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Word of Mouth

Prison and Justice Reporting

To Serve, to Protect, to Entertain

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Justine Paradis

Published October 19, 2018 at 6:53 PM EDT

When cops go online, sometimes they make jokes.

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Plus, the history behind the comic book hero who became a symbol of vigilante justice and a questionable mascot for a certain kind of police officer.

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Justine Paradis

Justine Paradis is a producer and reporter for NHPR's Creative Production Unit, most oftenOutside/In. Before NHPR, she produced Millennial podcast from Radiotopia, contributed to podcasts including Love + Radio, and reported for WCAI & WGBH from her hometown of Nantucket island.

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