I *really* want to make a Joe Don Baker joke right now... On Monday, September 1, 2025 at 1:46:45 PM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote:
> When we look back at what was mainstream culture for the formative years > of some of us, we will have to account for valorizing law enforcement > officials who turned to violence, often in the service of racism or > misogyny. We were told to look up to Dirty Harry, Buford Pusser, and Billy > Jack (ok a freelancer and not law enforcement). The idea that the real > Pusser was a criminal is not surprising. > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sheriff Buford T. Pusser, thanks to a new investigation, apparently >> killed his wife back in the 60s... he was killed in a car crash in 1974, >> before the original's sequels, a 1978 Brian Dennehy MFT remake and the >> Dwayne Johnson remakes of the original trilogy: >> >> https://abcnews.go.com/US/famed-sheriff-inspired-walking-tall-movie-implicated-wifes/story?id=125126955 >> >> (link) >> Somewhere, the people behind "Cold Case" are smiling... >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/847ae0a1-2286-4ff8-9595-baee0f58b653n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/847ae0a1-2286-4ff8-9595-baee0f58b653n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bd79c375-dbb7-4eba-84d2-8328945a4172n%40googlegroups.com.
