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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 SackstederRead moreLess
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
The story
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
Cast & crew
Richard CrennaLawrence O'Donnell Sr.
John SheaMichael O'Donnell
Lorraine ToussaintPat Bowden
Francis X. McCarthyHanna
Tate DonovanLawrence O'Donnell Jr.
Anna Maria HorsfordVirginia Cates
Anthony HealdDave O'Brian
Dylan BakerKevin O'Donnell
Michael O'HareJoe Miller
Fred J. ScollayJudge Skinner
Paul O'BrienKen Mooney
Tom KempJack FinneganExplore the crew
- Producer
- Bruce S. Pustin
- Original Music Composer
- Paul Chihara
- Director of Photography
- Kees Van Oostrum
- Editor
- Paul Fried
- Director
- Michael Miller