Riding Along with Amsterdam Cops - The Jim Jefferies Show 

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Lmao

I you vote Wilders we can not be friends. I do draw a line.

Ahahaha ^^^ seem not all ur fellow country men agree with u

Marissa B theres always a minority 😆 we having a bit of a right winger thing going on in Europe atm people forget the lessons from the past people should be educated a bit better the thing they all share is that they aint very bright 😂

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@@bbhfjdy9175 that is absolutely correct, not everyone agrees with me, nor I with everyone. But our religious compatriots do not bomb abortion clinics, for example. Our police do not kill unarmed civilians by the dozens. Still does not mean we live in a fairy tale, I was somewhat relieved that the last political assassination wasn't carried out by a foreigner, I was equally relieved there were no celebrations because of that murder. But more than anything, we do not live in a toxic socio-political climate like Americans do. Wait a minute, he didn't agree with me you say? I'm gonna find out where he lives and kick his ass..... Your argument is meh, just meh.

Yeah, must have been funny, probably something like this 😮

Wouldnt want to work there even if I smoked. Aren't you high all the time in there from second hand smoke?

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 really? … working at a coffeshop , aren't you high all the time. What, you can't be a bartender without being drunk all the time? Or an ER worker without shooting up tranquelizers all the time?

@@dawnmaster68 Google second hand smoke

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 second hand smoke, the active ingredient is gone.all that's left is smoke.

I understand that it's not really reason for arrest but you should of got some form of punishment nothing major like a fine or something because you riding down the road all wobbly going left and right isnt going to be safe if there are cars around. Unless you were on one of those roads where cars can't drive down then ignore everything I just said

@@georgiaevans2123 Well, you said it yourself, bike lanes, he was obviously in a bike lane at the time, because if he was on the road, it would've been a crime. I hope I don't need to say this, but the crime wouldn't be drunk driving.

Well in The Netherlands (pease don't say Holland) almost all roads have bike lanes next to them since it's a huge part of our transportation (plus side of having no mountains) so most bike accidents are not on open roads

Howzer The man Well, that is quite reasonable though to get arrested for that. Although what they do in Holland is pretty cool too. They could’ve still fined you though, that would’ve still been reasonable.

It would have been totally reasonable to fine you or have you sleep it off in the drunk tank, but it seems that they had a priority of making sure you were ok. That is very admirable, not unheard of in the US, though not as common as it should be. My dad was a cop for some time and he drilled into my head how important it was for the police to work toward obtaining and maintaining public trust. With it a cop is safer and they are more effective, without it everyone is in more danger and worse off.

The problem is, when you know a lot and have very little real worries - you demand from your government a lot, so you're always discontent with something. But when you are uneducated, know nothing, fight for scraps every day - then the fanatical devotion to your government or country is one of the few things that keeps you going. And when you do criticise the government it's not because the government works against you - it's because it robs you of the chance to deitify it in some way. It's a feudalistic system that was proven to work - as long as lords and royalty spread the narrative that this is the order of things and as long as they play the benevolent benefactors in a lore they themselves created, they can keep dumping on peasants who don't know any better, and recieve nothing but admiration in return.

Great city but cold as fuck

@@luminadoDoBronx Uhm... We have summers?

where the hell do you live on a fucking cloud!

Europeans have a different set of issues to deal with, ask Pim Fortuyn.

+Dutchman 2 Ahhww that's so nice. I hope everything will continue to work out fine :)

There is even a video from a news channel, where they show 2 Dutch policemen cooking dinner and washing the dishes, because their mom had to go to the hospital and the kids had nowhere to stay. That amazed me as a Dutchmen, not knowing the Police would even do that.

@@jgowner6076 Didnt the mom had to go to the hospital? Cuz im pretty sure she had to go to the hospital.

@@arunadegroot8974 could to, probably I havent paid attention, will change it right away

Dutch culture is great. I lived in Amsterdam about 15 yrs ago. If the world was like Holland, it would be a better place. I miss it so bad there. I miss Dutch people.

reasonable police is trained to calm any situation and not behave like altered teenagers. US cops on the other hand seem to be imature bullies.

