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Brave heroes to some, oppressive villains to others, the police have always been a polarising institution. ‘Good Cop. Bad Cop.’ tells the stories of figures & events from real and fictional worlds of law enforcement. We're trying to understand what it really means to be a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ cop.

In Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, Brooklyn - neighborhoods notorious for drugs and violent crime - some of the worst criminals wore police uniforms and carried badges. Henry Winter was a good cop when he first entered the infamous 77th station house, which was already infamous as a home to the dregs of the NYPD. Before long he and fellow officer Anthony Magno found themselves deeply entrenched in the Alamo's culture of extortion, lies, corruption, and crime.