Dragnet: The Big Red Part 1
Dragnet · January 3, 1952 · 29 min · 5,271 words
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The document a drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence.
From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, August 9th. It was warm in Los Angeles. My partner is Ed Jacobs. The boss is Captain Kearney. My name is Friday.
It was 728pm when I got to Lincoln Park, the West entrance. Hey, sir. Got a couple of bags of peanuts, please. Sure thing. Channel bag, that'll be 20 cents. All right, thank you. Thank you.
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