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Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime

The Glass Shield.

In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!

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.

Directed by Charles Burnett

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Michael Boatman

Michael Boatman

Dep. J.J. Johnson

Lori Petty

Lori Petty

Dep. Deborah Fields

Ice Cube

Ice Cube

Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

Erich Anderson

Erich Anderson

D.A. Ira Kern

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

James Locket

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

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Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

Greenspan

Victoria Dillard

Victoria Dillard

Barbara Simms

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