That man is very reasonable. He is making an effort to understand what is happening from both sides of the conflict; he is looking for ways to change the trajectory of where things are going before it's out of control. Too many innocent people are dying and everyone is talking over one another, assuming the worst about one another and there is no willingness to even hear what the other side is saying. This man is trying to step outside his comfort zone and open up a dialog that promises to be contentious and difficult. The comments are typical...he mentioned guns among many other things, but that is all people heard and they blocked out everything else he said. It's sad that people are so ignorant. Hypocrites calling for the cities they live in, the neighborhoods they call home to be safe for themselves and their families, but will not engage in a civilized conversation that might involved measures to make owning a gun safer for everyone. NO ONE has tried to take people's guns away! It's lazy and irresponsible for people to continue pretending that gun control means everyone losing their guns and using that as an excuse to ignore that there is a problem.
There's one problem with his comment and yours. No one likes smart solutions in America. They prefer quick reactionary solutions that cause more problems down the line.
sochima89 : And here is a problem with what you’re thinking. Please don’t say no one likes smart solutions because some do. There just isn’t enough of them who carry the necessary clout and are in the ilk of the movers and shakers to make the necessary adjustments to be done and done in a cohesive manner. Many of the people holding Important positions simply aren’t competent enough to put forth ideas, ways, and means that would create conducive real time problem solving environments where as people/communities feel they have a voice in what involves their lives. This type of organization calls for like thinking and the willingness of both sides to sit/ gather and have that candid conversation, stop so much of the finger pointing. When people come together and have real talk it tends to dissipate that dreaded fear of the other on both sides that will lend a much better environment to begin the much needed work that has to be done. Things cannot continue as they are and that thought alone has to trigger people to act on one accord and that should be or require ALL HANDS on deck!
A cooperative and productive conversation about changing the outlook on the struggles and disconnects between 2 groups in America? Unfortunately something so wonderful can't go viral because people don't want to see something like that, unfortunately people like conflict in itself, it's more entertaining to see 2 people argue than to see 2 people have a coherent conversation about such a topic. It's actually really sad.
Chief Ed Flynn is a credit to every person who wears a badge. With his years of experience and abilty to objectively and articualetly discuss issues of importance to law enforcement officers, to the public, and with President Obama, he is an example of what modern policing should be about.Well done Chief!
I support black lives matters message and I know well the tension between cops and the black community because I am black 😘 but back to my point I like how Chief Edward is admitting that there is a problem with there system and he is WILLING to change but doesn't know HOW I love Obama but his answer gave the chief no guidance or help
+Camylle K you know you are right. This chief has a huge heart n I feel what he was saying. True story. Basically, the chief is saying to Obama: wake up we need help...it takes a village n charity starts in the home. Their beginnings, how so many are being raised up n what they are growing up in are affecting n molding their future either good or bad.
Actually two: the cop is pretty damn good, too. He's precisely accurate on how rural legislators, who want their guns to plunk at gphers with, are screwing up sensible control legislation in the cities. Well-regulated them thar' militias, folks.
@@TheDavidlloydjones I don't think they're particularly "gunless" in Chicago. You seem to have missed my point. I'm saying that additional gun laws do nothing to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
@@gammasmash1924 Your "point," Tim, the fashionable right-wing anarchist claim that the law means nothing, was obvious the first time you whined it. And your answer to my question is...? What do you suggest?
The Association of Chiefs of Police have, in my experience, been one of the powerful voices for sanity on these issues. Flynn and Obama are two voices of hope.
those of you who are arguing still about whether BLM or not have not really listened to the Chief or Obama. please for your sakes open your ears, take a seat and listen to what is being said.
its gotten worse. the number of black kids murdered is highest its been since late 80s. how many have to die. wheres the investment in inner cities but problem is as long as violence and theft etc is out of control in certain areas investment wont come. Target left Baltimore after "uprising" and they wont come back. The taxes and jobs that one company just took from that city that paid for public schools and programs and more is gone and others follow. These politicians make me want to puke. Vote r one time and watch ds start getting to work. problem is their answers of giving a stack of cash to people who are already poor woul be like throwing it out of speeding boat will be great for white and all business owners that will sell sell sell but 6 months later back to same spot
Check the gun memorial and see who is dying at what % age rate and at who’s hands. We as a collective have to own our part in this mess we find our selves in and do something like stop this!!!
