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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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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 HNWhat is Right to Repair? An introduction for curious people.
Louis Rossmann
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNThe Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...
Google TechTalks
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNLina Khan – FTC Chair on Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit & AI Oversight | The Daily Show
The Daily Show
4 HN recommender · 2024–2024
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 HNOpioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
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
3 mo on HNLaws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig
TED
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
3 mo on HNSusan Crawford on Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry & Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
3 HN recommender · 2013–2014
3 mo on HNThe Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1
AVweb
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HNTimeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2023–2024
3 mo on HNIn full: Rowan Atkinson on free speech
Defend Free Speech
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNAdam Ruins Everything - The Truth About the McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit
truTV
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNThe Long, Twisted and Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 2
AVweb
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HNWhy Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained)
That Japanese Man Yuta
3 HN recommender · 2020–2020
3 mo on HNEverything is a Remix (2023 Edition)
Kirby Ferguson
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNWho’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
Climate Town
3 HN recommender · 2024–2026
3 mo on HNThe One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNWhy Japan Arrests Foreigners
Paolo fromTOKYO
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNThe largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games
Accursed Farms
3 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNDeception, Lies, and Valve
Coffeezilla
2 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNHow to Design Impenetrable Airport Security
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNLawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk & Preparedness)
DeviantOllam
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNThe Iroquois Confederacy
Historia Civilis
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HNSLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNThe Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573
House Committee on the Judiciary
3 HN recommender · 2016–2017
2 mo on HNPAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained
Skip Intro
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNWhy Are Emulators Legal? Dolphin vs. Nintendo, and the Fate of Emulation [Great Emu War Pt. 1]
Moon Channel
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNEverything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)
Kirby Ferguson
2 HN recommender · 2011–2018
2 mo on HNRowan Atkinson on free speech
The Christian Institute
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026