"THE POLICE FILM" 1971 DISTRUST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY MINORITY & HIPPY COMMUNITIES FILM 98554

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Produced by Avanti Films, distributed by Macmillan Films, Inc., and directed by Max Miller, this 1971 film titled “The Police Film,” is a social commentary style documentary that sheds light on the issue of police distrust and conflict between law enforcement and citizens. With narration by American actor and director Ben Gazzara, the film pieces together dramatic recreations of factual events with interviews of high and low ranking police officials and civilians. It was likely made as public relations material to improve the overall perception of police and to remind the viewer of their function and responsibility to all citizens. Official description: "Viewers hear from police chiefs in Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York; members of the Black Panthers, Chicanos and hippies; and a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Provides a close look at an ordinary cop on the beat."
Conflict between police and hippie protesters (0:20). Police officer rescuing man tangled in climbing equipment off rock’s edge (0:39). Contrasting image of same cop in protest and rescue scenario (1:20). Narrator Ben Gazzara sitting in living room talking to camera (1:24). Ants as analogy for police system (2:44). Scene of Neanderthals sitting around a fire (3:47). White blood cells under a microscope (4:18). Clips of people stopped on the street giving commentary on their view of police (4:33). Riot police looking at protesters’ signs (5:28). Black and white photos of police officers doing their duties (5:51). Photos turn to color and become a moving montage showing the many roles officers take on (6:12). Confrontation between police officers and thief (6:29). Officer saving kid from drowning (7:03). Officer mediating minor conflict between cashier and customer (7:23). Officer delivering a baby (8:02). Officer talking woman out of jumping off a bridge (8:25). Cop car responding to a call (9:22). College graduation (9:40). Riot police blocking path of protesters (9:59). Interview with former Police Commissioner of New York City, Patrick V. Murphy (10:28). Clips of everyday people and opinion on the police profession (12:11). Interview with cadets at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy (12:48). Interview with police officers with a few years of experience in Covina, Washington D.C., and New York City (14:16). Interview with Atlanta police chief Herbert Jenkins on policy of Mayor Sam Messel (15:21). Interview with director of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Academy, captain Kenneth Cape on progressive officer education (16:55). Staged class at academy about mob psychology (18:31). Community of Van Nuys and Los Angeles Police community relations program (20:43). Clips of Covina Southern California (22:35). Interview with Covina Police Chief Ferguson (23:00). Riverside County Jail police officers as prisoners program, cops going through mugging and fingerprinting process (24:40). How police engaged with and contained people at the Moratorium March on Washington, interview with Police Chief of Washington D.C., Chief Wilson (27:02). Interview with director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Eason Monroe (29:12). Public opinion interviews about police accountability and reform (31:53). Interview with an anonymous woman (32:39). Bomb explosion (33:41). Commentator speaks about importance of police in suppressing violence, while at the same time defending the right to free speech. Garazza speaks about violence harming people on both sides of the issue.
The film was associate produced by Sam Altonian, photographed and edited by Jeff Miller, with music by J. Jayem.
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[@Just1American1966]

I remember thinking sometimes while on patrol as a rookie cop 30+ years ago what a shame it was that, in a supposedly-civilized society, there was even a need for my job.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for the comment and your service in the thin blue line.

[@apstrad]

Brutality or Self Defense? I say it looks like everyone is having a good time

[@devinisdead4061]

I think the main thing to remember is people had really big sideburns back when this video was made. It doesn’t mean they’re bad people, it was merely a different time.

[@mlovmo]

No. Burns and Mutton chops are evil.

[@diablo666541]

Side burns were in in 60 n 70s lol look at Elvis in that era. You know Elvis would be none to pull his 45 out on these people he hated hippies

[@diablo666541]

@@mlovmo side burn are still in. Only not as thick.

[@abstractapproach634]

Social norms don't give them a pass, if it's somehow OK to rip down George Washington statues *we cannot excuse this issue, we should track them all down today and give them Jeremy's Razors and herbal homemade shaving cream. This will confuse them until they clean up their act* Jokes jokes, but the irony of taking some people's logic to the extreme can be fun

[@CJColvin]

That's was the 70s.

