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Sound of the Police

The fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides, that fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.

Director

Stanley Nelson, Valerie Scoon

Year

Genre

documentary, crime

Box Office

N/A

Production

Firelight Films,ABC News Studios

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.hulu.com/series/spellbound-e4c77dc7-8d4a-4041-afaf-2b8599fffb1e

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SINGER: [vocalizing] - Sound of the Police

SINGER: [vocalizing]

ANDRE: Amir was
a shining light. - Sound of the Police

ANDRE: Amir was a shining light.

I'm gonna be the one to take
care of you out of everybody." - Sound of the Police

I'm gonna be the one to take care of you out of everybo...

And once you reach your goals,
I'll be happy." - Sound of the Police

And once you reach your goals, I'll be happy."

He was into wanting to become
a self-entrepreneur. - Sound of the Police

He was into wanting to become a self-entrepreneur.

He would tell you
about the Moon and the stars - Sound of the Police

He would tell you about the Moon and the stars

BENJAMIN:
I have to acknowledge - Sound of the Police

BENJAMIN: I have to acknowledge

If you all will stand
and please show them love - Sound of the Police

If you all will stand and please show them love

[applause] - Sound of the Police

We thank you all for being here - Sound of the Police

We thank you all for being here

SINGERS: ♪♪ Somebody's
hurting our neighbor ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

SINGERS: ♪♪ Somebody's hurting our neighbor ♪♪

The question that I have is,
how many more? - Sound of the Police

The question that I have is, how many more?

Seven years from Jamar Clark, - Sound of the Police

Seven years from Jamar Clark,

CHOIR: ♪♪ Far too long ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

CHOIR: ♪♪ Far too long ♪♪

CROWD: Ain't no power like
the power of the people - Sound of the Police

CROWD: Ain't no power like the power of the people

I got up on my phone,
and it was like, - Sound of the Police

I got up on my phone, and it was like,

And so I took the time
to go outside - Sound of the Police

And so I took the time to go outside

After I was out there
about an hour or two, - Sound of the Police

After I was out there about an hour or two,

Later in the day,
I saw the bodycam footage. - Sound of the Police

Later in the day, I saw the bodycam footage.

And the image
that just stuck with me - Sound of the Police

And the image that just stuck with me

[Lil Baby's
"The Bigger Picture"] - Sound of the Police

[Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture"]

Can Mayor Frey
still FaceTime with theirs? - Sound of the Police

Can Mayor Frey still FaceTime with theirs?

LIL BABY: ♪♪ I see blue lights I
get scared and start runnin' ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

LIL BABY: ♪♪ I see blue lights I get scared and start runnin...

LIL BABY: ♪♪ Throw us
in handcuffs and arrest us ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

LIL BABY: ♪♪ Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us ♪♪

You have people
like Jacob Blake Junior - Sound of the Police

You have people like Jacob Blake Junior

Black people like Amir Locke,
who hasn't killed anybody, - Sound of the Police

Black people like Amir Locke, who hasn't killed anybody...

[passengers screaming] - Sound of the Police

[passengers screaming]

LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger
than Black and white ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪...

If they are stopped
by the police, - Sound of the Police

If they are stopped by the police,

I don't think that
there's any question - Sound of the Police

I don't think that there's any question

This has been happening
for decades since slavery. - Sound of the Police

This has been happening for decades since slavery.

LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger
than Black and white ♪♪ - Sound of the Police

LIL BABY: ♪♪ It's bigger than Black and white ♪♪...

They emerged about 1704
in the Carolinas, - Sound of the Police

They emerged about 1704 in the Carolinas,

[dramatic music] - Sound of the Police

[dramatic music]

- The slave patrols
were deputized - Sound of the Police

- The slave patrols were deputized

Under the slave laws, slaves
are automatically guilty, - Sound of the Police

Under the slave laws, slaves are automatically guilty,

"It was also part
of my business - Sound of the Police

"It was also part of my business

I did this without any warrant
and at my own discretion." - Sound of the Police

I did this without any warrant and at my own discretion.&quo...

ELIZABETH: Slave patrols
were responsible - Sound of the Police

ELIZABETH: Slave patrols were responsible

It has the name
of the enslaved person, - Sound of the Police

It has the name of the enslaved person,

They keep close watch
on the poor nigger - Sound of the Police

They keep close watch on the poor nigger

They just like
policemen, only worse, - Sound of the Police

They just like policemen, only worse,

- If patrol caught
an enslaved person - Sound of the Police

- If patrol caught an enslaved person

READER: If you weren't
in your proper place - Sound of the Police

READER: If you weren't in your proper place

The women got 15 lashes,
and the men, 30. - Sound of the Police

The women got 15 lashes, and the men, 30.

