motel   beating   what happened to epilogue   prologue   character name in title   face slap   los angeles california   fire   singing   bus   racial slur   briefcase   police brutality   execution   church   racism   lawyer   african american   trial   ipod   money   1960s   based on true story   construction   business card   eyeglasses   death of protagonist   court   courtroom   city name in title   black american   following someone   racist   toy gun   church choir   place name in title   idealism   idealist   civil rights   motel room   man slaps woman   being followed   detroit   police violence   jail visitation   contempt of court   state of emergency   race riot   plundering   location in title   based on real events   city name as title   los angeles skyline   plunder   hospital visit   reference to john coltrane   not guilty verdict   year 1967   romance subplot   bus attack   detroit riots   fictional character based on real life person   murdered by a policeman   show   reference to the fbi   afro hairdo   armenian   bulldog statue   buying a men's suit   continuance   death of law parter   gap in front teeth   jif peanut butter   lawyer client relationship   men's suit   murder of protagonist   noise violation   reference to bayard rustin   reward money   u.s. district court   vegetative state   x ray security   peanut butter sandwich   funeral   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   fear   riot   written by director   street life   one word title   moral dilemma   violence   title spoken by character   kiss   hitman   swimming pool   vomiting   period piece   screaming   pay phone   police   street   police officer   reference to angela davis