History Main / PerpWalk

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* In ''S.W.A.T.'', the bad guy yells out a reward of one hundred million dollars to the person that frees him as he walks to the police station, setting up the story in the rest of the film.
* Parodied on ''LadyAndTheTramp'' when dogs at the pound pause as [[UnusualEuphemism "poor Nutsy's taking the long walk"]] (i.e., being led away to be euthanized), with the oblivious Nutsy skipping all the way.
* Happens to Ian at the end of the first ''NationalTreasure'' movie. He glares back at Ben, who simply shrugs.
* Happened in the film version of ''InColdBlood'', when Richard Hickock and Perry Smith are arrested.

* ''LawAndOrder'' and its spinoffs most often feature the "Up (or Down) the Courthouse Steps" version, and is the number one cause of KarmicDeath for a perp who has otherwise escaped the long arm of the law.
** If said PerpWalk occurs before the half-hour mark, a VigilanteExecution is ''guaranteed''.
*** One exception occurs in a Season 14 episode. The perp doesn't get shot, but [[spoiler: one of the detectives does]]
* In ''LawAndOrderSVU'', particularly the earlier seasons, the writers seemed to be having a contest to come up with the most publicly humiliating situations a suspect could get perp walked out of: the detectives arrested a college professor mid-lecture and marched him out in front of his students, a CEO got perp walked out of a huge corporate meeting, etc.

* ''VeronicaMars'' rarely involves an actual arrest, but the [[MonsterOfTheWeek jerk of the week]] usually gets some kind of public shaming... that occasionally involves getting taped to a flagpole.
** Let's not forget the episode where Veronica herself is arrested in front of the school. "Gosh, I hope they use that photo in the yearbook" indeed.

* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' featured Hal being [[spoiler: falsely]] accused of embezzlement and perp walked in nothing but an open bathrobe and his tighty whities. With several news crews and about a dozen photographers. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Oh, and the police tazed him.]]

* Just about OncePerEpisode in ''CrimeSceneInvestigation'' and its spinoffs.
** Ditto the Japanese ''CrimeSceneInvestigation'' clone ''Boss''.

* In ''S.W.A.T.'', the bad guy yells out a reward of one million dollars to the person that frees him as he walks to the police station, setting up the story in the rest of the film.

All of the [[PullTheThread threads have been pulled]], TheSummation has been made, the suspect has given his MotiveRant, the lead detective has give the order to [[BookEmDanno make the arrest]].

* In ''LifeOnMars'', when Gene Hunt and Sam Tyler are arresting a prominent gangster in his nightclub, Gene asks whether he would like to be escorted out the front, in full view of the patrons of his club, or discretely through the back exit. The gangster chooses the back exit. So naturally, Gene and Sam take him out the front.

* In ''{{Cops}}'', usually with the cops leading a perp to the back seat of a police car, saying, "take a seat".

Cue the [[HumiliationConga walk of shame]], i.e. the Perp Walk, to the police car, past a group of onlookers that may include family, friends, enemies, or [[MediaScrum the media]]. In Fiction Land, this is often done in SloMo, and poses a much more significant risk for a VigilanteExecution than in RealLife. In some place (like Japan. for instance), the suspect is often offered the "dignity" of a cloth covering their cuffed hands and underaged suspects faces are blacked out; in America, only shows like ''{{Cops}}'' will blur suspects' faces (to avoid any possible jury pool poisoning), but any objects covering hands and/or faces have are generally self-provided.

* Occurs in ''BattlestarGalactica'', [[spoiler: Boomer gets a perp walk. Complete with slo-mo and vigilante execution.]]

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* Let's not forget the one that backfired, of Domnique Strauss Kahn. Thanks to ValuesDissonance, people in his native France were furious he was being paraded before the cameras before being proven guilty.

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* In ''KingdomCome'', the superhero Magog [[VigilanteExecution kills]] the Joker as he is escorted to court - a subversion of JokerImmunity.

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* ''VeronicaMars'' rarely involves an actual arrest, but the [[MonsterOfTheWeek jerk of the week]] usually gets some kind of public shaming... that occasionally involves getting taped to a flagpole.

* Happens to Ian at the end of the first ''NationalTreasure'' movie. He glares back at Ben, who simply shrugs.

* [[{{Ponzi}} Bernie Madoff]] was punched in the gut during his. Whoever did it jumped over police barricades and pushed his way through a scrum of press photographers to do it, so they must have been ''pissed off''.

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* Let's not forget the one that backfired, of Domnique Strauss Kahn. Charges dismissed as of August 23, 2011. Thanks to ValuesDissonance, people in his native France were furious he was being paraded before the cameras before being found guilty.

** And if I ever find out who it was, I'm buying him a fucking beer!

* Let's not forget the one that backfired, of Domnique Strauss Kahn. Charges dismissed as of August 23, 2011.

* Both ''ColdCase'' and ''Series/WithoutATrace'' often feature the Perp Walk interlaced with a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue with each person involved in the case.

* Both ''ColdCase'' and ''WithoutATrace'' often feature the Perp Walk interlaced with a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue with each person involved in the case.

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Cue the [[HumiliationConga walk of shame]], i.e. the Perp Walk, to the police car, past a group of onlookers that may include family, friends, enemies, or [[MediaScrum the media]]. In Fiction Land, this is often done in SloMo, and poses a much more significant risk for a VigilanteExecution than in RealLife. In Japan, the suspect is often offered the "dignity" of a cloth covering their cuffed hands and underaged suspects faces are blacked out; in America, only shows like ''{{Cops}}'' will blur suspects' faces (to avoid any possible jury pool poisoning), but any objects covering hands and/or faces have are generally self-provided.

Cue the [[HumiliationConga walk of shame]], i.e., the Perp Walk, to the police car, past a group of onlookers that may include family, friends, enemies, or [[MediaScrum the media]]. In Fiction Land, this is often done in SloMo, and poses a much more significant risk for a VigilanteExecution than in RealLife. In Japan, the suspect is often offered the "dignity" of a cloth covering their cuffed hands and underaged suspects faces are blacked out; in America, only shows like ''{{Cops}}'' will blur suspects' faces (to avoid any possible jury pool poisoning), but any objects covering hands and/or faces have are generally self-provided.

* In GreatTeacherOnizuka, [[spoiler: after he had attempted to blow up the school,]] Suguru Teshigawara happens to [[spoiler: pass by his father while being led away by the police and see for himself what an utterly deluded and broken man his father had become]].

* In KingdomCome, the superhero Magog [[VigilanteExecution kills]] the Joker as he is escorted to court - a subversion of JokerImmunity.

* Happens to Ian at the end of the first NationalTreasure movie. He glares back at Ben, who simply shrugs.

* ''VeronicaMars''

* Parodied on ''LadyAndTheTramp'' when dogs at the pound pause as "poor Nutsy's taking the long walk" (i.e., being led away to be euthanized), with the oblivious Nutsy skipping all the way.