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Cops is cancelled. Gone With The Wind yanked.

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Cops is cancelled. Gone With The Wind yanked.

There's a cultural revolution underway.

Dan Barrett
Jun 10, 2020
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Cops is cancelled. Gone With The Wind yanked.

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Cops is cancelled. Gone With The Wind yanked.

I spent a few hours away from Twitter yesterday and missed the birth of a new acronym - ACAB. Apparently it stands for All Cops Are Bad. It is used in the ongoing conversation around the depiction of cops on TV and whether positive depictions of police provide a barrier for viewers from seeing negative practices within police work.

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