Out of Frame
About this show
Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
American Cop Shows Are Brainwashing You
June 11, 2020
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Brutality. Protests. Riots. #DefundThePolice. #NotAllCops. “If you don’t break the law, you don’t need to fear the police.”
Regardless of what you think about what’s happening now in cities across the entire country, I want to talk about the perceptions people have of law enforcement and how the most popular genre in television shapes the way we think about criminal justice.
Love them or hate them, the police procedural has shaped the perspective the general public holds of the police for generations. And probably not for the betterment of society. Let’s talk about why.
CREDITS:
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Written by Jen Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone
Edited by Paul Nelson
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
LINKS:
-- Protests and Police --
- https://summit.news/2020/05/29/black-business-owner-who-invested-life-savings-into-looted-bar-i-dont-know-what-im-gonna-do/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/21/officer-who-shot-philando-castile-said-smell-of-marijuana-made-him-fear-for-his-life/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/in-tamir-rice-shooting-in-cleveland-many-errors-by-police-then-a-fatal-one.html
- https://www.ajc.com/news/ferguson-brown-faq/
- https://qz.com/870601/police-killing-dogs-is-an-epidemic-according-to-the-justice-department/
- https://www.thecut.com/2020/05/breonna-taylor-louisville-shooting-police-what-we-know.html
- https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unarmed-black-man-shot-death-backyard-article-1.3886562
-- Law --
- https://twitter.com/CrimeADay
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/30/police-george-floyd-qualified-immunity-supreme-court-column/5283349002/
- https://fee.org/articles/to-curtail-police-impunity-rep-justin-amash-announces-legislation-to-end-qualified-immunity/
- https://mises.org/wire/why-abusive-cops-so-often-keep-their-jobs
-- Stories and TV --