The Seven Five Summary

Police corruption is a practice of illegal and unprofessional behavior for improper reason to achieve approved goals by their officers. “The Seven Five,” documentary looks at police misconduct at Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct during the 1980s. The documentary turns into a narrative feature combined of interviews with key investigators, Michael Dowd, and Adam Diaz a deported Dominican drug dealer. Police Officer Michael Dowd explained his rogue activities during his assignment at rid the City of narcotics traffickers. Instead, he enlisted the services of other officers who began robbing drug dealers of their money, drugs or guns, or going into business with them to distribute narcotic and weapons. Dowd identified his formative years at the Department as laying the groundwork for his corrupt

His criminal career began when he stopped a young Puerto Rican who had a motorcycle being driven without a plate. Dowd told the driver the different traffic violations was around $2,000 in tickets, but he suggested that if he bought him a lobster lunch him that he’ll let it go not before Dowd took $200. The next opportunity was when he was the first to arrive in a shooting inside a drug house he put $800 in his pocket eventually he was the first on a crime scene to take money, guns and drugs from drug houses. He was earning $4,000 a week as a gangster wearing NYPD uniform, buying houses, going on lavish holidays, and driving expensive Corvettes. Administrative/failure to perform a duty cops a pattern of perjured police testimony and false crime reports was link with “grass eaters” form. Grass Eaters are referred to as corrupt officers who receive payoffs, officers who spend a good deal of their working tours aggressively seeking out situations they can exploit for financial gain, including gambling, narcotics, and other serious offense which can yield