The One Man Riot Squad
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Serving with the NYPD between 1923 and 1947, for over two decades John “Johnny” Broderick struck fear into the hearts of New York’s deadliest criminals working as a no-nonsense detective who wasn’t afraid to throw hands and kick bad guys through windows (literally). Over his long and controversial career, Broderick earned over half a dozen medals for valor, a nod from the president of the United States and the begrudging respect of the criminal underworld who, when they weren’t referring to him by various expletives, referred to him as “the one man riot squad”.
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At 1:06 you say at the close of ww2 not ww1 but still great video
instablaster
"Punch first, ask questions while punching" - Broderick, probably
Nazamroth Industries Operation Logs
Welp, found my new mantra!
Bear it's a quote from a character named Vi in the game League of Legends
league is love, league is life.
Ben Cradick zoozppqpw1....zq
Word to live by :P
When Broderick retired he did so to a farm outside of Middletown N.Y. my mother lived next door to him and as a teenager she would cook meals for him and run errands. He was extremely generous and gave her a platinum watch, shortly before he died. He told everyone that she was the daughter he never had, and that he loved her dearly. My mother (and her family) adored him. It doesn't say here in this vid, but he was long since single when he moved upstate, and had women over quite a bit. And my mom used to make dinner for he and his dates so Broderick could serve them when they were alone.
My mom was absolutely devastated when he died, saying that he was one if the most caring, loving, protective people she ever met.
So much of movies and stories about him make him out to be like this, a one man wrecking crew, a brainless brute, a criminal, or just an all around terrible person. The truth was, it was a very different time, and the rules that played 100 years ago were totally different. He was an unbelievably tough man, who had flaws, but had a wonderful heart, and the man himself was loved by many for a reason.
Besides God, my mother only speaks glowingly of three men. Her father, the surgeon she worked for right after college (whom she adored and whom I'm named after) and Johnny Broderick. Three men in almost 80 years of life. That should say something that you won't get from a book, a movie, or a video.
Wow! This is a wonderfully touching personal story, and gives interesting new perspective on the video & the man it depicts.
I know you can’t always believe what you read on the internet, but I’m choosing to believe this one. :)
Well, Simon did say that he was generally a down-to-earth man.
There was even a dialogue with Shor where he didn't want to meet an actor cause according to the dialogue, the actor would portray as him in the movie and wanted to know more about Broderick. He had a kid and he didn't want his kid to know that his/her father wasn't a role model outside of the house (even just smoking a cigar isn't upright for him xD).
This man is a bird bully hurting people for no reason getting away with it working with gangsters shady guy he should have been in jail
Astounding, and VERY well put. A rare insight into history from a first person account. Truly a complicated man. Seems he could be your best friend and benefactor, or your absolute worst nightmare. I'd choose the friend. Seems your life expectancy would be greater!
Lyte Stylez you were there?
I hate it when I get knocked out with unknown seamen.
Better to get knocked out than loose an eye.
ChrisD4335 It's better than Getting knocked up by unknown seaman
It's better than getting unknown by knocking seaman
seaman? I think you mean aquaman and no, nobody likes aquaman.
He didn't even see it cumming.
So this guy was essentially a combination of Jim Gordon and Batman.
double take
...and apparently Detective Bullock.
Well said
That garbage can lid stunt? Captain America lol
@@JoeyTee420 was fully gonna say that one.
when you have a speak skill of 15, but you have 100 unarmed.
Iron Griffon speech*
Pyrofest he said its level 15 what do you expect
Iron Griffon [Hidden]
Iron Griffon
ain't that a kick in the head
The Slacker Engineer
Lel
That is the most alpha move to date.
"Oh shit Diamonds hunting me? I should probably -hide- *Hunt him instead* "
Diamonds: *hunts for Broderick*
Broderick: *pulls out an Uno reverse card*
Broderick to Diamond: hey that weird... when have you ever heard of the prey going after the predator
Turns out Batman tactics are illegal these days. Who knew.
I don't even have to click read more to know you said, "BECAUSE HE'S BATMAN!!!"
KainusGulch hes nothing like batman maybe the red hood but nothing like batman
KainusGulch They were always illegal, the police have always been above the law
leon scott OH REALLY M8?
KainusGulch fucking liberals
How do you discourage crime? Break the criminals
Something lost on a lot of people today.
@@fritzwilhelm8258 it literally didn’t even work during his time 😒 crime was rampant
@@JL_Lux That's because they kept releasing all the criminals, refusing to prosecute crimes and used Covid as an excuse to empty all the prisons. Glad I could clear that up for you.
