Mind Blown

Headlong: Running from COPS

Topic / Pineapple Street Media / Dan Taberski

Serial, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, True Crime

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

An ex-cop breaks down some of the most shocking arrests we’ve watched on COPS and tries to imagine why police departments would want that footage out in the world. Plus, the next generation of COPS is LivePD — six hours a week of policing aired live. What could possibly go wrong?

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0:00.0	This episode of Running from Cops contained some pretty rough scenes of policing on television,
0:05.4	as well as audio of people in distressing situations, which you might find upsetting.
0:09.9	Thanks for listening.
0:12.1	Previously, on Running from Cops.
0:15.1	How do you get the people to agree to be on the show?
0:18.0	They sign the releases.
0:19.2	And we talk them into it.
0:21.5	I mean, honestly, I told them on camera that they did not have permission to put me on TV.
0:26.5	And they did it anyway.
0:27.9	Why do they sign releases?
0:29.6	I think part of the time they might have been tricked to thinking that they were going to be released.
0:34.3	That should be against the law.
0:36.4	That they're allowing these producers to lie to these young men like that.
0:40.8	What do you give up for access?
0:43.4	We let them look at the shows, and if they have a real problem, we will change something.
0:50.5	The truth is, nothing that these cops did suggested to me that they were wrong in any sense.
0:57.3	Episode 4. Mind blown.
1:04.9	Good morning, everyone.
1:07.8	This is a news conference from 2013.
1:12.1	A magazine, a national magazine, once named him, quote, America's top cop.
1:19.0	Bill de Blasio, the mayor-elect of New York City, is making an introduction.
1:23.5	And I say, Bill Bratton, we in New York City are honored to have you as our top cop, and welcome back.
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