A police officer is accused of planting a gun on an unarmed African-American youth that he shot. The victim was beloved in his community, but the investigation reveals that he may have also ... Read allA police officer is accused of planting a gun on an unarmed African-American youth that he shot. The victim was beloved in his community, but the investigation reveals that he may have also been a drug dealer.A police officer is accused of planting a gun on an unarmed African-American youth that he shot. The victim was beloved in his community, but the investigation reveals that he may have also been a drug dealer.
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on several separate cases/incidents:
- The 1985 Edmund Perry case. Perry was a 17-year-old Harlem resident and a graduate from the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy who was shot to death by undercover New York plainclothes police officer Lee Van Houten on June 12, 1985. Van Houten maintained that Perry--and another black youth, later identified as Edmund's brother Jonah--attempted to mug him and that he shot in self-defense. The case briefly generated a firestorm of protest in New York City when it was revealed that Perry was an honor student and was enrolled to attend Stanford on scholarship. However, witnesses backed up Van Houten's claim that Perry and Jonah had attempted to mug the officer, and the shooting was ruled as justified. Jonah was then arrested and charged as an accomplice to the mugging, but he was found not guilty at trial.
- The 1973 Clifford Glover case. Glover was a 10-year-old African American boy who was fatally shot by Thomas Shea, an on-duty, undercover policeman, on April 28, 1973. Glover's death, and Shea's later acquittal for a murder charge, led to riots in the South Jamaica section of Queens, New York.
- The 1975 Bernard Whitehurst case. Whitehurst was shot in the back and killed on December 2, 1975 by Donald Foster, a Montgomery, Alabama police officer who said he thought Whitehurst was the suspect in the robbery of a neighborhood grocery store. In a subsequent cover-up, police officers planted a gun on him. The initial police report said that Whitehurst fired a gun at the officers, and the police returned fire. There was no autopsy and the body was quickly embalmed before the family was contacted; the coroner relied on police reports that Whitehurst was killed by a bullet fired through the chest. Six months later, after an investigation by the local newspaper and local attorney Donald Watkins raised questions about the facts of the case, the District Attorney ordered the body to be exhumed and an autopsy performed, which showed that Whitehurst had been shot in the back. A perjury indictment was issued for three police officers. Eight police officers were forced to resign or were terminated. No police officer was convicted of a crime. The attempted cover-up led to the resignation of the mayor and the Director of Public Safety.
- The 1986 Mark Davidson case.
- GoofsGreevy tells Reverend Thayer that Tommy Richardson was shot 'the other night'; but the time stamp before the scene reads August 7th, whereas the time stamp for the previous scene read July 21st.
- Quotes
Det. Mike Logan: Somebody heard that shot?
Policeman #1: In this neighborhood? You couldn't get a witness to a sunrise.
- ConnectionsReferences Sudden Impact (1983)
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The Police Officer and the Drug Dealer
While patrolling the streets of New York, the veteran Police Officer Freddo Parisi and Officer Davis see three Afro-American suspects that split and run. Freddo chases two of them and Davis runs after the third one. Out of the blue, Davis overhears a shot and runs to the alley, where Freddo is. He finds a suspect dead with a Magnum in his hand and the other suspect missing. Detectives Greevey and Logan investigate the case against the will of the police department. Soon they find that the victim, Tommy Richardson, was worshiped by the black community since he was graduated in Princeton and used to give donations to the church. But their further investigation showed that he was a drug dealer since the time of the university, but he did not have a gun. Now Stone and Robinette are pressed and proposes a deal to Freddo for planting the Magnum in Tommy's hand, but he refuses the deal and prefers going to the court.
"Poison Ivy" is a good episode of "Law & Order" with a case very difficult for Greevy and Logan first and then for Stone and Robinette. The Afro-American community wants the punishment of Freddo, but he was released from the Internal Affairs and the Union is defending him. But Greevy and Stone believe in justice and proceed their investigation. The conclusion is predictable. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Exemplo Venenoso" ("Poisoned Example")
"Poison Ivy" is a good episode of "Law & Order" with a case very difficult for Greevy and Logan first and then for Stone and Robinette. The Afro-American community wants the punishment of Freddo, but he was released from the Internal Affairs and the Union is defending him. But Greevy and Stone believe in justice and proceed their investigation. The conclusion is predictable. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Exemplo Venenoso" ("Poisoned Example")
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