NYPD Captain: You Need To Arrest More Black Guys (AUDIO)

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An NYPD officer recorded his captain asking him why he’s not arresting more “bad guys.” Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“When NYPD officer Michael Birch was summoned into a performance evaluation meeting with his commanding officer and a lieutenant one day in August 2012, he was expecting to hear more of what he’d heard in the past about the way he did his job: that he wasn’t generating enough “activity.” As an officer in the transit bureau, he says, that meant being told to issue more summonses for fare evasion, and arresting more people for stealing fellow straphangers’ cell phones.
Instead, “the conversation just turned completely weird to me,” he said in an interview this week. “Because he’s basically telling me it’s OK to racially profile.”
Birch provided Gawker with what he claims is a recording he secretly made of that meeting, on which a man who seems to be his commanding officer can be heard repeatedly questioning him about his recent summonses, placing particular emphasis on the fact that he has only stopped two black men out of 54 total people. “Two male blacks,” the man says at one point. “So you’re telling me you only saw two male blacks jump the turnstile?”
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@MrrMuyaagi 8 лет назад

And this is "progressive" New York. Just imagine the conversations happening in the South

@bossdrax8610 8 лет назад

The irony is that so called liberals are actually more racist.

@MrrMuyaagi 8 лет назад

Jeff Pride Exactly, those views were "normal" in the 70s, some of them are still alive. They had children and taught them the same thing. Obviously, its getting better but we have a few more generations to go.

@StainAkaguro 8 лет назад

+bossdrax lol ok

@ThomasM936 8 лет назад

+bossdrax Whatever floats your boat mate.

@canyonjames8519 8 лет назад

+bossdrax what are you talking about?

@jcv2020 8 лет назад

Racist Trolls be like : what?? I hear no evil ? I see no evil

@sarahamira5732 8 лет назад

yeah

@clearwater79 8 лет назад

get cancer

@BeezleSpiritCommunicator 8 лет назад

+goldenglory79 oh dear play nice now.

@tonirivers12345 8 лет назад

Proportionally.

@ProjectfullCurcit 8 лет назад

+goldenglory79 Hey whats wrong buddy? you seem upset? this is a safe space you can tell me whats wrong.

@candz1000 8 лет назад

He literally said, "you're not stopping enough black men" and people are still debating whether or not there is racism in the system.

@michaelpreston233 6 лет назад

We need to arrest more Racist Cops and Judges.

@MrJGTV 8 лет назад

Uh oh, you have "black" and "cop" in the tagline. Here come the trolls supporting the targeting of black males and then claim they aren't racists, just pulling out some "facts".

@ThomasM936 8 лет назад

Yep. The people who are “just telling the truth about TYT”.

@parkraini3851 8 лет назад

lmaooo

@hunterjohnson8903 8 лет назад

Lol this guy speaks the truth

@sarahamira5732 8 лет назад

yeah

@01man01truck 8 лет назад

lmao

@ATLsF1N3ST91 8 лет назад

Damn that's sad....The man specifically said he targets EVERYONE, and that isn't enough!?

@ATLsF1N3ST91 8 лет назад

SaiyanZ Rage What in the world would it matter, if someone is 20 or 89? Jewish or Christian? If they are doing something wrong, STOP THEM. That is your ONLY job. Turning a blind eye to everyone EXCEPT BLACKS is what has the incarceration and arrest numbers so out of wack. The guy nabbed 2 black guys so far, and gets shit from his BOSS because of it? Thats sickening...

@GoSuMonSteR 8 лет назад

If she broke a law then yes.

@BallIsLifeYouKnow 8 лет назад

+SaiyanZ Rage if that 80 year old Jewish women is committing crimes she should be caught just like everyone else

@oxicemusic 8 лет назад

+SaiyanZ Rage you need to rethink policing and its purpose

@GoSuMonSteR 8 лет назад

Guys, SaiyanZ Rage is a white nationalist. There's no point.

