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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Going past single-panel rhetoric, does anyone know any great media to showcase this dichotomy of feeling between what police should be, and what they are?

Something like: Highlighting the life and pride of a police officer that loves the force and sees himself as a hero protecting people - then slowly getting sickened by all the protestors insisting police are horrible - before eventually being exposed to the terrible actions of other police before breaking down and doubting their own life’s mission.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 6 days ago

Not exactly the same, but Serpico shows what happens to good cops who reguse to turn a blind eye to corruption, and it's based on a true story.

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The Departed is a great movie in general and it's about two men, one is an undercover cop in the Irish Mafia and the other is a Mafia member working for the cops. They are both trying to figure out who the rat is in their organizations without being found out themselves. May not be exactly what you want, but there's a TON of police corruption in the movie

Edit: I know I've seen End of Watch and I thought it was a good movie, but I don't remember much of it. Apparently that's about two LAPD cops who get tangled up in some cartel corruption of their department, so maybe that one too?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The Departed

True OGs know of Infernal Affairs, its where they got the concept from.

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I'm definitely gonna have to watch that, thanks for the heads up

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ready Or Not, I think?

On the surface it plays like copaganda, some people certainly call it copaganda, it does have some pro-police elements, but there are several bits of lore that points to cases of police corruption or misbehavior on multiple scales.

some examples (spoilers)

  • In one mission, you have to detain a corrupt FISA (= FBI) agent - he may pull out a gun and shoot you, if he feels like he can take you put.
  • You have to raid a house where three brothers are illegally modding and selling guns, to pay for their mother's cancer treatment. She tipped off the cops, to stop her children from getting into too much trouble; if you end up using lethal force, you're killing the sons of a mother who believed in you in front of her, and the game doesn't count that as a failure.
  • There's an in-universe equivalent of MKUltra, and the main character is apparently a successful test subject of it. Some speculate that the USIA (= CIA) is artificially facilitating crime in Los Suenos to put you to the test.
  • A mission briefing states that a police officer (or many? idr) beats up a detained suspect, who has to be sent to a hospital - the "victim" did massacre an entire night club with his buddies, but still, it's technically police brutality.
  • In the last mission of the base game you find a cargo container with human trafficking victims in it, then a sus conversation happens where another FISA agent butts in the comms and orders you to close it; it's unclear what's going on, the entire game teaches you that it's specifically not your job to take care of injured civilians and whatnot, but the tone of the characters implies that the FISA agent may be trying to cover the tracks of the criminal organization.

If you do a bad job too often (which includes harming civilians and surrendering suspects), your subordinates retire (from the police, I assume).

Not you, though.MKUltra.

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

The Departed is a great movie in general and it's about two men, one is an undercover cop in the Irish Mafia and the other is a Mafia member working for the cops. They are both trying to figure out who the rat is in their organizations without being found out themselves. May not be exactly what you want, but there's a TON of police corruption in the movie