Funny how the twelve were viewed by their departments as being weak. Little did they know how strong they really were. Never underestimate the so called underdog. Much respect to them all!
I joined the Marines at 18. Me and a good Marine buddy got into a argument about how people become a product of their environment. He(came from a better neighborhood than me) argued that's BS, people make their own choices. I explained sometimes good kids can get caught up in their surroundings which can adversely impact them. This documentary is another example of that. Good kids that live in bad neighborhoods have to dodge gangs jumping you, hustlers trying to get you to make easy money and also the COPS putting false cases on you. This is so sad.
I commend all those offices that stood up to their departments and bosses . All police all over the world should be just like yourselves . Thank you for you're courage and honesty . God bless you all .
Those 12 officers are the most heroically brave Americans that I have heard of in a very long time. May they receive many blessings for their courage and steadfast convictions.
Ase` we can't be so dogmatic in our thinking about cops, folk say Okay, where are the good cops? where are the ones that speak up? Well these brothers have spoken up and put everything on the line so what do you say to that? I commend Bro. Edwin Raymond and the rest of these brothers that had the guts to stand up and speak out!
As a former police officer with the City of Miami Police Department for over 7 years, I can confirm that this is the most accurate documentary that I have seen on crime + punishment for police officers that do not conform or play the games that the brass wants or expect of you. The NYPD is a brave bunch. Bullying and blackballing are persistent in most police departments in the United States. I had the misfortune of serving under one of Bratton's named deputies in this film Jhon Timony, who exported this system to the City of Miami Police Department. Lt. Willie Cruz, Sgt M. Moreen. and Major Richard Perez all of you are worthy of Investigations by the DOJ.
@vctjkhme Bull$h!t. The fact that a society contains psychopaths and "perpetual children" (been reading Jordan Peterson, have we?) does not mean that it is in any way acceptable for law enforcement to behave in the arbitrary and corrupt manner shown so clearly in this film. Apparently you're too dense to grasp that the NYPD is exploiting the "dysfunctional legal regime" you describe in such a long winded manner to inflate the city's budget. Or, rather, to prevent that budget from being deflated by penny pinching conservatives. The fact that the problem begins much higher up than the cop on the street doesn't mean that there isn't a policing problem. It's a top down systemic and cultural problem that begins with the mayor, filters down through the district judiciary and manifest itself, finally, on the street as a policing problem. The police are part of that legal system too. Other developed countries don't have this kind of issue with policing, and many of them have legal systems that are _far_ more liberal in the way criminals are treated.
@@bubbasmith179 Torn between livelihood, and the safety and protection of your family, versus your personal morality and held-on beliefs. Not a decision 99.99% of people are prepared to make.
This is heartbreaking. The fact that someone has to make the decision between taking a plea to get out of jail and go back to school or spend an indefinite amount of time in jail with little to no evidence against them is not justice.
@vctjkhme why are you asking him for an "alternative system" ? there are SO many countries out there that do things differently , just research it yourself.
@vctjkhme A system where police don't have quotas, and don't make false arrests like the one shown in the documentary. Police are legally mandated to not have quotas and yet they still do and when they sue nothing happens
I'm from a working class area in Ireland that has its challenges. Although the system isn't perfect it certainly doesn't go out of its way to criminalise our youth or general populace. Actually it works to the contrary. So yes there is an alternative. Its called freedom, something Americans I suspect such as yourself shout the loudest about, but if it smacked you in the face you still wouldn't know what it was. You'd probably demand its incarceration.
Don't tell me, you believed justice and morals was prevalent among the police? Why would they be different from the rest of the population where the people with less scruples or morals are who climb up the ladder easier.
I've gone through the very same thing. Yeah, it's the quickest and easiest way out BUT YOU END UP WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD WHEN I WAS INNOCENT TO BEGIN WITH; NOW IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT SOMEONE FOR JOB AVAILABILITY/BEING HIRED, TRAVEL, FREEDOM TO PROTECT YOURSELF WITH A FIREARM (YOU CAN'T), GETTING A TOP EXECUTIVE OR TOP SECURITY CLEARANCES (is next to impossible). THIS IS WRONG. Thank you for sharing. From Canada ❤🇨🇦❤❤☃️❄
When you have honest cops wanting to show the dishonesty in our law...we all need to listen and watch! Respect to ALL the honest law enforcement out there!
The scariest thing about this documentary is of course the myriad systemic failures you can follow from top to bottom. The second scariest thing is how dumb the leadership really is.
Yeah, most promotions aren't based in intelligence. They're based on how you toe the chosen line and how well you can shield the next level of leadership.
Did you see how the JUDGE tried to convince the young black man's attorney to get him to take the 'plea' deal of a lesser sentence even though the young man says he was innocent? I'm sure the hearing was postponed as a retaliation for not taking the please deal. Many will sit in jail waiting for a trial and then finally give in to a plea deal just to get out of jail.
Sadly this is the SAME system in Child Protective Services! Social Workers are retaliated if they do not maintain "quotas" in closing cases that they do not generate $$$ for....even if these cases need continued monitoring or follow-up when the kids go back to parents. Many kids are removec when thy could have remained in their homes with some basic services. 90-95% of kids are removed for neglect because of the parent's addiction to drugs. Substance abuse programs provided to the parents are staticially proven to be "ineffective" because they are only 30-60 days long and staff are usually inexperienced free interns for again....companies who focus on PROFITS $$$ not success rates. As a result, the recidivism rate (kids come back into the system) is so high. 500+ kids in foster care system at one given time and many spending they whole lives bouncing from foster home to foster home. Many....many being neglected and physically and sexually abused by Christian Foster Family Agencies (covered up by the County Foster Care System and NEVER get prosecuted). Foster Parents PROFIT FINANCIALLY $$$ off housing these kids. Understand these Foster Parents WORK against the biological parents so they can keep pulling in the $$$ monthly which is in California about $950 to $1,200 per kid per month. There are good Foster Parents, but unfortunately there are more bad ones than good ones. I worked 12 years for Riverside County Child Protective Sevices (CPS) so I know this for a fact.
