History Main / PerpWalk

* Subverted by Judd Hirsch's son Alex who, while being perp-walked by the Chicago PD on a felony marijuana charge (later dropped), plugged his band's next show to the TV cameras.

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* Parodied in ''Disney/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.

** Invoked by Valchek at the end of Season 2, as the whole purpose of the case for him is to ruin his rival Frank Sobotka. While the rest of the suspects are taken in a carefully synchronised dawn raid, the ones tasked to take Sobotka are told to wait until he's at the union office, and once they've gone in they wait until a suitably sizeable press gang has assembled before Valchek personally walks him out to the car.
** Discussed by the Baltimore Sun staff in Season 5, after they miss Clay Davis' perp walk.

* ''Series/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]]

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 ''Series/{{Cops}}'' will blur suspects' faces (to avoid any possible jury pool poisoning), but any objects covering hands and/or faces 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 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 ''Series/{{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.

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 make the arrest.

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

* TheFarSide has the Chicken Coop Three, a trio of dogs being led away by police, one of them hiding his face behind his paws.

* Occurs in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'', [[spoiler: Boomer gets a perp walk. Complete with slo-mo and vigilante execution.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bull-E", Homer is arrested and walked for being a bully. However, Homer had just set up a Slip 'N Slide in the front yard, and so he slips and slide straight into a police car.

* ''Series/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.]]

* 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]].