@@ethandumas6937 lmao Everyone is with BLM because they don't say All Lives Matter. That's not true and until people really understand what BLM actually mean people like you will give a simple answer. BLM is terrorist group. Stop repeating what your ex-president says and yes ex-president, can't wait until he gets kicked out and into some hand cuffs.
KB Van not!!! Flynn is a madman and Obama’s is a SOCIALIST! You are insane and have no clue wtf you are talking about! I could see if it was just an opinion. But you are blindly stating it falsely
the black lives matter kid was sitting on the same side as the police. and the pro-cop lieutenant gov was sitting right next to the boy whose father was killed by police.
Gun control has no bearing on criminals ability to obtain and use firearms. It does, however, remove the ability of a good man to protect himself and his family.
Once these communities of Blacks come together and help one another like all other civilized thriving countries do. Nothing will ever change - in fact it will continue to get worse. If I was a Black man, I'd like to think I'd go back into the hood and walk patrol with other like minded men. We'd assist the police and extinguish the nonsense. Talking and interacting with the families - Letting the little ones see that is a life outside of their little ghetto world... I can't blame these little children witnessing the crap they see their parents (if daddy is around) doing. Swearing, learning disregard for themselves and others.. The list goes on...
At my old age,I can tell you that the biological Dads {White or Black} almost all of them, lived in the home. Boys idealized their Dads.They saw Dad get up and go to work,They knew that Mom would be at home{cooking,cleaning and nurturing them. My point is that if you take the "real" Dad ,of any race out of the home and the son or sons are :lost" Chances are that what usually follows is mayhem,
There wasn’t really a question though. It was a request for help and a request to continue the conversation. Plus it’s such a complex issue with so many moving parts that it’s hard to not sound like you’re all over the place.
ban all automatic assault rifles/weapons sales effective immediately. no open carry of automatic assault rifles/weapons. all automatic assault rifles/weapons must be registered & anyone caught with a unregistered automatic assault rifle/weapon will receives a fine and prison!. there is no reason on earth that a civilian in America needs a automatic assault rifle.
machine guns have been regulated since 1934 and banned since 1986. have you done some real research on guns and being rational or just going off emotion and whatever your heart says?
i am a fierce fierce critic of the current police generally in america today, i don't think they're all bad but i feel a massive overhaul is needed (education, retraining etc). However, this police chief spoke so well and i think if all officers were as measured and open minded as him a lot of trust could be rebuilt between communities and the police.
The answer is accountability duh. If police brutality violators are arrested no one would be afraid and disliking the police. It’s not past social issues it’s current and they’re caused by the corrupt police system. This is said over and over again - why is there need for continued discussion? The police needs restructured leadership from civilians and accountability that actually happens, means safety that can actually be trusted.
It's pretty apparent that Police Chief Edward Flynn cares more about these problems than Obama seems to. i think we all much rather see him try to solve these problems than sighing such acts as the Dark Act or the TPP.
"show sorrow so that people know they reached you with their problem" Is what I got from this and he said it about an issue in the most dead pan voice ever.. Hypocrisy? maybe? Like I agree with what he was saying but it'd mean more if he used this as an example at very least.
What's the responsibilities of the parents in all this? What about the racist and the power trippers joining these forces. One has to investigate, as a police officer before shooting, or if the situation warrants a shooting, for they are peace officers first. If theybare cowards, the force is not the place to hide.
"pent up frustration?" Oh man,about what?? Stop breaking the law ...Get a job.Fix your community. Work two jobs. Keep your hands off of the policemen....Are they supposed to stand there and let you talk out the sides of your neck and spit on him,curse at him or throw bricks and shoot at them?? Well NOW you see what you see..local news will tv the stuff MAYBE.
