mekka okereke Mar 15

Yup.

https://qz.com/1872176/half-of-us-network-tv-dramas-are-about-cops

The biggest factors in the delta between what cops actually do, and white white folk incorrectly think they do:

1) Copaganda TV shows

2) Framing by newspapers and TV news

Without this sustained disinformation campaign against Black people, white folk would not accept this level of racism.🤷🏿‍♂️

Half of US broadcast network dramas are about cops

Perhaps one reason why America’s national reckoning on police brutality took so long to arrive is because TV is conditioning its citizens to view cops as reliable heroes.

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@mekkaokereke @adarsh You can tell Law & Order: SVU is an accurate portrayal of cops because Benson and Stabler beat confessions out of suspects in back-to-back episodes. Much later Benson went on to cover up for a DA who murdered her husband
Mar 16 at 5:43pmIvory for Mac