"You'd be actually a really good cop cause you're a fucking idiot.. you don't show up, you're incompetent and you love America." Just an all-timer from Slime lol
From video I have seen before it's exactly that, still remember a video when a women was shot while wearing an outfit she couldn't have hidden any weapons
@@elvara872 There's also the one in a casino or hotel hallway where the guy was laying on the ground with his arms and legs spread and he got shot because he wasn't following both sets of completely contradictory commands
@@AquarialTV that one was so crazy. I remember it slightly differently but he was being given so many conflicting commands and was killed trying to pull up his pants and clearly only wanted to comply. Wasn’t that the one where the officer’s gun said “you’re f**ked” on the side? Literally the best and most succinct way to explain interacting with violent American police. You are F’ed
@@ZachAttackOne Yup, it's been a while so I'm sure I'm misremembering little details. What's crazy too is that the cop with that on his gun looked exactly like the second thing you'd expect a guy like that to look (the first being a middle aged dude who won't say where he was on Jan. 6th 2021)
I live in LA and recently had an actual break in situation where I had to lock myself in my bedroom like the movie taken and call the cops to drag the guys out. And even in a real scenario LAPD was just as condescending and unhelpful. They were demeaning and slow to believe anything I said against the word of the intruder who had barricaded himself in my roommate's bathroom. They eventually asked me "so uh do you want us to arrest him?" while the dude is in handcuffs 5ft from my front door. Like sir??? What's the other option?? And then after all that the detective forgot to serve me the subpoena to testify against the intruder so he just got to walk. Just incredible levels of incompetence all around.
Mfw they didn’t forget and the prosecutor didn’t want to waste his time lol the city can choose to drop a case if they want btw, which is incredibly counterproductive if you actually want to put a stop to crime
I'm very glad that you guys spoke out openly about this situation - my worst experience to date was when arrested my entire family aside from me, just freshly 18, and my under-age brother, and held them in the facility for 3 days, refusing my mother medical attention for her asthma which could have killed her. Thankfully, my family was left physically uninjured, but as a Hispanic family, it was the scariest, most isolating and disheartening moment of my life. I have never been able to look at the police the same way, it doesn't feel like it's a safety thing at all. Me and my brother had to spend Three Kings Day, a Puerto Rican holiday, alone. There were zero charges pressed because they completely messed up and were very aware that they were in the wrong arresting EVERYONE. As they were arresting my father, they kept asking him "who does this house belong to?" because he was Hispanic. Once they had him in cuffs, that same police officer told my father that "It's my house now." It absolutely disgusts me to hear their accounts and how harshly my family was treated in their hands. We were nobodies to them, just something else to shove in their cars and move on - it was just a "job", not an extremely traumatizing event that could have left me without a sibling, mother or father. Through and through, your point of the police officers having a similar mindset to receptionists but with the ability to kill is very true, and super upsetting. Thank y'all for speaking out.
a lot of police officers are power-hungry middle school bullies and being an officer requires little training. of course, not all police, but they all work for the same system. that fucking sucks and i'm so sorry you had to experience that. maybe one day things can change, but at this rate i'm not so sure.
@@uninterestedcat8429 Bro when has that ever worked? Cops get away with literal murder all the time, at worst they get relocated to a different department. As a European the justice system in America is fucking dreadful.
haha, so true, on brand for him. But, I gotta give this one to Slime, just because he doesn't live there doesn't mean he doesn't visit. As a friend you should have his favourite healthy snack on hand for when he does come visit. It's just being a good host and a good friend and let's him know he's still welcome.
@@VixeyTeh That's some of the craziest thinking I have ever heard. I would never expect anything from a friend other than water or maybe a pop. I am not asking for dried mangos like a mong.
yeah, I think I'd rather hear from the tax man or debt collectors than people who can literally get away with murder, and have every opportunity to do just that.
What's the difference between the police and firefighters? "Firefighters also beat their wives but at least they run in the burning building" Thank you slime for another great opinion piece, marvellously done!
This got me so angry. Listening to all of them talk about it succinctly and pointing out all the "oh but maybe YOU did something wrong" like no. There's NO reason for them to actively instigate people into panicking. And then Ludwig just calmly mentioning they pointed GUNS AT COOTS. A KITTEN??
The whole "normal person who would otherwise be doing a normal, low wage job like cooking" is extremely on point. I'm applying to government jobs right now, and I constantly see new positions in all aspects of law enforcement (officers, front desk, prison and juvie wardens) going for roughly $22.50 an hour and the only requirement is a high school degree. The system is completely lacking in training or education.
damn my city has a lot of things you need to pass before you're even eligible to go to training (physical test, written test, oral test, background check they call so many people, and you gotta have at least some college credits during the time you apply tho it also says you can have a hs diploma so confusing wording) and even then it's not guaranteed that you will become an actual officer. I feel like my city is one of the rare good requirement ones but idk if any of the cops in my city are good cause I've never had an interaction with any cop nor have I read any news against them tho who knows. Also, they pay like $45 per hour so like $100,000 something per year but my city is super expensive to live in.
@@liamk2 it speaks to the city that you may not be able to handle the stress of the job. It was his senior year and he went for counseling. It also shows they aren't just willing to hire anyone who can pass the background check and physical. At least not every police force is
The quick bounceback from you guys is really admirable. No one should ever have to deal with what you’ve had to deal with this week. I hope the rest of the year is safe and healthy for all 4 of you, plus QT and assorted zippers
Dude I’m terrified of getting into an interaction with the police. I have autism, Tourette’s Syndrome AND bad social anxiety. I’m super dense when it comes to sarcasm or reading the room or in between the lines in conversation, I have a stutter that gets really bad under stress, I fidget a lot because of my ticks from Tourette’s, and I avoid eye contact. On top of that I have trouble discerning words ESPECIALLY if they have an accent so I may have trouble understanding them on top of that. Which from the outside in, I think makes me look super suspicious and my mother always tells me if I run into them or get pulled over to explain like “I have autism so please be patient” but the more videos I stumble across the more I worry and don’t trust police because what if I get unlucky and the officer I run into decides to take advantage of me and put me in a loophole. I certainly won’t deduct they’re f’ing me over unless someone tells me after the fact and in that case it might be too late. Figured this was a good place to vent and maybe find solutions (although I am white so racism shouldn’t be a problem)
Thanks for sharing this. Alot of people who watch police interactions rarely take into account if the "suspects/victims" have mental problems, social problems, drug problems, etc and always wonder why people act "differently" than they would. Many people don't understand how things can be different for others who are different from them.
