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America's descent into fascism as shown by 'Columbo' & 'Chicago PD'
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America's descent into fascism as shown by 'Columbo' & 'Chicago PD'

The militarization of police can be shown in two famous flavors of copaganda.

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D.J. Byrnes
Mar 29, 2023
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An image of Columbo and Hank Voight of Chicago PD
Lieutenant Columbo (left) of Columbo and Sergeant Hank Voight (right) of Chicago PD.

One thing that might surprise you is that I am a connoisseur of serialized copaganda shows. I’m unsure when the habit began, but it probably started with Law & Order.

Recently, however, when I’m writing, there’s usually some copaganda playing in the background in the for…

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