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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
40. A film
Tue May 5, 2015, 12:44 PM
May 2015

thought it would be an appropriate mention of a film that is powerful on the idea of police corruption & the good cop (who later becomes a politically motivated prosecutor) because of the Serpico film comment.

Chicago Cops Who Exposed Department Corruption, Threatened with “Going Home in a Casket” JonLP24 May 2015 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #32
Auto-removed before I could respond JonLP24 May 2015 #36
We need some type of a national bad cop hot line. No idea how it would work, how RKP5637 May 2015 #2
A Federal hot line. L0oniX May 2015 #4
Yep! n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #9
anonymous "bad cop hotline" heaven05 May 2015 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #34
+1 L0oniX May 2015 #59
Do it like we do child abuse hot lines. Call in - no name asked. Social Services investigates any jwirr May 2015 #20
Yep! Because police are incapable IMO of policing their own herd. n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #22
Yes, we do need independent investators. And not necessarily from the area that is being investigate jwirr May 2015 #24
Truly independent civil review boards with no police presence hifiguy May 2015 #49
Yes, and it might even be a deterent. Right now they have little to fear. jwirr May 2015 #51
In our state Mnpaul May 2015 #58
Minnesota - right? One of the ways racism toward Native Americans in NE MN is handled is by jwirr May 2015 #61
Serpico Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #3
That's immediately what I thought Nt newfie11 May 2015 #5
Yes that is exactly what I thought of too. Stuart G May 2015 #11
I recommend The Place Beyond the Pines if you haven't seen it already JonLP24 May 2015 #30
The Place Beyond the Pines? nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #39
A film JonLP24 May 2015 #40
I was just verifying the title awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #42
Beyond, I must have mistyped JonLP24 May 2015 #43
I'll go looking for it awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #44
Boom. Here's a link. valerief May 2015 #37
There should be reviews of reviews JonLP24 May 2015 #41
And that movie came out in 1973, based on a true story Curmudgeoness May 2015 #46
Check this; A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #50
Interesting, but not surprising. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #54
Detective Joseph Crystal, honor is you... Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #6
I hope he gets justice, but there's always Internal Affairs aikoaiko May 2015 #7
And how is that not corrupt also? nt valerief May 2015 #38
In departments with issues nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #60
there are a few good apples and a load of bad ones. Ed Suspicious May 2015 #8
SMH Mr Dixon May 2015 #10
+1 nt Live and Learn May 2015 #13
K & R AzDar May 2015 #14
At last, more and more is coming out. merrily May 2015 #15
Whistle blowers are almost always vilified SheilaT May 2015 #16
It really does betray the lie of "a few bad apples". stillwaiting May 2015 #17
Thomas J. Martinelli, a professor at Wayne State, wrote a series of articles on the most common type JonLP24 May 2015 #31
outstanding info - thanks for posting / nt Locrian May 2015 #33
Thanks for this Fairgo May 2015 #52
blue code of silence , blue code of conspiracy allan01 May 2015 #18
What we need to do is bring back accountability d_legendary1 May 2015 #19
he's a brave man - the cop corruption and silence is destroying us. samsingh May 2015 #21
Courage and honor are in his face. colorado_ufo May 2015 #23
"I will compromise my integrity, nor my moral courage" pasto76 May 2015 #25
NOT! (You forgot a NOT) JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #47
BUt but but...just a few bad apples! nt Rex May 2015 #26
They're called "Boy Scouts" with total contempt. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #27
This is what happens when corruption is not rooted out AZ Progressive May 2015 #28
Detective Debra Stansell from Frisco Texas PD, didn't get that chance therehegoes May 2015 #29
I suspect they don't just murder black people. L0oniX May 2015 #35
I think this young man should head the Baltimore PD underthematrix May 2015 #45
As if more proof were needed, this confirms that police departments and the Mafia hifiguy May 2015 #48
I don't think sulphurdunn May 2015 #53
Who would want a career SamKnause May 2015 #55
So many do in so many different career fields JonLP24 May 2015 #57
I watched the video provided Unknown Beatle May 2015 #56
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