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The hiring process for those patrols went like this question one are you white good question 2 are you not very bright and therefore dont have an important job like scientist or doctor that might get in the way of your beating black people time good 3rd and final question do you have a gun good youre now an officer of the peace. So basically the hiring process has not changed except now the gun is provided to you but dont worry its not just racial anymore nowadays all of the working class are the oppressed professor alex vitale the author of the end of policing writes the reality is that the police exists primarily as a system for managing and even producing inequality by suppressing social movement and tightly managing the behaviors of poor and non white People Factor number 2 our Police Killed roughly a 1000 americans a year which is roughly of 1000 more people than some other countries kill per year in 26. 00 say in the guardian found that American Police murdered 1093. 00 people to
Game over. Byebye, ill see you in november its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight copsout. Plus, stephen welcomes Stacey Abrams Megan Rapinoe and musical guests the flaming lips featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen can you hear me over there . How am i coming through . Is this on . Is this on . laughter okay, here we go. Nobody talk. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, stphen colbert. Folks, the dgeloyd at the hands and other parts of Minneapolis Police has sparked nationwide protests demanding police reform, and there have been a lot of good ideas. Well, today, some of those were discussed where all good ideas go to die the u. S. Congress. The House Judiciary Committee held televised hearings on police reform. They heard from a variety of witnesses, including George Floyds brother, philonise; marc morial, the president of the National Urban league; and fox news commentator dan bongino. Evidently, the my
The arsonists, anarchists, looters and agitators have been largely stopped. I am doing what is necessary to keep our community safe, and these people will be brought to justice. Of course, protesters have threatened to topple the emancipation monument in washington, washington d. C. Now one of the organizers telling fox the statue should not be toppled, but either be updated to depict the slave kneeling before Abraham Lincoln standing upright, or the whole thing should be moved to a museum. As of right now, it is still standing. Its surrounded by a single layer of chainlink fence which the National Park service of says will stay in place until july 31st. This as President Trump threatens serious consequences for anyone december desecrating desecrating our nations statues and monuments. He just signedded that executive order to the point. Lets brung in congressman jim banks of indiana, hes on the Armed Services committee. Congressman, thank you for being here. Happy friday to you. First
To war with the American People for just over a sheds now. Were more than you thought you could to us and they have been brought under the loser. Right now im to go through 16 facts about american policing that will change everything you think you know and 80 percent of the stuff you never thought you knew that others shows number one the American Police system originated from slave patrols in the early days of this country the slave patrols turned the streets of towns into surveillance routes for what was a croissant military force so from its earliest days the american model was not some wonderful holier than thou system it was a racist tactic to protect the higher class from the downtrodden and oppressed the hiring process for those patrols went like this question one are you white good question 2 are you not very bright and therefore dont have an important job like scientist or doctor that might get in the way of your beating black people time good 3rd and final question do you hav