Predator catcher gives glowing review of Williamsport police

Predator catcher gives glowing review of Williamsport police

Williamsport, Pa. — A Long Island-based YouTube journalist known for catching alleged child predators on camera says Williamsport police handled a recent sting operation “incredibly” — so well, in fact, he called them “goated.”

Predators review – one of the most valuable entries into a saturated…

David Osit charts the rise and fall of the popular television programme To Catch a Predator with this brilliantly thought-provoking doc. Despite only running between 2004 and 2007, To Catch a Predator had an indelible impact on popular culture. Fronted by the journalist Chris Hansen, the 44-minute episodes became must-see TV, as law enforcement set up sting operations around the US to lure sex offenders into the open using actual minors as decoy…

Predators review: thoughtful doc about a grim TV hit

David Osit’s film about the cultural phenomenon that was Chris Hasen’s ‘paedophile-hunting‘ TV series To Catch a Predator doesn’t just interrogate its ethics, it uses raw, unaired footage of the ‘predators’ from the show, and demands we see their humanity.