Yea just watched this last night because a CZcams documentary mention it about story's on missing kids. I was blown away I've always known of this movie but never thought to watch.
Yenny Colon That's Geoff Pierson, the actor who portrayed President John Keeler in 24, the informant Mr. Smith in Castle and a senator in The West Wing.
***** Are you a lawyer!? WHO ARE YOU TO ADDRESS THIS COURT?!?!?!?!? Thats my favorite moment, especially since by that time in the movie thats how i felt towards the policeman
During the entire movie I hated the captain with so much passion. He doesn't do his job, hates embarrassment, tries to corrupt her, and doesn't give a crap. He deserved more than just a yelling he deserved to set at that ranch instead of those kids. Have him hacked to death.
As far as I am concerned the death of Walter Collins is on his hands. While he was busy screwing around this boy could have been saved and a killer could have been stopped sooner. He is complicit in these crimes but sadly even if this kind of crap was pulled today, an officer of the law would not be held accountable. Christine won her lawsuit but this idiot never paid her and he was reinstated without judgment. If he were anyone else he would have been found in contempt and put in jail. I hate the system
now this, this was great!! a lawyer fighting against the corruption of the police. a woman, fighting for the freedom of the women who were thrown in the asylum because of the corrupt police. this is great
“She wasn’t thrown, she was escorted!” Lol, that petty comment alone showed how detached Captain JJ Jones was, how arrogant he stayed till the very end, and refused to acknowledge his disgusting conduct. I’m a father and I wanted to jump through the screen and attack him so many times. He was a heartless, stone-cold sociopath who put poor Mrs. Collins through torture and torment, all because she wanted her own son back. By denying his wrongdoings, he and the LAPD were only enabling more time for Gordon Northcott to be a murderer! As a parent, this film made me cry so much. She experienced a parent’s worst nightmare. Angelina Jolie did a phenomenal, brilliant job and embodied a grief-stricken mother so perfectly. As a mother, I’m sure many of her emotions throughout the film were real and heartfelt. 👏🏼
Eastwood's direction is so subtle and so powerful. He never gets in the way of his subjects or actors. Really, he is one of the great American directors and deserves to be considered alongside Wilder, Huston, Hawkes, Fuller et al.
It's always good to differ edbtzkhud but I beg to differ with you. That's quite a statement you make: "one of the worst directors in Hollywood"! Sure he's had his dips (The Rookie, pointless DH sequels, Hereafter) but every western he has directed is an exceptional example of the genre. Unforgiven's direction in particular lifted a great many themes from the screenplay brilliantly and subtly without resorting to flash and obvious self-knowing circumstance like most modern westerns. Many of his other films are unpretentious and crafted with the same efficiency as his predecessors. Just out of curiosity, which Hollywood directors do you rate highly? Thanks.
Whenever I watch this scene I think about my great-uncle, a retired LAPD Lieutenant. He took his oath to serve and protect very seriously and he HATED dirty cops like this douche bag. He and another retired police lieutenant (Joe Kenda) are great examples of what a police officer is. They stood for the law and tried to help others even at the cost of their lives. And if they were around when this happened they'd be on this guy like white on rice. Unfortunately there's always going to be people who think they're above the law but all it takes is one person to stand up and do the right thing like Detective Ybarra did when he went against JJ Jones (the douche bag) and went to that ranch to discover the truth.
I remember Lt Kenda saying "if our suspect is a cop, that's irrelevant. Murder doesn't discriminate and neither should investigations" along those lines
I don't know, can't even describes the sentiments in me but this movie made me CRY n every time I watch it I cry lol ,so powerful , so deep , so touchy , so much to learn ... LIFE lol ! GOD BLESS U ANGELINA
We need more lawyers like this for all of the cases against corrupt and power-abusing cops. Maybe if we did, then our police force will be finally be somewhat respectable.
The lawyer's name was *S.S. "Sammy" Hahn,* portrayed by *Geoff Pierson.* He took up *Christine Collins'* case on a _pro bono_ basis. By all accounts, he had a sharp wit and an oratorial manner.
