Sentences with phrase «racist local cop»
Dixon is a racist local cop who, we are repeatedly told, tortured an African American suspect in custody sometime before the movie begins.
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Though Johnson refuses to budge on the subject, instead intent on pursuing his War on Poverty, King continues to test his resolve with a planned 50 - mile march from Selma to Montgomery, fully aware that the racist state troopers and local cops will respond violently, thus generating the news coverage necessary to pressure Johnson to stop dragging his feet on the issue.
In that film, a grieving mother (Frances McDormand) empowers herself by confronting her local police department — including a racist cop played by Sam Rockwell — on its lack of progress in investigating the rape and murder of her daughter.