@johnjacques8519 5 лет назад

Couple of years ago I was going through some hard times and I was in midtown Manhattan 34th ST herald square train station homeless due to gentefication which I'm not agaisnt remodeling the neoghborhood just got kicked out illegally. I asked someone with an unlimited metro card to swipe me on the train. It was extremely cold coming out of class at DeVry college of New York and I just simply wanted to be somewhere warm for the rest of the night. Prior to that two girls jumped the turnestile and the undecovers were right there and did nothing. I wasn't worried about the undercovers there because I simply thought I was innocent asking for help and not jumping the turnstile. After I got swiped in the undercovers approached me and put hand cuffs on me. Ironically one of officers nephew a couple stations away at 14th st union square was caught by one of his partners for jumping the turnstile and of course was released. Couple months later I had a new job and bumped into the same cops again at the 34th st train station but this time I had money to pay for my own fare and confronted him as a taxpayer and told him you work for me now. I blew him up in front of his captain and the captain denied his fellow officer of making such an an awful arrest asking for a swipe. The captain tells me, "oh he's a great officer who makes about 100k per year with a lot of collars under his belt". They didn't believe he would make a cheesy arrest like that and started questioning his arrest records and the fact that he probably didn't deserve some of the promotions he had received. For once a group of cops were on my side and that cop they use to look up to was no longer a hero to them but a dooshbag

@sylvesterhurt3502 5 лет назад

Prison is a business... law enforcement is the supply chain.

@mirandaholland773 5 лет назад

2manynegativewaves okay then citations are a business and law enforcement are the supply chain for that as well

@jeezymay 5 лет назад

2manynegativewaves that's what the "pop" was referring to. A pop is when a warrant pops on the computer screen when an ID is run . If there's a warrant they can make another arrest (i.e. supply). [Btw, the 13th amendment to constitution says... "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR A CRIME whereof the party shall have been duly CONVICTED, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." So slavery still exists in USA for *those convicted of crimes*. And slave labor is free labor = money] The commander wants the officer to get more "pops" and so he says the officer should target the group statistically more likely to have warrants; more likely to be criminals. Blacks. It's a corrupt system that feeds its own corruption, because if this officer were to follow the commanders orders he'd have to ignore actual offenders (which were whites, hispanics, and mostly women), and only target blacks. ...but if there were only ever 2 blacks caught all year, that would mean only 2 citations would be written all year. This is indeed all about business.

@thenoobcannon9830 8 лет назад

whats more shocking about this story is that there exists an honest NYPD cop.

@81tystacks 8 лет назад

right !

@emmett_n 8 лет назад

its hard being a black man in america were hunted like mutants.

@Jugivadi 8 лет назад

Yes. I saw 4 young people jay walk downtown. Two black two white. Two cops stopped them all, but let the white kids go and cuffed and detained the black kids. I could scarcely believe my eyes. This is not uncommon either.

@emmett_n 8 лет назад

Ted cox thats crazy

@natural3378 8 лет назад

we are gods chosen people. therefore everyone hates us.

@natural3378 8 лет назад

U have a point

@niceyh.2529 8 лет назад

+ABD89 ' you need to take that up with whites, don't use that to deter from blacks. take it somewhere else. blacks are not foreigners

@joseofarrill1475 5 лет назад

This country needs to leave blacks alone alresdy So much hate

@DarrylBarnes 5 лет назад

Black people have been complaining about this for decades now that there's a 24 hours news cycle and social media it's all coming to light

@kayc7442 5 лет назад

Darryl Barnes Complaining is worthless in the grand scheme of things.

@jamescarter8699 5 лет назад

Darryl Barnes Not just social media. But combined with the publics access to instantly cell phone video these events they can no longer deny or hide their murderous guilt. And no politician is demanding nationwide police reform from top to bottom under Dept. Of Justice certification to hold them all accountable. So they are secretly in on this genocidal agenda.

@Tmanaz480 5 лет назад

Kay C ... I'll forgive you for your complaint then.

@recaporcap9866 8 лет назад

In this video a police officer TRIED to do the right thing and his commanding officer stopped him.

@ElaMongrella 8 лет назад

This is absurd. If someone isn't doing anything wrong, why target them? Anyone who would talk like that here in the German police force would be fired.

@SupaDr00g 8 лет назад

That's not what is happening. Black males are the demographic which are the majority perpetrators of these offenses and the Captain is trying to find out why only two of the people this officer has cited fall within that demographic. The Captain is of the belief that this officer is deliberately avoiding arresting black males. He's not asking him to just arrest black males for nothing he's suspicious that this officer is allowing black males to get away with offending because he does not want to arrest them. The Captain is of the opinion that this officer is displaying a racial bias by avoiding arresting black offenders.

