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Topic: I just saw the first black cop on "COPS" ever…

Anonymous fe0ad031f76dbaa75eb46823cb12b207 started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-07 18:25:10 UTC) ago:

I didn't even think about it until now, but I have never seen a black police on "COPS" until today. Why are they so rare?

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Anonymous be2f4bf594e86733e863735f1a446a93 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-07 19:44:26 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#67,327):

I'm pretty sure they're on cops all the time. On either side

Anonymous fe0ad031f76dbaa75eb46823cb12b207 (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-07 19:49:06 UTC) ago, 5 minutes later (#67,328):

@67,327

Actually, now that I think about it, they are surprisingly under-represented as criminals as well…

Anonymous 3a381943d4047fd3a8d87fc94ee1ad80 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-08 00:22:57 UTC) ago, 5 hours later (#67,437):

@67,328

Well, more than 50% of criminals are black. If they're underrepresented in the show, then that's probably just the producers selectively filtering out which crime footage to use so they aren't accused of being racist for showing The Truth.