NaoTa MF Dutch polis (at least the ones in Amsterdam, I can't speak for elsewhere) are ridiculously chilled though. If that had happened in the UK a particularly nice copper might have just told you to put it out if you weren't being too much of a nuisance otherwise, but if you reacted like that you'd get lifted instantly. Amsterdam police seem to have the attitude of "Meh, fuck it. It's not worth the hassle so just forget it" for any minor crime that doesn't really matter, and in my opinion they're right. People don't see the police as the enemy and I assume they feel they can trust them when something actually is a problem. Like in the clip, all the people who if they were me, here in the UK, would be thinking "Shit, polis!" And be a bit on little on edge, as where they're working things might not be quite 100% legal, whereas they seem pleased to see them like "Ahh, it's big Dexter! How's things?"

In the Netherlands you would normally get arrested for that too. Obviously

In the states they just kill you.

I'm the first to call out oppressive police, but I would have no problem with cops taking in and fining someone who flicks a lit joint at them!

And that's even standard policy for Them

Except them nutcases in the 'Bible belt'

+Bob * - Not really. There's a few nutjobs in ultra-conservative outposts, but most people in the Bible Belt are perfectly ordinary people of whom you wouldn't even suspect they were Christian unless they told you.

@@rjfaber1991 I stand corrected. You are right. There are some fruitcakes in places like Bunschoten/Spakenburg, but hey... you can find them also in places like Breda, Nijmegen etc.

+Wolfram Stahl Actually there are quite a lot of religious people, but they aren't nutcases. They're the kind that read the bible and love their neighbour. The fun kind.

@@rjfaber1991 you've clearly never been in the bible belt.

That is actually what is called being 'woke".

Are you from the USA?

@@philh4820 Sure do. And I'm in the military, so I do travel to other countries.

Thats a nice change. Somebody from usa who doesnt go around shouting "we're the best" . Really nice to see

@@SilkyLew hey man I am a Dutch, American. And I live In the Netherlands. People here love when you say that. Because they think of their country as the best In everything. But it really isn't. People here are really fakey there are incredibly high taxes whereas the middle and the lower class won't make it without working more jobs with 2 people. Housing is way to unaffordable. Food is overpriced, restaurants are unaffordable for the middle class and below. Everything u hear and see is very fake and isn't always like this. There are many dutch people who would tell you otherwise but please don't believe them or what you see online because it really isn't that way. It makes me angry to hear people saying that the USA is trash and patriotic and shit like that when really it is the dutch country who isn't all to best. But hey I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.

@@rabbioogway1089 how is that getting mad?

Well if citizens don't have acces or carry guns obviously cops are less afraid of them and won't be suspicious of them and treat them as criminals. American cops are not to blame for the situation, but the gun policy is to blame.

MJyze Well see here, weapons, are forbidden*. I believe people can receive a jail sentence of up to 8 years. And because most citizens obey most laws, there is no market for these weapons. Exception: Criminal Markets. But they cost a lot more there. If people have that much money, they don’t need to be a criminal. Therefore there are fewer weapons. Also, we don’t have the mentality that if we don’t agree with something we should start shooting at people. So why do we need a weapon? Break-ins happen, but they generally do not want to kill people. They just want our TV or something like that. Also, it wouldn’t be self-defence because of two reasons: 1. It’s illegal to own a weapon* 2. It’s completely out of proportion. Which means that here someone would be charged with homicide at the very least. That could equal an 8-year sentence + some extra years for using a weapon, people would have to serve for >10 years. And a criminal record. With one here, people can hardly get a job. And yes we also have crazy people, but there are institutions that deal with them. *Illegal to an extend that makes it for most people illegal, however with a lot of check and a lengthy waiting time people can have a weapon for hunting. With the following conditions: Background screening (valid for so many years, like 5) Practical and theoretical exams passage Need 40 ha of area, owned by the applicant, a friend of the applicant (with permission), a family member or a relative of the applicant or the applicant needs a lot of money Insurance to hunt Hunting can only be done during certain seasons Permission from the police (background check and other criteria such as a weapon safe, the police will visit the applicant's home address to see if the weapons safe is secure and secured). But that still forbids people from using the weapon(s) for other purposes than hunting. Other exceptions are sports using weapons but those also need prior permission and checks, similar to the one above. Of course there are people with guns, like law-enforcement. We’re not that stupid. We know that we can’t stop a terrorist with a gun with our bare hands. And some criminals have them as well. But I don’t see the need, as do most people to own or open carry or both a fire arm or other weapon. In general, most people will not be shot if they don’t get involved in criminal activities. And even those who do get involved, generally don’t carry a weapon let alone a fire arm. There is a reason I feel comfortable having a chat with the police. And not just me, a lot of other people are not afraid of the cops cause we know they won’t start shooting unless it’s absolutely necessary. I think the police in the US (not all) make it a sport to over react. A lot of people in the US over react. Here that is not really a thing. People who over react be requested to stop being stupid and stop acting like a retard (no offence) and act normal. If we here a school shooting on the news, we could start a bet that it will be on the US. We’re like: Oh god, it has happened AGAIN. Will they ever learn? We’re not surprised at all. We’re more surprised if a project finishes on time here. That’s quite sad. I don’t believe that people are stupid in the US, they just act like it (again not everyone in the US) and they’re either proud of it or not embarrassed enough to do anything about it.

