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for decades tv has been training us to see cops as the protagonists in american stories https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html
when you read and watch coverage of the protests, remember that TV teaches viewers to treat police's perspective as the default point of view on any event
there's so much great writing and research on this.
here's @AlyssaRosenberg's huge project from 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/
here's @AlyssaRosenberg's huge project from 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/
here's an immense report from january 2020 on the people who actually make these cop shows, and the way the shows themselves depict justice https://hollywood.colorofchange.org/crime-tv-report/
here's @DearSplenda on Dragnet and the history of cop shows as propaganda machines https://timeline.com/dragnet-lapd-propaganda-cop-bb19d9a5fb6f
there's more and I'll keep highlighting it, but obviously this is VERY far from being a new idea.
it's just an idea that's especially worth remembering right now. the widespread instinct to frame protests as an obstacle for cops to overcome does not happen in a vacuum
it's just an idea that's especially worth remembering right now. the widespread instinct to frame protests as an obstacle for cops to overcome does not happen in a vacuum
