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The Police’s War on Quentin Tarantino

RISE AGAINST

Police unions across the country are calling for a boycott of the director’s films in the wake of statements he made against police brutality. Have they seen any of his films?

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There’s a scene midway through Reservoir Dogs wherein the impossibly cool Mr. Blonde, played with gangster-Elvis panache by Michael Madsen, is brutally torturing a police officer.

The premise of the film is that a jewelry store robbery has gone awry, and because the police response was so damn quick, the gang...

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