@MartyRobinson68 8 лет назад

Yeah. I hear Germany is doing *very* well these days.

@armandilloamarillo 8 лет назад

+Marty Robinson waiting for realization in 3.....2.....1......

@ollehkacb 8 лет назад

this has been well known though?

@abdinoorful 8 лет назад

If they are targeted more, whether they committed a crime or not then by logic their crime statisitcs are going to be higher. Stats without context means nothing, as this audio as proven. America is a scummy nation.

@matthewwatson5273 8 лет назад

everyone should only be arrested if they commit a crime and not because of thier race

@pjones1215 8 лет назад

hence the national "debate" on whether all lives really matter or just a few.

@matthewwatson5273 8 лет назад

P Jones it shouldn't be a debate because all lives matter

@pjones1215 8 лет назад

it shouldn't be but unfortunately it is.

@matthewwatson5273 8 лет назад

What a horrible world we live in

@peterking167 7 лет назад

yup but you go out targeting people by color it shows that there's a system that wants to keep people oppressed

@Wileyg4lify 5 лет назад

Justice for all doesn’t exist in America

@avuncularmayonnaise2868 8 лет назад

Last time I was this early Erdogan had control over Turkey.

@numberninelarge3121 8 лет назад

@rinmathews9337 8 лет назад

Poll: If you could only vote for Clinton or Trump, which would you prefer? www.strawpoll.me/10754892/

@MARKCRASTO 8 лет назад

u ass!!! u made my day, week and month :'D!!! #Fuck_Erdogan!!!

@MARKCRASTO 8 лет назад

+ℛɛᴛʀᴏ ℛɛᴅ its a MILITARY COUP!!!! Turn on the news

@gamingtutor4575 8 лет назад

The military must have enjoyed that German comedians jokes too much.

@RoyalDog214 8 лет назад

And cops wonder why the Dallas Shooting happen.

@vorsye 8 лет назад

Stop victim blaming.

@skullyoshimcb3236 8 лет назад

@malcolmlittle7670 8 лет назад

+vorsye she's not. she's simply stating that for every action there is a reaction

@ernestsysbm1175 8 лет назад

+vorsye .....

@malcolmlittle7670 8 лет назад

+vorsye for one....I never said that. I don't care how a female dresses. rape is rape. for two im not going back and fourth with u in comments. feel however u want to feel on the topic. idgaf. just know ur not helping with that attitude

@icrusha5767 6 лет назад

And y'all use statistics to make valid points on blacks yea ? There's no profiling we're just pulling the race card too much right?

@budyroejenkins577 6 лет назад

i Crusha you should've put that in all caps...🖒

@glorymosbyfloyd3878 6 лет назад

i Crusha : Only the most delusionally ignorant would think that

@PUGGDAD 5 лет назад

Just imagine, shits so corrupt the judge dismissed it !!

@bossdrax8610 8 лет назад

we've been saying this for years. Institutional racism and profiling is real.

@blockparty009 8 лет назад

*I love how the minute that tyt puts out a story where cops are targeting black people all the **#AllLivesMatter** people just disappear without a trace lmao*

@marketingdan5007 8 лет назад

#AllLivesMatter

@jockstrap3509 5 лет назад

To all that are ignorant, this is why NFL players kneel when the national anthem is played. Support our troops!

@jamescarter8699 5 лет назад

Jock Strap An anthem is a call to patriotism. But it is stupid to be in any one way love affair, much less devoted to something bent on your demise.

@teelee3084 5 лет назад

Jock Strap Only the ignorant wouldn't know that the NFL itself has a hand in all this madness

@douglasferguson4356 5 лет назад

yeah stand up and kiss the flag, standing up! that will show your gratitude to the military!

@jamescarter8699 5 лет назад

douglas ferguson Show gratitude to a military that put Blacks intentionally on the front line during the Vietnam War and it resulted in 68% of the soldiers killed being Black not only while they killed MLKing for speaking out about it. But then finally erecting a statue that had the Black soldier standing in back of the White and Hispanic soldiers.