@@fritzwilhelm8258 wtf are you talking about. Check the amount of people are in prison. The US has the biggest propulsion bigger than China! Wtf is wrong with you? You think America breeds criminals? There is no reason this many people should be in the system. You are just saying a bunch of bullshit talking points some
White conservative sponsored by the Koch brothers. How about you get an original thought
@@fritzwilhelm8258 you are subscribed to Matt Walsh and prager u. What a fucking moron you are? How about you fact check anything they say? Just look it up.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.
Not completely accurate but man, this guy was the real life Batman of New York, minus the money and spandex.
Raj Singh well he still had quite a bit of money somehow
This guy earned all the respect anyone could muster for him. It is sad he was forced to retire and not able to make office. If he said he did nothing wrong, I will bet my life any day, that he was not doing anything wrong. Even his enemies respected him.
So he mysteriously was much more wealthy than he should have been, and was known for having connections to corrupt politicians, and beat up strikers randomly who had committed no crime and yet you think he did nothing wrong? He was evidently pretty corrupt, especially after a few years. Still probably better at his job than most even with the corruption but corrupt all the same
@@fraserclayton7468 bit harsh to judge a man out of his time'
He who is without sin shall cast the first stone
We had a similar cop in Dublin Ireland in the 50s/60s named Lugs Brannigan. He has become a sort of folk hero now.
We Ned another lugs branigan for the tugs of today
Good for him! We need a few thousand more like him in USA.
A high-speed chase in the 30s? So what, they made it to 55mph?
dujfraz yeeeep
with those tires, suspension, aerodynamics and no crumple zones or seatbelts
dujfraz Closer to 77 mph
Depends on if they went downhill or uphill.
Dang, not 88? Would've seen some serious shit at that speed...
This is what happens when you set real life into easy mode
You should do a video on the time that one Australian flew across the pacific in a plane named the southern cross that had 2 engine failures and had to climb on the wings while in air. His name is Charles king ford smith and he has had one amazing life. I'd love to see a video on this extremely smart, extremely daring, role model
Please like and repost so he may do a video on this subject, thank you
Huh, as in Kingford-Smith Airport in Sydney I suppose. I never new who it was named after. Sounds like it would be an interesting video.
I will repost this, I'm really interested, thank your for this one
Yes yes yes
Another fake account, Charles?
So this must be where the old phrase 'Johnny Law' came from
We really need more 1920s crime movies
60 Second Success Weird seeing you here. I actually watch your videos :)
Jose Fernandez It's nice seeing a familiar name!
After Public Enemy? Can any 20's crime movie beat that?
Nightwalker973 yea untouchables is way better
1920s lethal weapon.
He threw them through a window them arrested them for breaking a window. Fucking savage
This is savage:
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Absolute genius.
So basically this guy is what L.A.Noire is based off of
Erikogel1 basicly yes
There is some similarity with a character named Bud White in the movie L.A. Confidential as well.
thats exactly what i was thinking about
L.A Noire is based off L.A Confidential. The game takes a lot of influence from the time itself and movies of that time. However the biggest and most obvious influence is L.A Confidential.
Nah, Phelps is vocally brutal.
This one i'll remember as "the cop who beat a criminal out of his prison sentence."... :'D
"Then, for good measure, Broderick tossed each of them through windows so that he could arrest them for malicious destruction of property." I don't think I can properly process how ridiculous that is, even more so when it worked.
to a much smaller and less obvious degree, cops will still do this today. at base, it's similar in nature the classic "resisting arrest" charge when the person wasn't even going to be arrested in the first place.
Didn't commit a prosecutable crime? We'll invent one for you - with body camera conveniently off.
Top Cop honors? Check out the career of William Fairbairn.
Cop in Shanghai, anti-riot squad, from about 1907 until WWII.
Survived over 600 knife fights, body a maze of scars.
The famous 'Commando Dagger' was his design, with Sykes.
He also developed a system of martial arts called 'Defendu', which some say paved the way for Krav Maga.
Except...the video isn't about Fairbairn....
He's saying another contender for the title of toughest cop ever.
The shittiest knife in history.
He also almost single handedly reformed Shanghai's police system
Krav Maga is also a shit martial art and is awful for self-defense.
So..... Batman?
