{"id":3773,"date":"2019-08-26T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2019-08-26T18:59:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:59:06","slug":"mike-the-cop-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/mike-the-cop-speaks","title":{"rendered":"Mike the Cop Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday, August 26, Paul spoke with YouTube sensation Mike the Cop about the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality calling for the firing of a white police officer in Royal Oak who responded to a call by a white woman who reported a black man acting suspiciously around her (story linked below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mikethecop.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Paul&#8217;s conversation with Mike the Cop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who Ya&#8217; Gonna Call . . . . . ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3763\" width=\"316\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/unnamed-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n\nGuest: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikethecop.tv\/\">Mike the Cop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike The Cop began his law enforcement career in 2009. After beginning to create social media content in 2014 he co-founded <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanizingthebadge.com\/\">Humanizing the Badge<\/a><\/strong> and subsequently the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/callforbackup.org\/\">Call for Backup<\/a><\/strong> Campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxpOkffUI2MQXWl2XWI6QPA\">Mike the Cop&#8217;s YouTube Channel<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>DETROIT NEWS: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/oakland-county\/2019\/08\/21\/royal-oak-officer-black-man-pilcher-myers\/2079622001\/\">Group seeks firing of Royal Oak officer who stopped black man<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NY TIMES: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/19\/nyregion\/daniel-pantaleo-fired.html\">Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;&#8230;the Staten Island district attorney and the Justice Department declined to charge him with a crime&#8230;&#8221;<\/li><li>\u201cThe unintended consequence of Mr. Garner\u2019s death must have a consequence of its own,\u201d Commissioner O\u2019Neill said. \u201cIt is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.\u201d <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CBS PHILLY: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2019\/08\/14\/crowd-taunts-philadelphia-police-officers-laugh-at-them-in-midst-of-gunfire-during-standoff-in-nicetown-tioga\/\">Crowd Taunts Philadelphia Police Officers, Laugh At Them In Midst Of Gunfire During Standoff In Nicetown-Tioga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CBS NEWS: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nypd-doused-with-water-videos-show-water-thrown-on-nyc-cops-being-attacked-with-buckets-harlem-2019-07-23\/\">Videos show NYPD officers being doused with water, pelted with buckets while responding to calls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, August 26, Paul spoke with YouTube sensation Mike the Cop about the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality calling for the firing of a white police officer in Royal Oak who responded to a call by a white woman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/mike-the-cop-speaks\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3775,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions\/3775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}