'Instead of depicting a flawed system riddled with structural racism, the show presents exceptionally competent cops working within a largely fair framework that mostly convicts white people,' the 'Last Week Tonight' host said.
He cited an interview with an unnamed writer on the show noting that there was a feeling that if the police were portrayed in a negative light, the NYPD “could make it very difficult for us to shoot in New York.”
As a result of collaborating closely with police, the franchise does get some details accurate, Oliver noted, “like specific laws, jargon and crime scene procedures. But crucially it also makes a lot of choices that significantly distort the big picture of police.” That includes always arresting the correct perpetrator halfway through the episode and always seeing justice served at the end of the episode.
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