I’m talking about those youtube videos.

Feels like lowkey copaganda to me.

  • Sunsofold@lemmings.world
    11·
    15 days ago

    There has been a fair amount of analysis of the social role of ‘true crime’ as a genre. To boil it way, way down, it’s about creating a representation of human evil to let people feel essentially righteous. It is peak centrism, uplifting the status quo by placing it as opposition to the unquestionedly heinous, and with it, current structures, like cops as law enforcement.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
    132·
    16 days ago

    JCS criminal psychology is 100% copaganda. It presents cop interrogation techniques as a kind of science, as if the Reid technique wasn’t all about deliberately misunderstanding body language and coercing innocent people to confess.

    Skip Intro has a good series on Copaganda. Talks about TV shows/fiction, but a lot of the messaging is the same.

    Cops exist to protect property, not you.

    If you want a good non-copaganda documentary though, Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line is a worthwhile classic.

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 days ago

    Those videos have actually shown me how often police investigations are an absolute clown show actually

  • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 days ago

    This isn’t surprising at all, it seems like a type of selection bias. Most people prefer to see the conclusion of a story, so crime stories where the criminals are caught make better stories. You know what else makes for a better story? Having a cop that was involved give a firsthand account. Bad bumbling cops naturally don’t make it onto these kinds of shows.

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    16 days ago

    I’ve been watching The Blacklist with my wife. I’ve remarked that it’s very honest in it’s portrayal of law enforcement, in that they are all dishonest, corrupt, and criminal.

    Not really a fan of the show, but I love James Spader’s portrayal of Raymond Reddington. I lose interest when he’s not in the scene. Just wanting to watch him has gotten me through to season 9.

  • FRYD@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    16 days ago

    There’s a YT video by Fern that goes over a story about some german cops burning a drunken black man alive and covering it up. Non-copaganda crime documentaries exist, although they’re rare. I love crime media, but I always take it with a grain of salt since the genre is generally pretty biased.

  • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
    61·
    16 days ago

    No, not just you. I saw someone comment on this years, and years ago, calling “Copaganda”. They were right, and so is everyone else I’ve seen talk about it, the way these documentaries glomp all over them like a 5-year-old with a hero complex is fucking pathetic coming from adults.

  • other_cat@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    16 days ago

    If you like true crime and also someone not afraid to call out when the cops fuck up, I recommend Bailey Sarian. Love her “Honey let me TELL YOU” vibe, but that’ll be a turn off for some people so YMMV.

    I don’t recall cops coming up much in Barely Sociable but he’s great too though he hasn’t posted in a while, and his stuff is less true crime and more mysterious stuff in general.

  • count_dongulus@lemmy.world
    5·
    15 days ago

    My partner and I quit watching these after I pointed out that they usually cover small town murders, and almost every time the crime is eventually solved, it’s because the local police suck it up and finally ask for help from the state or FBI who actually know what they’re doing. Similarly, the videos of cold cases that aren’t yet solved rarely mention any involvement of more competent higher levels of police in the investigation.