The Glass Shield

In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!

The Glass Shield — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 16, 1994
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
• Director
• Charles Burnett

The Glass Shield — 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