@iambassador3868 5 лет назад

Jock strap, u are obviously not aware that our national anthem is steeped in racism and oppression. We don’t sing the other stanzas to this theme that exposes its oppressive and racists stints

@dalemills8052 3 года назад

Sounds to me like this cop was doing his job, stopping people who Actually committed an offense in his presence. Not going on phishing expeditions.

@RicoLamar987 8 лет назад

Being black in America is living life on difficultly level high

@rolandixor 8 лет назад

*insane.

@unclerobb8529 8 лет назад

It's like a constant marshal law.

@jaethedon5883 7 лет назад

+Living Well With TJ STFU

@bigherm70068 7 лет назад

+Living Well With TJ but we're Americans not Africans

@quanbamtankumam2569 7 лет назад

+Living Well With TJ Actually I have lived in Africa as a black person. That stress is not there. Sure they don't have lots of stuff but they have PEACE OF MIND.

@keythegreatest2778 8 лет назад

#Blacklivesmatter

@TheIMMORTALKAHNHD 8 лет назад

+Alex Vesterfelt but ALL lives arent being killed during routine police stops.

@parkraini3851 8 лет назад

stop arresting and killing innocent black people!

@keythegreatest2778 8 лет назад

The Bowser one Exactly

@keythegreatest2778 8 лет назад

All lives matter is like someone saying all diseases matter, there is always one disease that is more dangerous and need to be taken care of first. My old teacher's friend is a police officer and he even said that race most suffering from police brutality/murders are African-Americans. Black lives matter movement aims to get police officers to be able to handle situations like this without the result of any deaths, also for the victims of these situations to get justice and to stop profiling from the police. This helps all people of minority in general, the only reason its called black lives matter is because we are the ones most affected by this. Its not named that because we believe that black lives are better. The thing about all lives matter is it doesn't focus on the one most affected by this "disease" called police brutality, it focuses on everyone, not addressing the one's in major need most. All lives matter is just like the analogy of the (two houses but one of them is on fire an the guy with one hose is trying to put water on both houses equally leaving the one on fire to burn down because it needed to be focused on more) And please don't bring up more white people die by the police, of course they do because there are way more of them. But the fact is we are affected more than any other race percentage wise.

@jamesmflanagan7119 8 лет назад

+KeytheGreatest "my life matters"

@michaeldavis9733 7 лет назад

And people say blacks aren't being targeted by police.

@landlbrowne 5 лет назад

This is bad. How do some people sleep at night?

@AvianSavara 8 лет назад

Michael Birch is one of those guys who you want to promote to police chief instead of that tool pushing arrest quotas. The likes of Birch are loyal, honest, honourable allies of the very people they swore to defend.

@BloodMoneyLLC 8 лет назад

...and this is why we need a Black Lives Matter movement.

@UncleMatt69 5 лет назад

He is issuing citations to those he sees committing violations, not to random black males. We need to arrest more corrupt cops.

@jaydiaz9514 7 лет назад

If I only targeted people age 60-80 the crime stats for that group will skyrocket overnight. Its sad that so many people are to thick-headed to see that.

@user-ro4og9rv4y 8 лет назад

A lot of respect for this NYPD officer!

@don14vito 8 лет назад

I expect TYT will interview him at some point in the future.

@jaynoxjay 8 лет назад

Cop: I stopped the people that did crimes. Sargent: Ya but only two were Black men. Cop: Ya? Sargent: So, why aren't you arresting more Black Men? Cop: Because they haven't been committing crimes! Sargent: Why does that matter?

@Drediggy 8 лет назад

This is the sad part. White, Black, Hispanic cops have come out and spoke about the quota system and how its not fair and its wrong and how they basically got blackballed in the police dept because of it.

@racistsRinferior 5 лет назад

Even though he (the cop) tells him it's everybody committing violations, the chief is still like "why are you targeting people who did something wrong instead of black males?"

@edgeninja 8 лет назад

The cop who recorded this is a hero.

@Wardemonxi 8 лет назад

How could black males not be the highest in the arrest statistics if the commanding officers order their officers to target them for arrest? I'm sure this helps keep those statistics exactly where they want them.

@chuckobscure 8 лет назад

^This

@RomVlad 8 лет назад

Arrest or ticket people that commit the crimes. Period. It doesn't matter what color, race, etc..Whoever is guilty is guilty. Why is there confusion about this? Also, this quota system should be abolished.

