Alan Ritchsonthe titular star of Prime Video Reach series, is known for sharing his political views even though they may conflict with those of the series’ conservative fan base. And even though some viewers have threatened to stop watching the popular streamer series to protest Ritchson’s “woke” comments, he doubles down on his message of police accountability in an Instagram post this week.
The searches against Ritchson were linked to an interview he conducted with The Hollywood Reporter this month, in which he addressed the online unrest among Reach fans after an old photo of him wearing an ‘Arrest the Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor’ T-shirt resurfaced: ‘Cops get away with murder all the time, and the fact that we can’t to really hold them accountable for their improprieties is troubling to me,” he said in the interview. “We should completely reform the way we do things. I mean, you shouldn’t have to spend more time studying to be a barber than you do becoming a cop with a deadly weapon.
The National Fraternal Order of Police caught wind of Ritchson’s comments and posted a photo of the actor on its Instagram page, calling him a “useless Hollywood actor” who is “a virtue that attracts attention at the expense brave police officers.” Ritchson responded to the post Tuesday, calling it a “concerning” display of “emotional immaturity” in his lengthy response.
“This kind of emotionally immature response is the epitome of what concerns me in law enforcement today,” he wrote in his post. “If this is how leaders handle peaceful disagreement, what is life like for these invisible interactions on the street? How does this shape the character of these police officers who turn to management?
“Do you really want such easily angered and bully (sic) individuals like schoolchildren to have a gun and the protection of an untouchable union?” he also said.
Ritchson went on to say that he knows there are “a lot of good, brave cops,” but claiming there are no bad apples indicates a “blind allegiance” that he called “dangerous » and “fertile ground for fascism”.
“There are rogue or poorly equipped officers who remind us that we need higher barriers to entry and stricter regulations to make abuse a thing of the past,” he continued. risks being ostracized and marginalized.
Ritchson also took the opportunity to call out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “To make matters worse, voters in Florida are perpetuating these problems by continuing to support people like Governor Desantis, who just passed a law prohibiting anyone other than the police from policing themselves,” he said. he wrote, referring to the governor’s recent bill. this limits police oversight boards in the state.
“This lack of transparency would be laughable, if not deadly,” he added. “Efforts like these take us away from the world I hope to leave to my children, one that is extremely careful when it comes to deciding who we arm and a greenhouse for public institutions. Especially those with the ability to end lives.
In the same Hollywood journalist In the interview, Ritchson spoke about his own Christian faith and expressed frustration with the way conservatives have seemingly co-opted his religion. “Trump is a rapist and a crook, and yet the entire Christian church seems to treat him like he’s their role model and it’s unreal,” he noted. “I don’t understand.”
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