- While Shaun King focuses on police brutality, he stresses that leadership (head of police, mayor, etc) knowingly overlooked this behavior.
- Many teens (such as Pedro) hire private investigator Manny Gomez to prove innocence.
- Manny helped Enger Javier gain release from prison (2012 innocent bystander to gang stabbing murder shown on tape away from crime) by showing NYPD video footage and DNA evidence.
- In contrast, NYPD detective David Terrell is known for repeatedly beating/ and arresting the same innocent teens.