@Gala-yp8nx 8 лет назад

It's already illegal so far as I know.

@rolandmarkland6844 8 лет назад

It's ironic how the people who have perpetuated the most crimes against humanity throughout history are so shameless about accusing their victims of being criminals.

@scharif001 8 лет назад

Cops should be like this guy, only go after people doing something wrong objectively.

@josiahirondreads3211 7 лет назад

If your scare of black people, and always paranoid, DONT BE A COP! COMMON SENSE!

@renamn6556 5 лет назад

That Police Capt. wanted MORE black men behind bars.

@gloriousday1338 5 лет назад

America o America. Why this war against the black skin?

@eSysmanSuperYachts 8 лет назад

I'm shocked that race is still such a big issue in the US in the 21st century.

@hennyondatube3133 8 лет назад

Literally only white people are ever shocked that racism still exists. That's reality for the rest of us. Get with it and help us change things instead of making it about your feelings and discomfort on the issue.

@theenygmatic1 8 лет назад

Yes. They're running a business generating revenue by propagating unadulterated truth. I guess that's so much worse than the corporate media running a business generating revenue by propagating corporate lies to get rich off of you by lulling you into complacency and getting you to buy beer, the latest car, or unnecessary pharmaceuticals. OBEY. CONSUME. "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die."

@talkindurinthemovie 5 лет назад

Ppl still deny the deck is stacked against black people

@marvintookesiii9847 5 лет назад

Nypd captain needs to go to jail for telling officer to target black mens

@lovebiannca 5 лет назад

For the rest of his life‼ They should have given his name though‼

@The.End.Begins24 5 лет назад

Marvin Tookes III he most likely got promoted.

@omel7 6 лет назад

You gotta be kidding me! These commanding officer need to be fired! If this is not racism then there is no racism in this world!

@happylife2861 6 лет назад

omel7! I know, but nothing gonna happen to this commanding officer or other offers like him, because they are our beloved US police officers. They can kill unarmed people & easily getaway of any charge by making some silly excuse.

@ralphbentley5499 6 лет назад

This commanding officer needs to be at least criminally prosecuted for ordering false arrests and harassment, as well as being personally liable in all civil lawsuits filed as a result of his illegal orders!

@michaelantonio44 8 лет назад

can you imagine how many police departments have this same conversation?

@-Diamond-Dave- 8 лет назад

Wow, I usually try and justify what the cops do, but this is terrible. I suspected it to some degree, but this should get alot of people fired.

@michaelantonio44 8 лет назад

+Dave Diamonddog there has to be a nationwide analysis and infiltration of the Police Departments as a whole if theres gonna be a change in police culture. tapes like this must get out more often

@davidhaaijema4521 8 лет назад

www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_planning/year_end_2015_enforcement_report.pdf Wish statistics like these got out more often.

@phanatic215 8 лет назад

I'm happy you could admit that Dave. That takes an adult to put down their ego and known reality and understand that "my truth" isn't always necessarily the truth. Much respect to you my friend.

@michaeldavis9733 7 лет назад

The captain basically was saying arrest only black males. Wtf??

@joshuajohnston1947 8 лет назад

A huge problem with this. Not only is he pushing to Violate rights of people who have done nothing wrong. He is planning on getting arrests off of people who have done nothing wrong currently. This is like asking passengers for identification when it was the driver who got pulled over. You can be doing nothing wrong at the current time and still go to jail.

@cantstopme7607 7 лет назад

bottom line, if u are not black, u wouldn't understand that this is some real, everyday life shit. check points are never in the suburbs. only in blacks and hispanic areas. crazy.

@MissKashira 8 лет назад

Did he describe black men as "the bad guys"?

@Scoooreboooard 8 лет назад

You heard right lol that's fucked

@victorcreed9824 8 лет назад

When whites say its "all in our head". Ill refer them to this tape.

@JosephCMiller 7 лет назад

When people...and apparently say "who COMMITS the crimes" what they actually mean is "who have we been CONVICTING of the crimes". Crime, and the perceptions that arise from it, has always been a function of who the police has chosen to detain, arrest, and the legal system is willing to pursue for conviction.

