May 2, 2009: Code of Silence
Code of Silence is a short film examining the unspoken agreement in inner-city communities not to talk to the police to help crime investigations. In only a few minutes, the point is strongly made that these communities are merely reacting to their observation of past events, and know that they could so very easily be the next person the police are asking about. It’s understandably frustrating (on the scale of days or weeks) for police to have witnesses refuse to talk, as the pressure mounts to solve crimes. It’s also understandably frustrating (on the scale of years and decades) for people, evidently because of race or status or level of influence, to be unfairly targeted and need to band together in silence in order to avoid trouble. We all know what’s wrong, and discussion of the racial aspects of this is awkward, and it seems like none of us can individually do anything about it. Kind of a sad comment on the world, really.
Slice of reality acknowledges the hopelessness.
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