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DVD Review: ‘THE SEVEN FIVE’

Synopsis: In the late 1980s and early ‘90s Brooklyn, New York was the murder capital of America and ground zero for the crack cocaine epidemic. One man, Michael Dowd, led his crew on a rampage through the streets of East New York, robbing dope dealers at gunpoint, burglarizing homes and becoming involved in the biggest drug ring the city had seen. That man, and his cronies, were all police officers.  Labeled “The Dirtiest Cop Ever,” Dowd turned his department’s 75th precinct into a hotbed of corruption, both protecting and robbing drug dealers while lining his own pockets to the pointing of busting with cash and drugs. His arrest in 1992 led to the largest police corruption scandal in NYC history.” Read More