In the 1980s, Brooklyn, New York was suffering from a crack epidemic. Michael Dowd worked in the NYPD's 75th Precinct in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, which was considered to be one of the most dangerous precincts in the United States at the time. The 75th Precinct had one of the highest murder rates in the country during the late 1980s. Dowd describes being under-appreciated for the amount of work he put in and hurting for money as the reasons for taking money from drug dealers. He initially began taking bribes from drug dealers on the streets before moving on to protecting a drug cartel leader and robbing other drug dealers at gunpoint. Dowd and his then-partner Henry "Chicky" Guevara recount the first time walking into a domestic dispute in an apartment and seeing bags of marijuana, a duffle bag filled with approximately $20,000 in cash and two guns. Dowd communicated that he and his partner would take $8000 from the duffle bag and both guns. Dowd continued to rob drug dealers for thousands of dollars. Guevara resigned shortly after multiple police officers were arrested in the 77th Precinct for corruption related offenses.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Documentary, Biography, Crime, History |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Sheldon Yellen, Stephen Lambert, Wally Parks, Amy Hussey, Trevor Davidoski, Aaron Saidman, David Holthouse, Dana Boratenski, James Carroll, Rusty Amarante, Eli Holzman, Justin Medeiros |
Directed By: | Tiller Russell |
Cast: | Dori Eurell, Michael Dowd, Chickie, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw |
In Theaters: | May 08, 2015 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 44 minutes |
Production: | All3Media America |
Box Office: | $48,869 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |