Word: cops
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Falling Down attempts to balance his imbalance with the presence of a cop named Prendergast (Robert Duvall). He, too, is something of a loser, due to retire prematurely from the force at the end of the day. But he has the qualities everyone needs to survive in the city these days -- good humor, patience, some compassion. These, however, are quiet virtues, and even though they are expertly embodied by Duvall, they are passive. They are not, at least, cinematic virtues. He can't really compete for the camera's attention. Or ours. When the film is over, it's hard...
...attracted national attention--and provoked widespread police protests--last year after the release of his song, "Cop Killer." Critics said the song promotes violence against law enforcement officials...
...patrolled the streets of Davis Inlet, a ramshackle village of about 500 Innu Indians on Labrador's north-east coast. Alerted by a neighbor's complaint, he tracked a group of noisy youths to an abandoned wooden shack near the ice- locked government wharf. Prying open the door, the cop found a horrifying scene: six youths, ages 12 to 14, sniffing deadly gasoline fumes from green garbage bags on the floor of the unheated building. "You couldn't hear nothing but the wheeze from the bags," relates Tsnakapesh. "Two of them were pretty well passed out completely...
...that the most recent tragedy has put a national spotlight on Davis Inlet. But official concern cannot easily lift the air of sadness and fatalism in the bedraggled village. Because of a budget crunch, Constable Tsnakapesh was laid off for a week along with the village's other cop. Tsnakapesh, 24, continued to take police calls, though. "I have no authority," he says, "but I've been where these kids are now. My parents were both drinkers and committed suicide. I was 13 when I pulled their bodies out of the water. Later I tried to commit suicide too, because...
...Body Count' album containing the song 'Cop Killer' had not existed, we would not be having this conversation right now," Merlis said...