even more exposure.

 

[sonder]

good stuff, required viewing. happy he linked that powerful clip at the end. probably the realist shit I've seen in the past few weeks.

 

[Deleted member 15737]

Damn that ending was powerful.

 

[Deleted member 4212]

Extremely good watch

 

[Naijaboy]

No stone left unturned. His best episode this year.

 

[hitme]

We can link it now since it's from the official channel.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Wow that ending made me cry.

 

[SwampBastard]

Does anyone else have issues with audio cutting out on LWT YouTube videos when streaming them to a TV? When I do it, the audio just drops out for a half second about every 10-15 seconds. It happens on Apple TV, it happens on Roku, and it happens on Chromecast. I ONLY happens with LWT videos on YouTube.

 

[Akainu]

Man remember when people were riding cuomo's balls?

 

[softfocus]

Can't wait to watch later, it'll probably make me boil with rage but it's necessary to learn why people are angry, so we can emphasise.

 

[.exe]

The full clip is worth watching.

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Thanks for sharing that. Indeed worth watching in its entirely. Really hammers home everything that needs to be said about this looting discourse and misdirection.

 

[Ensirius]

Yeah I loved everything about this.

 

[Neo_MG90]

One of his most powerful videos yet, he goes all in.

And that clip at the end, holy shit.

A must watch for everyone.

 

[Deleted member 1248]

The line at the end "You're lucky that black people want equality and not revenge" is more poignant than people might realize on it's face. The fear of reprisal is part of what continues to fuel white supremacy. They fear black people will come for revenge because that's what they would do. It's projection. That's what the knee on the neck is about - let me do this to you before you can do it to me because deep down I know that I might have it coming.

 

[Edge]

Weirdly enough, it's not blocked in Germany, where US TV YT stuff is mostly blocked.

 

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Weirdly enough, it's not blocked in Germany, where US TV YT stuff is mostly blocked.

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I think it's only blocked in countries where HBO has sold the rights to other channels.

 

[Deleted member 19844]

The fear of reprisal is part of what continues to fuel white supremacy. They fear black people will come for revenge because that's what they would do.

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This.

 

[SpeedyBlueDude]

Things I learned this week -

We bombed and destroyed Tulsa, a wealthy black town in 1921.

We burnt down and destroyed Rosewood, another black majority town in 1923.

Massive riots happened after MLK's death, and THIS caused change, not his death.

None of this taught to me in school. White American's history is evil. This entire country was founded on racism and hatred.

Pretty depressing how many of our past sins & crimes against humanities we actively hide & surpress from our own citizens so the idea of America being the great land of the free is believed.

 

[Pirateluigi]

God damn that ending.

 

[UrbanDandy]

Since the president loves watching TV all the time, imagine forcing him to sit and watch stuff like this, Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers.