THREAD: It is not widely known that Spike Lee had a $219,000 marketing contract with NYPD to boost the public image of police when he made his copaganda film BlacKkKlansman (1) atlantablackstar.com/2018/08/18/spi…
most people have no idea about the time, money, and threats that go into the curated image you see about police in the media. a LOT of people are paid well and working hard so that our gut level reactions about police have no connection to what cops really do (2)
keep in mind: US police cage more people each year for marijuana possession than all of what they call "violent" crime COMBINED. the US cages Black people 6 times the rate of South Africa at the height of Apartheid. people wouldn't support this without copaganda. (3)
a key myth police want you to believe is that there are
good cops and bad cops. false. it's the "good cops" who do most of the harm. (4) slate.com/news-and-polit…
good cops and bad cops. false. it's the "good cops" who do most of the harm. (4) slate.com/news-and-polit…
it's important that people who aren't regularly targeted by police seek out info confronting that copaganda and share with friends. i recommend starting with Our Enemies in Blue, a wonderful history of US police. i also cover some basics in this article: yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-puni…
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