In September of 2013, a new police sitcom, called Brooklyn 99, premiered on Fox. The series is about relatable, funny, and overall, morally good detectives who work in the NYPD’s 99th precinct. The issue with these character traits is that they do not depict the NYPD accurately. The NYPD and other police departments have a history of discriminating against marginalized people (Barber), a topic which is rarely discussed in Brooklyn 99. The television series only has two episodes dedicated to discussing the police’s mistreatment of black people in its eight-year long run. One of the two…