10-10-2008, 10:25 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Serpico Lives!
So, I just finished watching Serpico, the classic Pacino movie and true story about NYC's whistle-blowing honest cop in the 1960s, for the first time.
Then, I decided to google around for a bit to learn more about Frank Serpico. At the bottom of his Wikipedia entry, I found a link to his official webpage. Then, from his webpage, I found this: Serpico's blog. Am I the only one who finds it mindblowing that Frank Serpico, who until today I only knew of as some sort of pop-culture archetype for "good cop," is a living, breathing human being who keeps a friggin' blog? The guy was born in the 1930s, for crying out loud! Seriously, I'm just stunned. I guess you can find just about anything on the internet.
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10-11-2008, 06:56 AM | #2 (permalink) | |
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His life story is real popular in entry level Admin of Justice college programs. Serpico is interesting because he decided to ditch the US for quite a while after the shot-to-the-face incident. That takes a lot of balls, I'd imagine. Really disillusioned with the US. Can't say I blame him. I believe his actions had a huge impact on law enforcement. I don't think I would have been interested in LE as a career without knowing the integrity checks they have in place actually have teeth. Policy is just words on a page until somebody tests it. |
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10-17-2008, 05:28 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I know little of the man, but I do know the movie was based on a real life man.
Great freakin' movie!
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