Colson Whitehead in conversation with Steph Cha
Historical Research as Blueprint: Whitehead uses the real-life Knapp Commission findings (from the movie Serpico) as a literal blueprint for police corruption in his narrative, noting it serves as a manual for how to coltakeaway“The Knapp Commission's findings... is actually just a blueprint of crime. They laid out for all the politicians... this is how you do this... collecting payoffs... napping which is like you get paid for napping in your quote