I was a police officer . If your not corrupt you don't get promoted and leadership make sure your not part of what they are doing . They will leave you to do the job . It gives the face of the department a good look . But every cop knows about it
P.S. I knew that young was innocent ,way before this piece was over. Take notes don't take a plea. Stay strong !the investigator was amazing !God bless him to continue his work.
Don't tell me, you believed justice and morals was prevalent among the police? Why would they be different from the rest of the population where the people with less scruples or morals are who climb up the ladder easier.
NO DOUBT! Regardless if your with a company/ corporation or a public servant. Emphasis on " servant" $$ is a mind altering thing , in order to get it .
Of course the jails are one of the most lucrative ways to make money since the jail system become private business the money keeps flowing and flowing that's why prisións are always full of their maximum capacity more arrests by the police means more money for the prisons owners that's what it is
I am very proud of these officers. Your bravery, your courage is an inspiration to those who will pick up the torch where you left off. Corruption in the police force will always be part of the brotherhood until the good officers like yourselves expose them for what they really are. May you all sleep well at night knowing you did the right thing, we believe you.
Living in the wrong zip code in America is a huge determining factor as to where you will likely end up in life. Heartbreaking to see how the city is literally eating off the backs of the poor. Slavery definitely never ended, just rebranded.
Wow-what the heck, make a guy stand on the corner in the fall or winter and tell him he can't wear his issued warm hat! Out of all the issues in the world, they sweat a guy for stuff like that. SMH
I am still taking this jaw-dropping documentary. This system is so messed up. It's hard to wrap my head around the treatment that people face in NY and all over America. Up here in Kelowna, BC sheeesh the cops usually only mess with people that are actually being shady. It sounds like the Collars for Dollars Policy is still in effect. We need a RESET BUTTON!
That Sargeant needs to be fired and arrested for all the rights he pushes to be violated. Or street justice will ensue. This documentary is eye opening. They are a gang
They gave him his deserved promotion, but after it all calms down, watch how they do him dirty. It's sad to say, but that's another great officer who won't be around for long. Police departments don't want "good to do" officers around.
Sometimes it feels like the fight between good and evil will never end. This piece was so well put together but so so disheartening. I don’t know how those wicked cops go home to their families and sleep like babies. Parading around like upstanding citizens knowing the lives they have and continue to destroy. I have to believe everything comes full circle...
We would ALL like too Believe that, however, the Evil are outweighing the Good. There are so many Corrupt Cops out on the Streets, it becomes so incredibly difficult for the Good too stand up! Perhaps that is why there are so many Suicides in Law Enforcement? A large majority are EVIL! I used too think like You! But now I Don’t.
Wow you are so right! Well said...I had NO idea this was going on!!! You have to feel for these officers being put in this position! How dangerous for the officers coming forward! Makes me so angry! And even tho the head man stepped down-not admitting guilt with mayor Deblasio lying to continue to cover the corruption-was anyone held accountable???? Its surprising in a city as big as NY only 12 officers came forward... Pray for these officers trying to do the right thing!
I'm happy the brave policeman with the dreads was finally promoted. Listening to him speak it was obvious from the start he is so much more intelligent than many of his peers. It was a crime to make him pay for A) refusing to be a bad cop and B) speaking out and never backing down.
I had a fight like this in the 80's against a Colonel. I filed an EEOC complaint against him and he black balled me. Every place I worked I was harassed. I was in Germany. It was a nightmare. I couldn't get any help. This was in the 80's. I know what these cops are going through.
“Protect and Serve” or “Obey and Survive” it takes eight years to practice law in United States, yet it only takes 6 months to enforce it, it’s almost comical.
There is a difference between a Rat (69ish), and a Rat (stand up for their ppl), and if u can't see that then u shouldn't have an opinion on Loyalty...
It's like the "Island of Misfit Toys" all came together to represent. This is one of the most brave and sacrificial movements I've ever seen. You all glow with the beauty of what humanity should be, and I love you with all my heart for it. I wish every cop and every human could be more like you all. You have my endless gratitude. Peace!
Sipowicz on NYPD Blue is one of the best TV Cops! Old school door-kicker mixed with fire-breathing indignation and a pinch of hard-nosed racism.... How could one ask for more?! 👮♂️☠🕵🏻♂️👹💂♂️⚖🚬🙈🕴🏻💪🏼🖕🏼👌🏻🐸🐝💣💥🐉🍆☄🔥🐊⚡⚡⚔⚛⛾
Pedro Hernandez thank you for being strong and not bowing down thanks for your courage you did time away from school , family in a effort to clear your name be safe my brother very proud of your mom for standing by you on day 1
I feel that the worst part of this entire show was the young man that spent the better part of a year in jail even though he was innocent. That alone is enough to show just how broken the system is. Also, they kept offering him plea deals that would get him out of the jail but then he would have a permanent record of a crime he didn’t commit. Makes you wonder how many people out there with the same problem. I was arrested once and the same thing happened to me. They kept offering me a deal and I said no way because I was innocent. Eventually they dropped all charges against me because I was innocent. Luckily I didn’t spend a year in jail but that had more to do with overcrowding than anything else. So much respect for that young man and I hope he takes advantage of that scholarship and goes far in life. Maybe he will become a defence attorney
Deland, Florida resident here in support of THE PEOPLE, "OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS" we love & stand by you.... TO ALL THE POLICE BEHAVING THIS WAY: "YOU ARE HATED"!!!!!!😡
This type of treatment and work conditions is a key factor in emotional and social problems in the police organization; hostile and abusive work environment
Important documentary showing how police prey on low income neighborhoods, and what happens when someone within their ranks tries to do the right thing
I didn’t like the way the judge tried to convince him to take a plea. Telling him he could get back on to school but if he took it to trial he would most likely go to prison for a long time.
Investigator Gomez said he was forced off the job because he wasn't able to just sit back and let cops be corrupt and not say anything about it. I would be fired quick because I would have to step in and stop cops from violating people and I wouldn't arrest enough people or give out enough tickets filling my "quota".
