Black And Blue
Crime
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1h 45m
In 2011, six Fullerton officers beat Kelly Thomas, a homeless, schizophrenic man, to death. Their subsequent acquittals sparked protests. Filmmaker Dylan Avery documented this, entering a world of grieving families, whistleblowing ex-cops, and brutality victims. Over two years, he connected this case to the historic Ferguson and Baltimore protests, revealing a national pattern of institutional police brutality and racism.
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