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Frank Serpico was shot on 3 February 1971, after exposing corruption in the NYPD, leading to calls for change and widespread protection of the system from within
I once had a really good conversation with him on Twitter. I saw the movie when I was a kid about 5-6 years after it was released. When I got my first flat, I had one picture on the wall, it was the Serpico movie poster. It felt surreal to be having a conversation with the guy.
The title makes it sound like he was shot because he exposed corruption. He was shot by a drug dealer during a raid. There were, admittedly, some theories that his colleagues had deliberately set the thing up.
I imagine that in that environment it would be very easy to set up a scenario where someone gets shot indirectly. Knowing the way cops work now even when they’re filmed, I can totally imagine them doing that to a whistleblower.
bones_boy | 3 hours ago
It’s a great movie (Serpico) if you haven’t checked it out.
BrewCityChaserV2 | 2 hours ago
One of those great gritty 1970s films set in NYC.
QueefBeefCletus | 2 hours ago
Alright, Mr. Mare, feast your ears on that Spin Doctors mix!
Pairdice | 2 hours ago
I did not expect the actor Al Pacino to look that much like the actual person he portrayed in the movie.
Desperate-Citron-881 | an hour ago
The thumbnail is Al Pacino, he looks kind of similar to the real guy but definitely not that similar.
ObviouslyRealPerson | 3 hours ago
Loved the original
But if they made a parody with Jason Mantzoukas as Serpico, I'd be all in
meelawsh | 2 hours ago
Then you should check out Charlie Day as Serpico
china-blast | 2 hours ago
Ok Mr Mare, feast your ears on that Spin Doctors mix.
nottheprimeminister | 2 hours ago
This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a minute and I have nobody to share this with. Thank you.
superduperstepdad | 2 hours ago
Whistleblowers getting shot? Unimaginable!
lurkingtobeinformed | 55 minutes ago
The book is better, and Serpico moved to Europe.
Zanzibardragonlion | 30 minutes ago
He’s still alive and posts on Twitter pretty much daily.
Sea_Pianist5164 | 7 minutes ago
I once had a really good conversation with him on Twitter. I saw the movie when I was a kid about 5-6 years after it was released. When I got my first flat, I had one picture on the wall, it was the Serpico movie poster. It felt surreal to be having a conversation with the guy.
USDXBS | 44 minutes ago
And yet the NYPD is still completely corrupted.
They didn't "become a good police department" after that.
HowLittleIKnow | 53 minutes ago
The title makes it sound like he was shot because he exposed corruption. He was shot by a drug dealer during a raid. There were, admittedly, some theories that his colleagues had deliberately set the thing up.
sherriffflood | 21 minutes ago
I imagine that in that environment it would be very easy to set up a scenario where someone gets shot indirectly. Knowing the way cops work now even when they’re filmed, I can totally imagine them doing that to a whistleblower.
Tower-Union | 5 minutes ago
There’s also a brilliant documentary on him. I believe the full thing is on Prime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvkJb2PjGW8
AndyMagandy | an hour ago
And how did that all work out?