Season 3 really starts off with a bang opposed to season 2. People are getting arrested, dogs are getting shot, people are getting shot, affairs are in the process, and Bunk is still getting hammered. All in all I must say it has the ingredients to make an entertaining season once again. Hands down one of the best scenes in the first 3 episodes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0e5zNRhSo
One of the most interesting things said in my opinion was the reference made in episode 2 about drinking on the corner. How people were able to manipulate and interpret the law for its exact meaning. By inserting their beverage of choice in a paper bag the police officer isn't able to prove what the individual is drink just by sight. With no blatant reason to look in the bag means no problems. And in essence this helps both sides of the party. Cops don't have to deal with misdemeanors all day, and the alcoholics get to further their addiction. Its interesting to think about how imperfect our system is, yet it is the most perfect imperfect system we can come up with. It is impossible to cover every little nook and cranny amongst the realm of law for the protection of the criminal and officer.
While writing this I was trying to think of another example like the plastic bag with the alcohol. I almost feel like this type of situation happens all the time in the police context of the show. It seems as if there are always things being swayed or manipulated a certain way in order to prove a certain point. One of the most obvious and brutal are the police brutality instances in the show. Any others that come to mind from the other side?
Also the interesting part of the paper bag exercise...is at the end he puts the pills in the paper bag to show that drugs are easily concealed in the paper bag to...which can also be suspect to criminal charges, but allows addicts to conceal and be addicts.
ReplyDeleteI thought this reasoning was also very interesting and it goes back to what D'Angelo said in season one about "you think the cops would care about a bunch of black people doing drugs? No they care about the violence" This is exactly what the police are doing now, looking past the drugs and trying to stop the violence.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA! You're right those scenes are hilarious! I also wrote about the paper bag laws. I think that it is incredible how something so simple like a paper bag can make a huge difference in law enforcement.
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ReplyDeleteI agree, the whole drinking alcohol out of a paper bag thing really does show one of the many loopholes that are present in regards to policing and the like. However, in a way, it is good because like you said, it provides the cops with a way out of "wasting" their time dealing with misdemeanors. In a society like the one depicted in this show where they "have bigger fish to fry," this definitely gives them to opportunity to effectively utilize their already limited resources and manpower. Even so, when it comes to drinking alcohol out of a bag versus having drugs in a paper bag, I'd have to say that this should not be the case for the latter.
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