Frank Heuvelman 😂😂

except Amsterdam is an hub for high level crime internationally

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Wolfram Stahl What neighbour are you? Belgian, German or French?

@@Hyndergogen9 I reckon he's German

Pffft yeah yeah because your a Dutchie that explains a lot

Sad but true

Same

French start a protest americans want a revolution Wich wont end well ....cause europe dont want any stupid muricans here

@@rickvandam3238 I don't blame you.

Or is the situation that bad because there scared. 🤔

@@professionalpussypetter2929 Because having crime is so tough and kjoel

@@professionalpussypetter2929 I don't think we have time to take advice from you. If you will excuse us...it's 1:16 in the night and tomorrow morning I have to eat a broodje hagelslag and ride around on my bike. Good luck with your difficult life. Write a book, see if others are interested in your whining. If not...there's always the option to live here and become a healthy and happy individual. If you dare.

Im dutch and i have never feel unsafe or anything in amsterdam, its mostly tourists anyways

@@professionalpussypetter2929 we dont use guns. If your interested in martial arts, you should be aware of dutch kickboxing? We are tough in our own way, just like other people. Ive been to the usa , and I get the gunlaws overthere. It has to do with different factors.

r/whoosh...

I went to the museum with school camp once, but i couldn't concentrate, i was thinking about my greedy ass school, coming to terms with the fact that a jewish girl from 80 years ago went to camp in Germany.. That lucky bitch

@UltraInstinctPepe on the other hand many of them in the red light district are entrepreneurs and work voluntarily. They pay taxes and can get credit. They also all have panic buttons and they look out for each other. There is also the Dutch union for prostitutes. I mean the Netherlands is much better then others with this.

@@DutchDouchebag at least you got to go home......

@UltraInstinctPepe not anymore!! They cleared the red light district completely years ago, arrested the traffickers and made sure the girls got counselling and were returned home! Now, the prostitutes that work there are women that choise to do this work and are members of a union! There are joined teams of police, doctors, counsellors and former prostitutes making rounds weekly to check up on the girls and guys! This is exactly why prostitution is legalized here, so the government can assure the safety of these men and women. There are still some cases of forced prostitution but it's discovered and dealth with much sooner now. It's hard to abolish but it has become pretty discouraging for traffickers to take the women to our country.

The only crimes at the Anne Frank Museum are the outrageous long lines.

Once a beggar asked me for a coin in English, I was on a hurry and told him something in Portuguese.. he switched to French and then to Spanish. Shit, I gave him a coin. That was in Amsterdam, on my way to work.

+HaploidCell It's a bit sad that there was a beggar though. We have homeless shelters for them, with care and showers and food. I hope he was al least getting help for his rotting teeth then.

In The Netherlands, English lessons starts at elementary school. German and French at high school. Homeless people in The Netherlands also receive the monthly government homeless benefits. That's why you won't see any 'Dutch' beggars in the Netherlands.

This is great!

@@parmentier7457 Well that's not quite true. A large proportion of the Dutch homeless are addicted to alcohol. As a drug counselor, almost always, I had to direct to them to our social services department to get registered at a family or friends adress to have them start receiving benefits.

And nobody even had to end up shot dead....

I'm proud of the Dutch police. Just today, they sent riot cops against students who were in the act of non-violent civil disobedience.

Did they use violence though? It was a very small turn-up though (I was there) just a waste of money

@@kiraalira riot cops are sent to protests as a precaution all the time, its just that there's always lunatics losing their shit as soon as they see the police van pull up

Indeed... great work from the Dutch police

Gun control works, total bans, do not. The issue in the states isnt much of a control issue. A few of the shooters used someone else's weapon. Just something to consider. I absolutely love that i can go to walmart with my drivers liscence and walk out with a weapon, but id be happy to have to get permits and liscences. People need to stop being bitches about it..

