“Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks. If a country has reached a high degree of industrialization the whole scene changes.... Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications.” IfsPersonsLongStillsCountryWholeUseTodayWantedPoliticalCommunicationSceneDegreesArmyPoliceLong AgoTanksFascistsPolitical PowerCoupsIndustrialization Author:Umberto Eco
“John Howard turned the prime ministership into something like a state police minister. He's at the scene of every crime, twice a day on radio, the guy did no thinking.” ThinkingStatesGuyCrimeScenePoliceRadioMinistersPrime Author:Paul Keating
“TV is a huge draw. It's a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I'd race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!” IfsHomeWould BeRaceTvsHugeSceneNewsDrawsPoliceSecondsPolicemenMagnet Author:Jerry Springer
“They [NYPD] tell you how you can act and what you can do your whole entire life. But they always stayed out of it. I did a little here and there for the police department as far as a crime scene that might have occult overtones - they would call me and I'd look into it. But it was usually minor little things.” LooksLittlesWholeMightCan DoCrimeScenePoliceDepartmentCall MeLittle ThingsMinorsHere And ThereOccultPolice DepartmentNypd Author:Ralph Sarchie
“In theory, if a gun is left at the scene of a crime, licensing and registration will allow a gun to be traced back to its owner. But, amazingly, despite police spending tens of thousands of man-hours administering these laws ... there is not even a single case where the laws have been instrumental in identifying someone who has committed a crime.” IfsMenHas BeensLawLeftHoursCasesCrimeTheorySceneGunPoliceCommittedSpendingDespiteOwnersIdentifyingRegistrationLicensing Author:John R. Lott Jr.
“The Beatles first appeared on our show on February 9, 1964, and I have never seen any scenes to compare with the bedlam that was occasioned by their debut. Broadway was jammed with people for almost eight blocks. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic. It was indescribable ... There has never been anything like it in show business, and the New York City police were very happy it didn't - and wouldn't - happen again.” PeopleFirstsShowsHappensCitiesNew YorkScenePoliceEightBlockCompareNew York CityTrafficVery HappyBroadwayShow BusinessFebruaryDebutIndescribable Author:Ed Sullivan
“When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. It should be documentary style, because documentary is police photography of a scene and a murder ... that's a real document. You see, art is really useless, and a document has use. And therefore, art is never a document, but it can adopt that style. I do it. I'm called a documentary photographer. But that presupposes a quite subtle knowledge of this distinction.” ShouldArtRealUseStyleScenePhotographyArt IsEarsMurderPolicePhotographerUselessDistinctionSubtleSophisticatedDocumentsDocumentaries Book:Walker Evans and Jane Ninas in New Orleans, 1935-1936 Source: Walker Evans and Jane Ninas in New Orleans, 1935-1936
“Most of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveMatterEnoughRealityPassionFunImaginationCreativityShareCarEmotionalScenePoliceCamerasShootingHaving FunFortunateStationsManifestCaptureIngenuityDeep InsideMake BelieveBlowing UpJust Have FunPlaying Make Believe Author:Gabriel Campisi
“People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine Head and Pantera *puke*!” PeopleTryingStuffStyleSceneAppreciateMachinesPoliceMtvPukeOld StuffPantera Author:Mat McNerney
“I reject totally the characterization of a transwoman as a mutilated man. First, that formulation presumes that men born into that sex assignment are not mutilated. Second, it once again sets up the feminist as the prosecutor of trans people. If there is any mutilation going on in this scene, it is being done by the feminist police force who rejects the lived embodiment of transwomen. That very accusation is a form of "mutilation" as is all transphobic discourse such as these.” PeopleIfsMenFirstsDoneFormForceSexBornScenePoliceFeministRejectsDiscourseTransAssignmentsEmbodimentAccusationBeing DoneProsecutorCharacterizationPolice ForceMutilation Author:Judith Butler
“There was a courtroom scene where my son is convicted of killing Kevin Spacey's character. I find the bloody T-shirt and realize my husband did it. I get up the courage to take the shirt and send it to the police as evidence. I go out of the house for the first time. There was all this stuff I had to do that became quite truncated, because they slimmed down the movie. I understand the American Beauty is brilliant without all that stuff, but for me, personally, it was hard to see all that go.” CharacterHouseRealizingSonSceneHusbandEvidenceFirst TimePoliceKillingBrilliantShirtsMy HusbandMy SonBloodyCourtroom Author:Allison Janney
“In the liberal remake of 'Casablanca,' the police captain comes upon the scene of the shooting and orders his men to 'round up the usual weapons.' It's always the weapon and never the shooter.” MenOrderSceneWeaponsPoliceRoundsShootingUsualCaptainsRemakesShooter Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Okay. Now you have to move your arms and legs.” “I know how to make a snow angel.” “Then do it! Otherwise, you’re more like a chalk outline at a police crime scene.” KnowsMovingKnow HowCrimeArmsSceneAngelOkayPoliceLegsSnowOutlinesChalkArms And LegsSnow Angel Book:Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“Soon it began to drizzle for the second time that night. The drops grew heavier and became visible in the headlights of the cars. It was said by some of the police on the scene that God was crying for the girl in the garden. To others, it was only rain.” SaidNightGirlLinesCarCryGrewSceneRainGardenPoliceFinalsVisibleHeadlightsDrizzle Author:George Pelecanos
“Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.” PeopleSimpleScenePureLet MePoliceAttackingFirefighterCriminalityLootingVandalism Author:David Cameron
“We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are.” SpiritualPartyStruggleStreetsDyingGrewSceneGrew UpPoliceSouthEverydayAtmosphereWho We AreEveryday LifeRumorHarlemSirensLandlordWailing Author:Ruby Dee
“When you realize that incompetent police officers are harassing you, you need to call 911 and demand that a police supervisor be immediately dispatched to the scene. In the mean time you need to be video recording everything, as police officers are known for their blatant lies and fabrications.” MeanTimeKnownSceneDemandLiesPoliceVideoPolice BrutalityPolicemenEverythingSheriffPolice OfficerIncompetentHarassmentPolice CorruptionPolice StateCallRealizeOfficerPolicemanPolice ReformPolice Procedural911Police ServiceRecordBlatantHarassRecordingSupervisorHarassingImmediatelyFabricationsDispatched Author:Steven Magee