Mississippi Burning: Difference between revisions

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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Agent Ward.

* [[By ~~the~~ Book Cop]]: Agent Ward, {{spoiler|until Mrs. Pell's beating convinces him that playing by the book won't lead to justice}}.

* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Agent Ward, {{spoiler|until Mrs. Pell's beating convinces him that playing by the book won't lead to justice}}.

* [[Complete Monster]]: The KKK members viciously attacks black people hangin some of 'em and setting their homes on fire. One of 'em even arrives to {{spoiler|almost beat the pulp out of his own wife after she says everything to FBI.}}

* [[Corrupt Hick]]

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* [[Groin Attack]]: Anderson inflicts one on a Klansman.

* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Deputy Pell}}'s wife {{spoiler|informs on the KKK. She gets beaten up for it, but survives}}.

* [[~~Its~~ Personal]]: Agent Anderson after {{spoiler|Mrs. Pell, to whom he was attracted, is beaten by the KKK for being an informant}}.

* [[It's Personal]]: Agent Anderson after {{spoiler|Mrs. Pell, to whom he was attracted, is beaten by the KKK for being an informant}}.

* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: Justified, because many of the cops {{spoiler|are in league with the Ku Klux Klan}}

* [[Kangaroo Court]]: Several Klansmen are tried for arson in a local court that has ''no'' intention of imposing any real punishment for the crime.

* [[Mighty Whitey]]: The two FBI agents who come in to speak on the behalf of those oppressed and end up bringing national attention to the situation in the South. In truth, the civil rights movement in the area was already thriving and FBI agents investigated the Klan only under heavy pressure from the President.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: Many of Ward's well-intentioned, by-the-book actions early in the film make the white population of Jessup County feel angry and threatened, which only makes matters worse for the black community. Anderson calls him out on this, to no avail (at least initially).

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Many of Ward's well-intentioned, by-the-book actions early in the film make the white population of Jessup County feel angry and threatened, which only makes matters worse for the black community. Anderson calls him out on this, to no avail (at least initially).

* [[Politically Correct History]]: FBI agents as heroes to the Civil Rights Movement. As most historians know, J. Edgar Hoover was no fan of the movement in [[Real Life]] and the agency in fact took several notable measures to undermine and sabotage the movement (although individual agents as depicted here, of course, may have had differing views on the situation).

* [[Scary Black Man]]: The FBI brings in a professional Scary Black Man to intimidate the corrupt mayor into revealing who committed a hate crime.

* [[The Sheriff]]: Jessup County's sheriff does ''not'' appreciate FBI interference in his county's affairs, {{spoiler|since he's in league with the Klan himself}}.

* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Agent Ward.

* [[Very Loosely Based On a True Story]]

* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]

* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: The KKK appears to be this among the white citizens of Jessup County, although {{spoiler|Mrs. Pell}} probably isn't the only one who doesn't like the violence but is too frightened to speak up.