Who will protect us from our protectors? That is the question of America. Breaking History: L A Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, History 2018
Jeremy McDole, September 2015; Philando Castile, July 2016; Alton Sterling, July 2016; Freddie Gray, April 2015; Michael Brown, August 2014; Trayvon Martin, February 2012; Sandra Bland, July 2015; Tamir Rice, November 2014; Eric Garner, July 2014; Ezell Ford, August 2014 … ibid. caption
Once the helicopter is on you, there’s nothing you can do. ibid. Rodney King
Witnesses Depict Relentless Beatings: Accounts of Rodney Glen King’s arrest describe repeated striking and kicking of the suspect. LAPD officers said King’s actions justified the treatment. ibid. Los Angeles Times
Simi Valley is a predominantly white community that is home to hundreds of law enforcement officials. ibid. news
Not a single black person on the panel. ibid. news
This is a brutalisation of the truth; that is the tragedy of America. ibid. Reverend Cecil Murray
15 minutes into the attack, four community members rescued Reginald Denny by driving his truck to a local hospital. ibid. caption
All night looters running wild in the streets of Los Angeles. ibid. news
Deaths: 63; Injuries 2,383; Buildings Burned 3,767. ibid. captions
It’s a very difficult time in this country to be a police officer. The Force, 2017
A major metropolitan police department facing a prostitution scandal … Allegations of evidence tampering and brutality … ibid. news clips
In 2003 the Oakland police department was placed under federal oversight for police misconduct and civil rights abuses. ibid. caption
No justice. No peace. No racist police. ibid. protesters
So much of what we do here is affected by our relationship with the community. ibid. rozzer chief to rozzers
America 2016: A country that’s become increasingly plagued by gun violence. And allegations of police brutality. Forces that are tearing the country apart. One of the worst afflicted places: Chicago. America’s third city. And President Obama’s adopted home town. Gun violence in the city is spiralling out of control. Reggie Yates: Life and Death in Chicago, BBC 2016
2015: 306 African-Americans were killed by police in America, 8 in Chicago alone. ibid.
African-Americans account for a third of the city’s residents. ibid.
Last year 23 people were shot by police, 9 fatally. At the same time there were almost 2,500 black on black shootings, of which over 350 were fatal. ibid.
A little girl goes missing. The pack salivates. If it bleeds, it leads, right? Red Riding Trilogy: Nineteen Seventy-Four (1999) starring Lynn Roden & Ian Mercer & Gerard Kearns & Cara Seymour & Sean Bean & Cathryn Bradshaw & Rachel Jane Allen & Graham Walker & Steven Robertson & Anthony Flanagan & Rebecca Hall et al, director Julian Jarrold, opening commentary
We have three missing girls. They’re all aged between 8 and 10. 1969, 1972 and the day before yesterday, and they all go missing within miles of one another, sir. ibid. Eddie to editor
You’re ignorant, Dunford. Try carrying a history book along with that notepad of yours. ibid. Barry
A year ago they were going to bring back rationing. Now we’ve got inflation running at fucking 25%. The country’s at war, Mr Dunford. ibid. Dawson
This is the north and we do what we want. ibid. rozzer
We have received letters that we believe to be genuine. And we are presently analysing a tape that we also believe comes from someone that we would very much like to talk to in connection with this enquiry. Red Riding Trilogy: Nineteen Eighty (2001) starring Jim Carter & Robert Sheehan & James Weaver & Sean Harris & Charlotte James & Michelle Holmes & Tony Mooney & Andrew Garfield & James Fox & Julia Ford & Lesley Sharp et al, director James Marsh, Ripper rozzer
We want you to head up a covert home office enquiry into the Ripper investigation. ibid. head rozzer to Hunter
When did we start to be on opposite sides of the fence? ibid. Hunter to Morris
This whole thing is bollocks. ibid. sidekick
Controlled vice: off the streets, out of the shop windows and into our pockets. The whole of the north of England: the girls, shops, the mags, the whole bloody lot. Red Riding Trilogy: Nineteen Eighty-Three (2002) starring Tamsin Mitchell & Andrew Cryer & James Ainsworth & Ian Mercer & Gerard Kearns & Cara Seymour & Sean Bean & Jim Carter & Robert Sheehan et al, director Anand Tucker, head rozzer
To the north: where we do what we want. ibid. head rozzer’s toast
More than half of us reportedly worried about crime in our area. Crimewave 2018: Lawless Britain, Channel 5 2018
Have years of austerity led to the police losing control of our streets? ibid.
Since 2010 the number of police officers has been cut by around 21,000. ibid.
England and Wales currently has its lowest number of police officers since the 1980s. ibid.
95% of burglaries and robberies in England and Wales were reportedly not solved last year. ibid.
You gotta remember I’m dealing with the NYPD – the greediest most corrupt people on the face on the Earth. Dead Presidents 1995 starring Larenz Tate & Keith David & Chris Tucker & Bokeem Woodbine & Freddy Rodriguez & Rose Jackson & N’ Bushe Wright & Alvaleta Guess & James Pickens & Martin Sheen et al, director Albert & Allen Hughes, Kirby to Anthony
West Midlands Armed Police Unit HQ: It’s coming up to five minutes to two: we’re just about to go out with the tactical firearms team. They’ve received intelligence about suspected firearms at a property. The team are going to raid the house and hopefully recover the guns. Ross Kemp and the Armed Police, ITV 2018
There are now 20,000 fewer regular police officers in the UK than there were in 2010. But two years ago, in response to the terrorist threat, the government increased the number of armed police by an extra 1,500. ibid.
All armed police have to go through an intense three-month firearms course where less than 50% make the grade. ibid.
Millions of people were introduced to the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department for the first time after Stephen Paddock opened fire on a large crowd of Vegas concert-goers, killing 58 people and wounding over 500. What Happened in Vegas, 2017
After the sheriff changed the timeline for a third time the LVMPD was sued by seven media companies for failing to release public records from the night of the shooting. ibid.
I saw four cops laughing at this guy as he’s screaming his head off being tortured. The next thing you know, I’m getting beaten, arrested, thrown in jail. ibid.
What else has the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department done? ibid.
[Yant] kicked open the door and shot him [Trevon Cole] with an AR15 in the head. ibid.
They try to dehumanise the victims. ibid.
They shot him [Erik Scott] when he was standing, they shot him when he was on his knees, and they shot him even when he was on the ground. ibid.
‘You slaughtered him [Stanley Gibson] in the streets.’ ibid. friend
‘Gillespie [police chief] is as rotten as you get.’ ibid. Erik’s father
I think you bluebottles make my skin creep. Violent Playground 1958 starring Stanley Baker & Peter Cushing & Anne Haywood & David McCallum & John Slater & Clifford Evans & Moultrie Kelsall & George A Cooper & Michael Chow & Freddie Starr & Sheila Raynor et al, director Basil Dearden, Catherine Murphy
The New York police department is the nation’s largest police force with 36,000 uniformed officers. Quotas for arrests and summonses have been banned in New York since 2010. Crime + Punishment, captions, 2018
New York 2014: ‘Everybody around you is moving a lot faster than you.’ ibid. Lieutenant Hati to Sandy Gonzalez
‘Morale of cops is very low.’ ibid. rozzer
‘Not about helping people in our community. It’s about numbers.’ ibid. rozzer
Between 2007 & 2015 the NYPD issued nearly 900,000 criminal summonses that were later dismissed for lack of probable cause. Criminal summonses and arrest-related fees contribute tens of millions to the city’s annual budget, with blacks and Latinos receiving summonses five times more often than whites. ibid. captions