A Case of Deadly Force

L’histoire

Résumé en anglais

Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision. Written by John Sacksteder

Distribution

R Richard CrennaLawrence O'Donnell Sr. J John SheaMichael O'Donnell L Lorraine ToussaintPat Bowden F Francis X. McCarthyHanna T Tate DonovanLawrence O'Donnell Jr. A Anna Maria HorsfordVirginia Cates A Anthony HealdDave O'Brian D Dylan BakerKevin O'Donnell M Michael O'HareJoe Miller F Fred J. ScollayJudge Skinner P Paul O'BrienKen Mooney T Tom KempJack Finnegan

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J John ProskyPhil Cochran P Paul D'AmatoMike Fagan P Peter GeretyBobby Doyle