Two young women are found in the same general area, hogtied and dead. Another women who tutors students is also murdered. These are the significant cases. In the second case, Medavoy and Jones are sure they have the murderer based on the statement of a sleazy guy. They do a Central Park Eight routine on this poor guy, getting him to confess, even though he has no memory of what happened. They manipulate a minister he trusts to get this non-confession. Of course, these poor guy didn't do it and they get the guy who did. If these were real cops, both Jones and Medavoy should have been suspended and investigated. I hate the IAD guys, but this time. Both of them have track records of changing evidence reports to cover up transgressions. Greg's malfeasance when that guy whacked him on the head should have become common knowledge. A bright spot is at the end involving Connie, Theo, Andy, and the new baby.
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"Das Boots"
allmoviesfan16 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
This episode left twin bad tastes in my mouth for the way convictions/confessions were released.
In the real world, Medavoy and Jones would have been written up for the way they decided - on the evidence of a guy I wouldn't trust to tie my shoelaces - that a man with a prior history of violence but who has issued with blacking out was their suspect, and the dirty tactics they used along the way. That's crossing a line. Especially when it turned out they were wrong - not sure if this is NYPD Blue glorifying this sort of police behaviour, but considering it seems like Jones and Medavoy get off scot-free, what sort of inference are we supposed to draw from that?
Also, we see Sipowicz again using violence against a person of interest. As bad a hombre as the guy he was beating up is, that sort of behaviour doesn't sit comfortably with me. Violence against witnesses is the one part of NYPD Blue that I dislike. Maybe it's something that happens in the real world of policing, maybe not. Either way, not sure it is something that should be highlighted.
In the real world, Medavoy and Jones would have been written up for the way they decided - on the evidence of a guy I wouldn't trust to tie my shoelaces - that a man with a prior history of violence but who has issued with blacking out was their suspect, and the dirty tactics they used along the way. That's crossing a line. Especially when it turned out they were wrong - not sure if this is NYPD Blue glorifying this sort of police behaviour, but considering it seems like Jones and Medavoy get off scot-free, what sort of inference are we supposed to draw from that?
Also, we see Sipowicz again using violence against a person of interest. As bad a hombre as the guy he was beating up is, that sort of behaviour doesn't sit comfortably with me. Violence against witnesses is the one part of NYPD Blue that I dislike. Maybe it's something that happens in the real world of policing, maybe not. Either way, not sure it is something that should be highlighted.
Police brutality, violence, and malfeasance continue to be a staple of a cop show that lost its way.
sogoodlooking7 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The scumbags of the 15th, in this case Medavoy and Jones, brutalize and bully a brain damaged man into a false confession after they deceive a Reverend. What scum. Meanwhile Sipowicz beats a suspect because he's too lousy a cop to extract a confession professionally. Franz's willingness to play this creep as 'heroic' is disgusting. His Sipowicz is nothing more than a cowardly drama queen who routinely overacts to situations (his kind is notorious for fitting the term "dry drunk," an alcoholic who is not drinking but who is also failing to work any sort of 12-step program) and who constantly beats up witnesses and suspects who are only rarely in a position to fight back. Funny how Sipowicz is never willing to go toe to toe outside the station house against someone his size.
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