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Related: About this forumLast Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Raids
John Oliver explains how raids became a favorite tool of police, how few guardrails there are on their use, and what we should do about that.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Raids (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2021
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multigraincracker
(32,673 posts)1. Thanks for the post.
His show needs to be on prime time free, public tv for everyone to see for exposure.
Rhiannon12866
(205,202 posts)2. Oh, I couldn't agree more!
He brings up important issues that we rarely hear about in the news and he explores them in depth. And of course he adds his signature humor so his shows are entertaining as well.
burrowowl
(17,638 posts)3. I agree as well!
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)4. John Oliver is well informed on the subject of policing
He has done other great episodes on this topic.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)5. "The police" is a national scandal.
niyad
(113,259 posts)6. KNR
Merlot
(9,696 posts)7. This is the angriest I've ever seen John Oliver.
pansypoo53219
(20,972 posts)8. the war on drugs is stupid.