Poignant and punishing: Prince of the City
According to the Knapp Commission, apparently there were two kinds of cops in New York in the 1970s. The first were Grass Eaters, police officers who accepted small bribes instead of issuing a parking ticket or rolling an illegal gambler. The second were Meat Eaters, officers who looked for the action, shaking down pimps, ripping
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