I want you guys to know that I jave nothing but the utmost respect for you both. You both seem very open minded, and don't care one way or another if someone has different opinions. You both embody, imo, what it means to be American. Peace be on you, your son, and your family. Happy New Years! P.S. I pray your son grows up to be a handsome and successful man in the future!
This. Our current government sucks. Government in America was meant to be LIMITED, SMALL, and NOT overbearing. Government was supposed to be everyday people, and they were to serve the people they represent. Unfortunately our government has been subverted, sold out, and made into a corporation. Our current state of affairs is NOT what our Founding Father's intended. Soooo much of our Constitution has been trampled over.
I can understand "BLM" as an expression or movement. It is every American's right to go out and protest. That being said, I will never support rioting or the BLM organization. On their website it used to say that 2 of their goals were to destroy the patriarchy and the idea of the nuclear family. What do either of those things have to do with police brutality.
Bingo.... You got the jackpot!!! Has nothing to do with Police brutality. They can't run strictly on what you just mentioned and stay in the picture. Those are unpopular views to most people that you mentioned. So you woke from that drunken stupor. Haha. Welcome to the real life!!! Police brutality is something that grabs everyone's attention this year and most especially since George Floyd. But you got it Right. Maybe it will be at could idea and more people should go read that site. Share it with a friend lol... Happy New Year🙏✌💯👍🧨🧨🧨🧨
Don Lemon said to Terry Crews "if you wanna discuss dead kids and gang violence create your own movement but BLM is about only people being shot by cops" Kind of defeats the whole purpose of the name if it's only certain black lives that matter to them 😆
Its ironic how they say Black lives matter but then go and smash up and burn and steal from black communities, then blame white people lol. Butt fuck it lol
Adam has very strong social beliefs, that are generally supported by facts and/or common sense. He hates no decent human and shows that through not only music, his actions. Hes as real as they get.
Sort of...even Adam would say he lived in Chicago and didn't avoid areas but he never had to walk the worst blocks day in and day out. He definitely mixed it up there but there's a difference in Chicago between living there and really living there if that makes sense lol
@@lewisgriffin9684 oh for sure! Hell I'm probably the only person that caught the gang sign he throws up in one of his videos because most people don't know all of Chicago's mobs. He isn't one but he definitely showed some love
Hey guys. I am from the racism reaction you did. We call it the rebel flag, not the confederate flag, because that’s what it meant for us back when we were divided. It was a populist movement bringing attention to the people of the south and their pride and to fight against others pulling us down. Some might have taken the flag and used it as a symbol of hate, but it never meant that. My grandfather used to sit under the porch, under the shade of that flag and talk with his black and white friends in the evenings about stuff, and we heard their laughter inside the house. Love you guys btw
On the flag issue. Look up Ludacris, Lil John, and other southern rappers that rock the Confederate flag. It's a heritage thing. I'm Puerto Rican by the way.
I heard this song for the first time a couple of days ago and have been checking out the reaction videos. I love your personalities. I love your family. Kay, you are stunningly beautiful 😍 Thank you guys!
love you guys and your content! Adam is a beast and one of my recent favs. Also gotta give props to Kay for nursing the little one. There's no healthier way to raise toddlers for sure. Thanks again guys!
I love watching y'all. I feel the integrity and love in your family, straight up. I've never commented on RUclips video, but I had to speak my mind. Keep on keepin on! Mad love
the guest bar is a stab at Nick Cannon, Lord Jamar and DJ Vlad for there remarks saying that EM was a quest in the house of hip hop. that hip hop was "black music". A artist by the name of MESUS put out 2 diss tracks called Quest and Home towards those other three rappers. Mesus is good friends with Adam Calhoun they have done a couple track together.
First off I appreciate your open minded approach. I believe this is a perilous time in our country . we as all races need not feed into the media and also not be spoonfed their lies.be proud and be kind everybody has room to improve which Will in turn improve whats around them.
I’ve been binging some of y’all’s reactions definitely great content keep it up. Also noticed the Nashville shirt definitely made me happy seeing this from here I’m 615 myself in Lebanon
Key and Peele are the shit, they had a marathon going on this weekend on RUclips. Btw the teacher calling errbody the wrong name is one of my faves. I still call one of my friends A A RON.
As a person who's family lived through and survived communism/dictatorship I always tell this when I help American tourist as a local historian and tour guide " You thank God everyday you were born with your liberties and your freedom for many of my countrymen died on Ideologies made by a German man. A country that has no opposing perspective is not a republic but, a Dictatorship either by one man or a small group of powerful people ".. My grandfather's whole family was slaughtered in killing fields for promoting democracy and liberty by human rights.
hey family , how do we stop racism with racism ? I'm a white , God fearing conservative and I would absolutely give my life for anyone , PERIOD!! if we can just LOVE , then it would get better. 😊
First reaction of ya'lls I'm seeing and I really dig your points. Adam has an insane catalog of music with logical, common-sense social messages that seem to be getting lost on a lot of folks lately. Ya'll are awesome, keep up the great vids and happy new year!
