The Glass Shield

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The Glass Shield
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Charles Burnett
Produced by	Thomas S. Byrnes Carolyn Schroeder
Written by	Charles Burnett John Eddie Johnson Ned Welsh
Starring	Ice Cube Michael Boatman Lori Petty
Music by	Stephen James Taylor
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	June 2, 1995
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	US$3 291 163
IMDb profile

The Glass Shield is a 1995 crime drama film starring Ice Cube, Michael Boatman and Lori Petty, directed by Charles Burnett.

[edit] Plot

Deputy John Johnson (J.J.) (Michael Boatman) is a rookie in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper (Lori Petty), the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white-male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods (Ice Cube), who he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.