I would like too see EXACTLY what YOUR TRUE CHARACTER WOULD BE, When You were Receiving the Money THEY GET🤔 What Side would YOU BE ON THEN?!??!????? 🙄🤢😤
Remember our parents telling us to go to a police officer when we needed to as they will protect us? The opening..which grads will face choices & always make the right one?
NOW we understand why there is no such thing as a 'good cop'. A good PERSON can be an officer, but the SYSTEM is too broken and corrupt and doesn't leave any room for a good person to do the right thing.
I remembered when twice in a month I was running late for school a lady cop saw me at a bus stop and she gave me a ride and told to always go to school and not get involved in gangs. Now they will stop you, pad you down and escalate, send you to jail and give you a criminal record.
What an AMAZING DOCUMENTARY!!! Thank you, for a great insight into Police Officers fighting against a system that is for profit on the backs of the disenfranchised in our poorest communities in the United States. It is vile and utterly disgusting that this is happening!!!
THIS IS AMERICA!!! All the corruption you think goes on in these precincts is what's going on!!! To site your officer for wearing his police issued winter hat because the temperature outside isn't above a certain degree is fuckn ridiculous. It happens everywhere.
More people should thank all of the officers who came forward. They see the injustice in the minority community, and were strong and brave enough to speak on it so change can happen..
No one should say anything? Unless they're perfection? I'm glad someone tries to say something. To places like China abusing uyghurs and hong kongers or myanmar butchering their people. We're very glad to have the US speaking up for us.
@@bw4500 they’re not speaking up for you, you’re being used as a political pawn, if they cared about anybody’s welfare they’d take care of their own first and stop funding he worlds biggest apartheid regime.
2/3 have no clue how economic work,plus foreign policy have nothing to do with domestic & lil joey cant get dental but israel 69 billion per,Evangelicals run the show
the first time I did time was for a crime I never committed I plead guilty just to get home to my family sooner because I know they would smoke my boots and trial
Throughout my entire life. I was taught to turn the other way when a police officer is present. They have the ability to ruin your life for no reason at all. I would not turn the other way with these 12 officers.
@@juanshaftpatel7488 I once was. When I was young my parents separated (First Fail). I had no supervision so I turned to drugs and alcohol (Second Fail). Crime was the next level of my downfall (Third Fail). Luck intervened in a major way. I did a 4 year bit for somebody else. They bought me a house, car, education when I got out. I received two degrees. Network Engineering and Security Analyst. The second in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. I developed online freight calculators with a few digital patens. I'm not rich, but I did OK. I live overseas now. The law enforcement here is nothing like the US. They do one thing and one thing only here. Enforce real criminals rich or poor.
I live in Australia, same thing happens here, in South Australia, A Current Affair did a show about it, a retired police officer came out but he was in disguise because even though he is retired, he still fears repercussion. Most of my local community already realized this was going on, as anytime someone made a complaint to the officer issuing the ticket, the gruff response was the same, " take it up with the government, they want their quota, and we have no choice". Bloody Pathetic.
A beautifully made film. Stephen Maing has made something that resonates. Anyone who watches this but has not read Serpico should definitely read Serpico. Many, many long established problems in the N.Y.P.D.
EXCELLENT WORK!!! One of the MOST IMPORTANT documentaries ever made! This and the seven-Five documentary put a HUGE spotlight on Police corruption in NY. And like the dred said, what happens in NY spreads to other, smaller states and cities. This is a nation wide issue! And when racism and politics can force our first black President to publicly apologize to a racist cop who profiled and abused a sitting black Representative in Congress for trying to break into his OWN HOME, simply because that cop was publicly embarrassed by the president for being the racist cop he is....WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM to deal with.
Those 12 officer should all be in office , those men should be our senators and law makers. And most importantly the police commissioner of new york. It's
Arrests don't reduce crime, it's reduces families. It criminalizes mental health and addiction. Connection is prevention. Start a quota to shake hands, instead of cuffing them.
Exceptional documentary! So sickening to see how low people are forced to go to maintain their position in the work place, what a disgusting abuse of power & people. Good luck to those with courage who stand for change. PEACE from New Zealand. Kia tutere, kia kaha, kia manawanui, oranga ake ai ki a ratou katoa!
I meet a retired 30 NYPD cop at a bar one night, long story short he told me that when he was on the force there was a detective that was rotten to the core and who ruined many innocent peoples life who the grand mayoría where black and Hispanic, he told me him and three other cops talked about blowing the whistle, they’ve decided that the weren’t going to do it, cause of fear of retaliation and losing there pensions, good cops basically walk on egg shells man, many of them leave the force With PTSD because they’ve witnessed so many cops ruined innocent peoples lives, and I know that bothers him that he decided to stay quiet and never exposed that dirty detective
I’m one of those people never had a record my whole life had my commercial drivers license since 1994 and in 2008 I was parked in my car. I live near Montefiore Hospital and North Central Hospital on Mashula Parkway couldn’t find a parking circle the block Parked on the side of the street that says no parking it will after 7 PM a van full of cops came by and eyeball me so I looked back at them. Not thinking of anything two minutes later that same van circled the block came behind my car with the lights on, and told me to get out of my car for no apparent reason I refused, they surrounded my car and said if I don’t get out the car they were gonna pepper spray me and pull me out the car no one that I have my CDL. I did not want to take a chance so I got out the car and was arrested for having a pocket knife on my keychain, which was 1 inch blade That I use to cut boxes on my job as a truck driver Worker for moving company they arrested me on a Saturday brought me to central bookings and I stood there for three days. I should have sued them if I would have known better then, and if I would’ve had the time, I would have had a lawsuit wind up Dropping all charges and gave me a Mark on my record for disturbing the peace I am so angry watching this video. I wish I would have just sued them now here we are in 2024 and I’m trying to get my gun permit and had to get my records to show them that I had a mark on my record, it’s a disgrace I don’t blame the police. I blame the commissioner from that era and mayor Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg. They are the cause of this.
