Trevor okay, first up since the murder of george floyd, activists and protesters around the country have been rallying around the slogans defund the police and abolish the police. And while that hasnt happened yet in our cities, it is happening on our tvs. The popular tv show cops officially canceled. The paramount network made the announcement today just four days after the show was pulled from the scheduled. This comes amid nationwide protests against Police Brutality and calls for police reforms. The series has been on since 1989 and faced backlash for its deification of Law Enforcement. Trevor okay, i think when people were asking for cops to be canceled, this was not what they had in mind. You know what this is like . This is like when you make a wish with a genie, but you arent specific enough. I wish i was in the n. B. A. no, not as a ref lebron, thats a travel and if you ask me, i cant even believe cops lasted this long. This was always such a weird show. Who comes home from a
Police and abolish the police. And while that hasnt happened yet in our cities, it is happening on our tvs. The popular tv show cops officially canceled. The paramount network made the announcement today just four days after the show was pulled from the scheduled. This comes amid nationwide protests against Police Brutality and calls for police reforms. The series has been on since 1989 and faced backlash for its deification of Law Enforcement. Trevor okay, i think when people were asking for cops to be canceled, this was not what they had in mind. You know what this is like . This is like when you make a wish with a genie, but you arent specific enough. I wish i was in the n. B. A. no, not as a ref lebron, thats a travel and if you ask me, i cant even believe cops lasted this long. This was always such a weird show. Who comes home from a long day at work and is like, i wanna unwind. You know, let me watch some broke shirtless guys get their lives destroyed. Its the way i can get some
Honest. I think this is a move in the right direction because people take for granted how our perceptioning of the police are shaped by the shows we watch on tv. When we hear about Police Brutality, a lot of people are like, that cant be right. I grew up watching shows like miami vice, starsky hutch, and hawaii 50. All the cops, they never did anything wrong. If you think about it, even when we did watch cop shows about police violating somebodys rights or beating them up to get a confession, what did we think as kids . We thought, this job was trying to do his job but the constitution is holding him back. So no more cops. That isnt the only problematic content being removed from american tv. This morning, an American Cinema classic gone with the wind has been temporarily pulled by the streaming platform hbo max. For years, the movie has been considered controversial for its depiction of black people and glorification of slavery. In a statement, hbo max writing in part, these racist de
Take for granted how our perceptioning of the police are shaped by the shows we watch on tv. When we hear about Police Brutality, a lot of people are like, that cant be right. I grew up watching shows like miami vice, starsky hutch, and hawaii 50. All the cops, they never did anything wrong. If you think about it, even when we did watch cop shows about police violating somebodys rights or beating them up to get a confession, what did we think as kids . We thought, this job was trying to do his job but the constitution is holding him back. So no more cops. That isnt the only problematic content being removed from american tv. This morning, an American Cinema classic gone with the wind has been temporarily pulled by the streaming platform hbo max. For years, the movie has been considered controversial for its depiction of black people and glorification of slavery. In a statement, hbo max writing in part, these racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and keeping this title