

The Glass Shield
DirectorCharles Burnett
“In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!”
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.
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Trailer
The Glass Shield 1994 Trailer | Michael Boatman | Lori Petty
Cast

Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson

Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields

Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods

Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern

Bernie Casey
James Locket

Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

Elliott Gould
Greenspan

Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms

Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker

Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis

Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz

Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
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