[@elviraarriaga1424]

I have never seen any Police Officers behave mean They are Understanding & Caring People and i've spoken to some Police Officers & Security Patrol Officers and They seem fine to me. Thanks for Great Video Content

[@melodiearya9478]

The Netflix doc Power brought me here ✌🏾

[@darrenbullock9153]

Same wanted to see the whole thing. Wish I hadn't now, this propaganda is beyond terrible. Hollywood really did make some garbage in the 70s.

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

Don't want negative interactions? Don't do stupid things. My interactions with police as an adult are limited to accident reports and when customers (I sell guns and you get certain types) do something that necessitates calling them. I've got some stories. People will fail the paperwork miserably, throw fits, scream buzzwords, and knock displays over like that's going to improve their situation. One homeless man called the police saying we were denying his 2nd Amendment rights because we wouldn't sell him a gun without a current address. He left, came back, and was eventually removed by an officer after failing the 4473 anyway (just collecting info) delivering the usual clichéd buzzwords on the way out. He was pacing up and down the other side of the street for hours while the police stayed parked in front keeping an eye on him. The officer confided of all the people he'd dealt with there; he was the most likely to come back and make trouble. Fortunately, we haven't seen him since. I had a woman who was denied and threatened to come back and kill us all. She got a visit from the sheriff's department that night. One guy pointed his gun right at me as I came out of the back saying "you got any ammo for this?" thinking he was being funny. He was told to leave the store, refused until he was waited on, and had a squad car waiting for him when he exited ten minutes later. A teenager trying to buy a handgun with his older (and taller) brother's ID. Then there's dealing with straw purchases, shoplifters, collecting information on denials, etc. Funny how the people I always see having negative interactions always seem to be doing something wrong.

[@mountainmonk5874]

Defending yourself from an attack is enough to have a negative interaction, unless you think defending yourself is stupid.

[@kaylind5227]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@duaneegan1230]

Nothing new under the sun..

[@jimtekkit]

The only thing that has changed is officers now have to fill out hours of paperwork and stand trial before court after firing one bullet. The need to actually fire that bullet in the first place has never changed and protestors will never be able to change it.

[@luckynedpepper9030]

Yep. The leftists and minorities still don't know how to behave in a civilized society.

[@3isr3g3n]

But its rather curious how insane the discourse about this subject has become over time.

[@radioface3306]

This was actually helpful for historical perspective on community policing.

[@mdelite]

Featuring Jackie Treehorn before he was Jackie Treehorn, wow!

[@jasonwhite7427]

Holy shit its Jackie Treehorn

[@gusbaker4u]

This feels like the basis for a really dark episode of Rifftrax 👮‍♂😱 🤣

[@d.m.3645]

In what universe are the police paid less than a fast food worker?

[@manano06]

The 1971 universe

[@nathanflett6427]

That's the way it should be (well, to a point). It means that cops are not in it for the money but hopefully for some other more noble reason.

[@duaneegan1230]

@@nathanflett6427 a lot of cops are in it for the power trip.

[@jesantonihevileon8611]

@@nathanflett6427 Same feeling in the criminals European colonialists since more than 6 centuries ago after they jumped theirs borderlines to became the aberrants angloxajon conquerors the have destroyed the peace around the world.

[@paulmeyer4376]

The international brotherhood of pizza dough tossers was once a very powerful union.

[@Chris-ry3fr]

Amazing how history keeps repeating itself.

[@user-cj7zl5jc6i]

Yes but this attitude should lead to reform, not complete defunding. Its ridiculous to assume any society would function without police

[@HansWurst1569]

Its not about repeating, this is just a continuation of the same issue.

[@chadatchison145]

@@user-cj7zl5jc6i That isn't what proponents of defund the police are advocating for.

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

History doesn't repeat itself. Humans keep repeating history. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome is the definition of #INSANITY

[@user-cj7zl5jc6i]

@Arthur Morgan Oh yes sure in a perfect world where communism would work perfectly too. Stop living the pipe dream

[@QEsposito510]

Is that JACKIE TREEHORN?

[@robvancamp2781]

'Is this police brutality or law and order?" ...neither. It's poor direction and bad acting...

[@seanhudsonforester]

I'm digging the opening music...so groovy far out

[@A3Kr0n]

Wow. I made it 23 minutes before I snapped out of it.