Mr. Michael, in a system that is corrupted and designed to make life harder for people of color, it’s not that easy to simply get a job and fix your community when you are limited from the resources to do so. Please take your feelings and opinions out of it and take a look at the statistics and other facts that make life as a black individual hard in America. Please read this to become more educated on this topic: www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/ccf4dbe2-810a-44f8-b3e7-14f7e5143ba6/economic-state-of-black-america-2020.pdf
The built up frustration obama is the let down from all the democratic parties lies from feeling used by you obama. Also frustration with the criminals, aggressively violent ppl of their own race, community causing the destruction of there neighborhoods. Instead of taking that frustration out on those ppl of there community, race it comes out in other ways that's easier & that's excepted by there ppl... explaining this in no way means I agree with their actions. The only way to fix your community is to do that work from the inside & not depend on the outside community to fix it all for you.
Shoot!The Chief should be in charge of bridging the communication gap between police and the black community,He is intelligent and concise.Barack I love him,but sometimes,he just seems out of his depth.The police Cheif seems more in tune with what's going on.
Props to that police chief for his tactful question
WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THE CHIEF
Well said police chief
This is the most articulate cop I’ve ever heard
More articulate than Obama
That man is very reasonable. He is making an effort to understand what is happening from both sides of the conflict; he is looking for ways to change the trajectory of where things are going before it's out of control. Too many innocent people are dying and everyone is talking over one another, assuming the worst about one another and there is no willingness to even hear what the other side is saying. This man is trying to step outside his comfort zone and open up a dialog that promises to be contentious and difficult. The comments are typical...he mentioned guns among many other things, but that is all people heard and they blocked out everything else he said. It's sad that people are so ignorant. Hypocrites calling for the cities they live in, the neighborhoods they call home to be safe for themselves and their families, but will not engage in a civilized conversation that might involved measures to make owning a gun safer for everyone. NO ONE has tried to take people's guns away! It's lazy and irresponsible for people to continue pretending that gun control means everyone losing their guns and using that as an excuse to ignore that there is a problem.
I love this comment so much. Said so well it put tears in my eyes.
There's one problem with his comment and yours. No one likes smart solutions in America. They prefer quick reactionary solutions that cause more problems down the line.
sochima89 : And here is a problem with what you’re thinking. Please don’t say no one likes smart solutions because some do. There just isn’t enough of them who carry the necessary clout and are in the ilk of the movers and shakers to make the necessary adjustments to be done and done in a cohesive manner. Many of the people holding Important positions simply aren’t competent enough to put forth ideas, ways, and means that would create conducive real time problem solving environments where as people/communities feel they have a voice in what involves their lives. This type of organization calls for like thinking and the willingness of both sides to sit/ gather and have that candid conversation, stop so much of the finger pointing. When people come together and have real talk it tends to dissipate that dreaded fear of the other on both sides that will lend a much better environment to begin the much needed work that has to be done. Things cannot continue as they are and that thought alone has to trigger people to act on one accord and that should be or require ALL HANDS on deck!
I wish this went viral
A cooperative and productive conversation about changing the outlook on the struggles and disconnects between 2 groups in America? Unfortunately something so wonderful can't go viral because people don't want to see something like that, unfortunately people like conflict in itself, it's more entertaining to see 2 people argue than to see 2 people have a coherent conversation about such a topic. It's actually really sad.
nothing intelligent ever goes viral.
+sochima89 bingo
Doesn’t go along with the liberal media agenda.
Chief Ed Flynn is a credit to every person who wears a badge. With his years of experience and abilty to objectively and articualetly discuss issues of importance to law enforcement officers, to the public, and with President Obama, he is an example of what modern policing should be about.Well done Chief!
Need more chiefs like this guy.
well said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the end of the day, we need police officers to help govern! It takes a village!
agreed
I support black lives matters message and I know well the tension between cops and the black community because I am black 😘 but back to my point I like how Chief Edward is admitting that there is a problem with there system and he is WILLING to change but doesn't know HOW I love Obama but his answer gave the chief no guidance or help
+Camylle K you know you are right. This chief has a huge heart n I feel what he was saying. True story. Basically, the chief is saying to Obama: wake up we need help...it takes a village n charity starts in the home. Their beginnings, how so many are being raised up n what they are growing up in are affecting n molding their future either good or bad.
and didn't for the Eight Years he was in Office
No we don't
Beautifully spoken on both sides. Wish people always worked together like this.
wow, there is a committed and genuine leader in the room.....and also a politician
Actually two: the cop is pretty damn good, too.
