watched an interesting documentary today on bet. it was called black and blue: legends of the hip hop cop. it was about the nypd's rap unit, a group w/in their force that profiles and tracks hip hop artists. or, i should say, it was a doc that attempted to look into whether or not police profile and track hip hop artists.
the documentary was interesting because new york says that it doesn't have a unit like this. but, there is confirmation from the miami pd that they have a unit of their own and were trained by nypd. and, there is this binder, from the nypd, that catalogs a ton of rappers. it had rap sheets, business ties, and on and on. and the documentary showed the binder. nypd, nope, we didn't make that. the doc also interviewed the nypd cop who basically was the main guy for this unit. but, no, we don't have a unit like that.
(a funny note, the documentary had commercials during it. i was watching and started thinking, there sure are a lot of black people in these commercials. that's odd. and then i remember, oh yeah, i'm watching black entertainment television.)
(i wrote this on sunday, but forgot about it. so, i'll post it now.)
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