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How Reality Cop Shows make us LESS SAFE [Ad-Free]
Added 2024-05-31 17:51:25 +0000 UTCIn 2020, despite all of the popular support for changes to the police, we thought we might have to settle for the small win of getting "Cops" and "Live: PD" canceled.
4 years later, both shows have risen from the dead. Cops is currently airing its 36th season and Dan Abrams's new show "On Patrol: Live" is a ratings juggernaut. Do these shows provide a check on the police? Or are they just glorified PR reps? And are some cops performing for the camera?
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Jesus this was depressing. Those poor kids and that poor dad. know this project takes a mental toll on you and I'm sure it's been even harder with your personal struggles lately. Hope you're holding up OK.
RedX2099
2024-06-01 03:20:05 +0000 UTCI left this comment on the YouTube upload, but I'm going to comment on it here as well because I can't stop thinking about this honestly inconsequential bit of this video. It's just such a strange argument for someone to even think of. Dan Abrams' weird comparison between saying a protest was mostly non-violent to saying the same thing about a shooting at a nightclub doesn't make any sense. Even if we ignore how silly and disingenuous of a comparison it is, the premise is flawed. If a shooting happened at a nightclub and the police stormed in and viciously beat and arrested everyone in the club because one person in the club fired a gun, I would not be okay with that. I think most people, including a lot of people who are okay with cops beating up protesters, would consider beating a bunch of people who were bystanders/victims to a shooting to be, at the very least, uncalled for and seriously messed up. I don't know what he thought he was going for with that comparison.
Skye Keating
2024-06-01 00:02:42 +0000 UTC
