By Selwyn Duke

The latest manifestation of America’s fascination with serial killers, the 10-part miniseries Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, has received much criticism. Some say the work glamorizes Dahmer (it doesn’t); others claim it exploits the victims, and some of their family members have complained; and yet others were upset that it originally bore an LGBTQ tag, with a psychologist “warning” that Monster could fuel fear that homosexuality is “abnormal.” But the biggest problem with the series is that it’s an anti-police hit job — and uses deception to achieve this end.

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