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> I guess life is easier when you can arrest your competitors instead of just shooting them Well, with cops it’s “in addition to”, not “instead of”.

• hypertele-Xii 3y ago
  American cops sure.
• hinkley 3y ago
  Hollywood is quite fictional, but not as fictional as one might hope for.
  • akiselev 3y ago
    Hollywood is smack in the middle of one of the most notorious sheriff's departments in the United States [1][2] with lots of ongoing prosecutions and a history of federal convictions. They know exactly how bad the police are and show a idealized version in media that's very fictional. If the writers introduced the so-called good guys as the Grim Reapers or Compton Executioners [3], the viewers wouldn't believe it. [1] https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/ https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Executioners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Executioners
    • hinkley 3y ago
      I should have "not nearly as fictional". I know some of it's true, some of it's 'ripped from the headlines', some is rumor, but nothing Hollywood does is ever entirely accurate. Even the documentaries (maybe especially the documentaries)