Not just Jones. Not only did they mistake a minor for Walter Collins and is now a possible murder victim, but he had also realized that the reported missing children that were not found because a killer went around behind their backs, because the LAPD were so much more focused on making themselves look like the heroes in the media, the prohibition, organized crimes, extortions, murders, schemes, prostitution, drugs, and so many more corrupted matters. This was part of the whole problem. It took a mother seeking for her child to finally stand up this corrupted Police Captain.
When he realized it wasn't the boy, he preferred to cover his mistake rather than take the heat. From what the boy said, the clown probably realized it wasn't him but told him to keep lying
The fact that he tries to say that her saying the boy wasn't hers has nothing to do with him committing her made me so mad. That was literally the exact reason she was sent there. And then he says she was unemotional. She was in hysterics. The sad thing is if she were a man she probably wouldve been taken more seriously
That police captain was actually committing perjury in that scene, well he did learn that Walter was kidnapped and presumably murdered, it's just that he wanted to keep his job by telling the lawyer some false statements about the innocent woman. It probably makes perfect sense. It was corruption, slander, false arrest, incompetence, and perjury that the police captain committed. Maybe he forced the kid to pretend to be Walter so he can keep his job. He even framed the woman, telling lies to the public that the woman was an insane abusive mother and brought her to the hospital. That was false arrest and slander. That police captain was too arrogant, lazy, cowardly, corrupt and incompetent!
🐯 🐯 3 🐯 🐯 ( 0:22 ) "Whether or not this was in fact the correct boy was not relevant." What a horrible and evil and corrupt police officer ! ! ! ( 21 January 2021 )
for me most powerful scene is is face expression and eyes of this asshole captain who finally showing a remorse after being such a heartless cruel person finally he starts to regret what he has done and feels guilty and you see this in his eyes....
The captain only regrets being found out. He's almost certainly going to lose seniority over this, especially as he failed to follow procedures and abused his authority. If the police department had any decency or common sense;they would have made made an offer of compensation and got it over with.
The police captain was lazy and stubborn to face the fact that the real Walter Collins was kidnapped and presumably murdered by Gordon Northcott, but eventually the captain felt incredibly guilty about the way he abused the power of the law due to his incompetence, corruption, and his arrogance.
The police captain wasn't doing a very good job by finding the real Walter Collins, he even denied that the boy was Walter's imposter, but in that trial scene he felt incredibly guilty for doing something stupid and incompetent when he realized that the real Walter was kidnapped and presumably murdered by Gordon Northcott along with the other kids.
I don’t understand how at any point in history you could look at a mother and say “here’s your son” and when she says no you’re first thought is “no it definitely is you’re crazy” a mother ALWAYS knows, always.
I do. I find it absolutely believable. Sick men need to ‘win’. And they will achieve that by any means necessary. Look at what is going on in present time.
thinkingman07 This isn't a courtroom scene as incorrectly titled. It's actually a city council inquiry. This is synonymous with the many congressional/senate hearings we see lately where they pretty much present tough questions in a combative way. If you haven't seen the movie, you should watch it; it's great.
Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately we see that politicians are less accountable to the rule of law and psychiatry is often esteemed too high to be impugned. While I believe we should still complain and protest corruption...society simply has grown more corrupt than it was in the past.
The police captain was being arrogant, stubborn, unrealistic, lazy, dishonest, and cowardly. He even committed perjury in that trial scene when he was making a false confession about the woman and that kid who's not her missing son. It makes perfect sense, he was later fired from the police department for his disgraceful action against that innocent woman, but still he would be in jail for corruption, false arrest, slander and perjury!
It is sad, and how the police don't wanna admit that they screwed up, and still thinking there the victims, and the way he glares at Christine at the end, corruption is never ending.
Can’t believe this type of person was given any authority in the first place. What incompetence of a man. Didn’t deserve given the very position he was given to run the town.