This warning is to whoever is about to receive a stimulus check of $1,400, police officers will be on the streets to take that money back in tickets ...stay safe🙏
Yes indeed. I noticed that last year. The day after the IRS announced the release of the first batch squad cars were on the street. I counted 48 cars in a 20 minute drive through my city
That’s crazy I went to HS with Edwin Raymond and I’ve seen him twice in uniform. Once on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn and some other place. And he seemed cool as ever but you never know what people are going through.
1:41:20 you can tell that Lt. Ho is under pressure for Abdullah to get an arrest and meet a quota as well. He's repeating the word "Collar" he doesn't seem to insult or try to be mean to Abdullah in anyway, but the fact that he is going out and arresting people for him shows how much pressure he must be feeling himself. Which implies that he quota system is still coming from the top brass.
Thank you to all the good ones out there!! Keep it up! One last thing...This black vs white, it needs to end! We are all one people, we all need to walk in truth and respect. It sickens me this racist war we have going on.. Just be proper, be respectful to all people no matter who they are/we are!! Peace and Love ✌🏻
Tony this what is going on since the first day of the creation of this country.Please just have a look at the history of this country is steep in corruption and injustice enforced on the majority of the poor and vulnerable members of the society by the rulers the white supremacy, for the elite and big corporations to enrich their selfs.
Funny how the twelve were viewed by their departments as being weak. Little did they know how strong they really were. Never underestimate the so called underdog. Much respect to them all!
This was absolutely a David and Goliath. I have unending admiration and gratitude.
AMEN!! ❤❤
I joined the Marines at 18. Me and a good Marine buddy got into a argument about how people become a product of their environment. He(came from a better neighborhood than me) argued that's BS, people make their own choices. I explained sometimes good kids can get caught up in their surroundings which can adversely impact them. This documentary is another example of that. Good kids that live in bad neighborhoods have to dodge gangs jumping you, hustlers trying to get you to make easy money and also the COPS putting false cases on you. This is so sad.
Why this only has 68k views is beyond me. Everyone should be sharing this without fear of scrutiny.
Cuz its on hulu. No one watches hulu
Yeah because people always get scrutinized for criticizing the police... give me a break.
Spread the word. Also, check out Let The Fire Burn if you haven't, very hard to find now but incredibly gripping documentary.
@@maximiliancamacho9566 it’s really easy to find. It’s 3.99 on iTunes.
@@euphegenia pretty sure they added it recently, could only find youtube streams during the summer
I commend all those offices that stood up to their departments and bosses . All police all over the world should be just like yourselves . Thank you for you're courage and honesty . God bless you all .
Thank you to every man and woman involved for bring this to the light.
God bless
Revolutuon from rhe inside is the only sucsessful revolution.
Those 12 officers are the most heroically brave Americans that I have heard of in a very long time. May they receive many blessings for their courage and steadfast convictions.
Ase` we can't be so dogmatic in our thinking about cops, folk say Okay, where are the good cops? where are the ones that speak up? Well these brothers have spoken up and put everything on the line so what do you say to that? I commend Bro. Edwin Raymond and the rest of these brothers that had the guts to stand up and speak out!
This documentary turned out to be better than I expected.
As a former police officer with the City of Miami Police Department for over 7 years, I can confirm that this is the most accurate documentary that I have seen on crime + punishment for police officers that do not conform or play the games that the brass wants or expect of you. The NYPD is a brave bunch. Bullying and blackballing are persistent in most police departments in the United States. I had the misfortune of serving under one of Bratton's named deputies in this film Jhon Timony, who exported this system to the City of Miami Police Department. Lt. Willie Cruz, Sgt M. Moreen. and Major Richard Perez all of you are worthy of Investigations by the DOJ.
This is not just in the police but in life in general. People who do the right things are blackballed and shunned.
@vctjkhme soo you're a bootlicker to sum things up. could have save all that bs you typed.
Canadians are not like that
@vctjkhme what fraternal order are you with?
THAT PART!
@vctjkhme Bull$h!t. The fact that a society contains psychopaths and "perpetual children" (been reading Jordan Peterson, have we?) does not mean that it is in any way acceptable for law enforcement to behave in the arbitrary and corrupt manner shown so clearly in this film. Apparently you're too dense to grasp that the NYPD is exploiting the "dysfunctional legal regime" you describe in such a long winded manner to inflate the city's budget. Or, rather, to prevent that budget from being deflated by penny pinching conservatives. The fact that the problem begins much higher up than the cop on the street doesn't mean that there isn't a policing problem. It's a top down systemic and cultural problem that begins with the mayor, filters down through the district judiciary and manifest itself, finally, on the street as a policing problem. The police are part of that legal system too. Other developed countries don't have this kind of issue with policing, and many of them have legal systems that are _far_ more liberal in the way criminals are treated.
Much RESPECT for those officers that stand up and speak up!! That's SERVING AND PROTECTING THE PUBLIC!! THANK YOU ALL THAT DO!!
No respect to the ones who aren't...
@@BossQueen It's a job . You would risk the lives of your wife and children to " speak up "
@@bubbasmith179 Torn between livelihood, and the safety and protection of your family, versus your personal morality and held-on beliefs.
Not a decision 99.99% of people are prepared to make.
This is heartbreaking. The fact that someone has to make the decision between taking a plea to get out of jail and go back to school or spend an indefinite amount of time in jail with little to no evidence against them is not justice.
@vctjkhme why are you asking him for an "alternative system" ? there are SO many countries out there that do things differently , just research it yourself.
@vctjkhme you're funny...
@vctjkhme A system where police don't have quotas, and don't make false arrests like the one shown in the documentary. Police are legally mandated to not have quotas and yet they still do and when they sue nothing happens
Happens everyday!! I know... it's happened to me. SMH
I'm from a working class area in Ireland that has its challenges. Although the system isn't perfect it certainly doesn't go out of its way to criminalise our youth or general populace. Actually it works to the contrary. So yes there is an alternative. Its called freedom, something Americans I suspect such as yourself shout the loudest about, but if it smacked you in the face you still wouldn't know what it was.
You'd probably demand its incarceration.
Im not even halfway through the documentary, and I've been just heartbroken and in tears....
