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Actual police in small towns are way closer to Reno 911 than Law & Order.
I've seen reno 911.
Ive also seen true evil where the sheriff rules the town with an iron fist, terrorizing everyone he wants to.
Surprised we don't have more shows like that.
Watch the last season of Fargo.
Reno 911 is also copaganda
Reno 911 is copaganda if you see it as a comedy, but the opposite if you see it as a documentary.
Really? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I've always thought Reno 911 made cops look like incompetent assholes.
Which is still better than reality.
Now I'm wondering if there's a cop show that isn't copoganda.
It's old, but The Wire
Great nod, but that show still makes you think you could get 3 cops in a room and not even one will be a racist shitbox.
Shit... That's "old" now?
Their comment made me want to ask if Naked Gun and Police Academy are copaganda.
What about Ace Ventura? Or Paul Blart?
Neither one of those are cops.
I dare you to say that to their face.
Ace would be complimented.
Blart wouldn't be able to catch me.
Blart won't catch you in the first act, but you'll regret you tested him before the credits roll
Care to elaborate?
Not the other user but I'll answer: It effectively kawaiis them. Makes them seem like harmless goofballs instead of the vindictive organized predators that they all too often are. Gives viewers a false sense of security surrounding interactions with cops. Effectively erases the scale of the intentional and traumatic harm that they do to communities. Makes them seem relatable, in the way that your stupid silly friend is relatable. All in all, excuses them.
I'm not sure if we watched the same show, I recall them doing all sorts of harmful and/or illegal things that most decent people would not find relatable at all. It definitely doesn't portray them as the deliberate organized evil that real life law enforcement actually are, but it's a comedy and this is the US it never would have been greenlit in the first place if they did. I think it does a good job of undermining the public image of US law enforcement in a way that deeply indoctrinated Americans won't immediately dismiss as hostile.
Those idiots definitely shot each other and other people more than they should. When they did something illegal they would cover it up. I recall one episode where they arrested someone but accidentally shot each other and decided to pin it on the person they arrested.
I'd say the show was pretty accurate.
The word copaganda is a copaganda. Makes me think cops are like ninja turtles when they are not.