Do Not Resist

Synopsis: An urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT RESIST - the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson - offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action - from a ride-along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments - before exploring where controversial new technologies including predictive policing algorithms could lead the field next.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Craig Atkinson
Production: Vanish Films
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
Year:
2016
72 min
$67,612
Website
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No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

Hey hey, ho ho!

These killer cops have got to go!

Hey hey, ho ho!

These killer cops have got to go!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

It's no surprise, man.

It's not, it happens

every day all the time,

but it takes something of this magnitude

to be nationally publicized.

It just depends, whatever the media...

They picked up on this story.

There's other stories they

didn't pick up on like this one.

Like it's good that they did,

and I hope St. Louis takes

advantage of the opportunity, man,

but there's a whole bunch of other

kids that get shot by the cops too.

And don't nobody do no

marches and stuff for them.

One hundred percent, man.

Do you feel the anger?

And it has to change.

There has to be an ear

in leadership to listen,

rather than just ordering around.

And you have a generation

that are getting fed up with it.

They're getting fed up with it.

And even though they

don't have what we call a...

A organized education,

they're intelligent individuals.

And so they understand

what it is to be oppressed

and they know when someone

is trying to oppress them.

And as you see out here now,

they're fighting it.

And I think that it's going to be more

than just Ferguson in the future.

I think it's gonna expand,

I really do.

Please do not forget that

there is a 12:
00 curfew

and if you are out in Ferguson after

12:
00 we cannot ensure your safety.

The police are not telling

us how they will respond

to anyone being down

in Ferguson after 12:00.

We cannot ensure your safety.

There are too many people.

There is no peace at all!

Answers is what we want!

Give us that, or there will be no sleep!

None at all!

I'm not scared of your stick!

That means nothing to me!

I need answers, Tonight! Answer me this!

- Please calm down.

- Why are we out here?

Calm it down.

If I answer your questions, I'll listen

to you and I want you to listen to me.

Let's not scream at each other.

You first.

We're out here to get answers.

If I had answers to give you,

young man, I would.

I would.

And there's answers to the

questions that you're asking,

and trust me, if I could

give you some answers,

I know it would allow all

of us to go home tonight.

But I guarantee you that every night

when I go home and I wake up,

I'm looking for some of the same

answers that you're looking for.

Why are you speaking for him?

Why are you speaking for him?

He's speaking for us, brother.

He's speaking for the community.

You need to speak for us.

We need answers.

We need answers!

Just like the answers that you want,

there's people that are

white, Hispanic, Asian...

When you look around here,

there's a lot of people that

say, "You know what."

"We're out here protesting."

"We're out here asking

for change it isn't just us."

"It's everybody."

Hands up, don't shoot!

Hands up, don't shoot!

Hands up, don't shoot!

You are in violation

of the state-imposed curfew.

You must disperse immediately

in a peaceful manner.

Don't resist! Don't resist!

We have the right

to assemble peacefully!

You are violating

the state-imposed curfew.

No one is doing anything wrong!

No one is doing anything wrong!

We have the right!

That's our right!

That's what we vote for!

Tell them there's no looting tonight!

There is no looting!

There is no fighting tonight!

There is no fighting!

Please tell them. All we

want to do is protest peacefully!

You must disperse the area immediately.

You are in violation of

the state-imposed curfew.

You are subject to arrest.

You must leave immediately.

Marco!

Marco!

Marco!

This is how they do us.

What the f***?

You think we can't peacefully

protest, motherfuckers!

That's bullshit!

F*** you!

F*** you!

You are not authorized to remain...

Move!

Hey!

You guys should be ready to go home.

Back up! Back up!

Back up! Back up!

Keep going. Keep going!

You need to continue to move!

If you are standing still,

you may be subject to arrest.

This is ground zero! Back up!

This is ground zero!

Car 16?

Hey, lift it back up.

Come on, guys, move the line back.

Watch your back.

Let's go.

Hey!

Yes.

Car 72 or 55?

Are you on the afternoons now

or what are you working now?

Afternoons. I'm going

on hour four of overtime.

Oh, that's cool.

Yeah, right?

They need to stop giving

these boys these toys

'cause they don't know how to handle it.

Hello?

The policeman is the man of the city.

Heard of the mountain man,

the frontiersman?

Nobody talks about frontiersmen anymore.

We still talk about policemen.

You are to your city,

your county, your state

what the frontiersman

was to the frontier.

You fight violence.

What do you fight it with?

Superior violence.

Righteous violence, yeah?

Violence is your tool.

Violence is your enemy.

Violence is the realm we operate in.

You are men and women of violence.

You must master it,

or it will destroy you, yeah?

I've been on the road for 18 years.

People know me. They trust me.

I get a depth of information.

I ask questions other people won't ask.

Cop says knock-down,

drag-out fight,

cuff them and stuff them.

Finally get home at

the end of the shift and...

Cop says gunfight, bad guys down.

"'I'm alive!"

Finally get home at

the end of the incident

and they all say,

"The best sex

I've had in months."

Both partners are very invested

in some very intense sex.

There's not a whole lot of

perks that come with this job.

You find one, relax and enjoy it.

Thank you, for taking and keeping...

Anybody here from prison,

probation, jail?

'Cause I honor you,

I publicly honor you.

You looked in the eyes

of scary people every day,

and you know the world's a better place

'cause they're behind bars, yes?

So you do this...

On your way home that night, park

your vehicle in the overpass

for just a minute.

Step out of your vehicle

for just a minute.

Look out on your city.

Look at your citizens

going about their lives,

and know deep in your gut

that today,

at the risk of your life,

you made their world a better place,

whether they know it or not.

Then walk up that bridge rail,

put your hands on that rail.

Look out on your city,

and let your cape blow in the wind.

Thanks, guys. Thank you.

Go, go, go!

Easy!

You got it, man.

Ya'll gotta go!

Easy run,

boys, let's go! Breathe!

Let's go! Get it done!

We all get amped up, going on,

if we do a regular warrant,

we all get the feel,

and the adrenalin going,

but you don't get the butterflies

you do on the start line

for any of these events.

It's just different.

Get in, let's go! Get in,

let's go, let's go, let's go!

Get inside, then you'll be good!

I remember the first search warrant,

you're riding on the outside

of these armored vehicles.

I remember the first time I did it,

I'm just trying not to smile,

like it was just so much fun,

I thought it was so cool.

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