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Law, policing & justice Videos Recommended on Hacker News (188)
Law, policing & justice is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 188 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 387 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Law and justice: criminal justice, police tactics, courts, Supreme Court, prisons, legal explainers, drug policy, intellectual property and patents, true crime investigations, regulation.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Don't Talk to the Police: “If you don't know why, you must watch this” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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12 mo on HNDon't Talk to the Police
Regent University School of Law
13 HN recommender · 2017–2026
10 mo on HNYouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is.
Tom Scott
13 HN recommender · 2020–2024
11 mo on HNAntonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism
AmericanRhetoric.com
12 HN recommender · 2019–2025
10 mo on HNThe Cardboard Box Reform - Nixon's Ghost Bill & A Crucial Flaw in Democracy
CRI
9 HN recommender · 2014–2025
7 mo on HNEverything is a Remix (Original Series)
Kirby Ferguson
7 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNThe Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summary
bitbutter
4 HN recommender · 2012–2020
6 mo on HNCybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014
Black Hat
1 HN recommend · 2014–2023
5 mo on HNThe House I Live In Official Trailer #1 (2012) Drugs Documentary Movie HD
Rotten Tomatoes Trailers
4 HN recommender · 2013–2015
7 mo on HNCivil Forfeiture: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
8 HN recommender · 2014–2024
6 mo on HNAll-In Summit: Bill Gurley presents 2,851 Miles
All-In Podcast
5 HN recommender · 2023–2026
6 mo on HNThe Patent Scam Intro
Austin Meyer
6 HN recommender · 2016–2022
6 mo on HNCopying Is Not Theft - Official Version
Question Copyright
6 HN recommender · 2010–2026
5 mo on HNPig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2024–2025
5 mo on HNOur democracy no longer represents the people. Here's how we fix it | Larry Lessig | TEDxMidAtlantic
TEDx Talks
4 HN recommender · 2017–2024
5 mo on HN"Games as a service" is fraud.
Accursed Farms
5 HN recommender · 2019–2024
4 mo on HN"You Have the Right to Remain Innocent" (James Duane)
The Cato Institute
4 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HNTelevangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
4 HN recommender · 2015–2018
4 mo on HN13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix
Netflix
6 HN recommender · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNEverything you think you know about addiction is wrong | Johann Hari | TED
TED
5 HN recommender · 2017–2025
4 mo on HNGermany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
4 mo on HNMunicipal Violations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2015–2020
3 mo on HNDEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars
Christiaan008
3 HN recommender · 2015–2026
4 mo on HNVerbatim: What Is a Photocopier? | Op-Docs
New York Times Opinion
4 HN recommender · 2017–2025
3 mo on HNЯ позвонил своему убийце. Он признался
Алексей Навальный
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
4 mo on HNThe Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery
Knowing Better
4 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HNDon't Say Velcro
VELCRO® Brand
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
3 mo on HNThe Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository
LEMMiNO
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNRepublic, Lost (my favorite version)
lessig
3 HN recommender · 2011–2022
3 mo on HNAbolish Copyrights and Patents? A Soho Forum Debate
ReasonTV
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNPeople & Power - On a wing and a prayer
Al Jazeera English
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024
3 mo on HNThe Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...
Google TechTalks
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNDEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow
DEFCONConference
4 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNEvery Melody Has Been Copyrighted (and they're all on this hard drive)
Adam Neely
4 HN recommender · 2020–2022
3 mo on HNWatching This Video Disqualifies You From Jury Duty for Life
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNErrol Morris interviews mob lawyer Murray Richman - 1/3
Melchi
3 HN recommender · 2009–2012
3 mo on HNGlitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates
Mark Rober
3 HN recommender · 2018–2024