@@jessecaisbomb exactly, and as far as I know, no major politician has called for a ban. Also there are waaay too many guns around for that... But yes, proper registration, background checks, magazine limits etc. Can limit someone's ability to do harm

Brovahkiin magazine limits aint gonna do shit, you can order parts for 100 round mags on ebay, what are they gonna ban, springs and sheetmetal? also a lot of politicans have called for total ban many times, like in the assault weapon bans in 86 and the machine gun ban signed by reagan....

also, backround checks would be fine if you wouldnt have to sign of your right to privacy aswell...

believe me i live in norway and if you can buy drugs then you can buy guns

Americans love their ex-military trained cops. Their cops shoot more citizens than anywhere else in the developed world.

that is just so not true lol every cop in the netherlands can be a cop in amsterdam like the police in amsterdam is the same as the police in rotterdam

@@bigpapa8458 Niet waar, er zijn andere trainingsmethoden.

Crystal Franke-Carlisle well dutch cops go to the police academy for 4 years. That differs a lot then the 1 year (at Max) training the US cops get. There are however a lot of rookie cops in Amsterdam, they are trained ‘under the wings’ of a experienced cop.... like anywhere else in the Netherlands.

if only that was true

If you hear ‘Stop Politie!’ What means stop police, then you are in trouble....

@Daan Made in Holland if i dutch cop yells stop. yell stop. you almost gonna get every unit they have after you if you don't almost impossible to escape.

Well hold on now, as an American, let's be fair. If they were American girls in America... they might deserve to be thrown off the bus. We can't be too certain, but I've never heard of a Dutch woman painting a picture on the bus window with her own feces.

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The bank robber was never seen again...

They are all chilling in the coffee shops and the Red light dude.

Lol you nailed it ×D

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countys32 My Family moved me to America when I was young, please smuggle me back to Europe

just don't turn up in a football top

Haven't been to Costa Rica huh? 😂

Countys32 I wholeheartedly agree with you... I feel very lucky to be European. And I live next to the Netherlands so I visit them from time to time to get me some green...thanks to our open borders 😀

The Dutch like to complain, but sometimes forget how good we have it here.

autohmae exactly

@@autohmaeyeah those dutchies complains like they own the whole world tho I doubt their trying to take all over America those Dutch mf now is everyone talking about the dutchies now huh? all of the sudden is the Netherfagland so popular now probably those Americans are kissing the Netherlands now

Bruh nice?!!! Are you sure about that because I experience it differently tho

Those Dutch mfs are just trying to hypnotize you to make you feel like that tho bruh☠️☠️☠️

Komekage LOL poor fella. It’s funny, but sad you had to grow up in a third world country like America. Travel the world a bit! Enjoy life

@@videostop7564 3rd world country lol. I think that was a pretty dumb comment. US can learn from the world, but loads of people try to get into this "3rd world country" for a reason. It is not to escape their better world.

@@roadrage9191 It was meant as satire. US Citizens do be living in the poorest rich country ever though.

Its a kind of ''crime'' that cops over here wont spend to much energy in to stop people from doing it. they just give you a warning and move on. If someone is actually drunk and still drinks beer they will take action by taking it away from him and give you a fine. Sometimes they even give the person a ride back to their home/hotel or in worse cases just one night at a prison cell. Such a person will be allowed to go free the next morning.

stfu u posh nerd

@@Zaagvis What gives you the idea, that I am a nerd or posh?

@@AntonGudenus ur second privileged alinea

@@Zaagvis I am sorry to ask: but what is an alinea?

@@AntonGudenus oh I'm sorry.. I thought it was the same in English.. I meant paragraph

yeah yeah of course

AureirDE and why would she lie. Sounds plausible to me

@@biggermanboi4205 cops have family you know.

Oh, can I have your autograph?

My palms legitimately get sweaty when i see a cop, shit sucks man because I understand most cops are good cops, but i'm still freaked out by them in general as a group. (I just realized, in a way, that's a xenophobic sentiment for me to have, but I'm not denying it.)

Try being a Dutch guy, on vacation in the States, being used to these kind of cops, and then get yelled at by the Highway Patrol with their hands on their gun. A pretty surreal experience, I tell you.

backwoodsjunkie08 lol why? I’m Hispanic and I never get nervous around a cop

That's wild. When I see a cop (UK) it's no different than seeing a mailman, or delivery driver, etc.

