(01-03-2018, 11:27 AM)Hell Rell Wrote: Renard is clearly the most corrupt cop. He's done things for personal gain and things that endangered the lives, or at least the lifestyle, of his force. I'm pretty sure that him joining up with BC would not be a good thing for his officers nor the citizens of Portland. Remember that there was an entire precinct of BC cops that Renard would've had influence over as mayor.
Renard is also the same guy that used the majority of his precinct's resources to hunt down Nick to cover his own ass. He went so far as to issue a shoot-on-sight order. Renard was using his power and manipulating his officers to do his dirty work for him.
As for cops like Nick doing some unsavory things not being tolerated because of the brotherhood, The Wire showed that it was more complicated than that. Some will condone your actions while others are against you. McNulty did many things outside of the box and he's what I would consider a rogue cop. Some of his fellow officers saw the value in what he did while others were never on board. The ones that saw his value were just as much a part of the brotherhood as the ones who disagreed. Other cops wouldn't have covered for him if there was no room for rogue cops.
Of course, The Wire was a much better written show so they showed the consequences of these actions. On the other hand, they also showed that no good deed goes unpunished and the dangers of always playing it by the book. It was very interesting to see the merits of both. I'm strictly talking about within the confines of the show rather than applying it to reality because that would be a different conversation.
Well, this would be my question. Suppose someone with a cell phone happened to film Nick going toward the wesen's house with a bow and arrow. Suppose they further filmed an appalled Hank, stopping him.
How far would that go with the general public? Would they really applaud him as a "rogue" cop?
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