Serpico

[jon-nyc]

Recognized, 50 years on.

https://www.officer.com/command-hq/supplies-services/awards-gifts/news/21255741/after-50-years-frank-serpico-gets-formal-recognition-from-nypd?fbclid=IwAR2yjip3XWjsH4_TVdR3iBDiDv45I6mVLLd-HHnvad0_Idex8Le39U3I90s

[Ivorythumper]

@jon-nyc said in Serpico:

Recognized, 50 years on.

https://www.officer.com/command-hq/supplies-services/awards-gifts/news/21255741/after-50-years-frank-serpico-gets-formal-recognition-from-nypd?fbclid=IwAR2yjip3XWjsH4_TVdR3iBDiDv45I6mVLLd-HHnvad0_Idex8Le39U3I90s

Better late than never.

[George K]

I remember reading the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Serpico-Cop-Who-Defied-System/dp/B00IBGO1JG/ref=sr_1_8?crid=3RYUNEVR8R8M0&keywords=serpico&qid=1644187543&sprefix=serpico%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-8

It was in 1973, and I was staying in Long Island visiting my (first) wife before we married. Great story.

I'd forgotten so many of the details of the story other than the overall plot - good cop goes after corrupt cops.

I also remember is was the first time I saw the word "scumbag" used - with a definition.

[bachophile]

@george-k ill one up on you, i remember Serpico and the Knapp commission.
at the time i was a 7th grader in new york city and even then remarkably addicted to current events and news stories.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Serpico:

Recognized, 50 years on.

https://www.officer.com/command-hq/supplies-services/awards-gifts/news/21255741/after-50-years-frank-serpico-gets-formal-recognition-from-nypd?fbclid=IwAR2yjip3XWjsH4_TVdR3iBDiDv45I6mVLLd-HHnvad0_Idex8Le39U3I90s

He actually looks a lot more like Al Pacino than I was expecting.

[jon-nyc]

Fucking wops all look the same.