Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command.Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command.Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 15 wins & 61 nominations total
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The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact. —<jgp3553@yahoo.com>
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- Conscience is a killer (Season 5)
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- TV-MA
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- TriviaThe Strike Team was based on the Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Division's corrupt anti-gang unit, known as Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH). More than 70 officers associated with CRASH were implicated in misconduct. Their crimes included unprovoked shootings, unprovoked beatings, planting of false evidence, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury, and the covering up of evidence of these activities. There was also a connection with Death Row Records ( which was affiliated with the Bloods street gang), with several officers serving as off-duty security in exchange for extremely generous pay. It was alleged that a number of these officers were involved and perhaps responsible for the murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G
It was determined that 90% of the members of CRASH were either directly involved in misconduct or were fully aware of it.
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Vic Mackey: Good cop and bad cop have left for the day. I'm a different kind of cop.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002)
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Addictive and superb
I saw many episodes of The Shield when it originally aired in the UK, but just finished watching all of it again. This is my favourite 'cop show' of all time and I have been watching them for about 40 years, although I feel that by calling it a cop show I have somehow done it an injustice. It is simply one of the best television dramas I have ever watched.
It really is superb, and much of the acting talent and writing is so outstanding that many of the characters are entirely believable and will be burned into my memory for a very long time.
It really is superb, and much of the acting talent and writing is so outstanding that many of the characters are entirely believable and will be burned into my memory for a very long time.
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- Sep 30, 2020
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