First song, then your questions. The simplicity of drum and trumpet for what is effectively a Rap March makes this song. The lyrics could be used as cadence and marched to in military formation. And as to patriotism, mine is to the principles of the Constitution contained in the Declaration of Independence. But that is nit-pickin'. I am going to say BLM cannot be right: It is principled upon segregation. We are one nation. BLM is a Marxist backed, Marxist trained, organization seeking to undermine our Constitutional principles and divide US by race, sex, ethnicity, and religion in order to promulgate insurgency and race war. Our enemy, China, has infiltrated the corporatists of both parties and have the natural allegiance of the Leftists. Among the corporatists the Chinese have subverted are the Mainstream Media outlets (MSM). They have used favored nation status and money given, flat out given, to them by our government to buyout and and buy off our corporate elites and political class. Then those organizations, making news approved by the Chinese Communist Party to sell to the Chinese people about how bad the US is, take every story they can twist into a negative narrative (and lie) about the United States and magnify it to be the only thing anyone hears around the world. They are creating overreactions, such as the overreaction to George Floyd's tragic and unnecessary death. I watched the video of Floyd's death, and then Officer Derek Chauvin, as people were suggesting he back off, had the exact same face I have seen on a number of guys: the face that says "I am the professional. I know what I am doing. No ignorant civvy is going to tell me how to do my job." To quote the Proverb: "Pride goeth before the fall." He was a stubborn jerk and I might even conceded testosterone poisoned. However, the facts are that there is not a rampant trend of police brutality. And if you want to look at the numbers that are important, the data I analyzed in 2016 showed that of those incredibly few people killed by police during an encounter 95.8% were men. Of those police murdered by civilians during an encounter 95.7 were men. Now, if you can convince only females to be cops and robbers, I would bet the ratio of deaths goes down dramatically. But if we hire only female cops while male criminals out-muscle them by an average of 100 to 200 lbs, I don't think that will have a positive result. I researched this in 2016. I can provide you links, and maybe all of them will even still work. The following is based on 2016 data sets derived from the Census estimates, Tracking of Fatal Force by the Washington Post, and statistics for 2016 from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund which has more accurate tracking on law enforcement than government agencies to whom reporting is voluntary, not comparable, or not centralized. In a census estimated population for 2016 the US had 322,762,018 people; Of those 37,685,848 or 12.2% are estimated to be Black, 50,477,594 or 16.3% are estimated to be Latino, 196,817,552 or 63.7% are estimated to be White, and a little over 900,000 are identified by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund as Law Enforcement or 0.28%. According to tracking of Fatal Force by the Washington Post for the year 2016 there were a total of 963 people shot or killed by police. Of these 233 were Black or 0.61836518046709129511677282377919 per 100,000, 160 were Latino or 0.31695721077654516640253565768621 per 100,000, and 465 were White coming to 0.23628048780487804878048780487805 per 100,000. To make the numbers more manageable I will round to the nearest 1,000th: Black - 0.618/100,000, Latino - 0.317/100,000, and White - 0.236/100,000. Total line of duty deaths for 2016 came to 146. Of those deaths the following I have separated out because they were not definitely deliberate, which does not mean that none of these were the murder of a police officer, only that it is rational that they may not be or cannot be: 9/11 related illness: 4, Aircraft accident: 1, Animal related: 1, Automobile crash: 20, Drowned: 2, Duty related illness: 1, Fall: 1, Gunfire (Accidental): 3, Heart attack: 11, Motorcycle crash: 8, Struck by train: 1, Struck by vehicle: 9, and Vehicle pursuit: 4. That accounts for 66/146 or roughly 45% of Line of Duty deaths in 2016. The remainder of Line of Duty deaths then is 80/146 which are from Assault: 3, Gunfire: 63, Stabbed: 1, and Vehicular assault: 13. This is the number I used to establish the 8.889/100,000. This means an officer is 14.374821173104434907010014306152 times more likely to be murdered in the Line of Duty than a Black person is to be killed by a law enforcement officer. In percentage terms that renders an officer 1,437% more likely to be murdered in the line of duty than a Black person is to be killed by a police officer at any time - accidentally, in self defense, or deliberately. The US has a total of about 900,000 law enforcement officers to monitor for criminal behavior. There are about 700,000 of those which are on the front line, boots on the ground, while the rest are support staff and administration overseen by civilian agencies and administrations who might not have any law enforcement training or experience. As of 2016, these officers watch a current population of 327,978,600 persons of which about 28,206,160 are convicted felons. So there is 1 officer per 40 felons and 1 officer per 468.5 persons. Divided by shift there will be about 2 officers on day shift per 1 on evening and night shift. So during the day there is 1 officer per 322 felons (which may or may not be committing a crime again) and 1 per 3,426 potential first time offenders. On the evening and night shift that doubles to 1 officer per 