CBS’s 'Blue Bloods' Pays Tribute to Police Officers
Tom Selleck’s family-centric drama speaks sanity in the midst of madness.
10.2.2017
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Friday’s episode of Blue Bloods—the popular, long-running CBS drama about law enforcement and family—provided some much-needed relief from the anti-cop sentiment of the Left’s ever-increasing, ubiquitous rage against police officers.
According to Newsbusters, in the season 8 premiere, an off-duty officer has shot and killed an unarmed shoplifter during an assault against him. The officer, Kevin Olivet, then becomes the victim of hasty judgement on the part of the new, acting mayor—played by Lorraine Bracco—and subsequently, the city.
Despite the fact that Olivet has an excellent, 4-year record and has never before discharged his weapon, the media condemns him and smears his name, forcing him to resign. Eventually, an investigation finds the officer to have been in no breach of his duties, and that the shoplifter was high on amphetamines and cocaine during the attack.
In a meeting between the mayor and Tom Selleck’s Commisioner Frank Reagan, an apology comes too late. Franks delivers a moving speech in response:
“There's something you should know about police officers. They know what people are capable of in ways that most, thankfully, do not. They have seen firsthand the cigarette burns on an infant's back or the black eyes and the sideways jaw on an 80-year-old rape victim. And they assume the worst. And they take that on so that good people can go about their lives and think generously about their fellow man. They provide that luxury.”
In this climate of unfounded racial accusations and guilty-until-proven-innocent treatment of officers of the peace, those are powerful words to remember. Moreover, they’re particularly surprising—and encouraging—coming from CBS.
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