So if you are in the car they make autism awareness seat belt covers. If you get pulled over it might help cops be more aware. I know it shouldn't be needed but it might help a little with your anxiety because it would allow cops to know you have autism and Tourette's without you having to say it. They also make medical alert bracelets and things that would identify you being on the spectrum if something does happen.
@@silentbovo1 people that defend cops usually don’t care, they usually just give you the “well they shouldn’t be committing crimes” as if that’s a justification for the brutality lol people typically won’t care or dismiss the stories people relay until something similar happens to them or a loved one. Bootlickers are dreadfully unaware of the reality
Hearing how little communication there is in the police system is INFURIATING. I work for the ambulance service in the UK as a dispatcher and it has warning markers for names, addresses, even general areas. The calltakers can see them, dispatch can see them, and it’s dispatch’s job to inform the crews of these or to make sure things like ‘no sends’ are properly cleared with the people who are authorised to make that decision. How they don’t have that basic feature to hand is ridiculous, especially for somewhere where this has to be a frequent occurrence, like the LAPD. What an absolute shit show.
@@matejteply159 no they shouldn't break them in the first place. how often do u go through others people's house and destroy shit cause for me never and u know why thats cause I treat other peoples and their things by extension with respect cause that's what decent people do it's not hard.
It always sounds absurd to me as a Finnish person, that in the US, someone could become a police officer with their high school degree. Over here you have to study 3 years in The Police University College. (I know it's a bit of a silly name) In addition to that, you have to actually be physically capable for the job, aka be able to run short and long distances, and probably the craziest thing is that there is actual accountability for the police officers. Wow. Imagine that. To be perfectly fair, it IS easier to set this kind of a thing up for a country with a LOT smaller population than the US like ours. Still doesn't mean the US couldn't at least attempt something like it.
Lots of democrats in the US want more police accountability and training etc., however some misguided people just want to abandon the police entirely, and then there’s republicans who don’t think the police are doing anything wrong (or at least won’t admit it) oh also the republicans ARE the police.
Yeah so, on top of that, in some areas of the US, if you are trying to get into the military, one of the many things you have to do is take a sort of competency test, and basically the lowest scorers become cops instead of soldiers. This isn't to say that it's _only_ the lowest, but the percentage is high
One of the worst videos I've seen was that guy in the hotel. Dude was trying to comply but the cops kept yelling conflicting orders. Crazy how fast things can go wrong when cops are so disorganized and untrained. Don't look it up unless you want to ruin your day.
Daniel Shaver. I can't scrub that video from my brain. The cop (Philip Brailsford) who killed him was found not guilty then was rehired in order to get a medical retirement from "PTSD" and now sits collecting his pension. His gun had "you're fucked" engraved (which was approved by his department for on duty use), and after using it to murder Shaver he fought hard and petitioned to have his rifle returned to him from evidence (it was). He probably sees it as a trophy.
He died crying, reaching for his pants cuz they were falling down while on his knees with multiple officers with rifles just feet in front of him yelling conflicting statements. They just smoked him
They have training, just not in how to be a good police officer. Can't count on them to bring your son back home in one piece, but you can always rely on them getting shots on target.
As a PD/MED dispatcher I can say it’s always baffling seeing the lack of care a lot of officers put into talking to the public or how they explain things. It’s not mandatory for officers to take communication classes there only taught how to be fit and fire a weapon I feel like that’s a MAJOR part of there job is to address the public and defuse situations. Listening to the swat story was honestly insane an clearly had zero communication on all ends lol.
One time I went over to my buddies house, and as I pulled up as to not wake his parents I turned off my lights before parking, and hoped his fence pretty quickly cuz I was going in through his window (high school) to smoke with him. Through the fence I see this shine kinda floating around in the distance getting closer, couple moments later I hear "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?! HANDS UP!" and it was my friends off duty cop neighbor pointing his gun and flash light at me as my buddy opened his window. Horrifying experience to think an off duty cop could have killed me had he not come a little quicker cuz I just froze at thought that he had his gun out and on me.
for when they told lud to get a different job, i would love recommending a comeback like *"maybe if you did your job correctly i wouldnt have to"* , but knowing the LAPD best case scenario would be them 'accidentally' breaking more house. Worst case, next swatting they 'accidentally' shoot your face. kind of a problem in itself you have to just take sh*t from them.
This was the most terrifying explanation ive ever heard of the police. Ive heard the stories, and seen the news. But the detailed telling from the persons perspective is so much scarier. Makes me glad im not in america and to be honest makes me wanna move out of canada because its not much better.
the day i found out that the guy who used to play grab ass with me and a bunch of other girls at my college got a job as a cop was the day i lost all faith in the validity of "police training" lol
i was just in a similar situation to slimes the first time they were swatted a few days ago because I matched a description, nine officers and all! The officers yelling, multiple people saying different things then seeing them physically lift their arms because they think a phone is a gun is so nerve-wracking in that moment and all I could think is "one wrong move or too quick."
It's the government that supports the police's ability to act with impunity. It's a mutually beneficial relationship where the more the police institution is granted power, the more the government is able to exert it's control over people, as if that had always been the case.