The lawyer was correct; she was a mother trying to get her missing son back. Dental records showed that despite the police's claims, he was not her child. Had that idiot police captain listened;they may have got the truth out of the imposter sooner. Once confronted with the dental records,the boy confessed he was not 9 years old,but a 12 year old named Arthur. Eventually, he was sent to juvenile detention for 2 years for Obstructing Justice. Christine Collins sued for false imprisonment and violation of her civil rights. The court agreed and she was awarded 10,000 dollars. However, she never received a penny. Gordon Northcott and his mother were tried for 3 murders and convicted. Gordon was executed while his mother was imprisoned. Sanford Clark was state witness and charged as a juvenile. He spent 5 years at a reform school, he was brutalised in every way imaginable by his uncle. He was only rescued after his big sister Jessie made a welfare visit from Canada. Sanford told his sister everything that was happening before the Nothcotts chased her out of the ranch. Jessie fled back to Canada and called the police. Sanford was picked up by police and brought in for questioning. He told the officers what had happened and that there were the remains of as many as 20 boys on Winville Chicken Ranch. Eventually,the Gordon and his mother were apprehended and brought back to America for trial. The state of California passed a bill that no-one should be committed to a psychiatric facility without due process.
Here's what's sad about this scene in real life the captain never apologized to yes to her for what he did to her. He felt like He didn't need to because he was doing his job but we all know that he didn't because he got tired of people asking for help
"Because she was fighting for the life of her son!" The way he delivered those lines it was phenomenal
Magnificent & deserved slapdown. That captain , and many more like him should have to face it i.e for 'disturbing behaviour'...
Love those lines and how they were delivered in this scene. Beautifully!
Amen.
u can just feel the rage of this movie...its frustrating
Yea just watched this last night because a CZcams documentary mention it about story's on missing kids. I was blown away I've always known of this movie but never thought to watch.
I absolutely loved the way her attorney chewed the corrupt police captain up and spit him out. Brilliant piece of acting.
"Becuase she was fighting for the life of her SON!!!!"
powerful^
Monster AsCanBe oh shut up!
@@edbtzkhud Feeling is mutual. Mr. Unintelligible Random Username.
Not really.
This actor who played the lawyer is unbelievable!
I thought the lawyer was the D.A but he did a outstanding job
No it’s not lol
His voice is so powerful! They really picked a great actor for this character
One of my favorite scenes from this movie
I keep repeating the moment when the lawyer yells at the stupid police dude.
Yenny Colon me too he was one good actor
Yenny Colon That's Geoff Pierson, the actor who portrayed President John Keeler in 24, the informant Mr. Smith in Castle and a senator in The West Wing.
Brendan Murphy but who is the lawyer portraying? like who is the real life person that the actor is basing his performance on?
***** Are you a lawyer!? WHO ARE YOU TO ADDRESS THIS COURT?!?!?!?!?
Thats my favorite moment, especially since by that time in the movie thats how i felt towards the policeman
2:34 the moment he shut him up was so satisfying😭
I Love That Part
i need this lawyer to get me out of speeding tickets
aya alem 😂😂🤣
I don't think he'd be able to help you with that.
I need this lawyer RIGHT NOW
Here’s a radical suggestion. Stop speeding 😂
This scene is just AMAZING, both actors simply nailed it!!
During the entire movie I hated the captain with so much passion. He doesn't do his job, hates embarrassment, tries to corrupt her, and doesn't give a crap. He deserved more than just a yelling he deserved to set at that ranch instead of those kids. Have him hacked to death.
Steph V.D. and that means the actor did a great job
He should go to jail at least 25 years and id yell at him and call him you bastard and say while you were sitting on ass ignoring you did wrong
@@FANOFWAR34 I didn't think of that before but you are right. The actor was pretty good.
As far as I am concerned the death of Walter Collins is on his hands. While he was busy screwing around this boy could have been saved and a killer could have been stopped sooner. He is complicit in these crimes but sadly even if this kind of crap was pulled today, an officer of the law would not be held accountable. Christine won her lawsuit but this idiot never paid her and he was reinstated without judgment. If he were anyone else he would have been found in contempt and put in jail. I hate the system
Miranda Daugherty You couldn't have said it any better. The system was corrupt then, as it is corrupt today.