@musekhadir4125 5 лет назад

I am black and Muslim,glad i live in Europe and same time pray for my coloured brothers and sisters

@nzingabee79 5 лет назад

Muse Khadir *Coloured*....and you're Black? Lmao right

@woody9283 8 лет назад

Again I say it again and again...NY is hands down the most racist state I have ever lived...

@doranziegler2303 8 лет назад

I am a lifelong New Yorker. I would agree with you with the caveat that most of the racists are in New York City. I lived in Syracuse for a while and a number of upstate small towns. I encountered very little racism in the smaller towns, but in NYC racism is over the top. The Asian community, especially the Koreans , and there is a large community in Queens, NY, are terribly racists against blacks first, and white people second. The Koreans have corridors of stores and apartment buildings where whites are totally unwanted. There has always been a lot of tension between Blacks and Koreans. I also encountered a lot of racism against Blacks from the Indian community. New York City is a seething cauldron of racism, bias, and hate. They say it is a melting pot which is not true. Most of the neighborhoods are not integrated. Every color and every nationality resides within their own enclave. Don't believe the bullshit touted by the elected officials that all is 'Kumbaya."

@woody9283 8 лет назад

***** Lived in FL for 8 years...not even close to as bad as it is up here.

@woody9283 8 лет назад

Indian river County

@badkarma5408 8 лет назад

+cmpatt4 Florida indeed

@FredSuCkSnuts 8 лет назад

You mean down state New York?

@neomaraccountveryold2632 8 лет назад

The cop who released it is a hero

@americanparanoia9761 8 лет назад

Proves how low the intelligence is with racists P.S. love the NY accent

@blackgumbo5536 6 лет назад

The system is broken.

@glorymosbyfloyd3878 6 лет назад

Arkanel Black : It's broken by direct evil intent

@user-dq9rr9mv3f 6 лет назад

the system isn't broken, it was created that way...

@Conformist138 8 лет назад

A subway cop should stop crimes happening on the subway and in the stations. Transit cops should not be sent out to accuse targeted demographics and hope they can find an existing warrant as an excuse to arrest them. This cop actually highlights a major problem: If you start off targeting a specific group then you're going to artificially increase the number of summonses, citations, convictions, and warrants in that group. It becomes a self-fulfilling cycle where the data proving the group commits more offenses is generated by people instructed to target that group more.

@natv2546 5 лет назад

This is about race The white man kingdom Is falling

@phera5713 5 лет назад

eric jr Uhhu..... It will be fun/interesting to watch it happen... Their lame fear is palpable .

@Doglyvr 5 лет назад

So the one cop who does it right gets in trouble from his supervisor 😡

@BERNIEO4 6 лет назад

Only trump puppets are Surprised by this !

@tigrisrex14 8 лет назад

This is what we mean when we talk about systemic racism. We don't mean that cops see a black person and think "hey I don't like black people so I'm going to go harass that person". It's that it's expected that black people are more suspect and cops are taught to only look for them committing crimes.

@IronmanV5 8 лет назад

Chew on this: How many of the warrants for "young black males" are for not being able to pay the fine for the citation which they did not commit? Sure sounds like Officer is supposed to make up stuff to stop "young black males" instead of stopping people who actually break the law. How much does that skew the statistics because men of other races and women who don't get citations because they aren't the people they are ignoring their infractions? I wonder just how dirty the NYPD will end up being if they were thoroughly investigated by an independent agency or organization? And I am worried for Officer Birch's safety. Google Frank Serpico.

@ciaagent0097 7 лет назад

This been going on for ages. One bye one black people are getting very tired of the discrimination. It like they are begging for us to fight back as much as it hurts to say.

@Tkharbik 8 лет назад

captain: I need 8 black males 4 females 6 Hispanics in both sexes and 2 whites... you failed to complete the quota ... what are you going to say in your defense ? Cop: i arrest everybody I say give the cop a medal!

@rocstarstudio6476 4 года назад

LOL.....the only people who are surprised by audio like this are people who are not targeted.

@KTMcaptain 8 лет назад

cops need a college degree. plain and simple. they need ethnic educational courses and time spent with the people they are going to protect.

@jmiller5382 8 лет назад

yep, I know 2 cops with master's degrees. Whaddya know? They're not psychopaths !

