The FBI is accusing citizens filming police officers of the recent rise in violent crime. They say that officers are less likely to do their jobs because they are afraid of ending up on YouTube. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“What could possibly be behind the surge in violent crime in the US? Quite surprisingly, according to FBI Director James Comey, the answer is – citizens filming viral YouTube videos of police brutality.

“I’ve been told by a senior police leader who urged his force to remember that their political leadership has no tolerance for a viral video,” Comey said as he was talking to law students, faculty, staff and some police officers at the University of Chicago Law School, according to the New York Times.

He went on to say that such statements have sent a chill through police departments, making cops feel “under siege.”

“In today’s YouTube world, there are officers reluctant to get out of their cars and do the work that controls violent crime,” he said. “Our officers are answering 911 calls, but avoiding the informal contact that keeps bad guys from standing around, especially with guns,” Comey said, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.”