A man arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest tells his story in night court.
This film is part of the Pittsburgh Police Series. Produced in the late 1960s at a time of heightened civil disorder and racial tension, the seventeen films in the series were intended for educational and institutional use to provoke discussion about policing practices. The films remain a raw and intimate window into community policing.
This title is available on the Pittsburgh Police Shorts DVD. This compilation DVD includes a selection of filmed encounters between police and community members. Released on DVD in 2007, the re-mastered/re-authored compilation contains the following eleven shorts from the Series:
