Crime + Punishment

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Synopsis

Is the job of cops to protect their community, or to hit their numbers? Crime + Punishment is an explosive documentary that chronicles the struggles of the NYPD12, a group of minority whistleblower officers who band together to expose the illegal, discriminatory policing quotas and internal retaliation practices of the New York Police Department. While all eyes are on their landmark class action lawsuit, this film examines the complexities of police work and the institutional biases at play through secret recordings, firsthand accounts and emotional testimony – not just from active officers but from the men and women of color they serve. Directed by Stephen Maing, the film won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Cast

  • Manuel 'Manny' Gomez
  • Sandy Gonzales
  • Rukia Lumumba

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Metacritic

90
Aug 23, 2018

Crime + Punishment is a quiet documentary but a potent one. Though its approach is low key, its passion, drama and concern for exposing wrongdoing is unmistakable.

Metacritic review by Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
90
Aug 22, 2018

Crime + Punishment is essential viewing for anyone with a suspicion that there’s corruption in law enforcement.

Metacritic review by Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
TheWrap
100
Aug 21, 2018

Stephen Maing’s searing documentary Crime + Punishment offers a fuller look at the question of what can be accomplished from inside, revealing both the personal toll fighting the system can exact but also the urgent necessity of such battles.

Metacritic review by Alan Scherstuhl
Alan Scherstuhl
Village Voice