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...that leaves the opposition smiling. In one corner was liberal Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who had successfully promoted repeal of the death penalty in France last year. In the other was his fellow Socialist, longtime Marseille Mayor Gaston Defferre, who as Interior Minister is the country's top cop. Badinter was urging the National Assembly to abolish a much-hated law, inherited from the government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, that increased the police's power to detain, search and even check identity papers almost at will. But Defferre insisted that he wanted "reinforcement...
...this opening scenario lacks subtlety, then if mirrors Partners itself. The film presents Ryan O'Neal as Benson, a heterosexual homicide detective assigned to work with homosexual cop Fred Kerwin (John Hurt). Because of a series of homosexual murders, their chief insists that they "set up home" in the gay community...
...mystery occupies little of this film's 90 minutes. Instead its makers subject the audience to poking fun at homosexuals clumsily designed to provoke raucous laughter. See if you can contain yourself. Benson asks his chief, "Why did you choose me?" The chief responds, "Because you're a good cop.. and 'cause of your cute ass." An aging homosexual tells Benson and Kerwin, "You have got to stick it through. Hang on tight, tight, tight," Benson tells his partner." "Those two faggots look alike. All faggots look alike." The two follow a suspect into a supermarket. While Benson watches...
...transfer of police resources from automobiles to foot patrols. The growing urban fear of crime stems not only from contact with crime itself, but with the general atmosphere of disorder in society. Police can make citizens feel significantly more secure by providing the services that only a cop walking a beat can offer--shooting away bums, dispersing crowds of rowdy kids, and knowing the difference between neighborhood "regulars" and "strangers". As James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling pointed out in an article in the March Atlantic, the return of foot-patrols would not necessarily reduce crime, but would confront...
...trying to ask a policeman what was happening when I got punched from behind in the left eye," said Mokrzyci, adding. "I was then handcuffed by a cop and dragged by my hair into a paddy wagon...