644 felons (which may or may not be committing a crime again) and 1 per 6,852 potential first time offenders. Further, the killing of persons that come into contact with the police doesn't happen that often. How do we know? Because you know their names. It happens so rarely in a nation of nearly 330,000,000 people you can look up and list all of their names. In 2015, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 53.5 million Americans over the age of 16 had contact with the police. Ceteris paribus in 2016, where the Washington Post reported there were 465 White, 233 Black, and 160 Hispanic deaths, by negligence, accident, or on purpose, from the police for a total of 963 what is the statistical result? In a then population of 322,762,018 that is a total of 0.000002983%. How in the hell is that "way too often" or anyplace close to routine enough to be considered some stretched definition of systemic? There is NO vast racist behavior by the police. NO ONE is hunting down "young people simply because of the color of their skin". Stop lying to yourself, drop the racism, and start being an American instead of someone that chooses to exclude themselves with their own racist self-fulfilling prophecy - one you have to lie to yourself in order to make be true. My recommendation would be to hire more police. The US has a felony population of about 27,757,534 both in and out of prison. About 6,207,000 are on probation or parole. The rest are either in prison or no longer on probation or parole. That means, not counting first-time offenders in waiting and petty crime, there is approximately 1 officer for every 30 felons. I would suggest that changing that ratio, going back to the days of having beat cops walking every neighborhood, would improve both the relationship between law enforcement and civilians as well as deter more crime, while helping officers to feel safer and less overwhelmed by hostile communities. People like to compare us to other nations, such as France and Germany where incarceration rates are lower and crime is lower. But they don't give the numbers that tell why crimes are lower: France has 340 officers per 100k population, at roughly 1 officer per 1⅛ square mile. Germany has 381 officers per 100k population, at 2⅓ officers per square mile covered. The US has 238 officers per 100k pop, at 1 officer per 5.5 square miles. We have higher rates of crime because we lack a deterring police presence. We only keep enough police to make arrests, and obviously not enough to avoid the police being overwhelmed by any real social upheaval - as has been recently demonstrated. To have the deterring coverage of France to Germany by population, we would need 336,600 to 471,900 more officers. To have that coverage by square mile, we would need between 2,589,482 to 8,073,665 more officers.
We are all Patriots to the American Ideal. The rights put forth by the constitution is all of ours. Maybe late for some groups, but the constitution is a promisary note to all. We are all Americans first and foremost.
Idk what making me write this post knowing it might not get seen and my opinion doesnt actually matter but... Ive been watching reactors for years. All the big channels since they were small. Theyre all good people. You and yours are good people. Theyre all honest and open minded just you. Youre channel os going to blow. Im super happy for you and those babies. Keep it up bro! Deadas. Fr. 🙏🙏
Good reaction. Look up the vid when he’s in CHI, street interview. His life and stance has always been hard work and nothing else matters. You may be off the mark a bit, he’s all about unity and has strong opinions and this is coming from a guy that’s lived life. if you keep listening and watching you’ll see what he’s saying. Keep it up!
Much respect for this reaction I don't get misunderstood a lot of the times Yelawolf pulled out of the song he was going to do an atom's album this past summer because of his political views
Really should take some time to look into Adam and get a feel for what he's about.. (outside of the music) He is the real deal. And he is from chicago. He has great insight. Much love to yall.! Love your channel
You MUST react to Burden - "We The People" It's a song most need to hear. He will quickly become your favorite rapper because he speaks the truth. Also, I just binged all of your Tom Macdonald reactions I love what your family is about!
I love seeing reactions to Adam’s videos. This is only the second video I have seen from you along with the racism video. I too am from Chicago area and love this guys point of views. Racism is all taught. None of it is in your DNA/blood or whatever they say. I grew up around whites, blacks, Asians, Mexicans, all sorts of people in Chicago. What he says is true. These people protesting and holding up these signs.. they’re doing it in “rich” areas where hardly any crime happens. What he’s saying is stop holding up a sign in your safe space, and go be about it. Every weekend a toddler is killed by a stray bullet flying by.. it doesn’t matter what color. THATS A PROBLEM. That could be you, your cousin, mom, etc. What he is saying is go take your sign and go to the hood with that shit. Go actually help someone. Get someone up off their feet, get them a shower and a job if you’re gonna act like you give a shit kinda thing. He’s saying “miss me with that race shit” because he ain’t racist, and been around it all, with all different types of people. He grew up poor as fuck, went to prison, and made it to where he’s at. I think Adam is a badass.
As Malcom X said “The White Liberal is the most dangerous thing in the Western Hemisphere”. How Malcom viewed liberals makes conservative criticisms towards liberal seem tame lol.
