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...those of you who have not been paying close attention, officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) have fatally shot and killed three unarmed black men in this past month. For the morally sane, the appropriate emotional reaction is not a problem. Sadness and regret should come to mind. If you were in any way responsible, remorse should quickly follow. Three men who presented no deadly threat lost their lives. You would think the police commissioner would say he was sorry. You would think the city's mayor would express sympathy for the victims' families. Since this...
...brunt of the statement is a call to reform the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and to reduce instances of police impropriety...
...Justice Department investigation into the shooting and further federal scrutiny into the NYPD's standards and practices...
Like components of the college curriculum, the major cop dramas of the past decade represent three different ways of seeing the world. NYPD Blue is policing as social science, fixated on alcoholism, racism, whateverism. Law and Order? Hard science, with its brass-tacks forensic empiricism...
...only The Beat were a bit more different. The leads' personal crises--a commitment problem, a crazy girlfriend--are too familiar; the show makes the NYPD Blue mistake of acting as if tired melodramas take on depth simply because cops experience them. (In fact, its funny take on police grunt work is its true strength.) But it has nicely observed dialogue and fine, understated performances--and if anyone can inject needed life into this genre, it's Fontana. "His instinct is great," says David Zayas, a New York City policeman who acts in the series. "He would have made...