I thought for sure you were asking about the one flashback I think I saw but I'm not sure about .... You didn't so I have to ask:
Wasn't there one flashback in which it appears to me at least, to be a cop administering street justice by throwing a man off a roof top ?
I know a similar event happened in NYC back in the 60s or 70s (or so I was told) and wonder if Lumet used that story to fit into his ?
And if I'm correct, then Johnson conveniently left that one little tidbit off his laundry list of on the job horrors he'd witnessed over the years and I'm guessing also that it was Johnson who threw the perp off the building.
Or, if we are seeing what Johnson saw/witnessed through his (Johnsons) eyes, then this means he witnessed a fellow officer commit murder. That he didn't describe this to his wife would mean he witnessed it but did not report the incident (an example of the 'thin blue line') ?
I've only seen the movie 3 times and didn't notice this until the 2nd viewing. I watched it carefully the other night and was sure that what I saw confirmed what I suspected on the 2nd viewing.
Maybe I just didn't 'get it'...
Anyone ??
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