Andre Braugher weighs in on how cop shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine will change in wake of George Floyd protests

Entertainment Weekly

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and Homicide alum tells EW's The Awardist podcast of the backlash to cop shows in wake of the recent Black Lives Matter protests: "It's a very complicated subject, but I think they have to be portrayed much more realistically, in terms of this: The convention... that police breaking the law is okay because somehow it's in the service of some greater good, is a myth that needs to be destroyed," Braugher adds that Brooklyn Nine-Nine will also need to grapple with the reality of widespread police misconduct moving forward. "We're going into an eighth season with a new challenge which is that everyone's knowledge and feelings about police... have been profoundly affected," he says. "What we have from (creator) Dan (Goor) is a commitment to write a smart show that will not attempt to hide itself in a fantasy. So the Nine-Nine is going to have to deal with what we know about the New York Police Department."