I appreciate what you said about the Confederate flag and I thank you for having an open mind being able to see both sides the flag isn't racist it's the racist bigot assholes that give it a bad name.. Having said that that is not my thing ( and I'm a big hairy white dude) I am not from the south but I don't think someone should feel a certain way about someone that is flying it until they know something about the person. I've always said I start everyone off neutral it's up to them where we go from from there. I have white family members that I don't want them to know where I live and I got black dudes that have the key code to my basement in case they need something when I'm not home. Love that you include the family and much love and good things in the new year! 🍻🍻
You guys need to check out struggle Jennings and Caitlynne Curtis- god we need you now. Super deep song. Just came out this year. Addresses a lot of views on things happening now
Charlamagne da god, got smack down for that comment about eminem. Thats cause Adam owns the building fam!🤣 I watch y'all as much as I can, God bless you and yours!🙏
My take is simple. As long as it remains a black v white issue, the government wins. When we set aside skin color and make it a black and white against corruption, only then will we truly be at peace as one. Segregation is a badge of slavery - dissenting opinion, 1899 civil rights decision. Be more than the color of our skin. The best way to start, the next time you have a conversation regarding the people in your circle, leave out race; I don't have black friends, or mexican friends, or white friends, I have a close knit circle... of friends.
This is the second video of yours I've watched..both of adam calhoun...he is an awesome rapper.....he, in my opinion, is trying to get the word out to all Americans that we need to leave all this race crap behind and focus on the real problems. We keep reelecting the same politicians and expecting a different outcome. The people need to wake up to reality.. .our political elites have been pitting us against each other for the past 100 years.. we have had a few good people try to stand up to them but they get taken out...like JFK , MLK, Abraham Lincoln, Malcom X, they tried to take out Ronald Reagan, we need to start with some term limits on congress and senate...and their ridiculous retirement plans....and hopefully see a bunch of them in prison or the end of a rope for treason
I want you guys to know that I jave nothing but the utmost respect for you both. You both seem very open minded, and don't care one way or another if someone has different opinions. You both embody, imo, what it means to be American. Peace be on you, your son, and your family. Happy New Years!
P.S. I pray your son grows up to be a handsome and successful man in the future!
My daughter's name is Freya Sigrid, Freya Sigrid Thorfinssottir ;)
love your name
Its not patriotism for our government, its for our country. By country we mean the land, the people, and the freedom we enjoy.
Absolutely.
This. Our current government sucks. Government in America was meant to be LIMITED, SMALL, and NOT overbearing. Government was supposed to be everyday people, and they were to serve the people they represent. Unfortunately our government has been subverted, sold out, and made into a corporation. Our current state of affairs is NOT what our Founding Father's intended. Soooo much of our Constitution has been trampled over.
I can understand "BLM" as an expression or movement. It is every American's right to go out and protest. That being said, I will never support rioting or the BLM organization. On their website it used to say that 2 of their goals were to destroy the patriarchy and the idea of the nuclear family. What do either of those things have to do with police brutality.
Bingo.... You got the jackpot!!! Has nothing to do with Police brutality. They can't run strictly on what you just mentioned and stay in the picture. Those are unpopular views to most people that you mentioned. So you woke from that drunken stupor. Haha. Welcome to the real life!!! Police brutality is something that grabs everyone's attention this year and most especially since George Floyd. But you got it Right. Maybe it will be at could idea and more people should go read that site. Share it with a friend lol... Happy New Year🙏✌💯👍🧨🧨🧨🧨
That's what he said. 💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
100% nailed it!!!
They had the worlds stage with the microphone, and they chose to burn everything down. They had us listening.
Well said. The nuclear family is critical to our children growing up balanced. Your comment is spot on
Don Lemon said to Terry Crews "if you wanna discuss dead kids and gang violence create your own movement but BLM is about only people being shot by cops" Kind of defeats the whole purpose of the name if it's only certain black lives that matter to them 😆
Yes!!! Exactly
Its ironic how they say Black lives matter but then go and smash up and burn and steal from black communities, then blame white people lol. Butt fuck it lol
Don Lemon also can't pee standing up
Hahaha he can't pee standing up im weak
Don Lemon is 'weak.
Adam has very strong social beliefs, that are generally supported by facts and/or common sense. He hates no decent human and shows that through not only music, his actions. Hes as real as they get.
Adam is from Chicago btw
Sort of...even Adam would say he lived in Chicago and didn't avoid areas but he never had to walk the worst blocks day in and day out. He definitely mixed it up there but there's a difference in Chicago between living there and really living there if that makes sense lol
@@JonnyQuest64 he still from Illinois is no matter which way you look at it lol
@@lewisgriffin9684 oh for sure! Hell I'm probably the only person that caught the gang sign he throws up in one of his videos because most people don't know all of Chicago's mobs. He isn't one but he definitely showed some love
He would battle rap in Chicago that’s where he got his bars at but he had his country side from his grandpa and where he grew up
That makes so much sense now learning that.
