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Fascist Paramilitary invader hits a veteran walking with a cane with his car. Then, in coordination with LAPD, 10+ officers violently arrest the disabled man (Los Angeles, CA - 2/4/26) (cdn.social.linux.pizza)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It was actually part of why Dragnet was made. The LAPD in the 30s was seen as a gang of corrupt thugs (because it WAS) and they decided to talk up Jack Webb to see about polishing up their reputation via copaganda.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It obviously didn't work.

    Now they have The Rookie, pure distilled Conservative Copaganda, making the LAPD look like a competent, caring outfit.

    It also comes complete with embedded Amazon advertisements woven INTO the script. That's a new thing on ABC, I've spotted it in an number of shows. A character has to get something quickly, but they are too busy on the case, on a stakeout or something, so they have a bright idea, and say "I'll just order it on Amazon! Hey look! Free shipping!"

    That gives them the chance to revisit it later in the plot, when the packages arrive, and they can say"WOW! My packages from Amazon got here FAST! They saved the day! That was so easy!"

    Yeah, they're doing that now on ABC.

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