@@jamesmccomb9525 " Through the monopoly on violence the state becomes all-powerful and people respect the state and each other so as not to suffer the repercussions of the state’s monopoly on violence "
Be thankful you’re actually a rich and famous streamer because I can remember when I got swatted and they completely destroyed my house. Me and my roommates legitimately thought at one point they weren’t real cops but instead extremely elaborate robbers. I’m talking every shelf knocked over, everything on every shelf thrown around like it didn’t matter, every chair upside down, holes ripped into my walls, they started playing with my lightsabers, swords, and nerf guns at one point. Cracked a toilet trying to search the bathroom, almost completely ripped down my ceiling and to top it all off, they ripped down my security cameras, wires and all, straight out of my walls. All together they caused about $75,000 in damages and the legal case trying to be recompensated that followed was absolutely one of the most stressful things I’ve had to deal with. All because my neighbor thought I was a drug dealer and the box’s I was getting were drugs when in reality they were all sneakers.
You were not swatted though. Swatting is a fake report to the police with the intent of getting the police to respond in a grand over the top fashion. A "prank". You were incorrectly reported by your neighbor for a something they thought was a crime.
Love the cop commentary Also - love CGP Grey but he often misses the forest for the trees. The immediate thing that comes to mind is his video about FSD (full self driving) solving traffic. FSD would lead to more drivers, meaning a larger volume, making an increase in traffic. The same video also forgets that pedestrians also need road access etc. Adam Something has some good response videos to that one specifically.
CGP Grey also made a whole video praising Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond in a video where he recaps the book (react content anyone?) to shill for Audible, calling it "the book of all books", and giving it a lot more credibility than it should have, given that modern historians are either borderline or outright hostile to the book. I assume he was told to not include criticism of the book he reviews since it was paid, but he still went through with it anyway. I love CGP Grey as much as the other guy, and credit him for popularizing a few good ideas (like ranked choice voting), but we've got to remember that RUclips is entertainment first and that educational videos are inherently more flawed than words on paper, which can't throw in witty jokes with funny visuals to mask their shortcomings. And big love to Adam Something for his rebuttals, although the same caveats apply.
CGP Grey has such great content but yes sometimes he lets his love of tech overshadow other solutions. Checked out the response (seems like I watched another one, I watched the actual response and same thing, good video) and aside from some misinformation of how Tesla reports autopilot crashes (his hatred of musk caused that) it was a really good response. Cities should be for people first and trains/busses second, never cars. Small towns would need the car infrastructure though, also they'd still need good transit and better pedestrian infrastructure.
Really apprciate slime giving a consice breakdown of events and what it felt like, helps me understand it all a bit better. Clearly something needs to change and things can and should get better. But then a lot of people say that, not like I'm doing anything to help fix it either so idk
The police system doesn't need reform, it's always gonna attract psychos due to it's position and ability to wield power over the masses. You gotta make it less appealing for people with big egos. Cut the salaries, destroy weapons, make them culturally and politically irrelevant, etc. Here in the UK things trend in the same direction every now and then, but because officers can't even search you without probable cause and aren't armed you can push back against them and sass them up without worrying about 2 pounds of cocaine getting shoved in your pocket.
@@dcgamer1027 You can't achieve the reform I mention through beaurocracy. Rather than fitting within the system and changing it from within, I think you would have to approach it from the outside and destroy it, to then rebuild it from scratch.
@@jamesmccomb9525 yeah, that’s retarded chief. You’d be surprised how efficient bureaucracy can be with hard working politicians, bureaucracy not enacting change is a very American problem lol
Fun Fact that The Yard peeps should know, police departments intentionally and have gone on record saying that they hire less intelligent people on purpose. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*The more you know✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
@@apartofme I found a NY Times article from like 2000 that says they don't tend to hire individuals that score higher than a certain amount on the entrance exam and another where a judge ruled that they're allowed to discriminate who they hire based on their test scores, whether they be low or high.
Tbh I wasn’t having the best day today, then I watch the yard boys recount how they were swatted multiple times. Then I realized my shitty day could easily be much much worse.
Definitely the move to make is all the guys wear their best buds shirts and take a picture together. You then take that picture and turn it into the new best buds shirt. Since Aiden doesn’t have the v1 shirt the v2 shirt will always remind him he wasn’t part of the original shirt but as a consolation he got on the v2 shirt and finally has his best buds shirt.
Kinda crazy how you people act like they’re a monolithic organization. The cops in uvalde are not the same cops as the ones in LA. They’re different people, with different training, and different personal experiences. If you can’t realize that, you’re too far gone. Assuming they’re all the same is ignorant AF.
I know this episode is older (I am doing a watch through) but Im in Canada and I lived in a complex (subsidized housing; poverty, drugs, domestic abuse situations etc) My sister 8, and me 11, are home alone and someone knocks on our door. I open it with my sister and its a cop. He asks if anyone is home and we say no, apparently that is the best situation to start yelling at children. We start crying and cowering while hes still yelling, eventually he leaves. My sister and I stay in the livingroom scared as hell until my mom gets home from work and we tell her then. Shes livid and goes to the police station to figure out what happened. Turns out he was the dad of one of my sisters classmates and they got into a kid arguement/fight so he took it upon himself to show up to our house while he was on duty. The station never updated my mom on if he was in trouble or not. Thats just one thing I remember, and individual or station or whole system, its all f'ed up.
Thank you for using your platform to speak out about how fucking insane our police system is. I just about teared up when slime mentioned that it would’ve been much much worse if they weren’t white because of how sad and true it is. On a lighter note Hasan would have been a fire guest for this episode. Keep it up guys
Never had a reasonable interaction with police in my life. One time I was in a hit and run on my motorcycle, I got the guys plates as he left (another motorcycle), gave them to the police who proceeded to go to his house and do nothing, then the cop told me it was my fault I got hit from behind when the guy with no license tried to pass me in the same lane as me when I was turning left
The president visited a local college that I live near and it caused traffic to get really bad which caused me to get rear ended, and because I am 17 the police officer treat me like shit I almost got arrested when I’m the one that got rear ended
@@dabeanking971 oh that's good to hear, glad you and your dog are okay. What happened to the other guy? Surely he also got a bit of a talking to from the police officer right?
I feel like it was the Doordasher who delivered Ludwig's food 25 mins before it went down. Fucking scary to think about what could happen to your animals in that situation.
