FX's acclaimed police drama The Shield presented a darker and more realistic depiction of policing. On today’s episode I had a great conversation with Joe Mayall about the series and his article Twenty Years Ago, The Shield Captured the Brokenness of American Policing.
Read it here: https://jacobin.com/2023/12/the-shield-tv-policing-lapd-torture-law-enforcement-review
I also give a quick review of Civil War, Fallout, and The First Omen.
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