Hey guys. I am from the racism reaction you did. We call it the rebel flag, not the confederate flag, because that’s what it meant for us back when we were divided. It was a populist movement bringing attention to the people of the south and their pride and to fight against others pulling us down. Some might have taken the flag and used it as a symbol of hate, but it never meant that. My grandfather used to sit under the porch, under the shade of that flag and talk with his black and white friends in the evenings about stuff, and we heard their laughter inside the house. Love you guys btw
I know this is off topic, and I am sure most people didn't even notice. Thank you so much Kay for normalizing nursing!
On the flag issue. Look up Ludacris, Lil John, and other southern rappers that rock the Confederate flag. It's a heritage thing. I'm Puerto Rican by the way.
Love you two, your family is beautiful
My kids are grown.Your little one,made me smile at the end.lol! They grow up fast,enjoy this time.You are blessed!
Love y'alls open mindedness the way the world should be
It's a DAMN GOOD song!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲👍
WITH YOU and all the other reactors ALL THE WAY 🤙✊ all the best from Australia mate.
You guys are awesome.!👍✌Adam gets conversations that need to happen,started.
Straight facts. 9 people a year by police, outrage. 9 children caught in crossfire in a week in one city, crickets.
If its crickets how do you know about it?
@@Camking757 crime stats
She was the best! She rocked it! Let her know... #HOG
I heard this song for the first time a couple of days ago and have been checking out the reaction videos. I love your personalities. I love your family. Kay, you are stunningly beautiful 😍 Thank you guys!
ACAL BE SPEAKING THEM FACTS
IF a statement IS to be made OF LIVES MATTERING THEN IT SHOULD BE
CHILDREN'S LIVES MATTER
ENOUGH SAID
I agree.
Love you guys. You took that better than I expected lol. People on both sides get triggered on these issue.
He's the straight truth...
The ending.. Best quality 😂😂😂💪🏻
Nice that you push an open conversation. Appreciate you!
love you guys and your content! Adam is a beast and one of my recent favs. Also gotta give props to Kay for nursing the little one. There's no healthier way to raise toddlers for sure. Thanks again guys!
Y'all have the most awesome reactions. And love your family! Y'all are so sweet!
Adam Calhoun- the dollar
I love watching y'all. I feel the integrity and love in your family, straight up. I've never commented on RUclips video, but I had to speak my mind. Keep on keepin on! Mad love
the guest bar is a stab at Nick Cannon, Lord Jamar and DJ Vlad for there remarks saying that EM was a quest in the house of hip hop. that hip hop was "black music". A artist by the name of MESUS put out 2 diss tracks called Quest and Home towards those other three rappers. Mesus is good friends with Adam Calhoun they have done a couple track together.
First off I appreciate your open minded approach. I believe this is a perilous time in our country . we as all races need not feed into the media and also not be spoonfed their lies.be proud and be kind everybody has room to improve which Will in turn improve whats around them.
Lil man getting his grub on. I see you playa!! lol
Yall are awesome.
You too man
Southern hospitality. Some of the nicest people that I've met are from South.
Calhoooooooooooooooooon haha
Watched 4 of your videos tonight. thanks
By the way, you have a beautiful family, and I hope your son grows into a warrior that knows truth and God. God bless you!
I love the fam !
Hahaha Y'alls little girl is a cute lil thang
I’ve been binging some of y’all’s reactions definitely great content keep it up. Also noticed the Nashville shirt definitely made me happy seeing this from here I’m 615 myself in Lebanon
Subscribed. Sending love from Mozambique. ❤
I'm a new subscriber. Love your insight on everything. Wish more people thought like you two
lmao CAL-HOON bro. you guys are funny.
Key and Peele are the shit, they had a marathon going on this weekend on RUclips. Btw the teacher calling errbody the wrong name is one of my faves. I still call one of my friends A A RON.
As a person who's family lived through and survived communism/dictatorship I always tell this when I help American tourist as a local historian and tour guide " You thank God everyday you were born with your liberties and your freedom for many of my countrymen died on Ideologies made by a German man. A country that has no opposing perspective is not a republic but, a Dictatorship either by one man or a small group of powerful people ".. My grandfather's whole family was slaughtered in killing fields for promoting democracy and liberty by human rights.
hey family , how do we stop racism with racism ? I'm a white , God fearing conservative and I would absolutely give my life for anyone , PERIOD!!
if we can just LOVE , then it would get better. 😊
Subbed up. Let’s gooooo 💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸
Welcome to the family
What was cool is he posted on instagram if anyone was in his area tomorrow and wanted to be in the video to meet him so those was all fans
Adam is good for meandering with ambiguity, then hitting you with the punchline that ties it all together.
You guys are cool!! Much love you make my day every day,I'll listen to everything you react too.
Respect the mom 👍👍
We are not patriots to the government, we are patriots to America, Americans, and the Constitution
First reaction of ya'lls I'm seeing and I really dig your points. Adam has an insane catalog of music with logical, common-sense social messages that seem to be getting lost on a lot of folks lately.