He's precisely accurate on how rural legislators, who want their guns to plunk at gphers with, are screwing up sensible control legislation in the cities. Well-regulated them thar' militias, folks.
@@TheDavidlloydjones Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. How's that working out for them?
@@gammasmash1924
What's your suggestion, Tim?
Gunfare: government assisted gun purchases for all those poor underpriivileged gunless folks in Chicago?
@@TheDavidlloydjones I don't think they're particularly "gunless" in Chicago. You seem to have missed my point. I'm saying that additional gun laws do nothing to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
@@gammasmash1924
Your "point," Tim, the fashionable right-wing anarchist claim that the law means nothing, was obvious the first time you whined it.
And your answer to my question is...? What do you suggest?
The Association of Chiefs of Police have, in my experience, been one of the powerful voices for sanity on these issues. Flynn and Obama are two voices of hope.
those of you who are arguing still about whether BLM or not have not really listened to the Chief or Obama. please for your sakes open your ears, take a seat and listen to what is being said.
That guy is awesome! He is asking logical questions to which nobody cares to help answer and therefore solve. smh!
I like that chief. He is aware.
Me 2
Great chief, great question, and great response.
this was the former police chief of milwaukee, which is where i live, too bad he retired
Kudos to you Sir. Well said.
as a lib living in milwaukee i really like flynn
Of course you would hes a bleeding heart white guilt filled cuk
@@ethandumas6937 what an extremely ignorant comment.
Fast forward to July 2019 (today) and nothing has changed
Fast forward to Jan 2020 (today)
Still. Nothing has changed.
its gotten worse. the number of black kids murdered is highest its been since late 80s.
how many have to die. wheres the investment in inner cities but problem is as long as violence and theft etc is out of control in certain areas investment wont come.
Target left Baltimore after "uprising" and they wont come back. The taxes and jobs that one company just took from that city that paid for public schools and programs and more is gone and others follow.
These politicians make me want to puke. Vote r one time and watch ds start getting to work. problem is their answers of giving a stack of cash to people who are already poor woul be like throwing it out of speeding boat
will be great for white and all business owners that will sell sell sell but 6 months later back to same spot
Check the gun memorial and see who is dying at what % age rate and at who’s hands. We as a collective have to own our part in this mess we find our selves in and do something like stop this!!!
It is getting wayyy worse today in 2021
Well said but nothing has changed and this is old.
Well said but nothing has changed and this is old. (June 2020)
@@Lucas-vd2gx Obomas.made it worse that's changed, here he is supporting BLM an obvious terrorist group now marxists terrorist group.what a scumball
@@ethandumas6937 lmao Everyone is with BLM because they don't say All Lives Matter. That's not true and until people really understand what BLM actually mean people like you will give a simple answer. BLM is terrorist group. Stop repeating what your ex-president says and yes ex-president, can't wait until he gets kicked out and into some hand cuffs.
Salute to Chief Flynn
The cop is the leader here ✳️
A short time later in Milwaukee, the black community is rioting in defence if a dangerous criminal...
The US needs more cops like Flynn and Presidents like Obama - IMHO.......
KB Van not!!! Flynn is a madman and Obama’s is a SOCIALIST! You are insane and have no clue wtf you are talking about! I could see if it was just an opinion. But you are blindly stating it falsely
@ely powell racist much, no wonder ur a trump supporter... ur just a nazi.
@@markbos7658 When did he say he supported Trump? I also missed the racism or "Nazism" in his comment, or was it an underlying tone? haha grow up
this is how freedom ends.
BO is not just searching for the right word he stutters when he touches on sensitive issues. He seems to be hiding his real feelings.
That chief is hilarious. 8 years later, I’m laughing.
One thing that wasn’t even mentioned is the fact that these communities need to “parent” their kids. That’s the foundation of inner-city problems.
Look at the way the room is set up......black civilians on one side and police on the other side. They are symbolically dividing people, just insane.
the black lives matter kid was sitting on the same side as the police. and the pro-cop lieutenant gov was sitting right next to the boy whose father was killed by police.
sochima89 Ahh I see, still a symbolic divide to me considering the majorities of the audience.
