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David Simon returned to Baltimore in 2022 with another TV show critical of the police. What are his critiques and what are his solutions? And what the hell is a consent decree??

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We Own This City & The Reality of Reform

//AdamandEve.com. Code: INTRO 50% Off 1 Item + Free Shipping in the US & Canada. Some exclusions apply. Please note that Pink Jelly Re alistic Dildo is single use only. Stay safe have fun etc!// 20 years after The Wire, David Simon has returned to Baltimore with another TV show critical of the police: WE OWN THIS CITY. It follows the true story of the incredibly corrupt cop Wayne Jenkins and, more importantly, the attempts to reform the Baltimore Police. What are his critiques and what are his solutions? And what the hell is a consent decree?? Subscribe for more video essays: http://bit.ly/2cxs4Z3 Support me on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2d46QD6 Follow me on Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkipIntroYT Music from Lee Rosevere 0:00 - The Wire was a good show and other intro stuff 4:51 - Consent (decrees) be sexy 20:02 - Police can't stop lying, it's just so fun 29:24 - David Simon doesn't like twitter abolitionists

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Uri Kenan

Possibly the best in the Copaganda series so far. Really loved it.

blusocket

Appreciated the "cop unions are the fist of capital" as one of those three people! Great video, especially calling out false nostalgia for pre-1990s policing. I learned a lot!

RedX2099

Hey! You brought up David Simon's nostalgia for a fictional time "before the war on drugs ruined policing." I remember asking you about that in one of your Q&A's! Cool to see you discuss it here.

Prof. Robert Ballantyne

Continue to be proud that both you and KT Tunstall are the first creators I funded on Patreon. (Even if my end credit on every one of your eps. is underneath "Pile of Garbage" -- I know that's not a diss, it's just alphabetical.) So much great work in Copaganda 12... journalism even (☉_☉)! Other than buying one-time use dildos from Adam & Eve, or imagining consent decrees written in Jon Bernthal's pec sweat, I'd welcome less temporary solutions to policing in your next essay. Are there any pieces of media that imagine achievable peacemaking processes without police as we know them? I can't think of any off-hand. Usually, cop-free utopias found in movies like 1993's "Demolition Man" ultimately try to reinforce how miserable we'd be without police brutality and rule-breaking. Looking forward to the next video, as always. Sincerely, Your patron under Pile of Garbage P.S. That random consent decree "Fifty Shades of Grey" callback ended me lol.

The Bog Queen

10/10 your sexiest video so far. Seriously, it’s incredible. I know I say it about literally every video you make, but it’s always true, and you somehow always manage to just get better and better. Thank you thank you thank you for the remarkable and important work you do, and for giving all of us the benefit of your big, sexy brain. (Sorry for the delay in watching, I rewatch whatever you’re covering whenever possible, and I didn’t start this one until the video came out. I saw it when it aired, but I had a hard time getting through it the second time. It’s good, it’s everything I usually like in a show, and its got Wunmi Mosaku. It’s just so frustratingly close to getting it but falls so short. Well, you know, you made a whole video about it. Your Copaganda series has truly ruined my ability to enjoy media about police, and honestly, it’s a good thing, and I thank you for it.)