Brenton Butler is wrongfully accused of shooting a 65 year-old tourist in Florida. As the story unfolds it is a horrible example of what can happen due to racial profiling and being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Throughout the film the filmmaker travels with Patrick McGuinness as he tries to unfold the mystery of the false accusation while also trying to protect Brenton from forceful detectives that are only out to get him.
The filmmaker spends a lot of time traveling in Mr. McGuinness’ car as he drives through Jacksonville again and again tracing the evidence and trying to put all of the pieces together. It makes you feel like you another detective following the case in the car. When Brenton’s mother and father go to visit him in prison the pure emotion that is captured in film is absolutely amazing, it feels like you are holding their hands is prayer.
In watching this film I was very surprised to hear that the case took place in 2000. It seemed like such an issue of race that I had hoped our society had left in the past. Following the struggle and helplessness that Brenton had to endure was incredibly heart wrenching and so sad on so many different levels. The desire that the defense had to make sure that Brenton was set free was touching on so many levels. McGuinness is able to point the finger at three detectives that assaulted Brenton during the confession stage so that he would confess to a crime that he did not commit. An extremely moving film that I would recommend for anyone to watch.
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