aps1019Klemko’s article highlights an officer who said that “it’s the media portraying it that way. They get one out of 750,000 of us doing something stupid, we all pay the price…but it doesn’t mean it’s true.” This just shows how much the media plays a role. Once someone/something gets a bad reputation, the media coverage will only focus on that and further amplifies and intensifies that one action by one person causing the whole group to then be labeled in a negative way. #so345
jr@aps1019 in what ways do you think officers themselves can play a role in this? While the media definitely exacerbates claims, the Hunt article stated that some officers learn to be "aggressive and use whatever force is necessary" in situations to earn the respect of other police versus using "legal niceties" (319). Does the environment of the rookie having to prove themself feed into the media narrative and make it possible to highlight it as an issue in the first place? #so345