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Den of Thieves
2018 · Film · 140 min
Directed by Christian Gudegast
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
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I guess the US have a kind of Tank Man photo. The girl from Vietnam.
About media. For me, since Trump second term, I just can't watch Superhero movies (DC / Marvel). It just feels strange and wrong for me. Also movies like the Den of Thieves (1), the feel just plain wrong with a brutal police.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_of_Thieves_(film) is not as good as Heat, but is an homage, and is a pretty fun LA bank heist movie
Den of Thieves as well. In that movie they're actually doing their job as police but they're clearly a gang within the police force who routinely break the law and abuse their position for personal gain. They even very clearly describe themselves as a gang in one scene.
No, they're just another group of incompetents.
https://knock-la.com/lasd-gang-regulators-shooting-zabala/
> Jason Zabala, an inked Regulator, is responsible for the deaths of at least two people and cost the County $4 million.
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> In October 2011, an on-duty Zabala ran a red light and was involved in a collision. Sonya Benton, 49, was inside the other car. The impact gravely injured her spine, causing long-term damage and prompting a fusion surgery. At the beginning of the case, the County’s counsel asserted that Benton’s injuries weren’t serious and the surgery wasn’t necessary. The case settled for $80,000 before trial. Taxpayers picked up the bill for her award and everyone’s attorney fees. Zabala remained a deputy.
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> The deputies later claimed Laffitte had a gun. However, Zabala said in his deposition that he never saw a weapon on Laffitte. A handgun was recovered from the scene, but it tested negative for Laffitte’s DNA, according to court documents. The testing did conclude, however, that at least two other individuals handled the gun. Shortly after the incident, Cotton said in a press conference, “I want revenge for my brother’s death. There will be no justice in Los Angeles until my brother’s murderers go to prison… I want them jailed for killing my brother and brutalizing my family.”
> That didn’t happen. Laffitte’s family settled the case for $1,500,000 before it went to trial. Taxpayers, of course, footed the bill. But the deputies who killed Terry Laffitte were never charged, and it does not appear they were disciplined. It appears as if Barrios was still a member of the department as recently as 2019. Horrifyingly, Zabala went on to kill another man in front of his family.
A sibling comment mentions the 2018 film Den of Thieves - that's the Regulators. Their tattoo's even on screen.
Haha, this stuff is perfectly depicted in the film 'Den of Thieves' [0]. In the motel scene 'Big Nick' (LASD) makes it clear 'they' are part of a gang.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lD9D5PjOco
It's not just with ICE. They help cops do a lot of big data citizen tracking and spying. If america had a social credit system like China,palantir would run it.
In the movie "Den of thieves" the actors studied real police so well they even included palantir in their dialogue.