Ya'll are awesome, keep up the great vids and happy new year!
CAL HOON
First song, then your questions.
The simplicity of drum and trumpet for what is effectively a Rap March makes this song. The lyrics could be used as cadence and marched to in military formation. And as to patriotism, mine is to the principles of the Constitution contained in the Declaration of Independence. But that is nit-pickin'.
I am going to say BLM cannot be right: It is principled upon segregation. We are one nation. BLM is a Marxist backed, Marxist trained, organization seeking to undermine our Constitutional principles and divide US by race, sex, ethnicity, and religion in order to promulgate insurgency and race war. Our enemy, China, has infiltrated the corporatists of both parties and have the natural allegiance of the Leftists. Among the corporatists the Chinese have subverted are the Mainstream Media outlets (MSM). They have used favored nation status and money given, flat out given, to them by our government to buyout and and buy off our corporate elites and political class. Then those organizations, making news approved by the Chinese Communist Party to sell to the Chinese people about how bad the US is, take every story they can twist into a negative narrative (and lie) about the United States and magnify it to be the only thing anyone hears around the world. They are creating overreactions, such as the overreaction to George Floyd's tragic and unnecessary death.
I watched the video of Floyd's death, and then Officer Derek Chauvin, as people were suggesting he back off, had the exact same face I have seen on a number of guys: the face that says "I am the professional. I know what I am doing. No ignorant civvy is going to tell me how to do my job." To quote the Proverb: "Pride goeth before the fall." He was a stubborn jerk and I might even conceded testosterone poisoned. However, the facts are that there is not a rampant trend of police brutality. And if you want to look at the numbers that are important, the data I analyzed in 2016 showed that of those incredibly few people killed by police during an encounter 95.8% were men. Of those police murdered by civilians during an encounter 95.7 were men. Now, if you can convince only females to be cops and robbers, I would bet the ratio of deaths goes down dramatically. But if we hire only female cops while male criminals out-muscle them by an average of 100 to 200 lbs, I don't think that will have a positive result.
I researched this in 2016. I can provide you links, and maybe all of them will even still work. The following is based on 2016 data sets derived from the Census estimates, Tracking of Fatal Force by the Washington Post, and statistics for 2016 from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund which has more accurate tracking on law enforcement than government agencies to whom reporting is voluntary, not comparable, or not centralized.
In a census estimated population for 2016 the US had 322,762,018 people; Of those 37,685,848 or 12.2% are estimated to be Black, 50,477,594 or 16.3% are estimated to be Latino, 196,817,552 or 63.7% are estimated to be White, and a little over 900,000 are identified by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund as Law Enforcement or 0.28%. According to tracking of Fatal Force by the Washington Post for the year 2016 there were a total of 963 people shot or killed by police. Of these 233 were Black or 0.61836518046709129511677282377919 per 100,000, 160 were Latino or 0.31695721077654516640253565768621 per 100,000, and 465 were White coming to 0.23628048780487804878048780487805 per 100,000. To make the numbers more manageable I will round to the nearest 1,000th: Black - 0.618/100,000, Latino - 0.317/100,000, and White - 0.236/100,000.
Total line of duty deaths for 2016 came to 146. Of those deaths the following I have separated out because they were not definitely deliberate, which does not mean that none of these were the murder of a police officer, only that it is rational that they may not be or cannot be: 9/11 related illness: 4, Aircraft accident: 1, Animal related: 1, Automobile crash: 20, Drowned: 2, Duty related illness: 1, Fall: 1, Gunfire (Accidental): 3, Heart attack: 11, Motorcycle crash: 8, Struck by train: 1, Struck by vehicle: 9, and Vehicle pursuit: 4. That accounts for 66/146 or roughly 45% of Line of Duty deaths in 2016. The remainder of Line of Duty deaths then is 80/146 which are from Assault: 3, Gunfire: 63, Stabbed: 1, and Vehicular assault: 13. This is the number I used to establish the 8.889/100,000.
This means an officer is 14.374821173104434907010014306152 times more likely to be murdered in the Line of Duty than a Black person is to be killed by a law enforcement officer. In percentage terms that renders an officer 1,437% more likely to be murdered in the line of duty than a Black person is to be killed by a police officer at any time - accidentally, in self defense, or deliberately.
The US has a total of about 900,000 law enforcement officers to monitor for criminal behavior. There are about 700,000 of those which are on the front line, boots on the ground, while the rest are support staff and administration overseen by civilian agencies and administrations who might not have any law enforcement training or experience. As of 2016, these officers watch a current population of 327,978,600 persons of which about 28,206,160 are convicted felons. So there is 1 officer per 40 felons and 1 officer per 468.5 persons. Divided by shift there will be about 2 officers on day shift per 1 on evening and night shift. So during the day there is 1 officer per 322 felons (which may or may not be committing a crime again) and 1 per 3,426 potential first time offenders. On the evening and night shift that doubles to 1 officer per 644 felons (which may or may not be committing a crime again) and 1 per 6,852 potential first time offenders.
