Comradeship // Freechat

You're not the only one; there's someone whom i won't name (public-facing comrade who's involved in organizing against 👮, and for prison abolition) who admitted a few years back that they love all the police procedurals; like, all the most problematic ones, too lol which i, of course teased them about.

on that note, i was really into Southland (2009-2013) (despite hating police procedural dramas);
and while it doesn't necessarily fit into the same box, i was also hooked on The Wire, too.
Phenomenal show.
i watched it before i finally conceded that Marxist theory was important for everyone to study, and i think that it'd make an interesting re-watch and reassessment (despite the creator's politics) through a critical, Marxist lens.

that said, here's a relevant article:
Police Departments Spend Vast Sums of Money Creating ‘Copaganda’ By Alec Karakatsanis {July 20, 2022}

initially, i was compiling a lot of interesting material related to copaganda (entertainment) in bourgeois media, but i decided to cull it at the last second. maybe i'll try to take some time and do it properly one day; (i probably won't actually do it lol), but it'll be a fun project for me ~~if~~ when i do.