The Thin Blue Lie (2000) is a made for television film released on August 13, 2000 about Philadelphia Examiner reporter Jonathan Neumann (Rob Morrow), who, along with his partner Phil Chadway (Randy Quaid), win the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for a series of articles exposing Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo (Paul Sorvino) and the Philadelphia Police Department for corruption. According to the articles, suspects were beaten and tortured in interrogation...
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The Thin Blue Lie (2000) is a made for television film released on August 13, 2000 about Philadelphia Examiner reporter Jonathan Neumann (Rob Morrow), who, along with his partner Phil Chadway (Randy Quaid), win the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for a series of articles exposing Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo (Paul Sorvino) and the Philadelphia Police Department for corruption. According to the articles, suspects were beaten and tortured in interrogation rooms in an effort to meet the high quota of criminal cases solved by Philadelphia detectives. Neumann and Chadway met extreme opposition from the police department, working amidst phone tappings, apartment ransackings, and threats of death and bodily harm.
Throughout the movie, Neumann faced a number of ethical dilemmas. First, most of his colleagues disagreed that he should pursue claims of torture from "suspects," citing that the city's crime level was at an all-time low, and to question Rizzo's police policies would put the city's safety...
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