Lonnie Franklin's Killings: Film Analysis

This documentary was more than just about Lonnie Franklin’s killings since they showed a lot of stereotypes and social class differences. The film talked a lot about the police department not letting out there was a serial killer on the loose for 22 years because they saw Lonnie’s victims unimportant due to them being prostitutes. They even said that neighbourhoods were closed off from the real world so that would explain how some didn’t know about Lonnie’s actions. Lonnie also obviously had some addiction traits for porn/ sex because he took these “crack whores” prostitutes nude photos and kept them all around his house while his wife and son lived with him. He even had a book of nudes said one of his friends in the documentary where Lonnie would show it off like it’s something to be proud of. …show more content…
He allowed his friends to do jobs and lie about what they were exactly doing to cover up his actions. His friends even said that because Lonnie got a lot of girls nudes and hung out with a lot of females that it didn’t seem like a big deal because he liked women didn’t mean he killed them (even if he did). Lonnie was arrested through the 22 years the police wouldn’t release the “unimportant” serial killers victims death for GTA, battery and etc. Lonnie’s friend stated that the reason he didn’t like “crackheads” was because his first wife was an addict which caused him to hate women, his friend also said that if Lonnie knew you drinked or smoked then he looked at you like you were nasty, and he would even joke about killing crackheads just to clean the