You see how wrong that it is?

Well said and this is how it is in all western European countries and the nordics.

so basically usa=sith The Netherlands= Jedi

well said. I think if the US had the social security system they have all over europe, you'd have less getthofication and less dangerous streets though. The ultracapitalism leads to literally murderous competition on the corner. That's a climate that a Dutch cop couldn't do his job in either. When your life is actually in danger, you will act accordingly. Besides, Dutch cops in Amsterdam are largely corrupt. A friend of mine was essentially fired from the police force in the bad Amsterdam neighbourhood for NOT taking bribes. It's rotten to the core. Netherlands is a global player in the XTC business. That's because the law is turning a blind eye. That will keep the peace. There's tolerant policies, and then there's corruption. I guess if you value human live above all, these things are still preferable over the state America is in.

amsterdam cops arent't corrupt, just a little bit common sense

Jeroen Valkema is it common sense to take bribes from organized crime? Then yeah, amazing common sense all over the place. It’s still called corruption in the dictionary though.

... for the most part anyway. Source: am Dutch

For the most part. Which is more than we can say for most countries. But we always strife for betterment.

As a dutchie, Amsterdam is shit. Its our touristic buffer zone, so the rest of the country doenst have any tourists. If you want to see the real Dutch, go to Arnhem or Nijmegen.

@@wouter8294 Ppl doing a beeline for Amsterdam are noobs who don’t know any drug dealers. Worst thing u can do is legalise it and give it to the Gov, look at tobacco and alcohol. As long as it’s just a fine i’ll take it.

@@wouter8294 Beter to go to Utrecht if you want to visit a city(but really there are a lot of great cities outside of Amsterdam, Rotterdam & Den Haag), Limburg if you want to visit our *cough* "mountains", Zeeland or one of the Islands if you want to go to the beach or Brabant when it is Carnaval(but stay out of the larger cities, choose a medium or small city and get yourself a local as a guide so you do not die from culture shock) if you want to party. Consider doing things like renting a bike and ride one of the MANY bike routes or going walking on the Waddenzee. Many places you can ride canoes in the old waterways and in the countryside there are places where you can do old dutch farm games etc Point is, there is so so much to do in our little country, but people that only visit Amsterdam do not know the real Netherlands! They only see the atractions in a city that has already made it clear that they want less tourists. Just dont fall into those tours that label everything as "Amsterdam *". So no "Amsterdam beach" or "Amsterdam Uithof" or "Amsterdam Afsluitdijk" etc it is as cringeworty as "Washington's Grand Canyon" or "New York Falls" or "Hollywood statue of Liberty" (Not that traveling is a option right now but you know, one day...)

You are really everywhere.

@@wouter8294 From all the amazing places in the Netherlands, you advertise Arnhem and Nijmegen?

There are quite a lot of shootings over here these last few years. And while a highly respected lawyer got shot and killed not too long ago, criminals really only just kill each other. They don't shoot at the police. There is a "gang war" going on in and around amsterdam though.

@@Baska311 We have no gangs like in the big cities in Asia and North and South America. Can you please rephrase 'gang war'? Simple people might actually take your words literally and that doesn't do right to Dutch people in general nor to our governing bodies.

burn xD

Wars end.

Haha! Well said. I guess it is time to concede defeat.

For everyone not from the netherlands: It basically becomes a warzone (Explosion sounds everywhere you go) with how much fireworks we use.

Pretty much like Berlin, they pretty much bring back the ww2 for 48 hours ( fireworks 💥 🎇 )

Rotterdam in WW2 flashbacks

And if you cant wait, go to Duindorp

@@HvV8446 xd

This. I feel that a lot of people are looking at European countries and cities with rose colored glasses. Now I'm not saying that there's rampant crime all over western Europe but there are certainly some areas where law enforcement and emergency services are hesitant to enter.

He mentioned a bank robbery, drunk tourists and pickpockets.

@@Flimpofloempieflomp I think the truth is in the middle between both of your remarks

@@Flimpofloempieflomp and that is a whole lot better than the US of A

Yes, the police officer mentioned that. Still you don't think they made Amsterdam look a little bit much like a utopia?

