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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I am an Englishman I don't live in the USA in fact it is the last place on earth I want to go even as a tourist. What I see in the USA today is a lot of problems which are going to get much worse if people do not do something about it.
This is a list of the programs I watch The Civil Rights Lawyer, ,LackLuster Amendment Audit,
Audit the Audit, police accountability report, I know there are many many more programs like this, I find this disturbing there are so many and I don't get repeats.
How I see thing progressing you are going to end up with a Geheime Staatspolizei (GESTAPO) your police acting like the SS. Both Gestapo and SS were untouchable they could do as they wanted, is this what you want in your country?
This program Amendment Audit is good, some people think what they are doing is stupid, but it is not they are fighting for you Constitutional rights, as to where you can film and take photos, your right of free speech.
Now I know very little about US law, but these programs tell you what your rights are you are not obliged to show your ID unless you have committed a crime, so why are the police asking for it, maybe they don't know the Constitution, or they ignore what they took an oath to uphold?
If cops are not going to uphold the Constitution, then they have to go the police Chief has to fire them if he does not then the public have to fire the police Chief because that means they are both corrupt.
Qualified immunity should not exist, this is putting bad police above the law, no one should be above the law, if you break the law, you pay the price.
If you police precinct gets sued the money should come from the Police budget, the cop or cops that got the precinct sued is not fired then he need to be made to learn where he went wrong. If he wants immunity, then he needs to be fired as he is a bad cop corrupted and will do it again.
This has to change, or it is going to put everyone at risk cops will get shot so will civilians, people do not want to be putting up with this it will be like living in NAZI Germany in 1940, because this is how your police are acting today. Maybe this is the USA new democracy.
Since I wrote this, I have watched another video this is from "police accountability report" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUBPg5WIIyc The things happening in this tells me one thing you have a severe problem in the USA you police acting like the SS chief of police acting like the Gestapo.
You don't have to live in America. Many already left and never looked back.
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Minions have always been untouchable because they follow a code they are not tought and will never read.
I believe they attract and feed the aggression of very angry men
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.
If these cowards are like this during good times imagine how bch made they'll be when shtf.
It start with Police State then comes Authotarian state then Faschism
Police State
Hmmm. Great start! Bringing the wars home! Disgusting! You have it !
They were encouraged to bring the wars home..It is just getting worse!
I Agree Completely With Joanna Schwartz!!! Having Had A Few Negative Experience's With PD Department's Myself.🌺🌺🌺ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡±â™¾ï¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡²ðŸ¦…🗽‼ï¸
OTVO OTVO OTVO OVERTURN TERRY VERSUS OHIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I image that you have never lived in a poor community have you ? I believe the law should go back to basic comom sense and the people should be allowed to actually protect their property and thier lives with out being thrown in jail and without being sued. Now before all you get worked up I am a convicted felon and I still believe it should be just how I said. The rich privileged telling us how it should be is absurd just for the fact!! When I was being an idiot criminal I fully understood that it was the entire cops and robbers game that we played and little kids
I need an attorney to help me sue St Louis County. Anyone ?
Dominated by men, never held accountable, cocooned & protected, endlessly funded makes Police in America corrupt racist Thugs. Fantastic videoâ¤
What can we the people really do to change things, they'll never be accountable for what they do, this system is so corrupt. As Americans we need to rise, but how do we do this, someone needs to lead us the right way we're showing all this messed up shit, but we need to know what we can do where is the red line for us?
As one of my favorite musicians once put it: They want to give you the opportunity to give them the opportunity to do something bad to you"
Our civilization is sick 🤪
“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.â€
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.
it is a problem of income level not skin color
The playing field is not acceptable in marriage a disaster area for men
If you have money don't get married if you don't want to be poor don't get married
How did tall ass Rodney king die in his own swimming pool he obviously liked to swim who was his wife really 😂to top that cake off money can get you killed
Permission to sue sur no you can't su the police that is elegal and can get you killed like Rodney king or something mabe a life sentence instead
How about some harassment sur we don't do civil law around here we are the police jlb6663
Lawyer you can have gold silver or lead copper jackets
One hand washes the other when dealing with lawyers police and government leaders
Lawyers cops leaders want is the difference they are all on the same team as far as im concerned that is why you can't fight the police and government who pays them
Traffic laws are basically extortion and most poor people have to suffer after being extorted doing little or nothing wrong at all we suffer while they thrive on poor people money stealing is mandatory after you have nothing but government problems that will take you whare criminal action and retaliation against the oppressors that keep them hungry and home less
The police just think they are not getting punished death comes what do they think happens after death judgment comes and God's waiting I died already and know just what is waiting real punishment for real criminals like them war criminals
After death there no impunity jlb66633666 for any one evil
Why not automatically take a portion of the cops paycheck to cover their own bad behavior. YEA, that's it, instead of raises,put that towards settlements. Bet that would curb some bad behavior. Hey, it's a thought. Whatcha think BOYS?
They arent untouchable. Many recently went to prison, including ghe honest cop who was falsly ac used of killing George Floyd. Yhis is BS propaganda.
We need to all EQUALLY APPROACH THE ADVERSARIES AT HOME AS WELL AS STALK EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE THEIR IS NO LAWS WHERE LUKE 11:42 KJV
STATES PLAINLY NO JUST US
NEVER GIVE UP STAND FOR SOMETHING OR FALL FOR ANYTHING
BARBADOS WAS WORSE WHAT BLACKS DID TO THE SCANDINAVIAN LADIES IN 1700s YE BARBIE DOLLS
BAR B DO
BAN THEN BAR D ANTIGENS FROM PUBLIC SERVICE
FOR BEASTLY NATURE