Cops most likely commit more sexual assault than they prosecute.
Less than 1% of rapes lead to felony convictions.
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I worked in a warehouse many years ago, one of the office people also worked in a cop shop. She said the people that worked in the sex crimes dept spent very little time in the dept before moving on because of how fucked up they would get working those crimes.
L&O: SVU was so much stupidity with the same 6 cops working there but not commiting suicide from having to deal with sex crimes 24/7/365.
I 100% guarantee you there are very proper, professional teams of investigators who do prosecute rape thoroughly.
For women with rich dads.
*white women with rich dads
FTFY
Actual police in small towns are way closer to Reno 911 than Law & Order.
Reno 911 is also copaganda
Really? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I've always thought Reno 911 made cops look like incompetent assholes.
Which is still better than reality.
Reno 911 is copaganda if you see it as a comedy, but the opposite if you see it as a documentary.
I've seen reno 911.
Ive also seen true evil where the sheriff rules the town with an iron fist, terrorizing everyone he wants to.
Surprised we don't have more shows like that.
Watch the last season of Fargo.
In Colorado right now, if a survivor goes through the ordeal of a sexual assault evidence exam, the state lab will take 554 days before they get around to analyzing it. (Here's a CPR story about the backlog.)
a hybrid of copaganda, and military propaganda NCIS. especially the showrunner/writers goes all thirsty though.
criminal minds too, but FBI-ganda. pre-firing of Hotches actor.
TV would also have you believe being President of the US is somehow not a job for a clown.
Same with CSI and... [unpopular opinion] Brooklyn 99.
Brooklyn 99 was a genuinely good comedy
It was also copaganda
On the bright side, as far as copaganda goes it is pretty mild.
The cops are portrayed as human, and more often than not as incompetent idiots, the federal agents are almost exclusively portrayed as assholes, they never portray violation of rights or due process as a necessary evil, prison is portrayed as, quote, "real bad", a pseudomasculine bigot gets punched in the face, a racist stop-and-frisker is unequivocally an asshole, the most competent cops eventually get sidelined, punished, or straight up quit in moral protest...
It is copaganda, but by the last season post-COVID and post-Floyd, you can feel the wind completely fall out of their sails. They try to wrap up the story quickly while acknowledging the ongoing horrors, and they do their best to recognize the role they played in romanticizing law enforcement by making it clear that everyone on the squad is disillusioned and disturbed by the system.
Several of them flat out quit, and they have an incredible scene of corruption in action where they make it clear that fixing the NYPD through its own internal buearacracy is literally impossible.
Still copaganda for most of the show's run, and also absolutely a genuinely good comedy.
Fantasy comedy
Much like The West Wing
Edit: not that it's much of a comedy, but it's definitely a fantasy about how the executive branch should work if we had halfway ethical and competent people working there.
Yeah CSI made you think that there was this dedicated team of people trying to get to the bottom of every case being very diligent and careful with every piece of evidence and the chain of custody, instead of a couple of dipshits who forget to label every baggie and throw everything to a box and toss it in the back room someplace.
The Rookie is another Copaganda show.
A bunch of cops all nerding out over following the law, ethical treatment of minorities, keeping each other in line, actively forcing out bad cops…
What planet is this?
I really like the cast and the show is fun, but it’s as much fantasy as the Rings Of Power.
I've got a buddy that worked out of the same precinct the show supposedly takes place in. He obviously can't stand any aspect of the show.
otoh whenever i think of svu i think of ~~barry allen~~ john mulaney doing ice-t being confused about everything
...and then there's "COPS".
I vividly remember watching and loving many of the police dramas when i was younger. C.S.I. being my favourite.
I remember stumbling across COPS on one of the newer "cooler" swedish channels thinking, oh, thats so cool, they will totally be like the shows i like.
After one episode of screaming, loud, obnoxious and frankly stupid people being chased by their equals, my illusion was shattered. Or atleast i knew that COPS weren't for those that likes to see crime get solved.
The irony with the punisher skull is that he loathed crooked cops, and they’re the ones who love the symbol the most.
Thank Jesus for The Wire
The one written by a crime historian, with help from a retired homicide detective
Go figure it paints the most realistic picture
A guilty pleasure of mine is the bodycam footage channels on YouTube, its surprising how negatively/self-defeating some people react to police interactions. I steer clear of channels that have serious harm to the suspects, shootings and whatnot, but my job has me interact frequently with intoxicated or distressed community members and seeing how they process stressful situations is interesting.
These channels are copaganda but still, somewhat enjoyable and some deescalation techniques police use when employed gently have helped me with setting boundaries in customer interactions. I also feel like learning what not to do when interacting with police is helpful for me if I ever get pulled over, etc. Midwest Safety and Lens of Law are two that are more ethically run and primarily use FOIA requested bodycam footage.
The thing that always bothered me about law and order shows were that the detectives would easily believe someone’s alibi as fact and just move on. Then you watch a show the first 48 and all they care about is the conviction probability. They don’t care about facts, just what their likelihood of winning in court would be.
I strongly dislike cop shows. Never been a fan of the gangster aesthetic. Can sometimes tolerate superhero stuff but it's not really my thing.
I was shocked at how much I enjoyed Gotham.
Hey! Did you hear about the kid who held the door against a school shooter, got shot a bunch of times, and survived? Yeah, there's a picture of the kid in the hospital with a cop thanking the kid for doing the cop's job. Because, we all know a cop would not have done the same--or even have been in the building.
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