Well, people here are not allowed to have firearms. So cops don't have many reasons to be afraid for their own lives when they arrest someone. In America if you make a wrong move cops will quickly reach for their weapons. (which i kinda understand to be honest) I think that a salutation for the USA is two sided. The police need do things differently, and citizens (not just black people) have to return their firearms. Only one problem is that many Americans consider the freedom of carry a gun a freedom that should never be taken away from them. If i got my facts right it already went that direction during the colonial era. In the time of Indians and bandits people had to be able to protect themselves, and now it's stuck in the system.

It 100% depends on who you interact with. There are PLENTY of Dutch police who are complete assholes and want to abuse their power, especially when they think you are a foreigner. One time I was cycling home from work and I came to a bike crossing, just as I went through the bike crossing, the light went from green to orange and about halfway through the intersection it went to red. Two police in a van happened to be waiting at the intersection, right at the intersection, they didn't stop to wait at the traffic lights for cars they actually pulled all the way up to the crossing and sat there, looking at the *bike light* to tell them when to go. So as soon as it went red, he floored it and almost hit me. He then starts yelling out the window at me to be careful and not cross when it's red. I explained that when I started crossing, it was green, just about going orange as I went through it and not going red until I was well into the crossing. He then got very irritated and said that if I keep talking to him he will arrest me and started swearing at me. I was very tempted to continue arguing but I decided better to avoid escalating and I left. The cop was at 100 the entire time pretty much, he was super hyped up and aggressive from the start. I was absolutely in the right in this situation and the cop was wrong from the start as he was not even in the correct area for a car and was not going based on when his car traffic light went green, but rather when the bike light went red, which is not the precise moment that the car light goes green, there is always a delay. You can also look up videos of black protesters in Rotterdam who were protesting "Zwarte Piet" (a tradition of black facing and putting huge red lipstick on) in celebration of what the Dutch refer to as a Christmas-like celebration, but actually "Zwarte Piet" original source is from slave ships since NL was a massive slave trader and the "Piets" are black helpers of a fat white guy "sinterklass" and they do all of the work, delivering presents etc. At these protests, police rounded up the mostly black protestors into a van, beating them with batons if they didn't comply. There is very graphic footage of this and this is pretty standard practice almost every year. There were also a significant number of police arrested in NL for being involved in organised crime. Also, this video paints a very quaint picture of NL, not all of NL is so calm. In Amsterdam there are plenty of murders and shootings. When I lived in the ghetto of Amsterdam, a decapitated body was found in a van near my home. Last year someone also fired a rocket launcher at a building. Also, gangs have been going around exploding ATMs, so now a lot of banks have opted to remove most public ATMs as it is simply too much hassle as they are so targeted. When I lived in Rotterdam in a nice area, hearing shootings was pretty standard. Hearing someone shooting in Rotterdam multiple times a year is standard stuff. There was a gang shootout in a hotel lobby while I lived there, someone was shot in the small playground behind my apartment, there was a shooting on the street next to my apartment, there was a girl raped in plain sight in the morning in public when it was bright, right next to a bunch of apartments with nobody noticing, lots of SWAT raids on houses, police chased and shot some guy in the street in the middle of the day, there was a shooting in Utrecht's tram which killed 3 people, countless more examples in just a 2 year period. You have to remember that it can seem quaint and quiet when you don't hear all the news from here, all of our news is in Dutch and it doesn't really garner worldwide attention like English news does, as a lot of people understand English and really only people who live here understand Dutch it isolates all of these events so that only we are aware of them. Not saying that the country isn't pretty safe but I think this definitely paints it as an ideal paradise of barely any crime at all when it simply isn't the case. If you do some Googling on the Dutch news you will find plenty of stuff that happens here too. Plenty of gang wars, organised crime, bad policing etc.

@@2009heyhow who isn't allowed to have firearms? If you aren't a criminal and you need a gun for hunting, sport or educational/collecting purpuodrd6, you can get a license. It's just common sense gun control.

@@erebostd You are talking about a super small amount of people. It's not compareble with the United States were people also have them for protection. Also the process of getting a lisence is much different, harder and way more limited with what kind of rifles you can own.

@@2009heyhow I can own (and do) own everything, from multiple ar15 to multiple Glocks, rugers, some classic bolt action, revolvers... Yes, the process is quite different and way more lengthy. And that's why so many people get shot every day in the US, and next to non here, even in years...

Pff only 51? 80 is where it is at!

