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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-06-11/running-from-cops-live-pd-canceled-podcast-police https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/s
by YesThatTom2 6y ago
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-06-11/running-from-cops-live-pd-canceled-podcast-police https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-06-...
“Basically, it presents a world that is much more dangerous than real life,” Taberski said. “It presents the police as being much more successful than they really are. It misrepresents crime by people of color — the raw numbers are about the same but the show front-loads crime, and especially violent crime, by people of color. And anyone who’s worked in television, especially reality television, knows that you front-load your best stuff, you hook people in the first act.”
Thus... this show gave Americans the incorrect belief that (1) drug crime is rampant (it isn't), (2) that most criminals are black (they aren't), and (3) cops are good at their job (they aren't).