Maher Rails Against Militarized Police Culture in Outstanding Monologue

[Joe Shlabotnik]

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[arcane1]

1. Kicking without watching since I'll be watching the whole show later :)

Looks like it's going to be a good one

[yuiyoshida]

2. Wish I could rec this

a hundred times.

[supercats]

3. Agreed And Well Said.....

I also feel the cops are more violent and they take more liberties with the law and human civilian life which tends to lead to unnecessary and senseless civilian pain and deaths.

[mark eagledove]

4. great mini-essay!

Agree totally. If the want to play Army, join the Army. This video needs to be pushed far and wide.

I'm a veteran and it pisses me off seeing American cops play GI Joe/SS with their fellow citizens. Maybe its me, this seems to be escalating probably because we're conditioned to tolerate it.

[Overseas]

5. K&R. I was very glad to see this!

[pansypoo53219]

6. result of 'equal 9/11' funding. because NYC, CHICAGO + LA are not SPECIAL.

doesn't anybody remember that fight???

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. I use the example of the TV shows CHiPs and Adam 12....

Keep in mind crime rates are LOWER than they were back then.

There is ZERO EXCUSE for this POLICY decision.

[Initech]

8. Hi! Ho! Let's go!

[Hoyt]

9. In addition, the police are becoming militarized because we allow the gun culture to do

so as well. Police don't need a tank, and private citizens don't need a weapons cache and a toter tucked in their pants.

[sulphurdunn]

10. According to some research,

anabolic steroid use in many police departments is reaching epidemic levels.

[WillyT]

11. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[onecent]

12. I love Bill Maher....I realize there was a post re: him a day or

two ago that wasn't a happy one....but I don't care. i won't miss his show!!!!!

[DeSwiss]

15. It is possible to like parts of someone's politics......

...but not all of their politics, you know.

- It's the grown-up thing to do!

[onecent]

17. Maher is NOT a politician....

he's a comedian.....

It's possible to not be snotty also. I will NEVER MISS his show,....
I'm only seven years old.

[DeSwiss]

20. One's politics......

...are the positions one takes on political issues.

One DOES NOT have to be a politician to have these political views.

He is commenting (albeit in a comedic fashion), on political issues.

Therefore his ''political jokes'' reflects his political views.

- Have a nice life!

[Roy Serohz]

13. THEY work for US, Glenn

Remember Becky's rant about government? Well, cops are the same. DuREC.

[DeSwiss]

14. K&R!!

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Joe Shlabotnik.

[pam4water]

18. "A refreshing lack of hipsters." I'm so stealing that quote.

[whereisjustice]

19. buh buh buh, if you aren't doing anything wrong...

Whenever there's a state-sanctioned-invasion-of-privacy issue knocking around, a few chirpy types pop up to say: "Hey, I don't mind if the government wants to spy on me – I've got nothing to hide and I'm quite boring really." That's your prerogative, but Jesus Christ, how did you get so beaten down, Mr Cog-in-the-Wheel? Mr Pebble-on-the-Beach. Is that really how you see yourself? As a worthless microbe content to be plucked from the stream, examined for a moment and tossed back like an unremarkable, unwanted sprat? An insignificant fluffspeck wafting through the vast aircraft hangar of life, buffeted hither and thither by the nonchalant farts of the powerful?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/14/drip-government-data-retention-investigatory-powers-bill-horrors