This is very real... And not just in the Netherlands... it's a European thing (except the coffeeshops, that's exclusively the Netherlands)

i spent a few weeks in Switzerland. never heard any cop sirens. saw a cop play jump rope with some a bunch of little girls and their moms, saw a cop walk some cows off the road while the drivers were just chilling in their cars and waiting for the road to clear, saw another cop trying to teach a teenager how to properly use a stick shift because he kept stalling (right outside my hotel in lucerne), saw some cops talk philosophy with a bunch of old guys while taking a stole up a mountain (in weggis). one cop stopped me because i was going a tad too fast (10km/h over the limit) once he found out i was visiting, without me even asking he told me where the best views are then let me go. that's about it.

I was amsterdam for a few weeks this summer. Awesome place

I live in Europe, the vast majority of cops reach pension without ever firing their gun, and if they do, it's mostly warning shots to stop some thief from running away. If someone gets murdered for whatever reason, it makes national TV news.

This is normal in 1st world countries.

in general, it is. But you have a different culture then the Netherlands. You have a gun culture and a country saturated with guns.

Jill Springer Forrest there 33,000 gun deaths in America and 60% of those deaths are by suicide that means only 19,000 murdered. But only 97 people who legally own a gun commit murder a year.

Actually, here in Switzerland we have a pretty high number of guns and very low gun violence. The trick is that we do check who buys a gun (I could buy one tomorrow if I wanted, but the local authorities would quickly check if I'm a threat to others and if I've caused troubles in the past before I receive the permission to buy it) and we have a great welfare programs that ensures that nobody is put in a situation in which they feel the need to steal. In Switzerland, as a swiss citizen, you literally cannot be homeless unless you choose to be. As soon as you go to the government (the "commune") where you live and ask with a simple "please", you've got a roof, food, clothes and even some money for your car in some cases (the trick is: the money is lent to you, not given, so if you ever earn more than a certain threshold, you have to pay it back). Guns don't create violence, deregulation and poverty does. ps: giving someone a job that doesn't provide a living wage is not a good way to fight poverty. Basically free public education (including college) and investment in science as well as globalism has proven way more effective for us.

I get the idea that gun violence is just a symptom of what's actually going on in the US. Main problem (I Think) is crappy healthcare and crappy education. Get your people educated and healthy and they'll feel a lot less inclined to kill each other. Gun control will help, but it's a band-aid compared to an actual cure.

Zero Blade I'm sorry to insist on that, but... I always have some difficulties to believe that people have to live in their cars or live in the street in the USA like in a third world country.

It's criminal shows, like Dexter, Narcos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, they are mandatory for training :)

Good luck with all the paperwork tho!

You might die of culture shock! I have spent a lot of time in both the Netherlands and The USA... oh boy are they different. In one the talk all the time about their freedom in the other they know what freedom means. To understand the Dutch you have to understand what it means to be occupied by the Nazis... to be flooded... and to work together to literally build your Country from nothing. The Dutch have an attitude I love... when the EU brings in regulations they smile and nod in agreement and then shrug and carry on... it's just our way... we don't have curtains because we have nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of. I asked why the house prices were so high... well we have no crime here, none at all... wow imagine that, what would you pay to live there?

don't

Well, you know what they say. As finishing touch, God created the Dutch 😂 Just kidding of course. Our country isn't perfect, but I am very fortunate to have been born here, and I can honestly say it's a very good country to live in, with sound social structures and in general a government, local, regional and national, that works to improve the country. There might be exeptions to that "rule" in the eyes of one or another of course, as you can never do "the best" in everyone's eyes, but overall we have it good here.

Nah we're something like fourth in the world

We would be if it weren't for Finland!. *Shakes fist*

We tend to be high up there, yes. To be fair though, the margins are pretty slim, and if you want the best place to live in the world, take your pick from the Benelux, Scandinavia, or Australia/New Zealand. It's always those three groups of countries that do well on the kind of lists countries want to do well on.

Nowhere on earth is perfect but let's all agree the Netherlands is pretty close.

especially if it's a victimless "crime" now cause you get rid of the violence that can result from illegal weed trafficking. Bottom line is this: People are going to smoke it. They will find a way to grow it or they will find someone who knows someone who knows someone who does. Just make it legal, sell it under government regulations, everyone profits. There is literally no debate there if you don't invent some bs about it. Example A: Amsterdam Example B: Colorado There are not enough letters but you get my point

Pretty much everyone outside the retarded US.