His acting is phenomenal!😮 that was good movie, also sad too(:
now this, this was great!! a lawyer fighting against the corruption of the police. a woman, fighting for the freedom of the women who were thrown in the asylum because of the corrupt police. this is great
All voluntarily
Damn, I wish that lawyer was my father. Outstanding performance.
why wasn't this film nominated for best picture.
Scott William because a bigot named Clint Eastwood directed it.
@@edbtzkhud where dear
@@edbtzkhud what do you mean? Hollywood Don't like Clint Eastwood anymore??
@@killer92173 Hollywood likes him….enough.
@@edbtzkhud Clint Eastwood is no bigot! What you on about?
I see why the depression was the age of corruption!
James Catalao This was one year before the Depression.
Corruption leads to depression
@@mansourbellahel-hajj5378 And depression led to corruption. It's a vicious circle
@@amitkenan3878 funny yes moreover it only uncovers the true colors of the person in front of you
Agorrant men in power.
Geoff Pierson was incredible in this scene.
Goosebumps.
“She wasn’t thrown, she was escorted!” Lol, that petty comment alone showed how detached Captain JJ Jones was, how arrogant he stayed till the very end, and refused to acknowledge his disgusting conduct. I’m a father and I wanted to jump through the screen and attack him so many times. He was a heartless, stone-cold sociopath who put poor Mrs. Collins through torture and torment, all because she wanted her own son back. By denying his wrongdoings, he and the LAPD were only enabling more time for Gordon Northcott to be a murderer! As a parent, this film made me cry so much. She experienced a parent’s worst nightmare. Angelina Jolie did a phenomenal, brilliant job and embodied a grief-stricken mother so perfectly. As a mother, I’m sure many of her emotions throughout the film were real and heartfelt. 👏🏼
Best lawyer dialogue of all the English movies I've seen far, I think I've seen a lot(over 3000).
Thanks for sharing this clip.
That police captain was committing perjury against that innocent woman!
He deserves instant Karma! 👿
One of Clint Eastwood's very best films and nobody EVER talks about it!
This And Mystic River Were Good Movies
They need to give clint an acting oscar!
Hands down, top five court scenes of all time
Goosebumps all the time...
Eastwood's direction is so subtle and so powerful. He never gets in the way of his subjects or actors. Really, he is one of the great American directors and deserves to be considered alongside Wilder, Huston, Hawkes, Fuller et al.
Jamie Love I beg to differ... I think he’s by far one of the worst directors in Hollywood.
It's always good to differ edbtzkhud but I beg to differ with you. That's quite a statement you make: "one of the worst directors in Hollywood"! Sure he's had his dips (The Rookie, pointless DH sequels, Hereafter) but every western he has directed is an exceptional example of the genre. Unforgiven's direction in particular lifted a great many themes from the screenplay brilliantly and subtly without resorting to flash and obvious self-knowing circumstance like most modern westerns. Many of his other films are unpretentious and crafted with the same efficiency as his predecessors. Just out of curiosity, which Hollywood directors do you rate highly? Thanks.
@@jamielove8293 Gotta love how almost a year has passed, and still no answer from him.
@jamielove8293 i too think he's a great director. I REALLY like this movie, and Gran Torino and Unforgiven are my favorite of his.
"she wasn't thrown, she was escorted"
That reminds me of "they're not loot boxes, they're suprise mechanics!"😂
Glad to find a gamer who has seen this movie for many have not
Whenever I watch this scene I think about my great-uncle, a retired LAPD Lieutenant. He took his oath to serve and protect very seriously and he HATED dirty cops like this douche bag. He and another retired police lieutenant (Joe Kenda) are great examples of what a police officer is. They stood for the law and tried to help others even at the cost of their lives. And if they were around when this happened they'd be on this guy like white on rice. Unfortunately there's always going to be people who think they're above the law but all it takes is one person to stand up and do the right thing like Detective Ybarra did when he went against JJ Jones (the douche bag) and went to that ranch to discover the truth.
