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| 'Brooklyn's Finest': Entertaining or Trashy? Ed Koch Mar 15 2010, 2:30 PM ET Tweet More Email Print Overture FilmsBrooklyn's Finest is a well-done film about a corrupt New York City police department. Although it takes place in the present,christian louboutin sale, the corruption depicted is so massive that it reminded me of what went on in that department before the Knapp Commission conducted its investigation of the New York City Police Department in 1970. The Knapp Commission established that an enormous number of cops were corrupt, on the take, and on the pad (paid off primarily by drug dealers for allowing them to conduct their illegal activities without fear). Ultimately, because the corruption was so substantial and involved a huge number of people in high positions, the city was forced to provide amnesty for many of them or find itself without a functioning police department. It shook mayor John Lindsay's administration to its core. Today most people believe, and I'm one of them, that since the Knapp Commission's investigation, |
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