Blindspotting (2018) review

With just three days left on probation, Oaklander Collin (Daveed Diggs) has to try to stay on the "right side" of the law, but this isn't such an easy task: one night he sees an unarmed African-American shot by a cop ... and his best friend Miles (Rafael Casal) has an obsession with guns (and weed ... and violence).  While I respect both Diggs and Casal (who were the screenwriters) for trying to change perceptions about their (controversial) home town, this is a significantly less funny version of the movie Friday that's just a little more socially-aware: sure, you can talk about gentrification and show memorial candles and notes for those who have been killed and battle rap at a rogue police officer ... but these problems are not exclusive to this particular location, and I doubt anyone will be "swayed" by whatever message it's trying to push: the proverbial elephant is still in the room.  I'm still miffed the powers-that-be didn't do everything possible to keep the Raiders football team in town, but their loss is Las Vegas' reward.