Alan: Last night I watched "Serpico," a 1973 movie (by Sidney Lumet) based on the life of a New York City cop (played by Al Pacino) who refused to participate in ubiquitous police department corruption.
Serpico's straight-arrow rectitude caused fellow cops to hate him -- to the point of death threats and physical attack.
"Serpico" is currently streaming on Netflix and serves as excellent reminder that police department corruption is likely worse than we wish to believe.
Paralleling the account rendered at http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/ray-tensing-is-seen-in-undated-photo.html, all police reports submitted in the movie "Serpico" misrepresented crime scenes, not only inaccurately but laughably.
Serpico
The Movie
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