Gives me a very very sickening feeling in my stomach
Don't tell me, you believed justice and morals was prevalent among the police? Why would they be different from the rest of the population where the people with less scruples or morals are who climb up the ladder easier.
Looking at 15 years in prison when you’re innocent. Or take this plea and be let out. Wow. Whoever arrested him needs to be arrested
@Vernon Anderson 🤣🤣
I've gone through the very same thing. Yeah, it's the quickest and easiest way out BUT YOU END UP WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD WHEN I WAS INNOCENT TO BEGIN WITH; NOW IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT SOMEONE FOR JOB AVAILABILITY/BEING HIRED, TRAVEL, FREEDOM TO PROTECT YOURSELF WITH A FIREARM (YOU CAN'T), GETTING A TOP EXECUTIVE OR TOP SECURITY CLEARANCES (is next to impossible).
THIS IS WRONG. Thank you for sharing.
From Canada ❤🇨🇦❤❤☃️❄
as well as the attorney who offered that deal
The problem is people who actually did that crime can turn around and say their innocent the whole system sucks
There needs to be an effort to remove that judge from the bench, he and his comrades are the real problem
When you have honest cops wanting to show the dishonesty in our law...we all need to listen and watch! Respect to ALL the honest law enforcement out there!
Corruption in the police department makes the honest cops, dishonest
"When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals" Edward Snowden.
Both decent cops
Now we all know just why all our jails and prisons are over crowded!!!! Thank you for such a perfect documentary!!!!
The scariest thing about this documentary is of course the myriad systemic failures you can follow from top to bottom. The second scariest thing is how dumb the leadership really is.
You have to be very STOOPID IN ORDER TO MOVE UP IN THE WORLD
Yeah, most promotions aren't based in intelligence. They're based on how you toe the chosen line and how well you can shield the next level of leadership.
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY 🏴🤔🕊🏴
Including Mayor Adams. He sucks.
Did you see how the JUDGE tried to convince the young black man's attorney to get him to take the 'plea' deal of a lesser sentence even though the young man says he was innocent? I'm sure the hearing was postponed as a retaliation for not taking the please deal. Many will sit in jail waiting for a trial and then finally give in to a plea deal just to get out of jail.
The LOWER THE MORALS the HIGHER UP THE LADDER YOU GO. Bottomline.
So well said
Sadly this is the SAME system in Child Protective Services! Social Workers are retaliated if they do not maintain "quotas" in closing cases that they do not generate $$$ for....even if these cases need continued monitoring or follow-up when the kids go back to parents. Many kids are removec when thy could have remained in their homes with some basic services. 90-95% of kids are removed for neglect because of the parent's addiction to drugs. Substance abuse programs provided to the parents are staticially proven to be "ineffective" because they are only 30-60 days long and staff are usually inexperienced free interns for again....companies who focus on PROFITS $$$ not success rates. As a result, the recidivism rate (kids come back into the system) is so high. 500+ kids in foster care system at one given time and many spending they whole lives bouncing from foster home to foster home. Many....many being neglected and physically and sexually abused by Christian Foster Family Agencies (covered up by the County Foster Care System and NEVER get prosecuted). Foster Parents PROFIT FINANCIALLY $$$ off housing these kids. Understand these Foster Parents WORK against the biological parents so they can keep pulling in the $$$ monthly which is in California about $950 to $1,200 per kid per month. There are good Foster Parents, but unfortunately there are more bad ones than good ones. I worked 12 years for Riverside County Child Protective Sevices (CPS) so I know this for a fact.
I was a police officer . If your not corrupt you don't get promoted and leadership make sure your not part of what they are doing . They will leave you to do the job . It gives the face of the department a good look . But every cop knows about it
Lord please protect & shield these good men & women officers and many more like them. This is what we need 🙏
Truly heartbreaking that people meant to protect and serve their communities are instead out there ruining people's lives. It's disgusting!
Greed!!!! America needs to become a human-centered country and not a money-centered one. Or else humans will come last in all endeavors.
@@zotonka9229 I agree, but not just America. Alot of other countries also.
P.S. I knew that young was innocent ,way before this piece was over. Take notes don't take a plea. Stay strong !the investigator was amazing !God bless him to continue his work.
It’s easy said man
Thank you hulu for making available this great content for free not Tiktokers, gamers and influencers talking nonsense for hours
This was a very important documentary for Hulu to put here for everyone to see, I didn't know that it was this bad. This is extreme.
For 👨🏾🦳🧑🏾🦱🧑🏾👩🏾🦱🧔🏾😂👨🏾🦱👧🏾👦🏽 , THIS IS THE NORM !
Don't tell me, you believed justice and morals was prevalent among the police? Why would they be different from the rest of the population where the people with less scruples or morals are who climb up the ladder easier.
Yep, extreme and from the Stone ages..... unreal, except that it is.
I think it's far beyond extreme..
@@samreynolds3789 🤣🤣🤣 just stop
An eye opening documentary. More people should watch this. Everything is about money.
NO DOUBT! Regardless if your with a company/ corporation or a public servant. Emphasis on " servant" $$ is a mind altering thing , in order to get it .
You barely figured that out?? Welcome to the United States of the DOLLAR...
Of course the jails are one of the most lucrative ways to make money since the jail system become private business the money keeps flowing and flowing that's why prisións are always full of their maximum capacity more arrests by the police means more money for the prisons owners that's what it is
@SKITTL 3Z best comment I’ve ever read on UA-cam hahahahahhahaha
@@fredthompson4568 Che by to his lol no no o no no no o no no no Ho no no I
Thank God for whistleblowers.
Thank the human spirit!
Whistle blowers um no. Truth tellers and angels yes.
Amen for that
@@bloodbornlink8998 Same thing but I hear yea. Not all wHIStle blowers are truthers and angels.
I can’t believe how they’re treating him
Everybody should watch this.
Just now came across this and watchin it and sharing it now, 4/11/21....Deland, Fl. Good Humanbeings NEED TO WAKE UP AND MAKE CHANGE!💯%👪💪❤🙏🌎=🚫👿👮💀
Brings tears to my eyes that investigators taking the time to make things right for the true victims of the justice system
A pig is never a true victim to the system. So please cut it out.