ChilledfromGames, try to learn how to form full sentences. it's your best chance at being understood by humans. lest you waste your time writing nonsense.
wesley Hempoli Jesus dude, who pissed in your cereal?
wesley seems frustrated over his own inability to read between the lines and connect the dots himself. You have to spell everything out for him. Wesley, what ChilledfromGames meant was that the guy that the video is about is kind of like Batman. Rocket science, I know.
ChilledfromGames LMAO. Right.
ChilledfromGames Nope. Judge Dredd!
You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain
I love this bald pointy headed man
Jay Cartwright
he has a name u blonde haired, ugly faced kid.
Charziken909, You're a disgusting person.
Doesn't make a lot of sense to call something a top three and then state that they're in no particular order. Kinda defeats the whole concept of a top three, doesn't it.
and those kick-ass eyebrow lift wrinkles
insert coneheads joke here
I wish this guy was helping settlements with the minutemen.
@@Legitpenguins99 but before you do that,there's a settlement thats needs help
@@sicarius6501 But will you mark it on my map?
Ah yes you are also a man of the NCR my brother in arms
[Your settlement is under attack]
I'm glad you gave both perspectives in this instance. The side that hailed him as an almost inhuman thwarter of criminals and the side that clearly showed that he sometimes took his force to an unneeded and excessive level.
He was this earth's interpretation of the Red Hood...
More like batman. He didn't kill, he beat people to a pulp.
If you're going to cleanup the streets you have to be willing to get dirty.
@@Ripperundergaslight This is the kind of dogshit reasoning that leads to cops taking bribes, beating up minorities, and generally becoming members of a gang.
"Ill call the brute squad"
"Im on the brute squad"
"You ARE the brute squad"
Andre, the real one man riot squad.
Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger.
What a fucking badass
I think fucking douchbag are the words you're looking for.
AholeAtheist A bad arse douch
AholeAtheist You do realise that what our civilized times need is less social justice and more real justice... Right? :)
AholeAtheist . What makes him a douch .
nedeamga1 you do realize its explained in the video how he saw some young guys trying to hit on some girls threw them through windows then charged them for destruction of property and u wanna talk about social justice
I have no issues with this man's problem-solving solutions.
this sounds like the awesomest tv show of all time.
Wow, that is one hard boiled detective.
I guess the whole archetype was inspired by this guy, huh?
... well, except he was sober and didn't smoke.
You can't just say the words "unknown seaman" with a straight face.
David Buschhorn who was the father? *AN UNKNOWN SEAMAN*
David Buschhorn lol ikr
So he's basically chuck Norris
Broderick was undoubtedly a far better actor than Norris.
@@lamelwinston5638 It doesn't matter, dear sir, a *half-brick* is a far better actor than Chuck Norris, so even if Broderick couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, my comment would stand...
*Batman*
Chuck Norris doesn’t have to act, he restrains himself in the company of others
Hey, 2007 called, they want their Chuck Norris jokes back
not only is he a badass, he is also a Gentleman
gabriel toews excessive force on strikers isn't really gentlemanly
pine cone yes but he is a Gentleman to those of the opposite sex and the youth
Just like many mafia bosses in fact. Doesn't make it right though.
No... He was neither. He only had "good press"... So the truth from this (if you ever learn to read something called sub-text) is EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS A PIECE OF SHIT.
Okay, Broderick had balls... Can't deny it anymore than you could deny the man had brains. He wasn't educated to even the average level and still managed a fairly lengthy career where the average was neither fair nor lengthy.
He still lived well beyond the means of any contemporary police officer. How? The son of a bitch was as crooked as any other. He was also tied just as tightly to the politicians who were crooked. Simple as that, he was just another fucking scum-ball picking and choosing his targets like any other mercenary.
"Good press"... The newspapers and media of the age were no different than now. They only care about selling papers. It's only news if it's good TV... So those pieces of shit did just as much harm to everyone around them in their so-called journalism... Character assassins by picking and choosing who gets issues swept out of view and who gets their ass plastered all over the front page across the country. It's no different today, just that today we have a few more "regular people" with cameras out there at least trying to keep honest people honest.
Finally, you know damn well that as many people as he might've helped, he injured unjustifiably. He ruined lives, and tore down competition because it didn't pay up to the sons of bitches who sent him money... (Remember the strikers?) Yet, he walked. He not only kept his detective badge for years past his record steadily coming to light as the embarrassment to the force that he was, he was (maybe forcefully) allowed to retire. That means a full pension on his ranch with horses and dogs... Rides of to the sunset, still the media's "darling hard-ass cop"... still the "hero"...
