The Wire Thought - Clearing Cases

[itsnotmymind]

 It's interesting that for all the pressure we see on police departments to solve cases, we never see the police pressure an innocent person into confessing, as happens in real life. The police in The Wire sometimes have questionable strategies for clearing a case, but they are never shown to be wrong about who they think is guilty.

Comments

[lokifan]

Wow, even in The Wire? That's so telling.

[itsnotmymind]

Yeah, I mean, The Wire is pretty good at showing the dark side of policing. But they don't go far enough.