It used to be that true crime documentaries followed the facts and left it up to the viewer to decide what to think (Capturing the Friedmans/The Staircase/The Jinx/The thin blue line etc).
However, in recent times I’ve noticed something. In particular, HBO seem to be the worst culprits. The narrative is this.
Dark key charged with murder. Cops and locals all thick hicks who hate dark keys. Dark key must be innocent. Fuck the victims and the evidence and let’s bash whitey instead.
Here are some recent examples (Warning: spoilers coming if you fancy watching any of them).
1. Who killed Garrett Philips?
The narrative is the dark key is innocent. Indeed, he was recently exhonorated. However, they quickly skirted over the ‘1 in a billion DNA evidence’ the cops couldn’t use because of a technicality. There was eyewitness evidence and circumstantial evidence linking the accused to the crime. All the cops still think he did it. His girlfriend (and mother of the murdered child) at the time of the murder thinks he did it to this day.The town think he did it. But no everyone is…raaayyyycissss.
2. The Atlanta Child murders. The evidence against the guy in prison is overwhelming. Cops waiting on a bridge at 3am heard a big splash and got the cunt as he drove off. Body found in the river below. Fibre evidence linking him to other murders. Caught trying to burn evidence against him. Pretended to be a child star agent to get access to boys. Just loads of stuff. Still, with no evidence whatsoever, this ‘documentary’ says a honky must have done the crimes. No names are offered up though. Must’ve been because, ‘muh systemic racism’. What horse shit! Atlanta at the time of the murders had a black congressman, a black chief of police, a black mayor and the judge in the trial was black…as was most of the jury.
3. The case against Adnan Syed.
Peaceful in prison for honour killing his ex. Lots of evidence to say he did it. Still….must be raaaaycissm again. Bollocks. Again, totally one sided and misses out loads of stuff.
I don’t mind documentary film makers trying to show innocence, but at least show the other side to the story in a fair and balanced manner.
If I watch a true crime series I’m interested in the fucking evidence, not your ‘he must be innocent because he’s a dark key’ narrative.
Fuck off.
Nominated by: Cuntybollocks
