Do you think shows like “Cops” are too stereotypical and racist at times?

[smahala1991]

It seems like the majority of the cases featured are always black males. Do you think the show is stereotypical or just brutal honest? I am not meaning this as a racist question but more of a psychological thought.

[Flatmanlewis]

It’s simply a representation of the demographics of that particular city. Little known fact, the show COPS (and LivePD) both had caveats that they as a general rule don’t air incidents where the participants don’t speak English, juveniles, gangs (so as to deny them notoriety), child abuse, rape, and most domestic violence. This, oddly, is the bulk of police calls for service so this leaves traffic stops, disturbances, drug offenses, simple batteries, and asssults of non-domestic nature as the majority of their program.

[smahala1991]

So…. It’s not as random and unpredictable as they claim

[Flatmanlewis]

It’s as unpredictable as crime can be.

[patois]

Cops is a show that takes place in a given city for a particular episode. When the officers get calls they respond. The camera crew is just along for a ride along. Whatever happens is recorded to the best of their ability. If the criminals are Black in that city, that's more of a reflect of Black culture than of the show Cops.

[OlderAndWiser]

FBI crime report statistics show that a disproportionately high percentage of men arrested for violent crimes are black.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, I believe so and it's sad

[itsclearlynicholas]

Cops and wildest police videos were informative for their time. I for one though felt the show was getting dated - the race factor to me was more "how many times can I watch any male or any female or any person, be questioned, pulled over, handcuffed or chased... it gets boring eventually, no matter how many variations"... boring television 📺👀

[legalboxers]

use to growing up but not as much. I only watched it when the featured NYPD

https://www.youtube.com/embed/QaNvflZIAi8https://www.youtube.com/embed/XbkCQLIiTlc

[Anonymous]

Black men are roughly 7% of the US population, yet FBI statistics show they commit more than half of all violent crimes in the US. In the communities where those shows are filmed, the vast majority of violent crimes are committed by black men. Depicting that accurately is not racist. What WOULD be racist is not depicting it accurately for the sake of painting the black community in a more favorable light, which is a very common practice in the US..

[Joshydavid25]

Nah, they are just recording who they encounter the most unfortunately.. And unfortunately it's "Black" males..

[exitseven]

I hardly watch Cops but when I watched it it is mostly white people that get arrested

[DrPepper12]

Yes. That's the point and why they are popular. Google the demographics of the viewers.

[Anonymous]

Cops are not by any means racist, just because a cop pulls over a black person doesn't mean they're racist, if a cop sees a black man speeding then they would pull them over and give them a ticket because that's there job.

[Anonymous]

Well that's not a scripted show they are showing what it is as it is

[FunkyMonkee]

No, just the loony lefties and protestors.

[gorydetails]

lol, black males commit the majority of crimes.