'South Park' showed what would happen with no police in a provocative episode
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
"South Park" took on the current protests of police brutality to show what would happen if the current season's ultra-progressive Colorado town decided it no longer needed cops on Wednesday's episode, "Naughty Ninjas." And in the process, the show made typically provocative points about where people stand in the debate around police, and how any extreme can backfire.
The whole thing started when a "code red" was called at the elementary school, because P.C. Principal wanted a chatty student out of his school. In a barrage of confusion, Officer Barbrady accidentally shot a Latino student. He was then fired from the police.
As the news spread across town, anger toward the police grew. People began taunting the police, breaking minor laws, and protesting - all to the sound of N.W.A's "F--k tha Police."
Attributing the new situation to the advantages of gentrification, Randy Marsh said, "Wow, we've only had a Whole Foods for a month and already we don't need cops." The cops probably didn't even know what "farm-to-table" means, one citizen pointed out.
Meanwhile, the kids found a new game. They took over an abandoned strip mall and began a ninja club. The problem was they began scaring away the homeless people and some townies, too. Apparently, they were being mistaken for young members of ISIS.
In addition to South Park's dangerous new "ISIS group," the homeless found a new place to live: the center of town, which is way too close to Whole Foods. And with no police to stop them, the homeless population grew and grew. Clearly, this didn't sit well with the townsfolk.
They decided to swallow their pride and ask the police back. But the police were enjoying their time off and were still angry about the way they were treated.
"Who was it that said, 'F--k the police?' Was that Ice Cube? Tupac? Oh, right, that was you guys," Sergeant Yates said.
With the police unwilling to help, the citizens went to the one guy who did: Office Barbrady.
They approached him to take out the group of young ISIS members. But back at Stan's house, his dad began putting it all together after he found out that his son was "playing ninjas at Kenny's house." When he realized that he and the others had sent Officer Barbrady to assassinate their children, he tried to stop it. But he was too late. Barbrady got their first and a wayward shot hit its target.
And while he got fired again, the citizens still wanted to take back their town from the homeless people. So they made a deal with the cops. The deal gave the cops something they wanted, and it was a less uncomfortable compromise than having to deal with homeless people.
And all is peaceful again in South Park - for now.
Watch a clip below: