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Tag: police brutality

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Mangrove (2020)

The racism of the London police trigger an uprising of London’s West Indian Community when the cops continually raid their beloved Mangrove Cafe.

Posted on September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

A Case of Deadly Force (1986)

The true story based on Lawrence O’Donnell’s book about how his lawyer father fought successfully to prove the Boston Police Depart. covered up their shooting of a black man.

Posted on June 13, 2020June 27, 2020

See You Yesterday (2019)

This sci-fi film in which 2 teenagers of color try to change a tragedy by inventing time machines & traveling back a day is set amidst the Black Lives Matter protests.

Posted on June 25, 2019June 30, 2019

When They See Us (2019)

It’s a terrific miniseries. Click the title to read my entire review.

Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

Whose Streets? (2017)

Phone videos, newscasts, & interviews thrust us into the mean streets of Ferguson, MO, where blacks (& some whites) react to the killing of unarmed Michael Brown. by a white cop.

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