Joe Rogan Experience #707 - Michael Dowd

Documentary glorifies corrupt police behavior

Police abuse widespread due to lack of accountability

Ted Kennedy's drug laws imprisoned urban youth

War on drugs should be eliminated

Police officers from working-class families in dangerous conditions

Crack epidemic destroyed communities; theories about drug supply sources

Corrupt cop claims respect from other officers for honesty

Corrupt officer provoked investigation through ostentatious behavior

Officer discovered drug money in home and stole it

Officer orchestrated theft of drug money with accomplices

Officer laundered stolen money while under surveillance

Officer experienced physical stress from cocaine use and criminal activity

Officer stole money from woman and seeks forgiveness

Officer relieved to be arrested; wife relieved by his incarceration

Officer attempted to reform but encountered corrupt colleague

Corrupt officer confronted another corrupt officer

Officer reported corrupt colleague to internal affairs

Corrupt officer threatened to kill reporting officer

Officer threatened by corrupt colleague out on bail

Officer ostracized for reporting corrupt colleague

Police department retaliated against officer for reporting corruption

Officer's associates imprisoned for robbery

Officer employed associates to sell cocaine from bodega

Officers escalated to cocaine dealing to avoid investigation

Officer under surveillance by internal affairs

Officer caught drinking on duty by supervisor

Officer extorted drug dealer for protection money

Officer pulled over drug dealer associate

Officer traveled to Dominican Republic to meet drug dealer; DEA followed

Officer strip-searched at airport returning from Dominican Republic

Internal affairs conducted surveillance of officer's home

Officer's phones tapped by DEA during Dominican trip

Officer surrendered badge to claim disability

NYPD returned gun and badge despite corruption allegations

Officer under 19 separate investigations for corruption

Police department avoids prosecuting corrupt officers

Officer shot 12-year-old with toy gun; investigation cleared officer

Officer drew gun frequently but never fired

Officer nearly shot undercover cop beating children

Officer's partner testified against him

Officer's partner faced pressure to testify

Officer disputes partner's account of events

Officer claims credibility due to serving prison time

Officer disputes involvement in kidnapping/murder plot

Officer disputes recorded statements about murder plot

Officer suspected partner was wearing wire

Officer knew partner was wearing wire but wanted to believe him

Hawaii police allowed to have sex with prostitutes during investigations

Police must have sex with prostitutes to gain trust

Officer speculates about undercover tactics

Officer didn't search partner for wire

Officer threatened witness during investigation

Officer claims ignorance of witness status

Officer sentenced to 14 years; took plea for 10 years

Officer's partner received favorable plea deal

Officer offered job in Nicaragua to avoid prosecution

Officer offered escape route to Nicaragua

Officer's partner refused to flee country

Officer's partner wore wire to entrap him

Officer realized partner was wearing wire

Officer noticed suspicious behavior from partner

Officer received convenient offer for money and drugs

Officer couldn't obtain cocaine while under investigation

Officer engaged in phone sex business in prison

Woman paid officer for phone sex in prison

Women send money to incarcerated men

Officer provided emotional connection to lonely women

Prison guards listened to officer's phone sex calls

Prison guards confiscated officer's phone sex earnings

Prison limits inmate account balances

Officer's phone sex client ran escort business

Officer's phone sex client arrested for escort business

Officer's income stopped when client faced legal troubles

Officer's life more interesting than most people's

Officer's life more dramatic than average person's

Officer's experiences shaped his perspective

Officer handled 28 calls per day on average

Officer drunk and unshaven while guarding prisoner

Officer handcuffed prisoner to bed while sleeping

Officer lost prisoner while sleeping on duty

Officer lost prisoner; faced loss of vacation time

Officer assaulted escaped prisoner; feared HIV exposure

Officer escaped discipline for losing prisoner

Officer avoided consequences for serious misconduct

Officer's life exhausting and chaotic

Officer wants to share stories for public education

Crack epidemic destroyed communities

Technology would prevent 1980s police corruption

Officer regrets not feeling empathy for shot colleague

Officer believed he could reform but never did

Officer faced hostility from other police officers

Officer called 'perp' by colleague

Officer training NYPD internal affairs

Officer attracted to female internal affairs officials

Effective training requires entertaining presentation

Officer speaking at police academies and colleges

Police corruption caused by affirmative action and political upheaval

Police corruption tolerated until complaints arise

Officers stole gambling machine from store

Officer needed accomplice with car and badge for theft

Officers intimidated citizens who filed complaints

Officers intimidated drug dealer; hit placed on officer

Officer placed in solitary for protection

Officer imprisoned with organized crime figures

Cop impersonators killed drug dealers in 1980s

Prison segregated by race

Officer worked out extensively in prison

Officer maintained physical fitness in prison

Prison conditions poor; inmates worked as orderlies

Officer transported to prison on federal jet

Officer received VIP treatment during prison transport

Officer avoided conversation with female prisoner

Officer isolated himself in prison for survival

County jail guard poorly paid; vulnerable to bribery

Officer discussed escape plan with fellow inmate

El Chapo escaped prison; bounty on Trump

Officer found federal prison better than county jail

Federal prison resembled college campus

Prison inmates depend on commissary for survival

Prison uses food as control mechanism

Prison inmates with life sentences accept conditions

Stamps and tuna fish used as prison currency

Officer watched 9/11 attack in prison

Prison commissary prices inflated; inmates create black market

Officer lost year of sentence due to jurisdiction change

Officer organized prison hunger strike

Officer organized second hunger strike in prison

Officer's sentence increased due to jurisdiction change

Officer living on limited resources after release

Officer can profit from story unlike violent criminals

Officer's cousin arrested Son of Sam

Officer unfamiliar with cell phones upon release

Officer used drug dealers' cell phones before arrest

Innocent man sued newspaper for misidentification

Officer avoided keeping newspaper clippings in prison

Officer institutionalized; unable to function in society

Officer paranoid about media attention after release

Officer emotionally devastated upon release

Officer considered returning to prison

Officer unable to find employment after release

Officer violated parole by dating halfway house resident

Parole restrictions prohibit sexual contact with other parolees

Officer violated parole; girlfriend died

Officer placed under house arrest for parole violation

Officer under house arrest as part of release conditions

Officer under supervised release for five years

Officer's partner sabotaged his job opportunity

Officer prevented from getting job due to criminal record

Officer's partner sabotaged his employment and freedom

Officer has spinal injuries from physical exertion

Spinal decompression treatment for neck injuries

Officer lost job due to documentary

Officer fired from job due to documentary exposure

Officer's life story valuable for book

Officer read extensively in prison

Drug dealer's face on cigar brand

Publishers hesitant to publish officer's book

Officer's crimes result of environment and circumstances

Officer's first crime influenced by drug dealers' wealth

Clinton's sexual misconduct; Putin's alleged murders

Officer's first crime stealing from Puerto Rican youth

Officer extorted money from Puerto Rican youth

Officer undertrained when starting job

Officer received minimal training before street assignment

Accepting free meals from businesses is crime

Officer warned that informants on police are killed

Officer warned about consequences of reporting police corruption

Officer's first murder investigation

Panamanian government involved in cocaine trafficking

Officer stole cocaine from home

Officer invested stolen cocaine proceeds in real estate

Officer encountered Noriega in prison; guards provide sexual services

Officer made money from phone sex in prison

Woman paid officer for phone sex in prison

Women send money to incarcerated men