So no... Not a gentleman. How many of those strikers sent wives and kids to work because he "earned his pay" breaking the strike up by rampaging around like a lunatic destroying everyone in sight? How many of those picket lines had women among them? Any children come to visit "Pops" at an inopportune time? Anyone know? Anyone (even among you reading this now) even give a shit?
No. Probably not. So I reiterate. "No. Not a hero nor bad ass cop. Not a gentleman. EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS A PIECE OF SHIT.
Have a nice day with that. :o)
gnarth d'arkanen good point, you have proven me wrong and now I feel like an idiot
Make a movie of this guy, what a legend
What a different world! I loved this story! Thank you for making your videos I'm a big fan of your channel!
We need a game about Boderick!
try L.A.Noire
Fuck a game we need a movie
We need a game and a movie.
Yes, a game about me!
T.V. show
Now I have to play L.A.Noire again
AD SS You make that sound like a bad thing.
Whatever you say...
...Finnbarr.
Cars were so new to the game back then I doubt most ppl even knew caddy's were nice. Just knew they were better than a horse.
Very good video.
Broderick reminds me of Rorschach, from Watchmen. Good with his fists, coldly unforgiving toward crime, environmentally resourceful… he might have been the inspiration for Rorschach's character.
Dimensionality is a function of consciousness. The question actually was. Rorschach seems a lot more insane though
Dimensionality is a function of consciousness. he seems like a blend of Rorschach and the original night owl
Dimensionality is a function of consciousness. I was also thinking that.
Superposition Hyper-Webster x
He wasn't totally unforgiving towards crime. He was a bootlegger! Dirty cop who did some good but still a Dirty Cop
Diamond: ima take you for a ride
Broderick: im about to end this mand whole career
Batman with a badge. Damn.
"Seamen"
"ITS SEA-MAN!!!" (Hysterical South park laughter)
This one is my new favorite
Simon and crew.. this was great. Thank you
Anyone noticed that when he would move his head left or right part of his glasses would disappear
Tyler N it's caused by the green screen
He's sending morse code messages.
I like GmailC .EmailV's explanation better
Cool green screen special effect .
magic
We could use this guy today
Where's a good ol Johnny when someone protests on an interstate
This story needs to be made into a movie
Strength: 8
Perception: 4
Endurance: 10
Charisma: 2
Intelligence: 5
Agility: 9
Luck: 8
I like the way this guy says absolutely anything in a nonchalant, news reporter voice.
WHY CANT THEY STOP MAKING PLANET OF THE FUCKING APES MOVIES!?
Polluted Mind because they're good
they made prometheus :D
Modified Raptor That's what the books are called
As long as they make a profit they'll keep making it. It's a pretty shitty movie and it's been done to death already, but hey Hollywood doesn't make movies it reboots them.
but I liked the movies.
Another quality video from Today I Found Out. Good job!
1:00 Don’t you hate being knocked out my unknown seamen
we need people like this now.
More talk of badasses please!
Some of you need to think back. I can remember my grandfather's 62 Rambler's speedometer went up to 120 mph, no joke. And at the time some bigger cars like Chevy Bonneville's, Ford Fairelane's, Buick Electra's etc. their speedometers went way higher, like 160 mph and If memory serves me correctly. Some went up to around 180 + mph ? Without seatbelts, like it would make much difference going at speeds like WW1 airplanes! I kinda recall back in 1963 an older kid, maybe 19, got a body damaged 62 Corvette Stingray with a removable hard top roof and I think that beasts speedometer went up to 200 or 210 mph. Then we can get into the mid to late 60's cars like the GTO, 442, Chevy SS Super Sport, Challenger, Rally Sport, Dodge Charger, Road Runner and many others. Even in stock form their speedometers went well beyond 100 mph. Could they all do that kind of speed? Uh... maybe. But most if worked on certainly could, no doubt.
Unknown Semen-That Guy
PAW Team, it wasnt me.
Do you mean, unknown "male reproductive fluid, containing spermatozoa?"
Or do you mean SEAMEN, which is some guy that makes a living at sea.
One is is usually in the navy, and the other is usually on Monica Lewinsky's dress.
Caden Rolland Lol
This is where the term "the full Broderick" came from.
This man was basically the real-world equivalent of Detective Fists Riggerson from that one episode of Regular Show with the evil taxi.
Myth : Broderick had guts.
Evidence: It takes a lotta guts to dope-slap a known criminal with a newspaper, even if you're hiding an iron bar inside of it. That's a ballsy move right there.
