In the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of police officers, several television shows featuring cops as the protagonists have either been canceled or fallen under heavy scrutiny. Glen Mazzara, who served as a producer on the FX cop drama The Shield, recently spoke on how the Los Angeles Police Department "bullied" the network and crew."#TheShield was originally announced as RAMPART. LAPD s*** itself." Mazzara wrote on Twitter. "They threatened to sue FOX if we ever mentioned that our show was based on the LAPD." He also mentioned that the LAPD claimed that their term was "trademarked", and the characters on the show were never allowed to use official LAPD badges.RELATED: Dark Tower Showrunner Explains Vision for Canceled Show

"I also believe LAPD would not provide standard protection or traffic control when we were out on the street shooting our show." Mazzara continued in a lengthy thread. "I see a lot of folks examining the role of cop shows now. They should. And writers should take a good, hard look around and write the s*** out of what’s going on."

The Shield followed the exploits of Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) and his corrupt colleagues in the Strike Team, who operated in the fictional city of Farmington. The series ran from 2002 to 2008 on FX.

Mazzara has also served as showrunner on The Walking Dead and developed a television series based on Stephen King's Dark Tower series for Amazon, which the company ultimately passed on.

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