j4ckos mate

Jesus what a depressing programme,


thank god we have gun laws here.

MJW

It was a bit depressing, but I've always thought Louis Theroux is a brilliant interviewer. Quite an eye opener into what goes on - some of the cops are too heavy handed & alienate the locals, then on the other hand you get that fat drug dealer guy wearing $100,000 worth of jewellery reckoning on he's a property developer despite being quite clearly whacked off his **** on PCP.

Clarebabes

The not snitching culture perpetuates the killings. Not going to stop is it?

unclebuck

Awesome TV. The best he's ever done IMO

It showed us the future for our towns and cities....

...or maybe the present?

unclebuck

You can imagine it...

"oh f*ck man, here comes Hunter.... believe me, you don't wanna f*ck with Hunter... "

davyboy

I think he was out there for about 4 weeks, so the drama was condensed.

The problem we have ladies and gentlemen, is the problem of ****** not snitching on other ******

They are so dumb. They are beyond help.

Remember I did a smily face before dishing me a red card and stuff!

Dave Bullock

Great program. South Africa next week. Looking forward to that!

staffs Mike

The guy who he asked,
"Do you know who shot you?"

GUY: "no"

"if you did know, would you report him"

Guy: "No"

What a frickin dumbass.. yeah just go and shoot him you cretin.. that'll help.

The next one looks even worse. I can't believe the city is still standing tbh.. if that's the future of England I'll get my coat.

Kevin Greeley

Anyone watch "The Wire"? Not much difference between truth and fiction.

wayne9t9

Stayed in a town just above philly for a while. The local news was just scary. Every night there were reports of shootings, it got so "everyday" that after a while I began to realise that its easy to get used to it and not be shocked anymore. They seemed exited to show the deathtoll figures were reduced from just over 400 in a year to about 390. City of brotherly love

Mogsi

Loved the copper who took out the guy with his elbow.. sparked out on the floor, brilliant......

Jamie

BBC iPlayer - Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia

jonny_693

iTrader: (5)

Excellent programme that. Those cops have got some huge cahonas working those streets. That whole situation is hopelessly out of control though its just a loose loose situation that will probably never be resolved.

mamoon2

That was ace! If only our Police could/had the bollocks to do this type of thing

SirFozzalot

Great programme, a real eye opener to "The real USA".....scary stuff!

billythekid

A lot of similarities to a few inner city parts of Manchester I can tell you. It might not happen every day (i.e shootings) but its a lot more frequent than you might always think and those run down areas shown on the prog were almost identical looking to certain parts of Salford, Moston, Cheetham... and the locals have a similar attitude towards the dibble and giving information. Not quite as bad, but not far off IME.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

Yeh, i'd like to have coppers that KO people for no reason too

Oh, sorry... the reason, a van screached to a stop, 6 blokes got out and he ran. Thats the reason

Good program, bit of an eye opener but i found it disturbing that Hunter drove passed a "Drug Lord" and said something like "Oh yeh, he's a drug lord round here, i like him"

billythekid

He said they have a mutual understanding. He also said if he caught him doing something wrong he would get locked up, which he did about 10 mins later.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

I must have missed that bit, what did he get locked up for?

billythekid

A girl was stabbed and the EMS said he was stamping on her head when they arrived. Its on BBCi player if you missed some of it.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

No, i didnt miss that bit, i saw him get picked up for standing on someones head but he was released without charge later on. My point is, if they KNOW he is the top dog drug lord, then why befriend him? Surely it would be better to lock him up and throw away the key.

Sounds to me like the police are trying to live with the problem rather than solve it.

Mogsi

Ahhh but remember, he's not a drug dealer though, he bought that $20,000 diamond cross by selling cars, yeah right

Luan Pra bang

All the Police in the world know that criminals and drug lords can police themselves better than the police ever could. If one person has undisputed control of an area the shootings stop as there are no disputes over territory, if you have that one person disapear the gangs splinter and start fighting again. Most shootings in the US are fights between rival gangs fighting over street corners to sell drugs from.

Jaybird-UK

dont forget its one thing knowing who the drug lords are, its another thing having enough evidence to convict them, these people hide behind an army of people doing the dirty work under their command.

The police dont befriend these people and let them get away with it, but they do stay close to them waiting for their time to come.

SetoN

Eye opening wasn't it!

How dumb was that kid with the bb gun! Nearly got himself shot!

JoBerg next week should be even better, my mates from there and seen people getting shot in the face point blank in a coffee shop for the money register! Bring on the World Cup 2010!

vindaloo

Slow pan and fade to Northern Ireland's catholic communities. The issue is they don't trust the police. In the past the Police have been the embodiment of the lopsided culture they're on the wrong side of.

The no snitching thing is more than just gang/community/racial honour. There's a very real probability that the snitcher would get fatally clobbered before it came anywhere near court.

J.

greenonedave

Didnt want to believe how low the standard had gone on the streets,
How long before we get it here ? seems like every day we have a black on black shooting or stabbing,