A Case of Deadly Force

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

Richard Crenna Lawrence O'Donnell Sr. John Shea Michael O'Donnell Lorraine Toussaint Pat Bowden Francis X. McCarthy Hanna Tate Donovan Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. Anna Maria Horsford Virginia Cates Anthony Heald Dave O'Brian Dylan Baker Kevin O'Donnell Michael O'Hare Joe Miller Fred J. Scollay Judge Skinner

Paul O'Brien Ken Mooney

Tom Kemp Jack Finnegan

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