[@mxferro]

They weren't any Adam-12 guys. Some routine stuff were simple . But the true things going on back then were very severe, discrimination, corrupt and Narrow minded.

[@diablo666541]

And wonder why people arm selves police can't do their job people will shoot victim /criminals

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Exactly what society is going through today...

[@grayrecluse7496]

Why would the Rothschild'$, stop using what has been working for 100 year's? Look it up!

[@timothystone4998]

Everyone needs to see this

[@Sam_Eassa]

Small correction: Its "Hippie" NOT "Hippy". The latter refers to someone with large hips.

[@devinisdead4061]

They didn’t really specify which group they were referring to. They very well could’ve been talking about people with large hips. Not the dirty and gross pot smoking group you are speaking about.

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

"A hippie, also spelled hippy," The above is taken directly from Wikipedia.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Right around the time I was first hired as a cop. All we had was a gun and a stick. No spray, no Tasers, no pepper balls. Nothing else.

[@tropicalco2339]

Lots of tools to torture people with. Do you enjoy it or are you against it?

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

A revolver, correct? Perhaps a speed loader or two?

[@QEsposito510]

Is that good or bad? I can’t tell what you’re trying to say.

[@reneesui9206]

its strange seeing this its still just as bad now only everyones tired of attempting to fix it

[@tyrannosapienlex]

Keepers of the Peace vs. Enforcers of the Law

[@General-Eclectic]

Yep just like the hundreds of cops committing sick leave fraud in Phila. Lying scumbags.

[@mxferro]

Enforcers. They are there only to protect and enforce the will of the state. They don't exist to shield the populous against crime or injustice. The supreme court has already ruled they aren't there to protect "our" lives.

[@tyrannosapienlex]

@@mxferro "When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law. Just a fight for survival." -- Billy Jack

[@kc4cvh]

Monopoly of force is the basis of civilization.

[@jesantonihevileon8611]

Very giant truth !! Haven't the angloxajon ethnic turned into those very criminals and genocidal colonialists,today this world would be a world of peace and harmony. Lucifer infected the pale and pink skinned ethnic European group with his legion of vampires and demons to build his earthly paradise in Europe and look around the world the immense tragedy they have created.

[@stacesmr8407]

basis of tyranny*

[@MichaelBreen.]

That outro is a nice little jam.

[@quaaludecowboy692]

Hell yeah it is

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

I actually respect the police and thank a cop for his or her service whenever I see one ..

[@20alphabet]

Lol, and they think you're a joke as they walk away laughing.

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

BOOTLICKER

[@volvo09]

I respect police who respect the constitution. No love for the cops that arrested people for trying to keep their businesses alive over the past few years, acting as goons for a political figure.

[@johnharrison6745]

@@20alphabet PROVE it.

[@johnharrison6745]

@@RollerCoasterLineProductions Like those Wyatt people who VOLUNTARILY KISSED the boots of some Blake Hebrew Israelites?

[@camiloartmu8536]

9:21-9:28 Police Siren Recorded 1940 Sound Effects Stereo Volumen 5 (1963)

[@davesnothere512]

Nothing like some old school propaganda. Warms my heart

[@lemonrev]

what a shame so much of this is lost on the police nowdays.

[@Cheezburgercatz]

this is a laugh riot which i guess is better than a police riot

[@JustSomeGoy]

Is that Ben Gazzara? ROADHOUSE/BIG LEBOWSKI IT IS!!!!😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@ErnestTeeBass]

1:01

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Yep.

[@frankrizzo5659]

Yup I just noticed myself..lol cant young or not i know that voice lol

[@diablo666541]

He did few anti drug scare film before he went in to rescue 911

[@davidkanengieter]

Show some respect. JC Penny came to town because of HIM!

[@bilwisss]

does he ever smoke that cigar?

[@peterbelanger4094]

Are we sure that's tobacco in that cigar?

[@slowneutron6163]

Sorry, I was looking for Andy, Stewart, and Sting. I'll let myself out.

[@WATCH-IT-BUSTER]

0:20 It's not about the money! Policing is about the power over other humans. Through out history.

[@chairmanmeow415]

26 weeks is not enough to train someone to gallivant around town with a gun and loads of power

[@devinisdead4061]

I carry a concealed firearm every time I leave my house, I’m 50 years old and have never in my life needed a police officer or had to even deal with one. It’s pretty easy to not have negative experiences with law enforcement.