Masha Mitchell Don't forget the UK's backward ass punitive attitude, which has made it the drugs capital of Europe. Not the only reason of course but a major factor.

It isn't really about making it legal. It is about opporunity's, here in the Netherlands we got a fine social wellfare system that works out for everybody. When I was a student I could get a study loan and if I finished in 4y, i diddn't had to pay anything back! Same with the healthcare system, when my mom got cancer she got from the goverment extra money so we could stay in our house and my mom could focus on getting better.. Yes, I earn arround 32k a year and pay 21,5% tax on that. But, there is no reason for us to get in crime.. Remember 99.9% of the criminals diddn't start out becauste they like the thrill of it! Ofcourse we got some criminals, drugsgangs, illigal prostitution and junkies. But that amount is sooo small! And often it has to do with their mental conditions.. Psycopaths, bordeliner personality u name it..

@@pseudonayme7717 well the brits are the Americans of Europe...look at Brexit

😁😂😂😂,oh sorry man,i bet you wished to be in Holand that moment!!!!😀😁😂

There's only one thing illegal that both of you are doing and you're lucky the cops aren't here.... It's *the Netherlands* and you're calling it Holland or even Holand. Don't, please. It's the Netherlands.

Yes North- and South Holland are provinces in The Netherlands.

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Because it's the greatest country on earth. It has to be, because all the right-wingers and conservative media keep parroting it. You think they would lie to you, just so they'd never have to change their ways? Okay, seriously: What makes a country a good place to live depends on what you value. If you value a very specific set of things the US might be better for you than Europe.

Not in the UK, mate. Go to London and you won't see a police car without its flashing lights on. And policemen calmly patrolling the streets.....? No chance outside the tourist traps.

because they have +10 aircraft carriers...they are so cool! i can not think of any other reason.

Because of the lie that we have come to name the American Dream

@Frank Heuvelman not necessarily. There are quite some guns here, but you need a license, training, and can't be a criminal. If you are convicted, they take your license. You know, common sense...

@Frank Heuvelman We got none? Legally owned firearms in europe count to about 70-80 millionen, with 100-3000 illegal Weapons in private Hands. Thats "some" for me at least...

@Frank Heuvelman oh please, just use Google, the numbers are everywhere, from interpol to the local administrations.

@Frank Heuvelman Well, Switzerland is in Europe.

@@erebostd i been to prison.. still got my gun license in the netherlands lol... whats ur point again ?

Leuke naam 😉

Still are 😉

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Hoppa!

Only to be respectful. Every Dutch person I ever met spoke better English than most British people... including the garbage collector I asked for directions at 4am one winters morning. So yeah learn dutch but to really fit in learn at least 1 or 2 more languages perfectly too. Oh did I mention that the Dutch have world class education too?

In school they are taught English and Dutch from day one to the same level

fun fact: more than half of the Belgians speak Dutch too. And don’t forget Suriname. And as a bonus: if you go to South Africa, you’ll understand most of one of their languages, Afrikaans.

Some people's English is atrocious and in the future it will possibly get worse; i mostly learned English by watching English/American shows with Dutch subtitles (cartoon network ftw!!) Today, the kids shows are in Dutch, no subtitles.. And we got a ridiculous accent as well that oddly i'm low key proud of 😅

Happy you like it here, how was your first stroopwafel?

ecstasy*

louis hesketh thats how we say it in dutch, but you are right.

@@bruh-sf4gw XTC

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condone-policy really

Amazingly, that other 'drug' that kills millions all over the world and therefore is more lethal than weed, is legal to buy... Alcohol...

It's true... I think we Belgians grow most of the weed that is sold in the Netherlands (a lot on farms were there is much space), but the Dutch come to our country to set up the installation (they are the champions in that)

Might not be prefect. But it's still better then spending 100% of our combined defense budget on a war on drugs. If you ask me.

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Avoid stress, work as an Amsterdam cop :)

Being a cop is super boring in a lot of places, but a lot of kids picked this jobs to kick some ass, as a result some of them will be ultra violent for no reason once they have the occasion, playing their Dirty Harry fantasy

Fyodor Karamazov - I agree. Basic psychology still applies to being a cop

Fyodor Karamazov My mom gave it to me! - Cadet Eugene Tackleberry

@@fyodorkaramazov2136 those cops still excist in the Netherlands, but most of them became riot police to kick football holigans asses ;)

Yep true