The editing and story structure is great.
The narrative on the other hand is mind boggling. They start out doing a great job explaining how big of a problem MS13 is. Then briefly, without much detail, mention efforts being made to step them. Most of the episode talks about how all these efforts are doomed to fail, and ridiculing the people trying to help.
For example, they show a clip with the local police chief talking about plans to step up law enforcement efforts. In the next scene, some guy is ridiculing the police, with the argument that law enforcement alone isn't going to solve everything. Well of course! The cop didn't say anything about law enforcement being the only solution. But law enforcement is his job, so that's obviously the only role he's going to talk about. It's like getting angry at a plumber for not doing the electrical work when a home is being constructed. Obviously other organizations need to get involved to solve the issue with MS13.
The episode is also very one sided when using examples of people accused of being gang members. They interview their family members, that obviously paint a picture of them being innocent. But they don't spend the same amount of time exploring the evidence of their criminal involvement in the gang.
The narrative on the other hand is mind boggling. They start out doing a great job explaining how big of a problem MS13 is. Then briefly, without much detail, mention efforts being made to step them. Most of the episode talks about how all these efforts are doomed to fail, and ridiculing the people trying to help.
For example, they show a clip with the local police chief talking about plans to step up law enforcement efforts. In the next scene, some guy is ridiculing the police, with the argument that law enforcement alone isn't going to solve everything. Well of course! The cop didn't say anything about law enforcement being the only solution. But law enforcement is his job, so that's obviously the only role he's going to talk about. It's like getting angry at a plumber for not doing the electrical work when a home is being constructed. Obviously other organizations need to get involved to solve the issue with MS13.
The episode is also very one sided when using examples of people accused of being gang members. They interview their family members, that obviously paint a picture of them being innocent. But they don't spend the same amount of time exploring the evidence of their criminal involvement in the gang.
