How pop culture’s cops turned on their communities

How pop culture’s cops turned on their communities
Pop culture portrayals of cops. "Pop culture cops have traveled a long way from Andy Taylor’s bucolic Mayberry to Harry Callahan’s brutal San Francisco in the 1970s and even the fictional Zootopia that Disney introduced to families this year. Sheriff Andy hosted jam sessions with the folks in his lockup, kept his gun case empty and solved cases by knowing details like his elderly neighbors’ medical conditions. Callahan was furious that San Francisco’s mayor was more concerned with the rights of violent criminals than the people they preyed on in “Dirty Harry.” In a gentler way, “Zootopia” suggested that if they weren’t careful, cops could poison their own cities with suspicion and fear."