KHALIL: It was really
a society - Sound of the Police

KHALIL: It was really a society

Northern colonies had slavery - Sound of the Police

Northern colonies had slavery

But at the time
of the Constitution, - Sound of the Police

But at the time of the Constitution,

This creates an incentive
for Black people - Sound of the Police

This creates an incentive for Black people

[music playing] - Sound of the Police

[music playing]

- Runaway ads were
the most common form - Sound of the Police

- Runaway ads were the most common form

By 1850, the South
essentially says - Sound of the Police

By 1850, the South essentially says

They begin to ask
for more direct compliance - Sound of the Police

They begin to ask for more direct compliance

SALLY:
City police officers helped - Sound of the Police

SALLY: City police officers helped

Police officers
in northern cities like Boston - Sound of the Police

Police officers in northern cities like Boston

TERRY ANNE: The fact that
there were bills - Sound of the Police

TERRY ANNE: The fact that there were bills

READER: Caution.
Colored people of Boston, - Sound of the Police

READER: Caution. Colored people of Boston,

They are empowered to act - Sound of the Police

They are empowered to act

Therefore, if you value
your liberty, - Sound of the Police

Therefore, if you value your liberty,

AL SHARPTON: There was
no qualitative difference - Sound of the Police

AL SHARPTON: There was no qualitative difference

It was a hand-in-glove
operation, - Sound of the Police

It was a hand-in-glove operation,

The impact of 1850 was,
it removed any hope - Sound of the Police

The impact of 1850 was, it removed any hope

TERRY ANNE: These laws foster
a lot of distrust - Sound of the Police

TERRY ANNE: These laws foster a lot of distrust

SALLY: Slave patrols were
the ones - Sound of the Police

SALLY: Slave patrols were the ones

EDWARD: It's also
about empowering - Sound of the Police

EDWARD: It's also about empowering

That's the power
to give people orders - Sound of the Police

That's the power to give people orders

He's recording me - Sound of the Police

He's recording me

[dog whimpers] - Sound of the Police

- When a white person
threatens to call the police - Sound of the Police

- When a white person threatens to call the police

- In order to feel
that comfortable - Sound of the Police

- In order to feel that comfortable

Dogs humping each other,
she's calling the cops. - Sound of the Police

Dogs humping each other, she's calling the cops.

DOLORES: Many
of these situations are just, - Sound of the Police

DOLORES: Many of these situations are just,

I have that status." - Sound of the Police

I have that status."

- A lot of cases,
with Karens, it's about-- - Sound of the Police

- A lot of cases, with Karens, it's about--

PHILLIP: People imagine
there's a class of people - Sound of the Police

PHILLIP: People imagine there's a class of people

Turns out, the manager
of racism is law enforcement. - Sound of the Police

Turns out, the manager of racism is law enforcement.

PHILLIP: Because this country
is so allergic - Sound of the Police

PHILLIP: Because this country is so allergic

They're saying
that this vehicle - Sound of the Police

They're saying that this vehicle

- The police are
a manifestation of what - Sound of the Police

- The police are a manifestation of what

- It's not simply a question
of the prejudices of police. - Sound of the Police

- It's not simply a question of the prejudices of polic...

It's an issue of the prejudices
of the society - Sound of the Police

It's an issue of the prejudices of the society

[cars honking] - Sound of the Police

KEYON JR.:
A usual conversation - Sound of the Police

KEYON JR.: A usual conversation

- We get off the elevator
and... - Sound of the Police

- We get off the elevator and...

- This lady just presses me, - Sound of the Police

- This lady just presses me,

That's mine.
Literally just-- - Sound of the Police

That's mine. Literally just--

The power of an individual
to deputize somebody else, - Sound of the Police

The power of an individual to deputize somebody else,

You see two Black people-- - Sound of the Police

You see two Black people--

KEYON: She came
like a zombie and attacked us. - Sound of the Police

KEYON: She came like a zombie and attacked us.

- She just comes out
of nowhere and tackles me. - Sound of the Police

- She just comes out of nowhere and tackles me.

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The fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides, that fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Stanley Nelson, Valerie Scoon

Writer: N/A

Production: Firelight Films,ABC News Studios

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Aug 2023

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/series/spellbound-e4c77dc7-8d4a-4041-afaf-2b8599fffb1e