NBC News goes with Sgt. John Bell of California’s Inglewood Police Department as he patrols the streets one night during the 1992 riots.
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Ride Along With A Police Officer During The LA Riots | NBC Nightly News
Need more policing like that on the streets!
Take the gun away, and he becomes a coward…
Oh, how long have you known him?
Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucker in a uniform waitin to get shot
Thank you for being intelligent!!! It’s refreshing!
Phone call to the wife was the best part…
She knows her place..
Stern, stern but fair.
Come to south africa … Your riots are our ‘protests’ check south african protests…this is just another african style service delivery protest lol
America is garbage now because people are scared to talk to others with the same mentality this cop has
This cop is a badass old-school
Badass cowboy
Purge night!!!
God seeing that pay phone reminds me that we didn’t always have tracking device ball & chain cell phones . Would love to go back to that, think about not having cell phone bills, privacy, the opportunity to return a call when you are dam good and ready to do it without interruption.
An American hero
Jesus Mora gross! I wouldn’t say that at all!
The Purge in real life!!!!
Back in the day when Cops were allowed to do their jobs. Liberal heads would explode if that style of police work took place today.
this guy must have been close to retirement
KappaKorps i cant believe he suppose to be 46 he looks 64…
@Daniel Garcia all the stress of his job probably aged him quite well.
wow to stop 80% of black people
What happened to that dudes foot
Bullet wound
Hmmm….,
“You almost died because you wanted some Twinkies you jerk.”
This is a great example of a good cop. Back during the Riots, cops would run as soon as a threat was present.
Tip of the top hat to you my friend.
2:59 Haha, look how big cell phones were back then…
DTHRocket i remember pay phones in every street corner…
Bruh
I sure remember the LA riots I was 13 when it happened and the news channels and media ate it up like cake
That’s dope!
They should have sent the army with the loosest ROE possible.
Brave cops having to deal with wild packs of human animals !!
i feel bad for good cops, bad cops destroy their reputation
That’s about as old school policing as it gets….lucky there was a live video going
I like this guy!!!
The good ole’ days 🙂
He looks like that teacher from the incredibles “coincidence!? I THINK NOT!”
“You almost died cause you wanted some Twinkies ya Jerk” best line from a cop ever. lol
That interchange between young Tallahassee and the cop should be in the origin story.
https://zombielandmovie.fandom.com/wiki/Tallahassee
Lmao
I know right.
I felt victimized by that statement lmao
😂
Real police.
I get why these cops had to be tough ..
Man I think this cop is sooooo lucky he hasnt been shot
But Mr Lahey
I hate these cops these whites are allowed to torture us day after day after day after day we do one thing oops we are bad people all of us are when its those whites oh no it’s just and accident
@Ali Pasha who?
Then why was the Korean American community targeted and burned-out?
@jack torrence why are we always targets for the cops to shoot idk
@pygronze If “we” means black your not being targeted, More whites are shot by police.
Most of the high profile shootings are a result of the “victim” creating a situation where police didn’t have a choice. The real problem is that police are para-military groups and not peace officers. (Notice how we’re always refered to as “civilians” not citizens?)
So instead of seeing us as their masters we’re all potential enemies..
The courts are responsible for letting the criminals run wild then justifying more force with no accountability. Sadly it’s so bad in places like Chicago that military force is now required. The solution isn’t a racial one, it’s a community targeting individual bad apples
demanding justice without violence. Not killing a random officer at à gas pump.
Knowing how corrupt the police are I would side with them over a BLM inspired race mob.
As a felony free white male I have been abused many times by police (LAPD mostly) and I have survived every encounter by:
1. Having my lisc./reg. ( If your riding dirty it’s your fault )on the dash BEFORE I pull over.
2. keeping my hands on the wheel unless instructed otherwise.
3. Being civil, not giving a lecture on the U.S. Constitution.
Then If I feel I have been mistreated I go to court.
@Ali Pasha im not you are utterly ridiculous
Dear NBC,
Thank you
This some COD shizz
Best thing America could do is deport every single one of them and America would have its crime and murder rate drop 3/4 !!
Need more cops like this today
Nowadays the black lives matter movement would be all over this guy.
Racist old rude cop
We need cops like these now days.
This guy would be crucified today, by all the “social justice warriors”. It’s only apparent, when we see something from decades ago…we’ve really slipped, as a society!
Sgt John Bell was born in 1946.
These Officers were most likely old WWIII veterans and Vietnam veterans.
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..no ! there is no such thing as WWIII ! And they are way to young to be from WWII. Lol
More like Vietnam, but okay.
This guy is a badass
1:33
2:05
3:42
Some great soundbytes
Back when cops could make you feel safe
Best thing America could do is deport every single one of them
Man, TV news was so different two decades ago
3 decades ago
Why was the people so upset why did they destroy everything?
This guy is a badass
Criminal pig. Threatening and verbally abusing people. Imagine if the camera is off. How is someone supposed to comply while being screamed at and threatened? Just run. Always run
Or do you care?
Nope didnt think you did
Lmao didnt even care his leg was shot to bits
So what happens when the demorats run out of welfare for 30 million illegal aliens in LA ?
No federal funding for sanctuary states ? And 25 trillion dollar universal health care scam to accelerate the bankruptcy ?
Twinkies can be lethal for your health 😬
This guy never ate impossible Whoppers
Basically a walk in the warzone
wake up coper u don’t hav control r yer probably r dead and gone by now …lol
3:42 LOOK AT THESE DORKS HERE
They destory stores thats the time i would like to be with the cops all this foods damage ill takr it off your hands for you
Can you imagine the MSM promoting a actual man like this, today?
