Warning: Constant FS_CHMOD_DIR already defined in /home/michae10/public_html/richardkotuk.com/wp-config.php on line 90

Warning: Constant FS_CHMOD_FILE already defined in /home/michae10/public_html/richardkotuk.com/wp-config.php on line 90

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/michae10/public_html/richardkotuk.com/wp-config.php:90) in /home/michae10/public_html/richardkotuk.com/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php on line 8
Trigger-happy – The Richard Kotuk Archives https://richardkotuk.com Collection of works by the journalist and filmmaker Richard Kotuk Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:17:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 The 51st State: Cops https://richardkotuk.com/2013/08/24/the-51st-state-cops/ Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:19:22 +0000 http://richardkotuk.com/?p=46 The 51st State: Cops Read more →

]]>

Richard Kotuk spent one week with an undercover anti-crime unit in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood; a mostly white anti-crime unit assigned to an African American and Puerto Rican neighborhood. While officials praised these anti-crime units as being effective, some civil rights leaders criticize them for being “trigger happy”. This report invites audience not only to witness the officers’ daily duties but also what they think, what they feel and who they are as human beings. COPS won four Emmy awards (the 18th Annual New York Emmy Awards) including Best Informational Feature Reporting and a nationwide Special on the Public Broadcasting Service.

Produced and reported by Richard Kotuk

Award: 18th Annual New York Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Informational Feature Reporting Within a Regularly Scheduled News Program

]]>