WoPo in LIGHTS!
If you’re looking to get famous from committing crimes in Worcester now’s your chance, while the COPS television show is in the Big Woo filming for the next few weeks. I never really understood why cities allow their departments to be filmed like this. Never mind the argument that it trivializes Law Enforcement as a profession, it’s just shitty PR. A few weeks of footage are going to be whittled down to twenty two minutes of airtime and the segments are not going to be officers helping cripples get their crutches unstuck from the gutter. For the actual officers involved I’m sure it’s great to be seen working your ass off on national television by your peers. But for the rest of us all we get is a showcase of the most television friendly crimes Worcester can provide. For a City that has a long standing image problem to begin with, how is this a good thing? The few hookers left on Main St will be seen by more eyes nationally than anything else we have going on. If we have a shooting it will be edited to look like an hourly occurrence. And you can be sure that they will air what they want, the WPD will get to give a thumbs up to the raw footage being used, but editing has a funny way of showing what the producer wants; not the subject.
Well enough writing, I need to go tie one on and start riding my bike naked while yelling at strangers. There’s fifteen minutes of fame out there waiting for me, wish me luck!
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I was in the background watching this. We guessed it was Cops but didn’t know for sure.
would have been great if you ran out and started filming the film crew.
They were staring me down telling me to move along with their minds. Our cops have mind control, very impressive.
Let’s spend $10’s of thousands on the Wayfinding grants and $100’s of thousands over the past few years to change our marketing slogan/logo/image and trade it all in for 20 mins of terrible national publicity. That feels like a good idea for the City … they’ll be flying in and out of Boston/Metro/Worcester Airport right away.
Far worse though is the impact this is having on my neighborhood in Piedmont/Main South and other neighborhoods like Main South and the Valley. We’ve been in some kind of lockdown over the past few days so that FOX and the WPD can get some good video. Treating people like this is all wrong. People are being asked to call City Hall on Monday to complain, and a collection of community groups have planned a “Fox COPS out of Worcester” speakout for Monday @ 3pm @ City Hall.
I was arrested last night for distributing fliers in Main South for the speakout, and I’m a 40 yr old white guy. That’s the sideshow Worcester’s invited into our neighborhoods. it SUCKS.
Kevin, any chance you could send me an email with the details of your arrest?
buckpaxton@gmail.com
“the segments are not going to be officers helping cripples get their crutches unstuck from the gutter”
So that’s why I was stuck in the gutter outside of Barney Googles all that time.
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