I remember Lt Kenda saying "if our suspect is a cop, that's irrelevant. Murder doesn't discriminate and neither should investigations" along those lines
Kenda to me is definitely what Officers in training should strive to be!
I don't know, can't even describes the sentiments in me but this movie made me CRY n every time I watch it I cry lol ,so powerful , so deep , so touchy , so much to learn ... LIFE lol ! GOD BLESS U ANGELINA
It's been almost a decade since I watched this movie, and this court scene is still in my head.
We need more lawyers like this for all of the cases against corrupt and power-abusing cops. Maybe if we did, then our police force will be finally be somewhat respectable.
Especially In Today's Society We Need More Lawyers Like And Put Away Those Bastards Who Think It's Okay To Abuse The Power Of The Badge
I don't know why, but it always cracks me up when the lawyer says " the verb doesn't matter, Captain."
*Such a powerful scene.*
An absolute acting masterclass
Now thats good directing
goodguynow NO!!!.... that’s good acting. You’re only saying good directing because you like that racist bigot Clint Eastwood
edbtzkhud ehh
@@edbtzkhud
Despite Eastwood being an ass, you can’t deny that he made a damn good movie.
@@goodguynow damn after 5 years you come back with "ehhh"🤣🤣🤣
@@leo-n8er73 I didn’t know what to say to his comment/reply lol
Damn, he grabbed him by the balls when he said that
wait.. that officer has balls?
What I mean is that he shut that bastereds captain up.
That is the Best and ruthless lawyer i saw 😂 he has guts, în a good way. I think the movie says he was the Best lawyer în town
He s not rutheless but he hates evil nasty people like Jones 😊
Well Jones was a ruthless police Captain. It seems fair.
@@jameshaggerty8348 after the courtroom scene. Jones was removed from his post of police captain.
The lawyer's name was *S.S. "Sammy" Hahn,* portrayed by *Geoff Pierson.* He took up *Christine Collins'* case on a _pro bono_ basis. By all accounts, he had a sharp wit and an oratorial manner.
His last words and his looking omg amazing
Great scene, great acting.
That Captain have blood in his hands because he was so focus on the mother rather than chasing the criminal.
Not just Jones. Not only did they mistake a minor for Walter Collins and is now a possible murder victim, but he had also realized that the reported missing children that were not found because a killer went around behind their backs, because the LAPD were so much more focused on making themselves look like the heroes in the media, the prohibition, organized crimes, extortions, murders, schemes, prostitution, drugs, and so many more corrupted matters. This was part of the whole problem. It took a mother seeking for her child to finally stand up this corrupted Police Captain.
When he realized it wasn't the boy, he preferred to cover his mistake rather than take the heat. From what the boy said, the clown probably realized it wasn't him but told him to keep lying
The lawyer just roasted officer Dickweed
He scolded him. That’s worse.
The fact that he tries to say that her saying the boy wasn't hers has nothing to do with him committing her made me so mad. That was literally the exact reason she was sent there. And then he says she was unemotional. She was in hysterics. The sad thing is if she were a man she probably wouldve been taken more seriously
He got owned!!!
Justice can be beautiful and often prevails, given the chance in our imperfect world. Just a thought!
How sweet that lawyer was so helpful. He tore him a new asshole
She wasn’t thrown she was escorted 🤣🤣🤣 both the same thing
She wasn’t thrown she was escorted wow even the audience saw how stupid it was
That police captain was actually committing perjury in that scene, well he did learn that Walter was kidnapped and presumably murdered, it's just that he wanted to keep his job by telling the lawyer some false statements about the innocent woman. It probably makes perfect sense. It was corruption, slander, false arrest, incompetence, and perjury that the police captain committed. Maybe he forced the kid to pretend to be Walter so he can keep his job. He even framed the woman, telling lies to the public that the woman was an insane abusive mother and brought her to the hospital. That was false arrest and slander. That police captain was too arrogant, lazy, cowardly, corrupt and incompetent!
This move was very very sad. I loved it so much
The most satisfied scene in the movie, this guy deserve it after all trouble he did to the woman.
2:33 goosebumps
Best scène.