@Tophef kill for sport.. why sit next to death...
Tanya Tucker You seem very ignorant.
+Tophef Tyr I know ignorance stems in volumes from individuals like yourself
Bravo to them both, a necessary discussion.
You do realize he is No Longer the President???
onenikkione doesn’t fucking matter
Oh my God, this "President" has no answers and is just winging it !!
Gun control has no bearing on criminals ability to obtain and use firearms. It does, however, remove the ability of a good man to protect himself and his family.
very well said.
somebody talking some god damn sense
Once these communities of Blacks come together and help one another like all other civilized thriving countries do. Nothing will ever change - in fact it will continue to get worse. If I was a Black man, I'd like to think I'd go back into the hood and walk patrol with other like minded men. We'd assist the police and extinguish the nonsense. Talking and interacting with the families - Letting the little ones see that is a life outside of their little ghetto world... I can't blame these little children witnessing the crap they see their parents (if daddy is around) doing. Swearing, learning disregard for themselves and others.. The list goes on...
or big brothers
My take away here... our great black hope is on his way out of the presidency after 8 years of doing what exactly to help the minority communities?
as a. American I want to ask no tell the traitor to step down and be a man a d go face the Military Courts.
Learn english
At my old age,I can tell you that the biological Dads {White or Black} almost all of them, lived in the home. Boys idealized their Dads.They saw Dad get up and go to work,They knew that Mom would be at home{cooking,cleaning and nurturing them.
My point is that if you take the "real" Dad ,of any race out of the home and the son or sons are :lost"
Chances are that what usually follows is mayhem,
How prescient was this question
Am I just stoned or did oboma not stay on subject avoid the question?
There wasn’t really a question though. It was a request for help and a request to continue the conversation. Plus it’s such a complex issue with so many moving parts that it’s hard to not sound like you’re all over the place.
I would have told the pres heres what u do u ride with some cops in this town for 2 nights then see what we go through
The cops would fake it for two nights, the cop is well spoken tho
Shut up
Obama is thinking hard about what to say
Uncommon these days
Right.
ban all automatic assault rifles/weapons sales effective immediately. no open carry of automatic assault rifles/weapons. all automatic assault rifles/weapons must be registered & anyone caught with a unregistered automatic assault rifle/weapon will receives a fine and prison!. there is no reason on earth that a civilian in America needs a automatic assault rifle.
machine guns have been regulated since 1934 and banned since 1986. have you done some real research on guns and being rational or just going off emotion and whatever your heart says?
+Gil Oro that 1986 ban has expired hence why the country is having this debate on gun control now.
Intelligent Role model with balls & heart
i am a fierce fierce critic of the current police generally in america today, i don't think they're all bad but i feel a massive overhaul is needed (education, retraining etc). However, this police chief spoke so well and i think if all officers were as measured and open minded as him a lot of trust could be rebuilt between communities and the police.
Like he helped Chicago, right
The answer is accountability duh. If police brutality violators are arrested no one would be afraid and disliking the police. It’s not past social issues it’s current and they’re caused by the corrupt police system. This is said over and over again - why is there need for continued discussion? The police needs restructured leadership from civilians and accountability that actually happens, means safety that can actually be trusted.
Who else are out there protecting black lives other then the police.
Well said Chief
It's pretty apparent that Police Chief Edward Flynn cares more about these problems than Obama seems to.
i think we all much rather see him try to solve these problems than sighing such acts as the Dark Act or the TPP.
bad ass cops camera don't lie bodycam must be accountable when it's come to the same lawsuit transparency , equity and justice to all
your
all human lifes matters !
yeah and because this hasn't been acknowledged some folks came out and been saying, hey we matter too by the way.
He Uh Says Uh Nothing .
This police chief is talking truth and he understands black life's matter and other people making it seems difficult to understand
"show sorrow so that people know they reached you with their problem" Is what I got from this and he said it about an issue in the most dead pan voice ever.. Hypocrisy? maybe? Like I agree with what he was saying but it'd mean more if he used this as an example at very least.
so tell us great talker obama...did you do anything to help ,,,answer No nothing..it got worst ...
Obama literally didn’t answer one question the chief asked...
