Washed-up actor and #ConspiracyTheory maven #RonaldReagan was sworn in as governor of #California on #ThisDayInHistory in 1967. He won by mixing optimistic messaging for well-off white voters with #racist commentary about black voters, esp. following the #WattsUprising of 1965.

Then came Adam-12, airing just 3 years after Watts.

It sold a lie: clean cops, quiet streets, nothing to see.

Meanwhile, LAPD was building SWAT teams and terrorizing communities from South Central to Echo Park.

Copaganda, front to back. 6/

#Adam12 #WattsUprising #LAPD

1965 Watts Uprising:

Created by police violence against a Black family.

The brutality wasn’t new—just televised.

LA burned for 6 days. 34 dead. Thousands arrested.

But the system didn’t change. It militarized harder. 5/

#WattsUprising #PoliceBrutality