@article{1356214,
      recid = {1356214},
      author = {Drori, Thalia.},
      title = {Adam Abdul Hakeem one who survived / [electronic resource]  :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (41 min.).},
      year = {1993},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed May 24,  2011).},
      abstract = {Twenty-year-old Adam Abdul Hakeem was the first person in  American judicial history to be found innocent by reason of  self defense in a police shooting case. This gripping  documentary tells the story of Hakeem, (formerly named  Larry Davis), who tried to extricate himself from a  police-run drug ring in which he had participated for six  years. In doing so, it examines the relationships between  law enforcement agencies, the criminal justice system, and  the African-American community. The police raided Hakeem's  apartment without a warrant, claiming he was a suspect in  the murders of four drug dealers in the Bronx. Hakeem shot  six policemen and escaped. After a controversial trial, he  was acquitted on the major charges, but sentenced to five  to fifteen years for illegal possession of a weapon. While  in prison, he endured continual beatings, to the point  where his spine was severely injured and he remains  paralyzed. While this film does not exonerate Hakeem, it  points up an institutionalized form of prejudice and  brutality within the criminal justice system. These issues  are particularly timely in view of the racial strife that  is erupting nationwide. Postscrpt: Adam Abdul Hakeem was  killed in prison in 2008.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356214},
}