Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice | TED 

Alex Sosna wow

Same here. After reading his book, it's really changed my view on the death penalty.

Working on death row changed my view of the death penalty.

Alex Sosna Nice good luck

We also need to apologize for leaving him alone to do the work

I wish I would've bought his book instead of Jordan Peterson.

Just about finished with it now. Indeed -- truly powerful!

@@duckydarkstar38 How was the Jordan Peterson book?

Does it make good toilet paper?

@@ashfordminer2390 why do you not like Dr Peterson?

I am here after JM :) Butttt.... I was also hear BEFORE Just Mercy-lol! I Love this Man and all the work he has done, and is doing! His book and the movie about his work were amazing!

I seen it last night

Superduperjoi I Have just seen this very sad movie and I am from East Africa I feel very sorry for black American what they had endured in Amerikkka , very very dangerously racist continent ..

Best movie of 2019

My hero!!!!

Also the 'Strange Answers to the Psycopath Test' is one of my favourites

so true

Yes, it is self defense.

@@l337pwnage In order for it to be self defense you have to be actively in danger. If you kill someone after the fact it's no longer self defense.

@@LizzyRants You are conflating personal self defense with what governments do. And you also have the right to defend others. If someone is a known danger, they need to be removed.

@@l337pwnage they can be removed by being locked up for the rest of their lives. We as a nation don't have the moral authority to decide who gets to live and die, especially in a system that is corrupt and unjust. 1 out of 9 people on death row have been exonerated. That is a horrible statistic that no one should be comfortable with. That human error will always be there. The US is the only developed nation that has the death penalty. If other countries can protect their citizens without killing those who commit crimes, we can too. We have some of the highest crime rates in the developed world so obviously the death penalty isn't working as a deterrent against crime. It's also ridiculously expensive for us tax payers.

Excellent line

Such a powerful statement!

ditto!

ytjhhh 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 God Bless Bryan

AMEN

Perhaps it would help if they turn on the comment section on their own channel. But i guess they got a reason why they turned it off

When this talk was made at TED in 2012 Bryan got over one million dollars in donations from the attendees. The atmosphere was electrifying. Since then the Supreme Court of Justice changed at least one law that I know of that was mentioned in this talk as a direct result of Bryan's lobbying work. Also, his Equal Justice Initiative non profit skyrocketed since then!

This video has a lot of views compared to many very good and informative videos about justice and the person system

everyone has a notion. but no one does anything

@@msDanielp369 what do you mean? This guy has millions of views, raised over one million dollars at TED (I was there; look it up on their blog), managed to influence the Supreme Court of Justice in the US and recently a movie was made about him. So, what else would you like to have been done in order not to say something like "no one does anything"?!?

You need to get out more. Stevenson should be a lot angrier.

I got to hear this man speak in real life for a school field trip, it was an honor, this man is a powerful speaker.

If he were angry, he would use the Power to effect people. Anger makes people appear powerless.

Alesia Kinney b

Baby Irene I’m sure he’s quite angry-very rightfully so. However, since bruh is clearly intelligent and wants ppl to actually RECEIVE this message, he’s talking as calmly and as intelligently as is needed. Often, our anger-no matter HOW justified-is given undue attention and tha message within that anger is completely lost or diminished at best. I think he gets it. Just my opinion.

how about the supreme court!

Yep 100% true

Mikel1988 you are stupid

Let's keep the racism going it makes money

If the woman were so strong is that why most black men are beat down and don't raise there children the right thing is not stirring up racism try pulling people together instead of tearing people apart all races have suffered

Spoken like a true white supremacist. And learn how to spell. And use punctuation if you expect anyone to understand anything you're trying to say. Ever hear of a period?

@@michaelray9113 As a white woman raised in deep East Texas I can see that you really either don't understand the meaning of racism, or you are playing stupid in order to draw peoples attention away from his message. He simply told a little bit about his life and family and the rest were cold hard facts. He isn't talking about reparations or apologies owed. He is saying that our [in]justice system is very flawed. If you look at the numbers yourself from any credible government website you will see that either people of color are just inherently bad people compared to whites, or maybe, and more likely there still exist deep rooted racism in our legal system. It is not just against the people of color but also the poor. Common sense makes it easy for anyone to see that in our system someone with a very good income can hire multiple lawyers and get off with a spat on the wrist for say negligent homicide where a poor person would be appointed counsel and the public defenders often spend less than 2-3 hours with a client so the poor are not actually represented, They end up taking pleas because they are told that rather they are guilty or not they are facing 20, or 40, or life, but if they will just plead guilty they can get 2 years and then 10 years on parole. Also, 2 parent families have declined in all communities in the United States. The traditional family unit (mom, dad, and kids) in the 1950s was in the mid 90 percentile range. About 2-4 percent were whites and the black traditional family was in the low 80 percentile range. Now the traditional family unit in the united states makes up about two thirds of families and the blacks do have a dismally lower traditional family numbers than whites, but then again it is difficult to live with your wife and children if you are serving time. In the 1960s the united states government went around telling poor black families that they could receive money from the government if they would not marry their babies daddy's. Try less hate and more research. It is good for the soul.

