Surveillance, corroboration, and investigative limits

Ex–mafia boss Michael Franzese steps into the Surrounded circle to face 20 cops in a rare role reversal. He challenges four core assumptions about modern policing: that undercover stings often manufacture crime, that law enforcement justifies breaking the law to catch criminals, that success is measured by arrests instead of safer streets, and that paid informants are deeply unreliable. Will his insider perspective expose uncomfortable truths—or be shut down by those sworn to uphold the law?

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