"Cop on Trial" has Captain Matt Holbrook falsely accused of police brutality. A fleeing crook fell through a glass door and was badly cut and he's claiming Holbrook pushed him. The crook was collecting protection money from the drugstore where the incident occurred. In a lengthy trial sequence two lawyers battle with the defense lawyer staging what he claims is a reenactment of the "crime." Holbrook's lawyer brings in several character witnesses to contract the claim that he is habitually violent. A witness to everything, the drugstore clerk, originally refuses to cooperate as does her cowardly boss. After a one-on-one talk with Holbrook at the drugstore, she relents and fingers the crook. Holbrook is exonerated. Lisa Bonay, his girlfriend and a reporter keeps trying to get an exclusive interview but he'll only talk about how beautiful her eyes are. This episode allows Robert Taylor to make Holbrook much more vulnerable than usual. Especially after the so-called reenactment he looks defeated. This is one of the best episodes of the series.
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Cop on Trial
Prismark1025 October 2023
Buzzy Moran is a crook involved in the protection racket. Captain Matt Holbrook attempts to arrest him as he tries collect on a drugstore.
Only Buzzy Moran goes through a shop door window while trying to evade arrest. He is badly injured.
Captain Matt Holbrook is now on trial of police brutality. Bruce Jeffers is the shark lawyer making mincemeat of the police testimony.
The drugstore boss and the female clerk are reluctant to testify after pressure is applied by Moran's guy.
It is left to Chris Ballard to use his charms on the store clerk to help change her mind.
I can see why it might have been questionable for Holbrook to be present at the arrest. He had previous beef with Moran.
It is one of those stories where the police are on the ropes at the trial until the drugstore clerk gets over her bitterness.
Only Buzzy Moran goes through a shop door window while trying to evade arrest. He is badly injured.
Captain Matt Holbrook is now on trial of police brutality. Bruce Jeffers is the shark lawyer making mincemeat of the police testimony.
The drugstore boss and the female clerk are reluctant to testify after pressure is applied by Moran's guy.
It is left to Chris Ballard to use his charms on the store clerk to help change her mind.
I can see why it might have been questionable for Holbrook to be present at the arrest. He had previous beef with Moran.
It is one of those stories where the police are on the ropes at the trial until the drugstore clerk gets over her bitterness.
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