Mieke Schepens (@mschepens.bsky.social)

'The dishonest officer should fear the honest one': The policeman who inspired Al Pacino's Serpico Frank Serpico was shot on 3 February 1971, after exposing corruption in the NYPD. The following year, the BBC reported on the "widespread" rot in the Big Apple's police force. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260130-the-policeman-who-inspired-al-pacinos-serpico?at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=emails&at_objective=awareness&at_ptr_type=email&at_ptr_name=salesforce&at_campaign=inhistory&at_email_send_date=20260205&at_send_id=4542023&at_link_title=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.com%2fculture%2farticle%2f20260130-the-policeman-who-inspired-al-pacinos-serpico&at_bbc_team=crm&at_audience_id=249681959