[@A3Kr0n]

That's why police departments like to hire veterans that have been trained to kill people.

[@jesantonihevileon8611]

@@devinisdead4061 Great: ask about it to all the aboriginal natives Americans about such a nice experience.

[@devinisdead4061]

@@jesantonihevileon8611 how would a policeman even know if they are an aboriginal native American? What a weird statement.

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

@@devinisdead4061 you must live in a wonderful place. First of all, I want to commend you for practicing your God given Right to defend yourself and others which is backed up by the 2A right to keep and bear arms. There are many people who cannot afford to legally carry a firearm and most of them are living in a #POLICESTATE and have to try very hard NOT to have a bad experience with a member of a LEO. We really need to have a National Carry Act so that everyone who can legally carry does not have to PAY for permission to carry a weapon. Payment for a background check should also be free to any legal American citizen. I am happy to hear that you live in an idyllic area of our country and find it easy to not have a bad LEO experience. 😎👍

[@zEropoint68]

so i guess the moral of the story is "the hippies were right"?

[@idiotwind2248]

We knew we were then,& police behavior today shows shit hasn't changed much. 👊 ✌️

[@quaaludecowboy692]

Take away their pistols and give em waterguns filled with LSD

[@diablo666541]

I can't picture wearing those hats .one my relatives is newly recruited and said the hats are more ceremony thing when they complete the academy. Lot them don't like them

[@Doodlesthegreat]

And then it turned out that they /couldn't/ trust the police. And neither can most of us.

[@20alphabet]

That's absolutely correct.

[@saccaed]

The institution of policing can't be trusted. Individual officers can be though. Police as state toties will reflect the state that directs their action. That police are not to be trusted perfectly reflects how untrustworthy current and previous politicians and bureaucrats have been.

[@20alphabet]

@@saccaed No, as members of the institution, they cannot.

[@saccaed]

@@20alphabet Agree to disagree then. Corruption is a two way street. Higher ups view officers that 'do the right thing' the way that civilians view the officers that 'are just following orders'.

[@20alphabet]

@@saccaed No agreement. Your premise is wrong. Now go on to explain how all Nazis aren't bad.

[@allandavis8201]

I don’t know about now but how on earth could a police officer earn less than a pizzeria employee????, if that was/is the level of reward a police officer got/gets it is small wonder that police departments, not just in the USA, are understaffed, and they are forced into employing people who are not really suitable for the task of enforcing the law, and being underpaid and undervalued is an invitation to the criminal element to turn good officers into corrupt officers, and then when they are caught for taking bribes etc we, the citizens of our respective countries, are outraged and angry that they were recruited in the first place, the old saying of “pay peanuts 🥜 and you get monkeys 🙈 🙈🙊” is fitting for the issues. @ 1:59 the question was “police brutality” or “self defence”????, in my opinion the answer is neither, the are “doing the job they were UNDERpaid for” why do we tend to throw police officers (or any uniformed public servants) under the bus?, here in the United Kingdom there has been a number of cases involving police officers for corruption,murder, sexual assault/rape, all of which is despicable and heinous, however, there have also been cases of officers who, in the course of their duties, made a mistake that caused people harm, and in one case (that I know of) the suspect died from being shot by an armed officer, and he was charged with murder, it was not a deliberate shooting (to my knowledge) the officer made a fatal error that cost a man his life, it is sad and upsetting but it was a pure mistake, and yet he is/was facing time in jail for his actions, and once again the MSM and SM platforms vilified the man without any mercy or consideration of the consequences for the man or his family, that doesn’t just make me angry it makes me ashamed of the way he was treated by our government and judiciary, it’s no wonder that we now have a shortage of armed response officers, many of them decided to stop being in the armed response units because of the possibility that they could be next to be charged with murder for doing their job, mistakes happen and, sadly, innocent people have their lives ruined or ended, it is wrong to destroy a person for making a mistake. Isn’t it amazing that we are still having the same issues and problems that they had when this film was made (1971), the only difference is that the problems have got worse, far from finding solutions we have found many more issues and problems that police officers and citizens have been forced to face every single day, and the police are being blamed for the problems arising in the first place.

