Crime and Punishment

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Crime and Punishment is one of those documentaries where not only does it inform you but it changes your outlook on life. I know that in Queens there is a lot of police activity going on even if it is not as extreme as seen on Crime and Punishment. Ever since the increase of ICE presence in Queens there has been countless stories of cops in the area acting on the same protocol as ICE. Ive heard about police officers stepping down because of the tasks they are given but I never knew the in depth analysis of the situation. This documentary different than others because you can obviously tell this was done with hear from what was shown on screen and the Q&A.

This shows a whole different perspective of the NYPD. The documentary did a well job of showing  the internal conflicts of the NYPD including the police on police harassment through specific events going through the officers lives it really made it seem like the viewer was there witnessing the event.
Maing did a very good job of making the viewer join the story especially in the part where Mr. Gomez went around the block asking all the youth to submit their unlawful encounters with the NYPD. Maing also did a good job of splitting the documentary between Pedro Hernandez's case and the NYPD 12 if he had made the whole thing into one story then there would have been a lot of unanswered questions and missing information, the two scenarios complemented each other perfectly.

The part that stood out to me the most was the NYPD 12 because these guys went out of their way to do whats right and out of the large amount of cops in NYC only a few were brave enough to fight for whats right even at the expense of their job. This part really gave an emotional connection with the viewer because these 12 former cops were fighting for justice in order to straighten out the NYPD. Even though the result of their case was underwhelming I feel like they made a long lasting effect in the future of the NYPD and for the future police cadets.

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 15, 2018 at 10:42 PM

    Thanks for your thoughtful critique. The scene that stands out most to me was seeing those white cops stop the cop on the street corner and threaten to write him up. He had on the wrong winter police hat since it was more than 38 degrees. Wow. Catching that harrassment on film was such proof of the bullying done by NYPD to NYPD. I am going to add this 5 extra credit points to your final exam. Have a good weekend!

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