@DouglasIRL 8 лет назад

In NY they have to have a college degree..so you need to educate yourself before you open your mouth

@InteristaS5 8 лет назад

I believe in some sort of 2 year "trade school" for police officers. tests need to be passed and training throughout those 2 years. It should be free or low cost and I believe that it will solve many of our problems in the country

@KTMcaptain 8 лет назад

+Douglas IRL in general you dim wit. for instance, in California you only need a high school equivalency. guess all the cop problems in the country are only in New York.

@KTMcaptain 8 лет назад

+MudButtz95 more than anything they need to understand the struggles of low SES individuals. given the discretion to not attest. and to work to build the community to have a vested interest.

@mikeveis2395 Год назад

He's not an NYPD captain. He's an SS captain.

@martinsingleton6657 3 года назад

I’m proud of you I’m a police officer you are a good officer

@48mastadon 8 лет назад

Why isn't this story on all the news channels?

@og.flawedspirit 8 лет назад

You've just watched a video by one of the only news agencies that would even bother. It doesn't serve the purpose of the mainstream TV agencies in any way, so it's not gonna get carried.

@timorousspecter738 8 лет назад

because the majority of people dont want to believe theyre is corruption in society

@srr9930 8 лет назад

I really wanna hear the argument on how this is ok

@imahustlah3609 8 лет назад

Its not ok thats the thing, this is bull shit.

@deanvere4839 8 лет назад

The argument will be black comit more crimes per capita. So the cop should be arresting more blacks. If the commander wasn't saying that, they would just say cops aren't racist. It's a lose lose situation.

@JayS64 5 лет назад

And there it is. Thank you Officer Birch for putting your job and possibly your life on the line to expose this blatant targeting, and a system that seems more interested in meeting quotas and making money, than being honorable and protecting the people.

@OfftoShambala 5 лет назад

Here Here... This officer deserves some recognition!

@NycBeauty 8 лет назад

I hope the honest cop succeed in his lawsuit !!!

@mchevre 8 лет назад

All you people saying "black people commit more crimes so the chief is right" - First of all, assuming that's true, that doesn't mean he should go out of his way to specifically try to find more blacks committing crimes. What he did was just observed his patrol and arrested anyone who broke the law. He didn't let anyone go BECAUSE they were black, he just simply didn't make a special effort to pay more attention to blacks than anyone else. What he did was honorable, and what you're advocating is racist and disgusting by definition. But secondarily, I'd point out that we don't even know for sure what the accurate statistics on black vs white crime are, because if the police are racist to begin with, and that makes them arrest blacks more often than whites because they're targeting blacks, then all that says is that blacks are more likely to be arrested for criminal activity --- it doesn't prove that blacks definitely commit more crimes. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. But my main point is in the first paragraph.

@debracharles-clay5202 8 лет назад

More blacks need to become cops. Become cops for your own community.

@Steve-eh4db 8 лет назад

First off , more then 55% of NYC police are minorities. If more do join, they might discover that 60% of the turnstile jumpers are indeed black youth. Then the blame continues that cops are racists for coming up with those numbers.

@adibee88 5 лет назад

Great audio bust, took a lot of courage from this LEO to expose the department's CO! I commend this gentleman!

@benghazi9147 8 лет назад

Funny how even clear bias/racism is getting a pass in this comment section by some.

@rafaelrafael4626 8 лет назад

most people "pop" because they can't afford to pay their tickets. and that's why they get warrants. not because they are criminals. being poor is not a crime .

@Geneforson 8 лет назад

Is this the f*cking Minority Report?! .....its LITERALLY the *Minority* Report

@Jasonmp3z 7 лет назад

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." -Lincoln A Black kid get stop, he "fit the description" 5 cops detain him. Meanwhile a psychopath off his meds that doesn't "fit the description" walks by unimpeded, arrives at his destination pulls out a machine gun and kills 20 people. America.

@JohnSmith-ns8si 7 лет назад

told you, get rid of policing for profit. Cops should get paid a fixed amount of money. No more quotas. No financial incentives to give tons of tickets or make tons of arrests. Also, we should have federal laws ONLY. No more state laws. Like in Tennessee or Georgia where it's illegal to spit in front of a woman.

@sumared 8 лет назад

Don't mind me, I'm just looking through the comments wondering how ANYONE could possibly justify this.

@CofFree03 8 лет назад

The only thing justified is your beauty.

