John Oliver laid into the “overuse” of police drug raids on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight,” cataloging a list of examples that show “about as f—ed as it gets” with search warrants “disproportionately targeting Black people” and “a militarized police culture.”
Because, as the HBO late-night host put it, “The obvious danger of fostering a militarized police culture that trains and equips officers like they’re the lead in an action movie, is it can encourage them to then act that way.”
Oliver added: “And on top of all of this, there is just case after case of police messing up the execution of a raid, that ranges from the horrific to the almost cartoonishly idiotic.”
The HBO late-night host gave his first example of raids-gone-wrong with news footage of a case where a 2-year-old child was disfigured by a flash-bang grenade thrown into their crib during a police raid.
Because, as the HBO late-night host put it, “The obvious danger of fostering a militarized police culture that trains and equips officers like they’re the lead in an action movie, is it can encourage them to then act that way.”
Oliver added: “And on top of all of this, there is just case after case of police messing up the execution of a raid, that ranges from the horrific to the almost cartoonishly idiotic.”
The HBO late-night host gave his first example of raids-gone-wrong with news footage of a case where a 2-year-old child was disfigured by a flash-bang grenade thrown into their crib during a police raid.
- 3/1/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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