That part when the cops tried to have small talk, ask them if you can point a gun at them and then make small talk. I’m sure it’s the same on both sides.
I believe there real reason they shout conflicting instructions is so that they always have an excuse for anything that happens. In that case they can always say “he didn’t follow my instructions.”
So speaking on how they seem disorganized, there are some things that are done on purpose (such as multiple people asking you the same questions on different occasions. It's just to see if your answers change from person to person) and other times it's like a massive company, where there is one person who give information out to a bunch of people, who then give information out ect. ect. It's like a massive game of telephone basically
Always really sad to hear about stuff like this. What they said about the cops unfortunately also applies to basically all of city government (and arguably to state and federal government as well), but anyone who has delt with any branch of any city government, ESPECIALLY in LA of all places, can confirm the absolute incompetence, the unwillingness to admit fault or change, the preferential treatment, the lack of communication especially between levels of administration.... that's just how poorly run governments are. Police are no exception.
“False alarm, cat’s white. keep moving” got me
"You'd be actually a really good cop cause you're a fucking idiot.. you don't show up, you're incompetent and you love America." Just an all-timer from Slime lol
If he would show up in the wrong situations he would cop of the year.
I love slime
@@HawkensArchive who doesn't
I dunno if Ludwig would be good or bad at actually being a cop....but I would sure love to see him in a uniform trying. 🤔
@@VixeyTeh *bonk*
Aiden looks like the new young intern at NASA that saves Earth from a meteor in a sci-fi movie.
What a beautiful analogy
interstellar
Or the pedophile from the movie Lovely Bones.
so that's what my type is. i could never put it into words before thank you
Armagedon reference.
Nothing like playing Simon Says with multiple Simons giving conflicting commands, at gunpoint.
From video I have seen before it's exactly that, still remember a video when a women was shot while wearing an outfit she couldn't have hidden any weapons
Simon says but if you pick the wrong Simon to listen to, you get a bullet to the dome
@@elvara872 There's also the one in a casino or hotel hallway where the guy was laying on the ground with his arms and legs spread and he got shot because he wasn't following both sets of completely contradictory commands
@@AquarialTV that one was so crazy. I remember it slightly differently but he was being given so many conflicting commands and was killed trying to pull up his pants and clearly only wanted to comply. Wasn’t that the one where the officer’s gun said “you’re f**ked” on the side? Literally the best and most succinct way to explain interacting with violent American police. You are F’ed
@@ZachAttackOne Yup, it's been a while so I'm sure I'm misremembering little details. What's crazy too is that the cop with that on his gun looked exactly like the second thing you'd expect a guy like that to look (the first being a middle aged dude who won't say where he was on Jan. 6th 2021)
I live in LA and recently had an actual break in situation where I had to lock myself in my bedroom like the movie taken and call the cops to drag the guys out. And even in a real scenario LAPD was just as condescending and unhelpful. They were demeaning and slow to believe anything I said against the word of the intruder who had barricaded himself in my roommate's bathroom. They eventually asked me "so uh do you want us to arrest him?" while the dude is in handcuffs 5ft from my front door. Like sir??? What's the other option?? And then after all that the detective forgot to serve me the subpoena to testify against the intruder so he just got to walk. Just incredible levels of incompetence all around.
Mfw they didn’t forget and the prosecutor didn’t want to waste his time lol the city can choose to drop a case if they want btw, which is incredibly counterproductive if you actually want to put a stop to crime
This is why we need robots. Cops are absolutely useless and unbelievable incompetent
They’re too busy trying to arrest someone doing weed
Our policing system is held together with card board and scotch tape.
@@VMYeahVN Implying it's held together at all? xD
slime laughing abt getting shot and killed by the LAPD in front of everyone in their front yard definitely shows how committed to the bit he is
nah it's just his way of coping
my response was exactly the same as Nick's "NO IT'S NOT!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!"
i hate to break it to you but its not a bit.
@@uakie Nobody needed any breaking-it-to-them.
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I'm very glad that you guys spoke out openly about this situation - my worst experience to date was when arrested my entire family aside from me, just freshly 18, and my under-age brother, and held them in the facility for 3 days, refusing my mother medical attention for her asthma which could have killed her. Thankfully, my family was left physically uninjured, but as a Hispanic family, it was the scariest, most isolating and disheartening moment of my life. I have never been able to look at the police the same way, it doesn't feel like it's a safety thing at all. Me and my brother had to spend Three Kings Day, a Puerto Rican holiday, alone. There were zero charges pressed because they completely messed up and were very aware that they were in the wrong arresting EVERYONE. As they were arresting my father, they kept asking him "who does this house belong to?" because he was Hispanic. Once they had him in cuffs, that same police officer told my father that "It's my house now." It absolutely disgusts me to hear their accounts and how harshly my family was treated in their hands. We were nobodies to them, just something else to shove in their cars and move on - it was just a "job", not an extremely traumatizing event that could have left me without a sibling, mother or father. Through and through, your point of the police officers having a similar mindset to receptionists but with the ability to kill is very true, and super upsetting. Thank y'all for speaking out.
a lot of police officers are power-hungry middle school bullies and being an officer requires little training. of course, not all police, but they all work for the same system. that fucking sucks and i'm so sorry you had to experience that. maybe one day things can change, but at this rate i'm not so sure.
Hope you filed a lawsuit
@@uninterestedcat8429 Bro when has that ever worked? Cops get away with literal murder all the time, at worst they get relocated to a different department. As a European the justice system in America is fucking dreadful.
@@uninterestedcat8429 unfortunately a lot don’t because they obviously don’t have the resources or time to
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slime being mad they haven’t replaced the snacks he ate when he doesn’t even live there is pretty on brand
haha, so true, on brand for him.
But, I gotta give this one to Slime, just because he doesn't live there doesn't mean he doesn't visit. As a friend you should have his favourite healthy snack on hand for when he does come visit. It's just being a good host and a good friend and let's him know he's still welcome.
@@VixeyTeh no i am being unreasonable don’t defend me
@@slimewire No! As the arbiter of healthy snackage! I decree you should have snacks for when you visit! Respect mah authority!