Further, the killing of persons that come into contact with the police doesn't happen that often. How do we know? Because you know their names. It happens so rarely in a nation of nearly 330,000,000 people you can look up and list all of their names. In 2015, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 53.5 million Americans over the age of 16 had contact with the police. Ceteris paribus in 2016, where the Washington Post reported there were 465 White, 233 Black, and 160 Hispanic deaths, by negligence, accident, or on purpose, from the police for a total of 963 what is the statistical result? In a then population of 322,762,018 that is a total of 0.000002983%. How in the hell is that "way too often" or anyplace close to routine enough to be considered some stretched definition of systemic? There is NO vast racist behavior by the police. NO ONE is hunting down "young people simply because of the color of their skin". Stop lying to yourself, drop the racism, and start being an American instead of someone that chooses to exclude themselves with their own racist self-fulfilling prophecy - one you have to lie to yourself in order to make be true.
My recommendation would be to hire more police. The US has a felony population of about 27,757,534 both in and out of prison. About 6,207,000 are on probation or parole. The rest are either in prison or no longer on probation or parole. That means, not counting first-time offenders in waiting and petty crime, there is approximately 1 officer for every 30 felons. I would suggest that changing that ratio, going back to the days of having beat cops walking every neighborhood, would improve both the relationship between law enforcement and civilians as well as deter more crime, while helping officers to feel safer and less overwhelmed by hostile communities. People like to compare us to other nations, such as France and Germany where incarceration rates are lower and crime is lower. But they don't give the numbers that tell why crimes are lower: France has 340 officers per 100k population, at roughly 1 officer per 1⅛ square mile. Germany has 381 officers per 100k population, at 2⅓ officers per square mile covered. The US has 238 officers per 100k pop, at 1 officer per 5.5 square miles. We have higher rates of crime because we lack a deterring police presence. We only keep enough police to make arrests, and obviously not enough to avoid the police being overwhelmed by any real social upheaval - as has been recently demonstrated. To have the deterring coverage of France to Germany by population, we would need 336,600 to 471,900 more officers. To have that coverage by square mile, we would need between 2,589,482 to 8,073,665 more officers.
Just wanted to say thank you and happy New years. May this year take your dreams and make them reality
Should check out YZ, RedCoat, My neck of the woods or Vinyl by Ryan Upchurch.
He would defiantly be able to get down with redcoat and yz. I don’t know if he would like my neck of the woods or Vinyl
We are all Patriots to the American Ideal. The rights put forth by the constitution is all of ours. Maybe late for some groups, but the constitution is a promisary note to all. We are all Americans first and foremost.
Idk what making me write this post knowing it might not get seen and my opinion doesnt actually matter but... Ive been watching reactors for years. All the big channels since they were small. Theyre all good people. You and yours are good people. Theyre all honest and open minded just you. Youre channel os going to blow. Im super happy for you and those babies. Keep it up bro! Deadas. Fr. 🙏🙏
first video iv watched of yours.
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Beautiful family ! Much success to your channel 🙌
New sub from Philly.. HAPPY NEW YEAR 🍻
Hell yeah Philly whats up happy new year
She got a Nashville T Shirt🙂
Respect to ya
And she is feeding the baby if u look close
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Ja quay len...? 🤣 It's Cal-hooon. Love your family and reaction channel. 💜 #lovenothate
And you're daughter... omg🥰 she's so precious!!
Good reaction.
Look up the vid when he’s in CHI, street interview.
His life and stance has always been hard work and nothing else matters.
You may be off the mark a bit, he’s all about unity and has strong opinions and this is coming from a guy that’s lived life.
if you keep listening and watching you’ll see what he’s saying.
Keep it up!
Man I love you guys! Beautiful family! Leaders! Check our burden - we the people.
You should also react to TherealAK - Gucci gang remix
This one is really good. But you know they gotta react to the AK- Panda Remix!!
Adam is running for president in 2024
Hes like all stoned face when she come in at the end get that girl a chair 💺 I feel you I got 4
Much respect for this reaction I don't get misunderstood a lot of the times Yelawolf pulled out of the song he was going to do an atom's album this past summer because of his political views
Every time I hear Adam, I associate his sound with Mesus. Two completely different artists... but similar in a lot of ways. Jmo.
Tom macdonald is another one.. He's amazing..3 of my favorites are Adam upchurch and Tom.
Really should take some time to look into Adam and get a feel for what he's about.. (outside of the music) He is the real deal.
And he is from chicago. He has great insight.
Much love to yall.! Love your channel
If you ever struggle saying adam’s name, there’s nothing wrong with sayin A-Cal
🤣🤣 that name really messes with you doesn't it 😂😂
One of his songs that goes hard is War.. I think you would enjoy it.