Andreas Georgiades Me too. Glad I found myself here

No Sam Hyde’s ted talk was way better

Hands down!

I'm glad there are teachers like you

No, it’s being rich

@@Grgrqr Do some research and learn what the meaning of the sentence truly is before you come on hear and act arrogant. 🙄

@@hzjohnson1632 yeah, but it is being rich, no matter the context

@@Grgrqr You clearly didn't read my comment. In this context he's not talking about the everyday "literal" answer. The opposite of poverty is certainly justice.

@@hzjohnson1632 I'm curious. The opposite of justice is injustice. So you believe that injustice is poverty. Yes I can see how injustice can ruin someone's life and hold them in poverty. I like the quote too, but what bothers me when people link that quote to racial injustice because that's injustice in itself. Just because racial profiling exists doesn't mean it's the only reason for injustice. It's sad to me that so many intelligent people will die on a hill before being opened minded and look deeper.

Bryan says people think it's not their problem. I say if we all solve our own problems, where is the scope for our country's problems, and thus leaders from amongst a problem free society will bring the peace & harmony humans deserve and all desire for.

WOW!!!!!! WOW!!!! I BACK TO LAW SCHOOL.

I will pray 🙏 for you & your son. I myself live in Wisconsin.

Wow. Wtf?

You see this is what happens when the system functions with impunity. With no checks and balances my advice 1.write to your son 2. Write for and on behalf of your son to everyone you think may/can help 3. Join or begin a group for mothers of the incarcerated start with me pamalabotts@gmail.com Note: I pray that you will respond to my invitation....peace n blessings!!!

PRAYERS FOR U & UR SON Srimad-bhagavatam 6.2.2 Translation Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person. Purport The Viṣṇudūtas accused the Yamadūtas of violating the religious principles by attempting to drag Ajāmila to Yamarāja for punishment. Yamarāja is the officer appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to judge religious and irreligious principles and to punish people who are irreligious. However, if completely sinless people are punished, the entire assembly of Yamarāja is contaminated. This principle applies not only in the assembly of Yamarāja, but throughout human society also. In human society, properly maintaining religious principles is the duty of the king’s court or the government. Unfortunately, in this yuga, Kali-yuga, the religious principles are tampered with, and the government cannot properly judge who is to be punished and who is not. It is said that in the Kali-yuga if one cannot spend money in court, one cannot get justice. Indeed, in courts of justice it is often found that magistrates are bribed for favorable judgments.

Yes, it was funny because his Grandma shared the very same secrets and expectations with ALL her grandkids! His first story got everybody to listen!

@James Gray I'm almost certain he understands that. However, TED is a platform that helps bring awareness to the issue regardless of who is in the audience at that time; obviously it reaches a much larger audience in various ways.

Albert L III thank you 🙏

I noticed that, too! He could have at least said, 'my grandmother released me'..... but it is a great story, and I am so glad he told it

Maybe he does, and is glad to speak to those very people.

so true

YOU ARE BRAVE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE YOU WHO ACTED WITH COURAGE. CONTINUE TO BE COURAGEOUS.