@@VixeyTeh That's some of the craziest thinking I have ever heard. I would never expect anything from a friend other than water or maybe a pop. I am not asking for dried mangos like a mong.
@@slimewire mail them some snacks
I love that the arguably most hated profession in the country is telling you to get a different job
yeah, I think I'd rather hear from the tax man or debt collectors than people who can literally get away with murder, and have every opportunity to do just that.
@@Evelaraevia cops, very well known for being held accountable.
Lud should have told the cops his income they probably would have shot him
@@xXxSNIP3RGUYxXx I wish bro lol that’d be the day
@@anaphora9802 sarcasm, dude
What's the difference between the police and firefighters? "Firefighters also beat their wives but at least they run in the burning building" Thank you slime for another great opinion piece, marvellously done!
The police are firing into the building while people are running outside like that 1 anime.
The most hilarious part of all this was Ludwig understanding police brutality in America from the perspective of RUclips copystrikes
he has brainrot and its beautiful
yeah because he's a sociopath that is content pilled
@@glugtrop2010 what r u doin here
lmao facts fam
This got me so angry. Listening to all of them talk about it succinctly and pointing out all the "oh but maybe YOU did something wrong" like no. There's NO reason for them to actively instigate people into panicking. And then Ludwig just calmly mentioning they pointed GUNS AT COOTS. A KITTEN??
if coots was a dog he would be dead
she, my bad i forgor
The whole "normal person who would otherwise be doing a normal, low wage job like cooking" is extremely on point. I'm applying to government jobs right now, and I constantly see new positions in all aspects of law enforcement (officers, front desk, prison and juvie wardens) going for roughly $22.50 an hour and the only requirement is a high school degree. The system is completely lacking in training or education.
They background check tf out of applications though. My friend's brother got denied because he went to therapy once in highschool. Lol
damn my city has a lot of things you need to pass before you're even eligible to go to training (physical test, written test, oral test, background check they call so many people, and you gotta have at least some college credits during the time you apply tho it also says you can have a hs diploma so confusing wording) and even then it's not guaranteed that you will become an actual officer. I feel like my city is one of the rare good requirement ones but idk if any of the cops in my city are good cause I've never had an interaction with any cop nor have I read any news against them tho who knows. Also, they pay like $45 per hour so like $100,000 something per year but my city is super expensive to live in.
@@prismatic9804that speaks AGAINST the ridiculous system. How is someone actively trying to better their mental health a reason for denial?
@@liamk2 it speaks to the city that you may not be able to handle the stress of the job. It was his senior year and he went for counseling. It also shows they aren't just willing to hire anyone who can pass the background check and physical. At least not every police force is
The quick bounceback from you guys is really admirable. No one should ever have to deal with what you’ve had to deal with this week.
I hope the rest of the year is safe and healthy for all 4 of you, plus QT and assorted zippers
Assorted zippers 😭😭😭😭
once january 1st hits its on sight
@@nixonstan628 made me lose it, so many zippers now
Can someone explain the zippers lore to me? I have been super lost 😂
@@samrock5199 thank you 😂
"False alarm, cats white. Keep moving." Bro Nick's one liners are incredible
Dude I’m terrified of getting into an interaction with the police. I have autism, Tourette’s Syndrome AND bad social anxiety. I’m super dense when it comes to sarcasm or reading the room or in between the lines in conversation, I have a stutter that gets really bad under stress, I fidget a lot because of my ticks from Tourette’s, and I avoid eye contact. On top of that I have trouble discerning words ESPECIALLY if they have an accent so I may have trouble understanding them on top of that. Which from the outside in, I think makes me look super suspicious and my mother always tells me if I run into them or get pulled over to explain like “I have autism so please be patient” but the more videos I stumble across the more I worry and don’t trust police because what if I get unlucky and the officer I run into decides to take advantage of me and put me in a loophole. I certainly won’t deduct they’re f’ing me over unless someone tells me after the fact and in that case it might be too late. Figured this was a good place to vent and maybe find solutions (although I am white so racism shouldn’t be a problem)
Thanks for sharing this. Alot of people who watch police interactions rarely take into account if the "suspects/victims" have mental problems, social problems, drug problems, etc and always wonder why people act "differently" than they would. Many people don't understand how things can be different for others who are different from them.
So if you are in the car they make autism awareness seat belt covers. If you get pulled over it might help cops be more aware. I know it shouldn't be needed but it might help a little with your anxiety because it would allow cops to know you have autism and Tourette's without you having to say it. They also make medical alert bracelets and things that would identify you being on the spectrum if something does happen.
@@silentbovo1 people that defend cops usually don’t care, they usually just give you the “well they shouldn’t be committing crimes” as if that’s a justification for the brutality lol people typically won’t care or dismiss the stories people relay until something similar happens to them or a loved one. Bootlickers are dreadfully unaware of the reality
@@GurkhaGurung I’ll look into that thanks
Don't have any words of wisdom but wishing you the best!
Aiden looks like a very young father this episode
yeah he looks daddy, we know
dilf
It’s the stress from being swatted that caught up to him
Zaddy type beat fr fr fr
bro u put it into words.
Hearing how little communication there is in the police system is INFURIATING. I work for the ambulance service in the UK as a dispatcher and it has warning markers for names, addresses, even general areas. The calltakers can see them, dispatch can see them, and it’s dispatch’s job to inform the crews of these or to make sure things like ‘no sends’ are properly cleared with the people who are authorised to make that decision. How they don’t have that basic feature to hand is ridiculous, especially for somewhere where this has to be a frequent occurrence, like the LAPD. What an absolute shit show.
That's actually insane they just destroy your place and leave it like that. Holy shit.
🤦🏻♂️
Wait until you find out what they do to homeless people
are the policemen supposed to fix the walls themselves?
@@matejteply159 yes, they broke it
@@matejteply159 no they shouldn't break them in the first place. how often do u go through others people's house and destroy shit cause for me never and u know why thats cause I treat other peoples and their things by extension with respect cause that's what decent people do it's not hard.
