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        <title><![CDATA[Dick Wolf fires ‘Law & Order’ spinoff writer who threatened looters]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Craig Gore, a writer whose credits include “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” has been fired from Dick Wolf’s upcoming “Law &amp; Order” spinoff series after controversial Facebook posts about looters and the recent curfew put in place across Los Angeles.</p><p>“I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief. I am terminating Craig Gore immediately,” Dick Wolf said in a statement to Variety.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/drewjanda/status/1267724276305588224" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Photos on social media</a> show Gore holding a weapon with the caption “Curfew…” In another comment, Gore threatened to “light motherf&#8211;kers up who are trying to f&#8211;k with my property,” in reference to <strong>protests that took place in Los Angeles</strong> on Monday.</p><p>Gore’s posts, which incited a strong reaction on social media, come amid calls for criminal justice reform after <strong>George Floyd was killed by a police officer</strong> in Minnesota. His posts gained traction on social media after Drew Janda, who worked on the OWN series “Greenleaf” and HBO shows “Big Little Lies” and “Barry,” brought attention to Gore’s remarks.</p><p>Variety has also learned from sources that Paradigm, which represented Gore, has now cut ties with the writer and producer.</p><p>Gore previously listed himself as a “co-executive producer on ‘Law &amp; Order: Organized Crime&#8217;” —&nbsp; the new Chris Meloni series <strong>in the works at NBC</strong> — on his Facebook profile. However, <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Meloni/status/1267844667489554432" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meloni replied</a> to Janda’s tweet saying that he has “no idea who this person is or what they do.” Meloni clarified that the showrunner on the “Law &amp; Order: SVU” spinoff is Matt Olmstead, not Gore, adding that he has “gotten no word on any hirings.”</p><p>On the same day as Gore’s posts, the “S.W.A.T.” writers’ room Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/SWATWritersRoom/status/1267626544047853568" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">posted a statement</a> calling for “law enforcement to de-escalate conflicts, not exacerbate them.” Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, one of the show’s executive producers, said that he is “frustrated, angry, but determined to do better. Onscreen and off.”</p><p>Other than “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” Gore recently had a “DEA” series in development at Fox. However, according to sources the network passed on the project, which had been given a script plus penalty commitment, earlier this year.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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