A Case of Deadly Force (1986)

Factbased story about a 1975 coverup 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 selfdefense Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting The mans widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husbands 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