Trial: The Second Day
- 1970 ----- b & w ----- 89 min ----- 16mm
- The prosecution presents its case against Lauren Watson in this first day of the actual trial. Examined and cross-examined are the arresting officer and a fellow patrolman--the only witnesses for the prosecution. The prosecution is trying to prove that Watson both resisted arrest and interfered with a police officer when he was apprehended for an alleged traffic violation. Defense attorney Leonard Davies, who finds some conflicting statements in the two officers' testimony, tries to show that Watson was not resisting because he twice stopped his car and talked with police prior to his arrest.
- Topics: (American Ethnic Studies: Afro-American, Law, Sociology)
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