I like this guy! Need more like him
Right, right, em left
NOW WHO AND ARGUE WITH THIS
Something isn't right, this cop has an actual brain, and he is using it, what???
Oh look ..how "convenient" of him to say.
This cop (Who likes to hear himself talk ) is answering his own question.
This person (who likes to post comments on on RUclips) is a bitch
As long as law makers profit from organizations that promote violence and these weapons that are killing in mass there will be no restrictions.
“That’s crazy”
What's the responsibilities of the parents in all this? What about the racist and the power trippers joining these forces. One has to investigate, as a police officer before shooting, or if the situation warrants a shooting, for they are peace officers first. If theybare cowards, the force is not the place to hide.
Love this chief!!
Obama speaks like how a really old computer lags as you type on it.
Funny because there is not 1 American who would choose to live your life over Obamas.
Jay T
+Brismo7 yawwwwwn
Jay T beep bot boop beep.
how old are you? Insensitive devil.
Ed Flynn for President
"pent up frustration?" Oh man,about what?? Stop breaking the law ...Get a job.Fix your community. Work two jobs.
Keep your hands off of the policemen....Are they supposed to stand there and let you talk out the sides of your neck and spit on him,curse at him or throw bricks and shoot at them??
Well NOW you see what you see..local news will tv the stuff MAYBE.
Mr. Michael, in a system that is corrupted and designed to make life harder for people of color, it’s not that easy to simply get a job and fix your community when you are limited from the resources to do so. Please take your feelings and opinions out of it and take a look at the statistics and other facts that make life as a black individual hard in America. Please read this to become more educated on this topic:
www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/ccf4dbe2-810a-44f8-b3e7-14f7e5143ba6/economic-state-of-black-america-2020.pdf
Oh and before anyone says we're talking per capita numbers, no I mean in both percentages and totals.
What’s the chiefs name??
After school programs. Yea, that'll help...
I believe so too
Stop the killing
Flinn loves to cry. He wants to be right all the time and when he didnt get he.s way he crys and brings up things that he can play a roll.cry baby
Wait, so if guns become illegal, criminals won't have them? THE FUCK?
Obama said absolutely nothing.
Is it wrong to vote for the candidate that will be best for my stock portfolio......??
Weak leader that's the problem
The poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Holy Bible
#reparations
What lol
Stop & frisk saves lives!
jesus he doesn't have a clue. welcome to the democratic party
GARBAGE
Imagine the world richest country and economy can’t fix up this issue smh !!... when it comes for a war they spend trillions of dollars on it,
Well why dont the cop tell his white people to have gun legislation
The built up frustration obama is the let down from all the democratic parties lies from feeling used by you obama. Also frustration with the criminals, aggressively violent ppl of their own race, community causing the destruction of there neighborhoods. Instead of taking that frustration out on those ppl of there community, race it comes out in other ways that's easier & that's excepted by there ppl... explaining this in no way means I agree with their actions. The only way to fix your community is to do that work from the inside & not depend on the outside community to fix it all for you.
Omama alluded everything! EVERYTHING! He does hold a special place in history. Hopefully its a jail cell!
A EDUCATED POLICE CHIEF....TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE WHICH IS NOW A WAR ZONE CREATED BY BLACK STREET THUGS PERIOD.
Get em out
like Sandy book
Shoot!The Chief should be in charge of bridging the communication gap between police and the black community,He is intelligent and concise.Barack I love him,but sometimes,he just seems out of his depth.The police Cheif seems more in tune with what's going on.
guns guns guns!!!!😰😰😰😰😰😰. learn how to shoot, next time it might only be one person if more people would utilize their dam right!!!!!!!!
edward flynn should be in politics.the problem no one will talk about starts with these familys shoul hav one child per family not 5
How the hell will he get help from a Kenyan citizen who thinks there are 57 states in the U. S.
We need the panthers in our community
Eight years later…..progress?
Obama is nothing else, but a smooth talker
Do the Black Race make these guns who makes and sell these guns to the Black Race
Why the hell ask for the help of a non-citizen who doesn't even know how many states there are in the U.S.?
Well pick your officer better than this would better , black live MATTER!
Anyone see this 2020?