You MUST react to Burden - "We The People" It's a song most need to hear. He will quickly become your favorite rapper because he speaks the truth. Also, I just binged all of your Tom Macdonald reactions I love what your family is about!
Dude? Calhoun? Get it? Got it? She does... You good? ;)
You should react to die tonight by Adam Calhoun and Ryan upchurch
I love seeing reactions to Adam’s videos. This is only the second video I have seen from you along with the racism video. I too am from Chicago area and love this guys point of views. Racism is all taught. None of it is in your DNA/blood or whatever they say. I grew up around whites, blacks, Asians, Mexicans, all sorts of people in Chicago. What he says is true. These people protesting and holding up these signs.. they’re doing it in “rich” areas where hardly any crime happens. What he’s saying is stop holding up a sign in your safe space, and go be about it. Every weekend a toddler is killed by a stray bullet flying by.. it doesn’t matter what color. THATS A PROBLEM. That could be you, your cousin, mom, etc. What he is saying is go take your sign and go to the hood with that shit. Go actually help someone. Get someone up off their feet, get them a shower and a job if you’re gonna act like you give a shit kinda thing. He’s saying “miss me with that race shit” because he ain’t racist, and been around it all, with all different types of people. He grew up poor as fuck, went to prison, and made it to where he’s at. I think Adam is a badass.
You guys should do a reaction on a guy named Buddy Brown, he’s a very small artist but he speaks some truth in his songs
I just sub man I rock with y’all’s vibes
Great Reaction Calhoun he has alot more keep digging check out ..Jelly Roll he is fire and Upchurch you got a new a Sub from PA ✌️
same here>>>Philly
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TOM macdonald - BLAME THE RAPPERS
Good job on nursing your baby. Great way to start for baby.
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As Malcom X said “The White Liberal is the most dangerous thing in the Western Hemisphere”. How Malcom viewed liberals makes conservative criticisms towards liberal seem tame lol.
i pray for you that kid is beautiful
I appreciate what you said about the Confederate flag and I thank you for having an open mind being able to see both sides the flag isn't racist it's the racist bigot assholes that give it a bad name.. Having said that that is not my thing ( and I'm a big hairy white dude) I am not from the south but I don't think someone should feel a certain way about someone that is flying it until they know something about the person. I've always said I start everyone off neutral it's up to them where we go from from there. I have white family members that I don't want them to know where I live and I got black dudes that have the key code to my basement in case they need something when I'm not home. Love that you include the family and much love and good things in the new year! 🍻🍻
Adam Calhoun said he was going to run for president in 2024
You guys need to check out struggle Jennings and Caitlynne Curtis- god we need you now. Super deep song. Just came out this year. Addresses a lot of views on things happening now
great tune
Please check them out. They are amazing
You guys are great my opinion is if you need someone to say your life matters it probably dont
Just food for thought. Not sure your take on country music, however, this is an excellent song. Brantley Gilbert - The Ones That Like Me
Charlamagne da god, got smack down for that comment about eminem. Thats cause Adam owns the building fam!🤣 I watch y'all as much as I can, God bless you and yours!🙏
There was a scene about this in the video game grandia 2
My take is simple. As long as it remains a black v white issue, the government wins. When we set aside skin color and make it a black and white against corruption, only then will we truly be at peace as one. Segregation is a badge of slavery - dissenting opinion, 1899 civil rights decision. Be more than the color of our skin. The best way to start, the next time you have a conversation regarding the people in your circle, leave out race; I don't have black friends, or mexican friends, or white friends, I have a close knit circle... of friends.
The idea behind the American experiment was a government divided and the people united. But the government has united and divided the people.
@@jjkrayenhagen the corruption of the few to the detriment of the many. I appreciate your well spoken point.
This is the second video of yours I've watched..both of adam calhoun...he is an awesome rapper.....he, in my opinion, is trying to get the word out to all Americans that we need to leave all this race crap behind and focus on the real problems. We keep reelecting the same politicians and expecting a different outcome. The people need to wake up to reality.. .our political elites have been pitting us against each other for the past 100 years.. we have had a few good people try to stand up to them but they get taken out...like JFK , MLK, Abraham Lincoln, Malcom X, they tried to take out Ronald Reagan, we need to start with some term limits on congress and senate...and their ridiculous retirement plans....and hopefully see a bunch of them in prison or the end of a rope for treason
Yall from Nashville, dang I live bout 15-20 up the rd.
I love your honesty,and the fact she is breast feeding.Keep it real.love it
I was hoping y'all would react to this video
Yeah what you think
Thank you Kay for normalizing breastfeeding!! You guys are great to watch reacting to songs it is great way to see others points off view!!!
I think u need to keep on doing reactions on Adam Calhoun they r getting a lot of views then your other ones
Checkout UPCHURCH "bloodshed" him and adam are 🤞