The Thin Blue Lie (2000)

6 | Aug 13, 2000 (US) | Drama | 01:37

police brutality journalism police corruption reporter exposé wrongful conviction whistleblower

In this city, cops are kings...and brutality reigns.

Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.