It always sounds absurd to me as a Finnish person, that in the US, someone could become a police officer with their high school degree. Over here you have to study 3 years in The Police University College. (I know it's a bit of a silly name) In addition to that, you have to actually be physically capable for the job, aka be able to run short and long distances, and probably the craziest thing is that there is actual accountability for the police officers. Wow. Imagine that.
To be perfectly fair, it IS easier to set this kind of a thing up for a country with a LOT smaller population than the US like ours. Still doesn't mean the US couldn't at least attempt something like it.
The US has so much money they can do this but they wanna shoot brown people abroad and steal their raw materials instead.
America has police academy. Think it's like 1 year and you have to basically be the intern guy and ride with someone a while
Lots of democrats in the US want more police accountability and training etc., however some misguided people just want to abandon the police entirely, and then there’s republicans who don’t think the police are doing anything wrong (or at least won’t admit it) oh also the republicans ARE the police.
Yeah so, on top of that, in some areas of the US, if you are trying to get into the military, one of the many things you have to do is take a sort of competency test, and basically the lowest scorers become cops instead of soldiers. This isn't to say that it's _only_ the lowest, but the percentage is high
One of the worst videos I've seen was that guy in the hotel. Dude was trying to comply but the cops kept yelling conflicting orders. Crazy how fast things can go wrong when cops are so disorganized and untrained. Don't look it up unless you want to ruin your day.
They can go wrong when they are organized too. Little LA county sheriff’s department kind of organized, if you get my drift
Daniel Shaver. I can't scrub that video from my brain. The cop (Philip Brailsford) who killed him was found not guilty then was rehired in order to get a medical retirement from "PTSD" and now sits collecting his pension.
His gun had "you're fucked" engraved (which was approved by his department for on duty use), and after using it to murder Shaver he fought hard and petitioned to have his rifle returned to him from evidence (it was). He probably sees it as a trophy.
He died crying, reaching for his pants cuz they were falling down while on his knees with multiple officers with rifles just feet in front of him yelling conflicting statements. They just smoked him
I’m still baffled that they spend millions on weapons and equipment but a lot of Police Officers have no fucking training whatsoever.
And when they kill people that are not dangerous they literally get +100 points on their achievement boards at the end of the day
Here its a tertiary degree and takes three years. The difference is huge.
@@leoyrjonen7161 instead of giving them more money they should just re adjust their salaries to spend more on training instead of guns and armor
They have training, just not in how to be a good police officer.
Can't count on them to bring your son back home in one piece, but you can always rely on them getting shots on target.
@@jamesmccomb9525 exactly, they should train school shooter situations and more up to date stuff like how to deal with a false swatting
26:34 slime referring to a shotgun as "The bitch" if forever etched into my mind. So fucking funny.
53:38 is such a surreal moment- there is literally no context for this happening and Aiden knows damn well how random it is while one else seems to 😭
As a PD/MED dispatcher I can say it’s always baffling seeing the lack of care a lot of officers put into talking to the public or how they explain things. It’s not mandatory for officers to take communication classes there only taught how to be fit and fire a weapon I feel like that’s a MAJOR part of there job is to address the public and defuse situations. Listening to the swat story was honestly insane an clearly had zero communication on all ends lol.
in slime's defense dried mangoes are a pretty fire snack
dried mango just coated in sugar >>>>>>
agreed... I mean I'm allergic to them, but my dad likes them.
One time I went over to my buddies house, and as I pulled up as to not wake his parents I turned off my lights before parking, and hoped his fence pretty quickly cuz I was going in through his window (high school) to smoke with him. Through the fence I see this shine kinda floating around in the distance getting closer, couple moments later I hear "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?! HANDS UP!" and it was my friends off duty cop neighbor pointing his gun and flash light at me as my buddy opened his window. Horrifying experience to think an off duty cop could have killed me had he not come a little quicker cuz I just froze at thought that he had his gun out and on me.
for when they told lud to get a different job, i would love recommending a comeback like *"maybe if you did your job correctly i wouldnt have to"* , but knowing the LAPD best case scenario would be them 'accidentally' breaking more house. Worst case, next swatting they 'accidentally' shoot your face. kind of a problem in itself you have to just take sh*t from them.
The yard/ legal eagle crossover would go hard
I feel like it would be a really cool episode but I feel like nick would be quiet throughout much of the show 💀
This was the most terrifying explanation ive ever heard of the police. Ive heard the stories, and seen the news. But the detailed telling from the persons perspective is so much scarier. Makes me glad im not in america and to be honest makes me wanna move out of canada because its not much better.
the day i found out that the guy who used to play grab ass with me and a bunch of other girls at my college got a job as a cop was the day i lost all faith in the validity of "police training" lol
i was just in a similar situation to slimes the first time they were swatted a few days ago because I matched a description, nine officers and all! The officers yelling, multiple people saying different things then seeing them physically lift their arms because they think a phone is a gun is so nerve-wracking in that moment and all I could think is "one wrong move or too quick."
SLIME WILL NEVER NOT BE FUCKING RELATABLE "you say that a lot" "i do i do BUT i was mad" UNDERSTANDABLE KING
we learn as kids "the telephone game" how stories change rapidly by word of mouth, and we let police operate like the telephone game but with guns lol
Great episode, the authority police hold over our lives is terrifying
The fact police can be judge, jury and executioner is scary but damn this episode is great, especially Nick, he was so flawlessly cool
It's the government that supports the police's ability to act with impunity. It's a mutually beneficial relationship where the more the police institution is granted power, the more the government is able to exert it's control over people, as if that had always been the case.
@@jamesmccomb9525 " Through the monopoly on violence the state becomes all-powerful and people respect the state and each other so as not to suffer the repercussions of the state’s monopoly on violence "
Aiden showing off those stinkers is definitely going to up his ratings on wikifeet.
did this comment get you closer to God?
@@syrup7894 I think so yes, God made those stinkers to be admired
@@bradyschulenberg6848 Based
Yall need allah.