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

... yeah, a cigar in your hand makes you look real cool huh? How times change.

[@abstractapproach634]

"The right to decent" Can we get a guide on how to do this and survive free

[@therealxunil2]

"dissent"

[@flat-earther]

Anyone can go the James Freeman channel and see endless examples of what cops really are.

[@20alphabet]

Poor Dirt Farmer and Lackluster as well. The highest percentage of pedos in any occupation outside of public schoolteachers.

[@diablo666541]

A Mob well you them handle one way pull the trigger n aim for that head. Same with looters no such thing as peaceful looters or so call peaceful mob. Plain n simply

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Dahh news flash ...hell have been in a federal unifom and stopped and questioned by sherriffs

[@jimhaines8370]

They all needed more Wood Shampoo's

[@mxferro]

What a bunch of BS. We all, now are fully aware of WHO and HOW they are. Those body cameras and cellphone coverage we seen, show all too well who they are and how they TRULY act.

[@lifeindetale]

This was made to help people acknowledge something about community service. People commenting on here negatively are no good stuck up with big ego's that wish they were a cop for the wrong reasons.

[@4sakesalive-75]

McMillan n files

[@20alphabet]

Starsky & Mannix

[@0neIntangible]

APB!!! ALL UNITS REPORT TO DUNKIN DONUTS IMMEDIATELY!!!

[@davidmicalizio824]

Chicago '68

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

Chicago today.

[@davidmicalizio824]

@@Apocalypse_Cow Not so much.

[@aoudaeialdarouesh265]

3:48 Hippys XD

[@PerthLuxury]

"Peaceful Protesters" my foot.... just do a Trump and invoke the insurrection act and send in the Corps and take out the trash....

[@abstractapproach634]

Yes, I do not respect authority imposed on me if I am in my right mind not hurting anybody

[@franzkoviakalak6981]

FTP

[@SkilledEddie]

Groovy baby👍

[@1stamendmentsupporter]

Where's Dirty Harry?

[@generaljoey3559]

The Waffle House has found its new host.

[@20alphabet]

Lol, gotta love those retro pro-tyrant propaganda films.

[@johnharrison6745]

Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong.

[@20alphabet]

@@johnharrison6745 You are absolutely correct! Edit: I retract my last statement. Kyle Rittenhouse did indeed do something wrong. He aimed about 12" too far left of Gaige Grosskreutz.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Even the propaganda was better back in the old days.

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

@@20alphabet was it 12 feet or 12 inches? I forget already. 🤣👍

[@20alphabet]

@@Apocalypse_Cow Ooh... good catch!

[@harbourdogNL]

Quite possibly the worst film ever made!

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

nothin has changed

[@4stag]

Reverse anthropomorphism, anyone?

[@joshweickum]

Haha "or hippies"

[@troyelliott390]

✔

[@necrophagus9]

Civilization is a cheap facade. Embrace chaos 🙂

[@frydemwingz]

Now this film could be more inclusive if it were made today because nobody trusts the police. it's one of the few things all Americans have in common now.

[@Johnny_Tambourine]

you speak only for yourself. Blue Lives Matter.

[@A3Kr0n]

So things have gotten worse you're saying.

[@Apocalypse_Cow]

You must never come in contact with CopSuckers. These are the people who call the police if they think you hit your kids. If they see you recording the cops, they will scream at you and berate you for practicing your 1A rights. Some people TRUST the POLICE. Too many people do imo!

[@diablo666541]

@Arthur Morgan you gotten worse thinking of entitlement mentality n hiding behind

[@exempligratia101]

@@diablo666541back at you too 🤪

[@pedalingthru2719]

So what happens when the cop is the danger ?

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

Who cares, it’s a dirty swine. Whatever happens happens, SCOTUS ruled they have no duty to protect.

[@disposable_income_andy]

strangely relevant?

[@aaronbourn7661]

1960s video

[@sambowz9077]

I never did trust the FUZZ!🤣

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Adults don't use emoji's.

[@sambowz9077]

@@makeracistsafraidagain What the Hell makes you think I'm an adult? 🤔🤨🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

@Arthur Morgan I was an Army and civilian cop and I was a good one. I'm very proud of my service to the citizens of this great nation. How do you serve America?