@@marquisinternational941 you juSt bitter brob
He probably wants to defend the police like a DA
That private investigator is a good man
saint
Imagine a world if people were actually decent and honest.
We reap what we sow , we allow it to happen
And 36,000 cops are required. NYC must be the greatest collection of indecent and dishonest people on the planet.
It took that Officer only 30 seconds to defuse the situation at the bodega....and nobody had to be arrested or die!!!
He said it himself! All the new guys of that time weren’t trained to talk to the and diffuse the situation
@@DownInTheDesert real policing.
That's REAL community police work!
@@DownInTheDesert That time and now! deescalation is the new "4 letter word". No one wants to say it or do it. All they want is another "collar".
This guy is like a Cop for Cops. We need more of him out there
I have nothing but the highest level of respect and honor for the 12 of you. Thank you for upholding your sworn commitment to serve and protect
I am very proud of these officers. Your bravery, your courage is an inspiration to those who will pick up the torch where you left off.
Corruption in the police force will always be part of the brotherhood until the good officers like yourselves expose them for what they really are.
May you all sleep well at night knowing you did the right thing, we believe you.
What kind of brotherhood reward corruption & punish doing what is decent?
Yes i believe them may god be with them
Well said sister girl it aesome
Living in the wrong zip code in America is a huge determining factor as to where you will likely end up in life. Heartbreaking to see how the city is literally eating off the backs of the poor. Slavery definitely never ended, just rebranded.
It's just systemic racism now, this country will forever be racist and blindingly unconstitutional
@@cyrus5109 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can’t imagine living in Baltimore….that’s the worst city for corruption
@@mclovinlife4018 new York
👏🏽Thank you for releasing this. I have learned SO much.
Wow-what the heck, make a guy stand on the corner in the fall or winter and tell him he can't wear his issued warm hat! Out of all the issues in the world, they sweat a guy for stuff like that. SMH
I am still taking this jaw-dropping documentary. This system is so messed up. It's hard to wrap my head around the treatment that people face in NY and all over America. Up here in Kelowna, BC sheeesh the cops usually only mess with people that are actually being shady. It sounds like the Collars for Dollars Policy is still in effect. We need a RESET BUTTON!
That Sargeant needs to be fired and arrested for all the rights he pushes to be violated. Or street justice will ensue. This documentary is eye opening. They are a gang
Only because the hat didn’t look good on him
@@karljesaitis3656 lol
Right! Somebody's got _their_ priorities in order, huh?
ps. GO HULU!
When the sgt told him he’s out of uniform I got flashbacks from the marines when I was hazed. He’s definitely being messed with hard man.
They gave him his deserved promotion, but after it all calms down, watch how they do him dirty. It's sad to say, but that's another great officer who won't be around for long. Police departments don't want "good to do" officers around.
TRUTH
Corruption is overtaking all over America and Europe
And it's the people who care get f&@?£
Such an important piece....needs to be seen by everyone....I will forward it as much as I can...
Sometimes it feels like the fight between good and evil will never end. This piece was so well put together but so so disheartening. I don’t know how those wicked cops go home to their families and sleep like babies. Parading around like upstanding citizens knowing the lives they have and continue to destroy. I have to believe everything comes full circle...
We would ALL like too Believe that, however, the Evil are outweighing the Good. There are so many Corrupt Cops out on the Streets, it becomes so incredibly difficult for the Good too stand up! Perhaps that is why there are so many Suicides in Law Enforcement? A large majority are EVIL!
I used too think like You! But now I Don’t.
Wow you are so right! Well said...I had NO idea this was going on!!! You have to feel for these officers being put in this position! How dangerous for the officers coming forward! Makes me so angry! And even tho the head man stepped down-not admitting guilt with mayor Deblasio lying to continue to cover the corruption-was anyone held accountable???? Its surprising in a city as big as NY only 12 officers came forward... Pray for these officers trying to do the right thing!
I'm happy the brave policeman with the dreads was finally promoted. Listening to him speak it was obvious from the start he is so much more intelligent than many of his peers. It was a crime to make him pay for A) refusing to be a bad cop and B) speaking out and never backing down.
I had a fight like this in the 80's against a Colonel. I filed an EEOC complaint against him and he black balled me. Every place I worked I was harassed. I was in Germany. It was a nightmare. I couldn't get any help. This was in the 80's. I know what these cops are going through.
“Protect and Serve” or “Obey and Survive” it takes eight years to practice law in United States, yet it only takes 6 months to enforce it, it’s almost comical.
Fine. Make it 8 years to become a cop. But you better pay them like doctors because people won’t take this job for that amount of time to become one.
There is a difference between a Rat (69ish), and a Rat (stand up for their ppl), and if u can't see that then u shouldn't have an opinion on Loyalty...
It's like the "Island of Misfit Toys" all came together to represent. This is one of the most brave and sacrificial movements I've ever seen. You all glow with the beauty of what humanity should be, and I love you with all my heart for it. I wish every cop and every human could be more like you all. You have my endless gratitude. Peace!
This is what you don't see in Cop TV shows like Blue Bloods.
Blue Bloods. Classic, essential, Coppaganda.
Sipowicz on NYPD Blue is one of the best TV Cops! Old school door-kicker mixed with fire-breathing indignation and a pinch of hard-nosed racism.... How could one ask for more?!
👮♂️☠🕵🏻♂️👹💂♂️⚖🚬🙈🕴🏻💪🏼🖕🏼👌🏻🐸🐝💣💥🐉🍆☄🔥🐊⚡⚡⚔⚛⛾
The Wire is the exception. It's AMAZINGLY accurate and shows the politics behind the push for "numbers".
@@zshakur I was about to comment on the wire , best cop show I ever seen no happy endings just real chit
@@zshakur top 3 best series of all time.