@sumared 8 лет назад

+0fF+on thank you love 💋

@pritymoka6120 7 лет назад

I wish more officers were like Officer Birch. Maybe things wouldn't be as they are.

@sableindian 7 лет назад

All crime is bad. I still am traumatized by my white girlfriend who was beaten by her white boyfriend because he thought she was not home when he called. WHO DOES THAT???? BTW: Officer Birch should get an award from the community. Can we start something like this for those who really protect and serve??

@andrewgugumuck08209 5 лет назад

A QUOTA SHOULD BE OUTLAWED AND BE CONSIDERED A CRIME AND PUNISHABLE BY SERVING A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.

@JazzyJeffRealTalk 8 лет назад

But the right wing says racism doesn't exist

@taylor6109 6 лет назад

This is so ridiculous, so his commanding officer is upset that he isn't targeting more blacks and hispanics.

@jadecarter4474 7 лет назад

Man 1 : "Save the rainforest" Man 2: "What about all the other trees?" Man 1 : "I love all trees but right now I'm advocating for the rainforest" Man 2: "Well.... well... ALL trees matter!!"

@mercwindow 3 года назад

Well done Birch you have honestly and principle. Your so called boss should be ashamed I. Hope he got fired. Deliberately making a mess of families lives for no reason should be a crime

@augustabj 7 лет назад

We definitely need more cops like Michael Birch, and I respected him; he is doing his job right. He has the courage to stand up against a corrupted system.

@town3 5 лет назад

Thank you for standing on REAL values and TRUTH.

@upnorth3173 5 лет назад

ANNND I would say “wonder why” but people know full well why.. people take a Knee!!!!

@iambassador3868 5 лет назад

douglas ferguson, u are obviously not aware that our national anthem is steeped in racism and oppression. We don’t sing the other stanzas to this theme that would expose its oppressive and racists stints and has nothing to do with our military...plz educate yourself

@BenjerminGaye 8 лет назад

Even now pople in the comment section are trying to come up with excuses to say what the commanding officer did was justified.

@59bulldogman 8 лет назад

Yes they are, sad bastards.

@clintongray5065 7 лет назад

This has been going on for years SMH and all they do is double talk to try and justify the bullshit

@dennis4837 8 лет назад

Wow, a police officer saying that they should be targeting the demographic that commits the most crime? Unthinkable!

@imahustlah3609 8 лет назад

You are pathetic.

@donnyblanco643 8 лет назад

You do understand that if you target a certain people they will seem more criminal if you target everyone you get the truth...all races commit the crimes

@guidingrock7051 8 лет назад

i think the point was, he arrested the people who did the crimes instead of targeting a skin color based on previous arrest history.

@imahustlah3609 8 лет назад

Ebenezer Ingalsbe So basically target people who aren't committing a crime? Just because some one committed a crime before does not mean they will always be committing crimes.

@LittleLyssMarie 8 лет назад

+Armando Gallegos they wouldnt be getting the chance to kill cops if cops didnt engage them in the first place..

@413cocopuff 4 года назад

Finally a good cop, and a captain who needs to be fired.

@CharlesLLewis-ph1yx 4 года назад

This Captain should be fired or resign.

@gigidouglas2826 7 лет назад

If you target a specific group only, then the statistics are going to be skewed towards that group and will therefore show bias against that group.

@burtan2000 7 лет назад

Yes, that's certainly part of what happens. In any profession, statistical trends like the ones linking POC people of color, and crime could never be ignored. But incorporating those stats into policing tactics, strategy, and policy, perpetuates the stat in this vicious cycle that's mostly unintentional. But it's also self-perpetuating: stats show blacks commit more crimes. Not just arrests, convictions, but straight up IRL stats. Some of the causes of this phenomena are institutional racism, some are overt (like this example) some are related to poverty, some are more subtle racism that many decent white people sincerely believe does not exist.

@gigidouglas2826 7 лет назад

Macumazahn I'm trying to educate myself more about these "trends" and "statistics". But, right now, as a black woman, I have mostly emperical evidences. But this, my first hand experiences, don't matter to most of the abusers of minorities because to understand your habitual/unintentional or intentional racist actions, you have to care about how your actions are negatively impacting the person sitting across the table from you and I've learned that racists usually don't care.