There's a healthy dose of reality in AMC's thrilling drama series, , and star Courtney B. Vance believes it's necessary.The Emmy-winning actor spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the hard-hitting drama, which follows a promising Chicago high school athlete who gets swept up into the criminal justice system when he's wrongfully taken by the police as a gang member.
The series dives deep into the dark heart of the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as the police and prosecutors investigating a deadly drug bust seek revenge for the death of an officer that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence.Vance portrays Franklin Roberts, whom the actor says is «a public defender [for] 30 years about to retire in two weeks.» He explains that his character's wife Martha, played by Oscar-nominee Aunjanue Ellis, desires that her husband retire so he can spend more time with their family.
But before he can officially retire, he gets caught up in the eye of the storm, defending his new client, Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole).«As an honest man, you get to see how broken the system is for beige, brown and Black [folks],» Vance stated. «It just doesn't work.» Vance, who shares two children with his wife Angela Bassett, noted that as parents of Black children, there's a harsh truth that they have to speak with their kids about dealing with the police.«We have to have those talks with our children about encounters with the police, you know?
And people will see in this series, eventually, I cross-examine the lieutenant on this show and I ask him, 'Have you had that talk with your children?
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