Pedro Hernandez thank you for being strong and not bowing down thanks for your courage you did time away from school , family in a effort to clear your name be safe my brother very proud of your mom for standing by you on day 1
I feel that the worst part of this entire show was the young man that spent the better part of a year in jail even though he was innocent. That alone is enough to show just how broken the system is. Also, they kept offering him plea deals that would get him out of the jail but then he would have a permanent record of a crime he didn’t commit. Makes you wonder how many people out there with the same problem. I was arrested once and the same thing happened to me. They kept offering me a deal and I said no way because I was innocent. Eventually they dropped all charges against me because I was innocent. Luckily I didn’t spend a year in jail but that had more to do with overcrowding than anything else. So much respect for that young man and I hope he takes advantage of that scholarship and goes far in life. Maybe he will become a defence attorney
Deland, Florida resident here in support of THE PEOPLE, "OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS" we love & stand by you....
TO ALL THE POLICE BEHAVING THIS WAY: "YOU ARE HATED"!!!!!!😡
And to these "good" cops?...pls be safe, KEEP YOUR VEST ON.
This type of treatment and work conditions is a key factor in emotional and social problems in the police organization; hostile and abusive work environment
Important documentary showing how police prey on low income neighborhoods, and what happens when someone within their ranks tries to do the right thing
@vctjkhme America encourages people to prey on each other for money, only the poorest, nonwhite people get punished for it
@vctjkhme your haven’t been ..... 🙃 like not tV “Been been sMH I get your theory tho
@@maximiliancamacho9566
You have no idea that white people face the same problems with the police
@@trixtrix6485 Disproportionate, my friend.
@@trixtrix6485 disproportionately
Raymond that quote about the quilt was well said ! 🙌🏾
I didn’t like the way the judge tried to convince him to take a plea. Telling him he could get back on to school but if he took it to trial he would most likely go to prison for a long time.
Why doesn’t this have 14 million views.. its part of our current problem
Yeah I never seen this on Hulu itself. I found it by searching for a top ten documentaries video.
The sheep is busy watching 👀twerking videos
Because most people don't care...
Power piece on the complicated reality. Thank you sharing on this platform.
Yes, thank you for exposing "truth" you are so brave, I honor you.
Investigator Gomez said he was forced off the job because he wasn't able to just sit back and let cops be corrupt and not say anything about it. I would be fired quick because I would have to step in and stop cops from violating people and I wouldn't arrest enough people or give out enough tickets filling my "quota".
I would like too see EXACTLY what YOUR TRUE CHARACTER WOULD BE, When You were Receiving the Money THEY GET🤔
What Side would YOU BE ON THEN?!??!????? 🙄🤢😤
Remember our parents telling us to go to a police officer when we needed to as they will protect us?
The opening..which grads will face choices & always make the right one?
NOW we understand why there is no such thing as a 'good cop'. A good PERSON can be an officer, but the SYSTEM is too broken and corrupt and doesn't leave any room for a good person to do the right thing.
I remembered when twice in a month I was running late for school a lady cop saw me at a bus stop and she gave me a ride and told to always go to school and not get involved in gangs. Now they will stop you, pad you down and escalate, send you to jail and give you a criminal record.
This happened to you?
What an AMAZING DOCUMENTARY!!! Thank you, for a great insight into Police Officers fighting against a system that is for profit on the backs of the disenfranchised in our poorest communities in the United States. It is vile and utterly disgusting that this is happening!!!
Man! The problem is bigger than what I could have possibly imagined.
Hats off for the12 ! If we don't have hope we have nothing !
Sad that the Good Cops get Ran out the Department... and the Losers get Protection
THIS IS AMERICA!!! All the corruption you think goes on in these precincts is what's going on!!! To site your officer for wearing his police issued winter hat because the temperature outside isn't above a certain degree is fuckn ridiculous. It happens everywhere.
More people should thank all of the officers who came forward. They see the injustice in the minority community, and were strong and brave enough to speak on it so change can happen..
And thanks to that investigator who helped them!
How can America bleat on about justice and democracy elsewhere in the world when it has so many issues already on its doorstep?
No one should say anything? Unless they're perfection? I'm glad someone tries to say something. To places like China abusing uyghurs and hong kongers or myanmar butchering their people. We're very glad to have the US speaking up for us.
@@bw4500 they’re not speaking up for you, you’re being used as a political pawn, if they cared about anybody’s welfare they’d take care of their own first and stop funding he worlds biggest apartheid regime.
Your geopolitical outlook is myopic. America bad is not much of a worldview.
@@bw4500 🤣 yeah ok 😂 maybe not where you are
2/3 have no clue how economic work,plus foreign policy have nothing to do with domestic & lil joey cant get dental but israel 69 billion per,Evangelicals run the show
so much honor and bravery displayed in this documentary. .....so much systematic injustice and these men and women stood tall in the face of it all.
the first time I did time was for a crime I never committed I plead guilty just to get home to my family sooner because I know they would smoke my boots and trial
We no what you did! Bad man !
When it came to Eric Garners funeral, man that just broke me😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
"I CAN'T BREATHE!"
RIP🙏 in~✌&💪 young man💔
I have respect for these cops, they could have just went with the flow but did the right thing.
Throughout my entire life. I was taught to turn the other way when a police officer is present. They have the ability to ruin your life for no reason at all. I would not turn the other way with these 12 officers.
you must be poor
@@juanshaftpatel7488 I once was. When I was young my parents separated (First Fail). I had no supervision so I turned to drugs and alcohol (Second Fail). Crime was the next level of my downfall (Third Fail).
Luck intervened in a major way. I did a 4 year bit for somebody else. They bought me a house, car, education when I got out. I received two degrees. Network Engineering and Security Analyst. The second in Supply Chain Management and Logistics.
I developed online freight calculators with a few digital patens. I'm not rich, but I did OK. I live overseas now. The law enforcement here is nothing like the US. They do one thing and one thing only here. Enforce real criminals rich or poor.
Glad you made it out dude. May I ask what country you are in now - or maybe what continent if you prefer?
@@chrisccc22 Wow- really? Where do you live now?
@@chrisccc22 Holy cow! So awesome to hear! I'm so happy and thrilled for you.
This is AAA movie type editing and camera work, very good job!
