In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!
Director: Charles Burnett
Starring: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube
Overview
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.
Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube, Erich Anderson, Bernie Casey, Richard Anderson, Elliott Gould, Victoria Dillard, Michael Ironside, Natalija Nogulich, Wanda De Jesus, Michael Gregory, Don Harvey, Ernie Lee Banks, M. Emmet Walsh, Thomas Babson, Monty Bane, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Sy Richardson, Linden Chiles