Chapter
Criticizing the Binary Portrayal of Crime in Popular TV Shows
2:14:24 - 2:22:10 (07:46)
The speaker expresses their discomfort with how popular TV shows portray crime using a basic and binary depiction of minorities living in urban areas, contributing to cultural distortions and negative beliefs about the police.
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Law and Order, although not as overt as other police shows, also contributes to the distorted cultural beliefs about the police as efficient, scientific, and always right, according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University.
2:14:24 - 2:16:26 (02:01)
Summary
Law and Order, although not as overt as other police shows, also contributes to the distorted cultural beliefs about the police as efficient, scientific, and always right, according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University.
ChapterCriticizing the Binary Portrayal of Crime in Popular TV Shows
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Declared War On All Of Us
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The speaker criticizes the way that police dramas depict people in poverty in a binary and harmful way, and suggests that there may not be a way for Brooklyn Nine Nine to fix this problem.
2:16:26 - 2:19:04 (02:38)
Summary
The speaker criticizes the way that police dramas depict people in poverty in a binary and harmful way, and suggests that there may not be a way for Brooklyn Nine Nine to fix this problem.
ChapterCriticizing the Binary Portrayal of Crime in Popular TV Shows
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Declared War On All Of Us
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The traditional American reaction to cutting police funds stems from decades of Hollywood depictions of law enforcement convincing us that they are completely necessary to save us from the threat of violence, despite the fact that the benefits of having police may not be worth the cost.
2:19:04 - 2:20:39 (01:34)
Summary
The traditional American reaction to cutting police funds stems from decades of Hollywood depictions of law enforcement convincing us that they are completely necessary to save us from the threat of violence, despite the fact that the benefits of having police may not be worth the cost.
ChapterCriticizing the Binary Portrayal of Crime in Popular TV Shows
EpisodeBehind the Police: How The Police Declared War On All Of Us
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The police kill more people every year than school shooters have ever killed.
2:20:39 - 2:22:10 (01:31)
Summary
The police kill more people every year than school shooters have ever killed. This is a broader issue that demands a publicly open investigation into the shady circumstances many of these killings take place in.