Portland theater nixes screening of Kindergarten Cop over backlash to positive portrayal of police

A movie theater in Portland, Oregon, pulled a screening of the 1990 comedy Kindergarten Cop in the face of mounting backlash to the film fueled by accusations that it glorified police traumatizing children.

The Northwest Film Center, which was going to begin its summer drive-in movie series with the flick because of “its importance in Oregon filmmaking history,” has abandoned its plans to show the movie amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice in the United States.