Cop Fiction?: Tarantino sparks outrage among police union

Director receives flak after referring to policemen as ‘murderers’ at rally

NEW YORK: The New York police union is calling for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino movies following his rally against police brutality at Washington Square Park last week. The Pulp Fiction director referred to police as ‘murderers’ during the rally on October 24, sparking outrage among members of the city’s police union.

“It’s no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop hater too,” Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, said in a statement. “The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls ‘murderers’ aren’t living in one of his depraved big-screen fantasies — they’re risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem,” he added. “New Yorkers need to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous ‘Cop Fiction’.”

Lawrence attacks Hollywood no-holds barred

While addressing protestors at his rally, Tarantino had fired up the crowd with a speech that was accompanied by images of those who have been killed by police, including Justin Smith. “I’m a human being with a conscience. And if you believe there’s murder going on, then you need to rise and stand up against it. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered. This is not being dealt with in anyway at all,” said Tarantino. “That’s why we are out here. If it was being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges.”

Tarantino’s upcoming movie The Hateful Eight, starring Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern, is slated to release in the US on December 25.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 28^th, 2015.

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