John Oliver offers some fair criticism to Dick Wolf for Law & Order

John Oliver has more than fair criticism for Dick Wolf over Law & Order's unrealistic world

, Oliver takes aim at the longstanding franchise’s depiction of the justice system, stating that the series “makes a lot of choices that significantly distort the big picture of police.” Oliver also notes that Wolf, the series

creator, has historically maintained a “close, behind-the-scenes relationship with the NYPD, employing officers as consultants and boasting about the access he had.”is never going to grapple with the reality of policing in a meaningful way...” Oliver says. “Because fundamentally, the person who is responsible forand its brand is Dick Wolf.” Wolf has previously described himself as “unabashedly pro-law enforcement.

“That’s a terrible thing that happened, but that represents one or two bad apples in a police force of 35,000 people,” Wolf says, parroting a classic pro-policing argument that begs the question: can one really compare a few bad apples to one enormous, systemically violent orange?Mode is the first magnetically charging toothbrush, and rotates to dock in any outlet.

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