Last Week Tonight: Police in America

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In light of the ongoing protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the brutal police response to them, Last Week Tonight looks at how the history of policing in America has been used to uphold white supremacy, the efforts in increasing police authority and in escaping accountability, and what can possibly be done to undo

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[ferelden]

I fucking love John Oliver. He's a fucking treasure.

[ferelden]

Does he really. Yikes. Retracting my statement then. Ty for the info!

[march_runaway]

that’s weird. i have a friend that writes there and she says the opposite

[cheeseasauras]

wow home town heroes Kansas City Police Department at 3:38.

Fuck KCPD. They deserve to be called out for their bullshit on a national level like this. So many of my friends have been tear gassed and hit with rubber bullets who were just peacefully protesting.
I was threatened with tear gas and arrest multiple times for peacefully marching.
Im so angry i can’t even put it in to words.
Congrats on really proving people wrong about police brutality by responding to peaceful protestors protesting police brutality with some police brutality!!!

[crimps4]

Agreed. I grew up with a kid who's now with KCPD and he thinks his 'liberal' politics will save him from criticism and I just want to scream. And obviously I don't speak with him anymore.

[wellalr1ght]

Really glad he delivered this episode directly and with minimal jokes ‘cause this shit ain’t funny

[zoaster_toaster]

I've always appreciated how direct and no-fucks-given John is in general about how he delivers stuff.

[xpirate_queenx]

You could tell he was furious throughout this whole episode. Talking faster than usual, less attempt at jokes, and then that ending whew

[deborahkla]

I agree. This was a GREAT episode.

[cherrynorth]

I think I'll need to watch the episode a second time to really absorb all of it, but on my first pass I thought it was strong.

[sugarcrawler]

john oliver is a us military bootlicker

[fernandocolunga]

Meaning? I don’t like him but I wanna know what you’re talking about

[save_me_xenu]

Well, his wife served in Afghanistan, I think, and he's done at least one USO tour. I don't know anything more than that.

[sugarcrawler]

he’s thanked the us military before
has talked about being proud to be american