3:42
1:34
“YOU ALMOST GOT YOUR HEAD BLOWN OFF BECAUSE YOU JUST WANTED SOME TWINKIES YOU JERK”
He sound like the guy from Harold kumar. Even got that stash too
Trashed their own neighborhood. LOL
Are you kidding me? This is a totally corrupt video that was taped with the purpose of making the department look good when they were under some very big scrutiny for police brutality. Police brutality has been going on for ages against people of color. The department used the media to make themselves look like hero’s and to make it look as it was necessary to use extreme force. Do you really think this is a real video. When the officer steps out on the first shooting call he never lets the man answer his question. The suspect that’s laying shot on the ground clearly states that he’s not sure what happened he was just walking along and then before he can finish talking the officer interrupts him and says “well what kinds of guns did you hear? Did you break into a store? Did you even care?” All in the matter of seconds and then walks away not caring at all what the suspects response would be. And then later in the video
The officer pretends to make a fake call from a pay phone to his wife and expresses how war like the streets are and tells her that he won’t be home for two days. Do you really believe that! Lol I don’t understand why people are so naive. This is 2020 people…come on now. Not saying the riots didn’t exist, but this video is clearly blowing things out of proportion in an attempt to discriminate. Of course some of the riots existed. Rodney King had just been beaten brutally by officers for no apparent reason. Do you not expect blacks to retaliate for their rights? The officer is clearly out of line for pulling over and yelling at people to put their hands up when the call was already being handled by the other officers. Where is the accountability for the department and what they ultimately caused??? This is clearly a way to publicly provide an excuse for their terrible and inhuman behavior. I’m not even black, I’m a white woman, but I’m intelligent. I do NOT want my tax paying dollars to be wasted on clear abuse of the people just because the police want to demonstrate their authority like gods!!
This cop portrays the illusion of controlling a city. The police are ineffective when the populous realizes that they do not need to comply. The areas with burning buildings and huge looting– the cops ran away.
This is they type of cop who needs to be shot
Elaborate
@3:42 lol This guy is #Boss
Thanks for taking us along.
Truly one of the last good cops before all the racist cops started to take over, the Rodney King beatings really started the whole racist cops in America
Almost die to steal a Twinkie, ok
Idubbz
today if cops talk like that ,purple haired shemales get offended.
Back when cops were allowed to do their job. The bad guys respected them because it wasn’t a personal matter. Everything is too personal now and there are too many million dollar payouts to thugs because they got roughed up.
Man I love these old school cops
My good old neighbor and family friend was a police officer (now retired Gardena Police Chief of Police as of late 2019 after 37 years) in Gardena California. He told us Iglewood PD shot 12 people the first hour of the riots. You can see, they were all in one man cars and swarmed the city and recalled all off duty officers. They people shot weren’t killed, My buddy said but it sent a message to people NOT TO COME TO INGLEWOOD WITH THAT LOOTING BUSINESS!!!
Thomas Joon Kang, retired Gardena Police Chief’s father and uncle defended their business’ in Compton California with his brothers, cousins and Samoan workers at their grocery wholesale warehouse in the Industrial part of Compton Ca.
Toms Uncle and Father, both Veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars fighting with the US, were on the roof with their sons and on the ground were 20 Samoan workers who wanted to save their jobs and their boss’ business. The ‘angry Samoans were armed with Ax handles, Cricket bats, Pipes and Baseball/Softball bats.
Tom”s dad has retired long ago with his uncle and his brothers and cousins still run the now expanded business’ in Compton and near by Dominguez Hills and still employ many Samoans. Not so angry now. Hahahah
This guy helped my Korean dad out so much, my dad shot two looters at his liquor store. And he helped so much
So this is what Jim lahey was like before the liquor
Rodney Glen King was criminal, but
police took inadequate danger in his arrest
46 guy looked like he was 72 must be a highly stressful job… very hardworking officer though… if there were more police officers like him the streets would be cleaner
Lol
I can’t take this old bald guy seriously!
Salty that cops are dealing with stupid fukin criminals like yourself looting your own community what a fukin joke
Jerry Heller Ikr
Where was mark furman and his crew during the la riots?
Want to see American police watch season 1&2 of COPS and watch any season 20-27
The contrast is stark
@ 3:00 what is that thing he’s talking into?
Wait, you’re joking right? That’s a public phone.
Whos here after Minneapolis riots? Seems like we got another LA riots.
Those weren’t cops those were murderers on the run but with uniform on
La riots were way bigger than Minneapolis but i think there will be more riots to come this year not just in Minneapolis
cambo95 it’s not over i think but this reminded me
cambo95 well u were right considering that every single city in america is rioting, n LA is going crazy rn
cambo95 It wasn’t a shuttle it was a SpaceX rocket. you’re still in the 90’s 😂
Next mpls.
We need this cop in Minneapolis rn
I can’t believe they abandoned 2 precincts so quickly. Night 2.
I remember this video when I was watching the news on my TV
2020?
Who’s here after Minneapolis riots
Yes i said it
You know it
After? They are still going on lol
2020 and the riots are back again
Im litterally from Inglewood
Is this a Parody
Who’s watching during these 2020 riots?
We need guys like these now with everything going on
man what I would give to go on a ride along in 1992 Los Angeles
Fk this chit cuh