Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Police
Overview
This episode tackles the hard truth about the history of Police in the United States and the many problems that are faced in fixing those problems.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2020-06-07
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Police is Episode 14 in Season 7 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2020-06-07. The runtime is 30 min.
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