Status: Myth confirmed.
The prototype (along with Teddy and "Lucky" Lindy) for both Kane's Batman and Siegel and Shuster's Superman. In a Game World, he'd be Vice President of WoW (King of WoW is Chuck Norris) . Or the final Boss in GTA.
We need a movie about this guy.
Yes, a movie about me. Lol
Hell yes
The hero we need.
I was laughing through out the full video! This guy is the best😂
Thank you!
8:22 "Brodrick was also a complete it came to women and children". You forgot the teddybear :P
'Excessive Force' is a good band name.
Whoa! Rolled newspaper, with an iron bar! Hahaha!!! Playful whack eh? 😆
"knocked out by unknown semen"
The toughest cop in the _world?_ - ...Ooh I get it, its like the World Series ! 😅
This bald man is my favourite bald man
Patrick Stewart exists though... ;-)
oh you replied ok. awesone bald guy!!! also can u do a video on quantum computers? I still dont get them ;-;
Andrei Andrei Johnny Sins
what about Vsauce Michael here
I literally said the same thing out loud when I saw the comment, Alistair.
Broderick had nothing on my grandmother who used to smack me upside the head and said “That’s not for anything you did, it’s for what you’re GOING to do!”. She did this every day for years.
1:04 "At the close of World War 2....." You mean World War 1, don't you.
Needs a correction caption...had to rewind to get the timeline straight -_-
Goes to show you how little attention is given while making these vids. Also the reason i make sure to turn adblock on for this channel and dislike every vid i see.
DimerNL
Well that's a generally scummy thing to do.
I caught that, too!
This MAN did not let LIFE take him for a ride He RODE the Hell out of Life and put it up Wet!
They need him in new york right now.
Many places...
Now this guy was my kind of cop! A semi modern day Batman. They really should make a movie, or movie series about him, they would be blockbusters for sure.
this guy knew how to rouse punks
Bucky Barnes "Roust".
Well, it's better than the Jim West "patented approach of shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more ,then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two."
sounds like an assassins creed game intro
Wow! This would make an incredible story for drunk history!
Today I Found Out
At 1:05, you said WWII when the captions said WWI
Oddly enough without captions I thought he said ww1
I love this story!!! Great job TIFO!!!!
new york was basicly the purge
bitchfacedmgee Gotham city*
Bound Along New York *IS* Gotham City, Gotham city is a nick name for Nyc
Jacob Williams You right
So nice to see a bent brute of a cop being praised up.
Hardly at any time during his working life was he and sample to honest hard working police officers !
"Everyone complains about crime but no one does anything about it." We could sure use a whole lot of Johnny Brodericks today!!!!!!!!!!! (Minus the union and political connections hahaha.)
Like Ed Anger editorialized... Electric Bleachers.
This is so interesting! Love your videos!You should make these about serial killers.
If he would have lived in modern times he would have been considered a criminal and locked up based on everything in those stories.
Never been more proud of my name then right now! awesome vid
Watching this during the George Floyd riots and contemplating how much the media has changed.
It's a few months later now, but I was thinking the same thing
@@chrisbowpiloto it is one month further and I also am myself.
“So that was when I took the trash can lid and used it to deflect their bullets-“
What a guy
Great new channel sir. Don’t know how ya do it, but it is damn good as like your other channel. Keep up the great work! 👍
a video on the origin of the phrase "that's all she wrote", who is she? 😁
Xatyr " she" is mother nature and the book is life.
That is so strange.. I'm from a tiny town in the west of Ireland called Ballinasloe in east county Galway. Legs diamond is also originally from here too! This is the second time I've heard of him. The first time I heard about him was a few years ago, he was mentioned in a local magazine. It's a crazy world 😂😂
How would you rate him on the mohs scale?
Ben Gey Diamond is Mohs 10, so I'm thinking Broderick was like maybe 23.
Just below tungsten carbide
i still love this story the 2nd time around it always makes me chuckle lol
There is a mistake in the background caption at 8:23, it reads "Broderick was also a complete it came to women and children,"
MY SIDES
If only we could go back to this. Within a week it would be "Riots? Never heard of them."
"unknown semen" 00:01:02 :D
A Dragon hold on will 00:00:01:02 work?
Nope (that would be days)
No, SEAMAN not SEMEN
He didn't
Marcel Breiti super sonic cum shots are deadly 😂
"You sayin' I trew da guy trew a window? Fuggedaboutit!"