TV drama shifted blame for anti-Arab violence away from police

Evidence

It turns out that it was not Chris Paget who set fire to the store but another white man, Mike Bigalow, who considers himself a patriot and seeks revenge on Arab/Muslim Americans for 9/11. In the final scene, Solomon, the nephew of the Arab/Muslim American store owner, comes to the police department to apologize for his uncle’s lack of faith in the police. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 452

Categorization

  • QUESTION: This appears to reference a specific NYPD Blue episode — worth verifying the episode details if ever writing about how police are portrayed as victims in post-9/11 TV.