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Joseph Wambaugh redefined police dramas, revealing the harsh realities and psychological toll of law enforcement.

He was among the police units mobilized in 1965 when the city’s Watts neighborhood erupted in deadly riots after the arrest of a Black man by a White police officer — unrest that was also seen ...

A teacher who read 156 books last year has shared her hobby on TikTok and completes "24-hour readathons" where she only stops reading to sleep.

Unlike those on 'Dragnet' and other cop shows, Wambaugh's fictional officers were often compromised and deeply flawed ...

Nominees for live-action, documentary and animated shorts talk about the joy, trauma and universal human themes in their work ...

Raymond Pace Alexander was born in Philadelphia in 1897 in the 7th Ward, currently Central City, where many working-class Black Americans lived. His parents moved north to Philadelphia in search of ...

As far as police procedurals go ... going about their mundane daily lives. Based on the 2014 movie of the same name, What We Do in the Shadows revolves around four vampires living as roommates.