Be thankful you’re actually a rich and famous streamer because I can remember when I got swatted and they completely destroyed my house. Me and my roommates legitimately thought at one point they weren’t real cops but instead extremely elaborate robbers.
I’m talking every shelf knocked over, everything on every shelf thrown around like it didn’t matter, every chair upside down, holes ripped into my walls, they started playing with my lightsabers, swords, and nerf guns at one point. Cracked a toilet trying to search the bathroom, almost completely ripped down my ceiling and to top it all off, they ripped down my security cameras, wires and all, straight out of my walls.
All together they caused about $75,000 in damages and the legal case trying to be recompensated that followed was absolutely one of the most stressful things I’ve had to deal with. All because my neighbor thought I was a drug dealer and the box’s I was getting were drugs when in reality they were all sneakers.
You were not swatted though. Swatting is a fake report to the police with the intent of getting the police to respond in a grand over the top fashion. A "prank". You were incorrectly reported by your neighbor for a something they thought was a crime.
Your neighbor was just jealous of all the drip coming into your home
Holy shit. Did you get compensated in the end?
Hearing Offbrand at 55:29 threw me for a loop. I haven't watched the pod in a while and I had to check to make sure it wasn't the most recent episode.
Love the cop commentary
Also - love CGP Grey but he often misses the forest for the trees. The immediate thing that comes to mind is his video about FSD (full self driving) solving traffic. FSD would lead to more drivers, meaning a larger volume, making an increase in traffic. The same video also forgets that pedestrians also need road access etc. Adam Something has some good response videos to that one specifically.
CGP Grey also made a whole video praising Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond in a video where he recaps the book (react content anyone?) to shill for Audible, calling it "the book of all books", and giving it a lot more credibility than it should have, given that modern historians are either borderline or outright hostile to the book. I assume he was told to not include criticism of the book he reviews since it was paid, but he still went through with it anyway. I love CGP Grey as much as the other guy, and credit him for popularizing a few good ideas (like ranked choice voting), but we've got to remember that RUclips is entertainment first and that educational videos are inherently more flawed than words on paper, which can't throw in witty jokes with funny visuals to mask their shortcomings.
And big love to Adam Something for his rebuttals, although the same caveats apply.
Also, self driving cars can't compete with trains in terms of speed, space usage, fuel efficiency, and safety.
CGP Grey has such great content but yes sometimes he lets his love of tech overshadow other solutions. Checked out the response (seems like I watched another one, I watched the actual response and same thing, good video) and aside from some misinformation of how Tesla reports autopilot crashes (his hatred of musk caused that) it was a really good response. Cities should be for people first and trains/busses second, never cars. Small towns would need the car infrastructure though, also they'd still need good transit and better pedestrian infrastructure.
I truly love zipper being more and more of a character in these episodes
Really apprciate slime giving a consice breakdown of events and what it felt like, helps me understand it all a bit better. Clearly something needs to change and things can and should get better. But then a lot of people say that, not like I'm doing anything to help fix it either so idk
I’m just imagining this in the context of the part where aiden sends a picture to slime
The police system doesn't need reform, it's always gonna attract psychos due to it's position and ability to wield power over the masses.
You gotta make it less appealing for people with big egos. Cut the salaries, destroy weapons, make them culturally and politically irrelevant, etc. Here in the UK things trend in the same direction every now and then, but because officers can't even search you without probable cause and aren't armed you can push back against them and sass them up without worrying about 2 pounds of cocaine getting shoved in your pocket.
@@jamesmccomb9525 every thing you said in the second part is some kind of police reform(things I agree with), what are you talking about?
@@dcgamer1027 You can't achieve the reform I mention through beaurocracy. Rather than fitting within the system and changing it from within, I think you would have to approach it from the outside and destroy it, to then rebuild it from scratch.
@@jamesmccomb9525 yeah, that’s retarded chief. You’d be surprised how efficient bureaucracy can be with hard working politicians, bureaucracy not enacting change is a very American problem lol
53:35 are we not gonna talk about this perfectly in sync "Yooooo"
My favorite part of this podcast was when Nick was cool without even trying, effortlessly
Edit: time stamp 0:00 - 1:28:15
You're beating a dead horse
it's time to log off
dude's so cool that he made the video a second longer somehow
Meh
Ur beating off a frisky horse
Fun Fact that The Yard peeps should know, police departments intentionally and have gone on record saying that they hire less intelligent people on purpose. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*The more you know✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
Yeah I can’t believe they have a cap on how high a police officers IQ can be. That’s fucking insane.
Wtf...
Source?
@@LegitCactus source??????????
@@apartofme I found a NY Times article from like 2000 that says they don't tend to hire individuals that score higher than a certain amount on the entrance exam and another where a judge ruled that they're allowed to discriminate who they hire based on their test scores, whether they be low or high.
I love when Slime builds up Aiden or his stories.
I love it when Aiden goes randomly unhinged.
Tbh I wasn’t having the best day today, then I watch the yard boys recount how they were swatted multiple times. Then I realized my shitty day could easily be much much worse.
the yard went to asu is actually my favorite bit shit just gets funnier
Just ordered Taco Bell, got the Rig ready to rip, ANDDDD A NEW YARD EP??? lifes good
What did you order
what'd u get at t bell
fall guys
Definitely the move to make is all the guys wear their best buds shirts and take a picture together. You then take that picture and turn it into the new best buds shirt. Since Aiden doesn’t have the v1 shirt the v2 shirt will always remind him he wasn’t part of the original shirt but as a consolation he got on the v2 shirt and finally has his best buds shirt.
Would you guys ever consider getting Michael Reeves on the yard?
I have Thursdays off and my favorite thing is grilling up a burger making some fries and listening to the yard boys 🙂
Kinda crazy they police r more prepared to swat a streamer than get in a classroom
It’s disgusting
Get in a classroom while innocent children are being slaughtered*
Kinda crazy how you people act like they’re a monolithic organization. The cops in uvalde are not the same cops as the ones in LA. They’re different people, with different training, and different personal experiences. If you can’t realize that, you’re too far gone. Assuming they’re all the same is ignorant AF.
