Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

=== Views on gun violence and police brutality ===
Tarantino has said he does not believe that violence in film inspires real acts of violence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/04/quentin-tarantino-newtown-shooting-disrespectful |title=Quentin Tarantino says linking films to Newtown shooting dishonours dead |last=Child |first=Ben |date=January 4, 2013 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626223348/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/04/quentin-tarantino-newtown-shooting-disrespectful |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with [[Terry Gross]], Tarantino expressed "annoyance" at the suggestion that there is a link between the two, saying, "I think it's disrespectful to [the] memory of those who died to talk about movies ... Obviously the issue is gun control and mental health."<ref>{{cite web |first=Emma |last=Dibdin |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a448570/quentin-tarantino-movie-violence-discussion-is-disrespectful.html |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'Movie violence discussion is disrespectful' – Movies News |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117051137/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a448570/quentin-tarantino-movie-violence-discussion-is-disrespectful.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2015, Tarantino attended a rally held in New York protesting [[police brutality]]. The event aimed to call attention to "police brutality and its victims". At the event Tarantino made a speech, "I'm a human being with a conscience ... And when I see murder I cannot stand by. And I have to call the murdered the murdered and I have to call the murderers the murderers."<ref name="vox">{{cite web |last=St James |first=Emily |title=The police boycotts of Quentin Tarantino's movies, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2015/11/6/9680078/quentin-tarantino-police-boycott |website=Vox |language=en |date=November 6, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.vox.com/culture/2015/11/6/9680078/quentin-tarantino-police-boycott |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a response to Tarantino's comments police unions across the United States called for a boycott of his upcoming film at the time, ''The Hateful Eight''. [[Patrick Lynch (police officer)|Patrick J. Lynch]], union president of the [[Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York]], said, "It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too. The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls 'murderers' aren't living in one of his depraved big screen fantasies — they're risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem."<ref name="vox" /> The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] Chief [[Charlie Beck]] said Tarantino "doesn't understand the nature of the violence. Mr. Tarantino lives in a fantasy world. That's how he makes his living. His movies are extremely violent, but he doesn't understand violence. … Unfortunately, he mistakes lawful use of force for murder, and it's not."<ref>{{cite news |last=Whipp |first=Glenn |title=Quentin Tarantino 'not backing down' from remarks on police brutality |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-boycott-20151102-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-boycott-20151102-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino's response to this criticism was, "All cops are not murderers ... I never said that. I never even implied that."<ref name="vox" /> In an [[MSNBC]] interview with [[Chris Hayes]], he said, "Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest doesn't mean I'm anti-police."<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |title=Quentin Tarantino 'surprised' by police backlash over anti-brutality protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/quentin-tarantino-surprised-by-police-backlash-over-anti-brutality-protest |work=The Guardian |date=November 5, 2015 |language=en |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/quentin-tarantino-surprised-by-police-backlash-over-anti-brutality-protest |url-status=live }}</ref> He clarified his protest comments, "We were at a rally where unarmed people – mostly black and brown – who have been shot and killed or beaten or strangled by the police, and I was obviously referring to the people in those types of situations. I was referring to [[Killing of Eric Garner|Eric Garner]], I was referring to [[Killing of Samuel DuBose|Sam DuBose]], I was referring to Antonio Guzman Lopez, I was referring to [[Killing of Tamir Rice|Tamir Rice]] ... In those cases in particular that we're talking about, I actually do believe that they were murder{{Sic}}."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'I'm Not a Cop Hater' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/quentin-tarantino-clarifies-police-comments-im-not-a-cop-hater-45325/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/quentin-tarantino-clarifies-police-comments-im-not-a-cop-hater-45325/ |url-status=live }}</ref>