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Why Hollywood loves cop stories

The past and future of Hollywood’s love affair with law enforcement. And, the symbolism of clothes on Capitol Hill this week.

Friday, June 12, 2020
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Dragnets, Dirty Harrys and dying hard: 100 years of the police in pop culture.

Congress’s kente-cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions.

George Floyd’s brother came to Washington to speak. But his power was in the silences.
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Why Hollywood loves cop stories

The past and future of Hollywood’s love affair with law enforcement. And, the symbolism of clothes on Capitol Hill this week.

Friday, June 12, 2020
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Shut down all police movies and TV shows. Now.

Dragnets, Dirty Harrys and dying hard: 100 years of the police in pop culture.

Congress’s kente-cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions.

George Floyd’s brother came to Washington to speak. But his power was in the silences.
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