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His character, the dim and racist cop Dixon, is the most controversial figure in the film, but Rockwell handles a tricky balancing act with grace and will surely be rewarded.

My guess is these racists have no problem with cops beating black guys to a pulp for jaywalking... and those millionaire black athletes should just STFU and play the game — while they drink their beer watching the game and enjoy their whiteness.

Do you ever see a racist, crazy cop with a history of violations killing a black man?»

«Out - of - control police who respond to minor violations with overwhelming force, toleration of racist cops, siege - like conditions in some cities and city neighborhoods, and record - high incarceration — all of these are evidence of a growing police state.»

«I remember Tish James being completely silent as this mayor referred to our cops as bigots, and how he had to have special conversations with his child when he deals with the police, as if our cops are racists,» Polanco said.

Rockwell as Dixon, Willoughby's deputy who is a racist, a homophobe, an ignoramus, and a cop who lives with his domineering mother, is almost a caricature, surviving it only because of Rockwell's astonishing performance.

The film caught some flack for its racial and gender politics once it hit wide release with The Ringer's K. Austin Collins distilling why, in a year where the Academy is once again facing a potential #OscarsSoWhite crop of nominees, Rockwell's performance as a redeemed racist cop may not be the narrative Hollywood wants to push:

Matt Dillon plays a racist cop who humiliates a black couple by pulling them over for no cause and taking rude liberties with the woman (Thandie Newton) while her husband (Terrence Howard) watches helplessly.

Two of the cops (played by Ben O'Toole and Jack Reynor) are clearly racist and comfortable with the use of violent force on civilians, in particular black ones.

The play centers on a dangerous city street corner encumbered with gun violence and «simplistic, wholly generic characterization of a racist white cop,» according to Weiss.

After winning the first award of the evening, Best Supporting Actor, for his portrayal of the racist cop Dixon who butts head with McDormand's equally volatile heroine, Mildred, Rockwell admitted that in real life, both of their characters would've likely been sent to prison.

Though Johnson refuses to budge on the subject, instead intent on pursuing his War on Poverty, King continues to test his resolve with a planned 50 - mile march from Selma to Montgomery, fully aware that the racist state troopers and local cops will respond violently, thus generating the news coverage necessary to pressure Johnson to stop dragging his feet on the issue.

In her November review of the film, Washington Post film critic Alyssa Rosenberg took issue with Sam Rockwell's racist cop, Dixon, arguing that the «soft - touch» treatment of him undermines the movie's convictions.

It might still run into trouble with the new (and newly diverse) Academy; one year after Moonlight's historic victory, handing the top prize to a drama that humanizes a racist cop might feel too much like a Trumpian backslide.

The two frontrunners have a lot in common: They're dark, bloody, gritty cop movies with morally compromised and noisily racist heroes, vehicular mayhem, and plenty of collateral damage.

One dispiriting theory as to why Three Billboards has done so well with audiences, critics, and award voters is that it entertains the comforting thought that there could be hidden decency in the deplorable — be they racist cops, marching white supremacists, or just the asshole relative you argue with on Facebook.

Like Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Janney plays an angry and unrepentant mother, and maybe the prevalence of mothers has been an under - recognised part of this year's awards seasons, especially as Sam Rockwell's racist cop in Three Billboards actually lives with his mother.

As reported by Deadline Hollywood, the original film «starred James Caan as a racist cop who is forced to team with a member of an alien race which came to Earth when a ship carrying 300,000 enslaved aliens crashed, with the newcomers assimilating in Los Angeles.»

That's because ten - year - old me was obsessed with a 1989 show on Fox called Alien Nation, which was based on the film of the same name starring James Caan as a racist cop and Mandy Patinkin as his alien partner.