I live in Australia, same thing happens here, in South Australia,
A Current Affair did a show about it, a retired police officer came out but he was in disguise because even though he is retired, he still fears repercussion.
Most of my local community already realized this was going on, as anytime someone made a complaint to the officer issuing the ticket, the gruff response was the same, " take it up with the government, they want their quota, and we have no choice".
Bloody Pathetic.
A beautifully made film. Stephen Maing has made something that resonates. Anyone who watches this but has not read Serpico should definitely read Serpico. Many, many long established problems in the N.Y.P.D.
Mr Gomez keep pounding the pavement & shining the light of truth on the deeds done in the dark. 🔦
Okay..... This was an eye opening documentary!!!
reality bites
Dude is a g(I shouldn't have to CAP that for you to understand) Shows up to Your door, tells You to Step out and then Proceeds to call you Step-Son🤣🤣
Amazing documentary. So important.
Thank you Hulu!
EXCELLENT WORK!!! One of the MOST IMPORTANT documentaries ever made! This and the seven-Five documentary put a HUGE spotlight on Police corruption in NY. And like the dred said, what happens in NY spreads to other, smaller states and cities. This is a nation wide issue! And when racism and politics can force our first black President to publicly apologize to a racist cop who profiled and abused a sitting black Representative in Congress for trying to break into his OWN HOME, simply because that cop was publicly embarrassed by the president for being the racist cop he is....WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM to deal with.
Those 12 officer should all be in office , those men should be our senators and law makers. And most importantly the police commissioner of new york. It's
Arrests don't reduce crime, it's reduces families. It criminalizes mental health and addiction. Connection is prevention. Start a quota to shake hands, instead of cuffing them.
This goes all the way to the top we can't blame the officers they live in as much fear as we do.
Exceptional documentary! So sickening to see how low people are forced to go to maintain their position in the work place, what a disgusting abuse of power & people.
Good luck to those with courage who stand for change. PEACE from New Zealand.
Kia tutere, kia kaha, kia manawanui, oranga ake ai ki a ratou katoa!
I wonder how many lives are ruined so a cop could meet his/her quota..
Sad to even think about. Once you're in the system it's impossible to get out.
I meet a retired 30 NYPD cop at a bar one night, long story short he told me that when he was on the force there was a detective that was rotten to the core and who ruined many innocent peoples life who the grand mayoría where black and Hispanic, he told me him and three other cops talked about blowing the whistle, they’ve decided that the weren’t going to do it, cause of fear of retaliation and losing there pensions, good cops basically walk on egg shells man, many of them leave the force With PTSD because they’ve witnessed so many cops ruined innocent peoples lives, and I know that bothers him that he decided to stay quiet and never exposed that dirty detective
I’m one of those people never had a record my whole life had my commercial drivers license since 1994 and in 2008 I was parked in my car. I live near Montefiore Hospital and North Central Hospital on Mashula Parkway couldn’t find a parking circle the block Parked on the side of the street that says no parking it will after 7 PM a van full of cops came by and eyeball me so I looked back at them. Not thinking of anything two minutes later that same van circled the block came behind my car with the lights on, and told me to get out of my car for no apparent reason I refused, they surrounded my car and said if I don’t get out the car they were gonna pepper spray me and pull me out the car no one that I have my CDL. I did not want to take a chance so I got out the car and was arrested for having a pocket knife on my keychain, which was 1 inch blade That I use to cut boxes on my job as a truck driver Worker for moving company they arrested me on a Saturday brought me to central bookings and I stood there for three days. I should have sued them if I would have known better then, and if I would’ve had the time, I would have had a lawsuit wind up Dropping all charges and gave me a Mark on my record for disturbing the peace I am so angry watching this video. I wish I would have just sued them now here we are in 2024 and I’m trying to get my gun permit and had to get my records to show them that I had a mark on my record, it’s a disgrace I don’t blame the police. I blame the commissioner from that era and mayor Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg. They are the cause of this.
It is a systemic problem not just a cop problem
So much respect for these officers. I'm on the edge of my seat. Amazing people
I am soooo proud of these officers!❤😉😉❤❤❤❤❤😉😉😉😉
Wow. Can’t believe how badly they treat their own officers for not playing ball. Kudos to the guys who stood for what’s right
This warning is to whoever is about to receive a stimulus check of $1,400, police officers will be on the streets to take that money back in tickets ...stay safe🙏
Dude u hit it
Yes indeed. I noticed that last year. The day after the IRS announced the release of the first batch squad cars were on the street. I counted 48 cars in a 20 minute drive through my city
@@prim.an.propher1505 the system is rigged stay Smart Stay Blessed stay safe
Well I haven't watch the movie in like 2 years just came on the auto-play and I watched it and absolutely loved it
Very talented musician playing the flute
Unfortunately society never confronts root causes.
...THAT is precisely what will be society's undoing!
True
That’s crazy I went to HS with Edwin Raymond and I’ve seen him twice in uniform. Once on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn and some other place. And he seemed cool as ever but you never know what people are going through.
I know all about police methodology, I've lived it, know your enemy well and don't ever underestimate your enemy. The power of the State is awesome.
Why isn't this all over the news?!
This is crazy
1:41:20 you can tell that Lt. Ho is under pressure for Abdullah to get an arrest and meet a quota as well. He's repeating the word "Collar" he doesn't seem to insult or try to be mean to Abdullah in anyway, but the fact that he is going out and arresting people for him shows how much pressure he must be feeling himself. Which implies that he quota system is still coming from the top brass.
Thank you to all the good ones out there!! Keep it up!
One last thing...This black vs white, it needs to end! We are all one people, we all need to walk in truth and respect. It sickens me this racist war we have going on.. Just be proper, be respectful to all people no matter who they are/we are!!
Peace and Love
✌🏻
This is a fantastic documentary!!!!
The best officers seem to be the ones standing up for their rights as well as their communities.
What kind of bull is still going on in the US. WOW.
Tony this what is going on since the first day of the creation of this country.Please just have a look at the history of this country is steep in corruption and injustice enforced on the majority of the poor and vulnerable members of the society by the rulers the white supremacy, for the elite and big corporations to enrich their selfs.