Post AwnxEHd3YkppWmA2Ge by prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AwnU0rDLYmozAWNgw4 by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T15:41:42Z
       
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       I occasionally catch the classic show Emergency! on Pluto TV, and these shows really hold up. There always is some new and interesting rescue they have to do, and they're always saving lives and helping people.Contrast that with the cops, who show up and shoot the first brown person they see.There really does need to be MASSIVE reform in law enforcement. Starting with immediate dismissal of all people who have white-supremacist tattoos. That's not consistent with law enforcement.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwnYmfuNIYXxovZ1EW by prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T16:35:11Z
       
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       @Ricardus a guilty pleasure of mine is watching old cop shows. Procedurals like Dragnet, detective shows like Columbo, even police dramas like Kojak.The pleasure part is the escapism into a world where the police as an institution are a force for good. Joe Friday is going to follow a just SOP in his investigation, Columbo will keep even the rich and powerful accountable, Kojak will always try to balance the law towards justice.The guilty part is knowing it's all copaganda.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwnuSMZzeNzf4bka9Y by prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T16:40:54Z
       
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       @Ricardus specifically old cop shows, because modern cop shows are a different kind of copaganda - the old stuff is meant to convince you that cops are normal working folks and a force for good, whereas modern cop shows seem to be more interested in convincing you the police are a necessary evil because of how awful everyone else is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwnuSNzuNWJjTGsnBY by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T20:37:57Z
       
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       @prokyonid And maybe 50 years ago cops were just normal working people (with SOME privilege), but now they've become jaded monsters.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwnugPJ6J30vaRXtFQ by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T20:39:54Z
       
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       @prokyonid I've seen all of the Dragnet eps, and Adam 12, which was another cop show produced by Jack Webb, as was Emergency!I love Kojak. How can you not like Telly Savalas?!But yeah, the copaganda is strong and works.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwnxEHd3YkppWmA2Ge by prokyonid@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-03T21:08:59Z
       
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       @Ricardus knowing the true stories that inspired some of those episodes of Dragnet and Kojak, I think the only thing that has changed is how much more the police are paid and how much more positively the public-at-large perceives them.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwoGojcSrpvXtOyl3A by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-08-04T00:48:35Z
       
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       @prokyonid Sounds about right.