I've had 3 scary moments in my whole life where I felt someone armed could have killed me. All 3 were by police officers.
I've had my house raided before and I can confirm it's very traumatic. They also gave no shits about any damages they caused.
I know this episode is older (I am doing a watch through) but Im in Canada and I lived in a complex (subsidized housing; poverty, drugs, domestic abuse situations etc) My sister 8, and me 11, are home alone and someone knocks on our door. I open it with my sister and its a cop. He asks if anyone is home and we say no, apparently that is the best situation to start yelling at children. We start crying and cowering while hes still yelling, eventually he leaves. My sister and I stay in the livingroom scared as hell until my mom gets home from work and we tell her then. Shes livid and goes to the police station to figure out what happened. Turns out he was the dad of one of my sisters classmates and they got into a kid arguement/fight so he took it upon himself to show up to our house while he was on duty. The station never updated my mom on if he was in trouble or not. Thats just one thing I remember, and individual or station or whole system, its all f'ed up.
Any time Amen changes his look either older or younger, looks like there is a solid 5 year difference in his appearance
"I'm overwhelmed and scared" is easily the best chapter of the whole pod
Thank you for using your platform to speak out about how fucking insane our police system is. I just about teared up when slime mentioned that it would’ve been much much worse if they weren’t white because of how sad and true it is. On a lighter note Hasan would have been a fire guest for this episode. Keep it up guys
getting repeated questions is them trying to catch you in a lie, Aiden.
53:39 synced yooo is gold
The whole bit after the guys pretend like they went to ASU is just gold. One of the best ones yet
Never had a reasonable interaction with police in my life.
One time I was in a hit and run on my motorcycle, I got the guys plates as he left (another motorcycle), gave them to the police who proceeded to go to his house and do nothing, then the cop told me it was my fault I got hit from behind when the guy with no license tried to pass me in the same lane as me when I was turning left
listening to the experience I feel like the problem is that unless you have been at gunpoint its impossible to really put ourselves in your shoes
The money I’d pay to watch an LAPD officer fall through Ludwig’s ceiling
the yard podcast handcuffed in the back of a squad car sounds so hype
The president visited a local college that I live near and it caused traffic to get really bad which caused me to get rear ended, and because I am 17 the police officer treat me like shit I almost got arrested when I’m the one that got rear ended
Love life btw car totaled
@@dabeanking971 you okay?
Yes thankfully me and my dog were unharmed
@@dabeanking971 oh that's good to hear, glad you and your dog are okay. What happened to the other guy? Surely he also got a bit of a talking to from the police officer right?
@@coolterra8491 nope funny thing though he backed into a fire truck leaving the scene and only then he actually got put in cuffs
i’m overwhelmed and scared is the most i’ve laughed watching the yard
If I ever have to look at Aiden's dogs in a podcast again I swear to god
The whole talking about the cops as MWII lobby had me laughing out loud in the street
Never thought I'd hear the podcast start with some Hella Sketchy
"tilted off the face of the earth" was how Stanz described it.
53:40 is the best thing I’ve ever seen
"false alarm, the cats white, move on"
Lost it when they said “SCAB”. This episode is great.
started college this week, first yard ep in my dorm
do u got good grades
@@starsmp3 💀
Just listened to this one on google podcasts but its such a great episode I had to swing back around for the video.
Google podcast holy shit
Empathy is a very underrated trait
didn’t even start watching and i know this a banger
"get a different job?"
Oh, like are you guys hiring? or do I not have enough history of violence toward black people (and/or my wife) to qualify?
They do be beatin their wives a little too much
This episode reminded me of why I fuck with slime.
dude listening to qt’s recounting on wine about it actually made me cry because it sounded so traumatizing and scary. super fucked up. acab fr
I feel like it was the Doordasher who delivered Ludwig's food 25 mins before it went down. Fucking scary to think about what could happen to your animals in that situation.
Funniest one in a while, first they were malding but the 2nd part is straight fire.
It’d be great if lud hired a pi to find the person who swatted him and sue the ever living shit out of them for putting them threw that
That part when the cops tried to have small talk, ask them if you can point a gun at them and then make small talk. I’m sure it’s the same on both sides.
I generally hope slime is doing ok cause that shouldn’t be his thought when his friends are infront of him and he’s at gunpoint
Thank god those pigs didn't find Slime's people collection in the secret room
Its crazy how slime is always right!
Saw the tweets afterwards. Crazy stuff. Glad everyone was alright
Edit: Friendly reminder the Punisher Hates cops
Marvel is changing the Punisher logo to a different skull because of how certain groups of people misuse the logo
I believe there real reason they shout conflicting instructions is so that they always have an excuse for anything that happens. In that case they can always say “he didn’t follow my instructions.”
honestly, i get slime's bit about "it would be funny if the lapd just gunned me down in front of my friends"
Aiden looks like he critiques modern art for a living
dont like that new split screen thing I'm not gon cap, great ep tho, continuously look forward to every Thursday!
It would be so funny to cut a pig shaped hole there and say this is where the LAPD fell through our ceiling
i know you guys cover serious topics in this episode but this is the funniest episode yet imo
So speaking on how they seem disorganized, there are some things that are done on purpose (such as multiple people asking you the same questions on different occasions. It's just to see if your answers change from person to person) and other times it's like a massive company, where there is one person who give information out to a bunch of people, who then give information out ect. ect. It's like a massive game of telephone basically
1:09:25 a Pod About List crossover would really be incredibly next level.
Always really sad to hear about stuff like this. What they said about the cops unfortunately also applies to basically all of city government (and arguably to state and federal government as well), but anyone who has delt with any branch of any city government, ESPECIALLY in LA of all places, can confirm the absolute incompetence, the unwillingness to admit fault or change, the preferential treatment, the lack of communication especially between levels of administration.... that's just how poorly run governments are. Police are no exception.
Ludwig really said “there’s an expectation to eat… but nobody picks up the mantle” that sounds a whole lot like there isn’t an expectation to eat.