The murder of Ernest Duenez Jr, by Manteca, CA Police Officer John Moody
and his families calls for justice and accountability along with other
families to be profiled in film C.O.P. CRIMES OF POLICE.
C.O.P
(Crimes Of Police) is an independant Documentary film project directed
by upcoming film maker Ansar El Muhammad (Zar the Dip). The film
presents an historical look at Police Brutality and corruption and
covers in great detail high profile Police Brutality Cases from across
the nation. The film however hinges on 4 or 5 local cases from Northern
California which is where the film maker is from. The film is produced
by Undabozz Films. The film maker decided to take on this project after
attending a funeral of a friend killed by police and was inspired to
lend his talents toward giving a voice to the families of victims of
police brutality from the area he lives and has grown up in. The Film
Maker conducted hours upon hours of interviews in the field, attended,
recorded funerals, protests and rallies on behalf of some of the
victims, and did extensive research on the cases covered. The film is
dedicated to an older friend of the film maker , Patrick Lewis, who was
killed by a police officer in San Mateo California in the mid 80's and
Bobby Hutton the first black panther party member that was murdered by
Oakland police in 1968, Bobby hutton was 17 years old. The film is
slated to be released in December of 2012, several local screenings are
scheduled and the filmaker hopes to get the film into various film
festivals as well. For more information facebook.com/crimesof police, crimesofpolice@gmail.com or call 650 276-0232. The Crimes of Police Movie trailer is now available via youtube AT http://youtu.be/2agQI15LFqs and on various websites across the world wide web.
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