Yes... And sobriety is a truly invaluable virtue. Srimad-bhagavatam 6.2.2 Translation Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person. Purport The Viṣṇudūtas accused the Yamadūtas of violating the religious principles by attempting to drag Ajāmila to Yamarāja for punishment. Yamarāja is the officer appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to judge religious and irreligious principles and to punish people who are irreligious. However, if completely sinless people are punished, the entire assembly of Yamarāja is contaminated. This principle applies not only in the assembly of Yamarāja, but throughout human society also. In human society, properly maintaining religious principles is the duty of the king’s court or the government. Unfortunately, in this yuga, Kali-yuga, the religious principles are tampered with, and the government cannot properly judge who is to be punished and who is not. It is said that in the Kali-yuga if one cannot spend money in court, one cannot get justice. Indeed, in courts of justice it is often found that magistrates are bribed for favorable judgments.

kayla francis AGREED!!!

well he just did ;) he actually go the 'alternative nobel' award!! www.alabamanews.net/2020/10/01/279878/

@@Calibsodany He truly deserves it!

e muito atual para a situação no Brasil também

ytjhhh Society is not justice, but efficiency. Do you treat pigs as well as dogs?

yep OJ proved that

ytjhhh money talks. It's very expensive at the Doctors office as it is for good legal representation.

its terrible

Deep you Americans have a lot of work to do

It is a difficult read. The book expounds on the ideas he presented in this TED talk, but more importantly he gives a human face to the cases he handled rather than the statistics we usually hear. I think everyone who cares about social justice should read it.

+ezyfnef Says a whole lot about the sad state of where people's heads are at: stuck in the sand. Don't want to pay attention to the social crises devastating nature (corporate pollution) and humanity (violent crime/war) so instead they bombard themselves with everything stupid from celebrity gossip or reality TV drama.

+Jonathan Akerele Human nature at its finest. This is not okay.

To be fair tho, quadcopters and 3D printers are soooooo cool.

matthew wood That are cool.

+Max Pharms It's animal nature I would say. We're devolutioning ): Because to be a true human being is to be caring and compassionate

🙏🏻 Srimad-bhagavatam 6.2.2 Translation Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person. Purport The Viṣṇudūtas accused the Yamadūtas of violating the religious principles by attempting to drag Ajāmila to Yamarāja for punishment. Yamarāja is the officer appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to judge religious and irreligious principles and to punish people who are irreligious. However, if completely sinless people are punished, the entire assembly of Yamarāja is contaminated. This principle applies not only in the assembly of Yamarāja, but throughout human society also. In human society, properly maintaining religious principles is the duty of the king’s court or the government. Unfortunately, in this yuga, Kali-yuga, the religious principles are tampered with, and the government cannot properly judge who is to be punished and who is not. It is said that in the Kali-yuga if one cannot spend money in court, one cannot get justice. Indeed, in courts of justice it is often found that magistrates are bribed for favorable judgments." Well-wishes... 🙏🏻

+proelium555 you have really good English. i couldn't tell the difference

Yes, there was the death penalty in France, and it was abolished in 1981 after the François Mitterrand's election. So, yes, we could be condemn to death before 1981 in France. (PS: Don't hesitate to tell me again your thoughts if you note that I don't understand very well what you said)

proelium555 i thought you meant that France never had the death penalty and i was really suprised that my history would fail me

+proelium555 tu veux dire exposé? c'est "presentation"

Merci !

Probably cos he doesn't drink - I guess it's too late for me 😥

Jared Ndisang its never too late buddy

Danielle Robinson black don't crack.

They said the same about my father. :P

Danielle Robinson hmm he looks mid 40's

Happy birthday to Mr Anthony Ray Hinton June 1st. Loved his book "The Sun does Shine"..

End of YOUR story. Oh look, another deluded white "But I have black friends!" sheep. Your kind will soon die out and then we can talk about racism in America being non-existent. I guess slaves in America was such a small number that it 'statistically didn't exist either just enough to account for this white blood running through my veins. Hey cuz, lol. END OF STORY.

This is one of the heart wrenching book I have read. My heart bleeds after knowing he had to spent 30 years for something he has not committed

That book was amazing and inspiring!

Happy birthday to Mr Anthony Ray Hinton June 1.

Srimad-bhagavatam 6.2.2 Translation Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person. Purport The Viṣṇudūtas accused the Yamadūtas of violating the religious principles by attempting to drag Ajāmila to Yamarāja for punishment. Yamarāja is the officer appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to judge religious and irreligious principles and to punish people who are irreligious. However, if completely sinless people are punished, the entire assembly of Yamarāja is contaminated. This principle applies not only in the assembly of Yamarāja, but throughout human society also. In human society, properly maintaining religious principles is the duty of the king’s court or the government. Unfortunately, in this yuga, Kali-yuga, the religious principles are tampered with, and the government cannot properly judge who is to be punished and who is not. It is said that in the Kali-yuga if one cannot spend money in court, one cannot get justice. Indeed, in courts of justice it is often found that magistrates are bribed for favorable judgments."

Respect 👏🏾 as a black man, I respect you too