It’s beyond tough being a white cop in a black slum neighborhood. From John Patterson at unz.com:
James Lancia, “Downtown White Police”: Demonizing the Alpha Cop, Glorifying Thugs, and Militarizing Law Enforcement, CreateSpace, 2015, 182 pages, $15.95 paperback, $9.99 Kindle.
James Lancia is a retired police officer from Bridgeport, Connecticut, with indisputable credibility as an experienced “alpha cop.” In the 1980s, when Mr. Lancia patrolled the city’s streets, Bridgeport was in the middle of a crack epidemic and had one of the highest per capita overall crime rates in the United States. One of the Bridgeport’s worst areas was the notorious Father Panik Village, occupied largely by blacks and at that time America’s most dangerous housing project.
In “Downtown White Police,” Mr. Lancia describes what patrolling this blighted and violent area was like for a white officer. He treats the reader to many riveting police stories that require no embellishment. He describes in detail the sights, sounds, and smells, and offers a glimpse into the violence, fear, and degeneracy of life in majority-black projects. Mr. Lancia discusses topics that only a true street cop could understand and only a retired one would dare broach.
Colors is an underrated movie regarding the poleece and the Bad Lieutenant with Harvey Keitel is another.
The second one with Nick Cage isn’t that great but has a few good scenes.
Unlawful Entry with Ray Liotta has the bad cop theme.
Speaking of colors, the gangs have infiltrated PD as seen in Memphis where the story was swept under the rug when it couldn’t be exploited for racial disharmony.