Ty for upload
This scene was so satisfying.
"She wasn't thrown, she was escorted"
Pfft
🙄🙄🙄🙄
She Was Thrown Not Escorted
Easily one of the best and emotional movies in history
I am so disspointed that not only he doesnt paid Collins the $10.200 that he was ordered.He and the chief got reinstated
Clapping in court
Municipal Inquiry, not court.
He totally owned his ass!
I think that police captain was actually confessing to the angry lawyer in the trial due to his cowardice when he's in trouble with the lawyer.
Narcissistic Coward
Angelina always amazes me with her great acting... even when she s not talking she is just so so talented
Favorite scene
Next level of acting ... Attorney
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( 0:22 ) "Whether or not this was in fact the correct boy was not relevant."
What a horrible and evil and corrupt police officer ! ! !
( 21 January 2021 )
Little known fact: Captain J.J. Jones was the secret lover of Gordon Stewart Northcott.
Is that true? Please tell me that’s true.
@@jameshaggerty8348 Seriously? 🤔 He's joking. 😂
So satisfying.
for me most powerful scene is is face expression and eyes of this asshole captain who finally showing a remorse after being such a heartless cruel person finally he starts to regret what he has done and feels guilty and you see this in his eyes....
The captain only regrets being found out. He's almost certainly going to lose seniority over this, especially as he failed to follow procedures and abused his authority.
If the police department had any decency or common sense;they would have made made an offer of compensation and got it over with.
This would be a great lawyer when I get wrongly accused
The protagonist did great too, I mean his acting
That lawyer kicked ass!
The police captain was lazy and stubborn to face the fact that the real Walter Collins was kidnapped and presumably murdered by Gordon Northcott, but eventually the captain felt incredibly guilty about the way he abused the power of the law due to his incompetence, corruption, and his arrogance.
Geoff Pierson is a masterclass actor.
The police captain wasn't doing a very good job by finding the real Walter Collins, he even denied that the boy was Walter's imposter, but in that trial scene he felt incredibly guilty for doing something stupid and incompetent when he realized that the real Walter was kidnapped and presumably murdered by Gordon Northcott along with the other kids.
I'm glad he felt guilty... and I hope he felt guilty for the rest of his life. It's no less than he deserves.
Jeffrey Donovan is a great actor. He always plays characters you love to hate!
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( 1:10 ) "She wasn't thrown, she was escorted."
What a dirty, corrupt, smart-arse cop ! !
( 22 January 2021 )
I don’t understand how at any point in history you could look at a mother and say “here’s your son” and when she says no you’re first thought is “no it definitely is you’re crazy” a mother ALWAYS knows, always.
I do. I find it absolutely believable. Sick men need to ‘win’. And they will achieve that by any means necessary. Look at what is going on in present time.
The law does not work like this any more. Both the lawyer and the mom would have been thrown in Jail today.
thinkingman07 This isn't a courtroom scene as incorrectly titled. It's actually a city council inquiry. This is synonymous with the many congressional/senate hearings we see lately where they pretty much present tough questions in a combative way. If you haven't seen the movie, you should watch it; it's great.
Question? Why would they.
Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately we see that politicians are less accountable to the rule of law and psychiatry is often esteemed too high to be impugned. While I believe we should still complain and protest corruption...society simply has grown more corrupt than it was in the past.
I dont think so i think the asshole captain would end in madhouse for giving a different kid and saying its yourse
The police captain was being arrogant, stubborn, unrealistic, lazy, dishonest, and cowardly. He even committed perjury in that trial scene when he was making a false confession about the woman and that kid who's not her missing son. It makes perfect sense, he was later fired from the police department for his disgraceful action against that innocent woman, but still he would be in jail for corruption, false arrest, slander and perjury!
Chilling!
Great when Jones finally confessed he looks like a typicall bully who was testified and now knows he s in trouble
He's in big trouble, his career is over.
@@philipcearley1992 sure but before he laughes at victim he s provoking and now knowing he wasnt suppose to 😂
we need more lawyers like this guy
Jack Malloy cleans house.
I am crying now
Wow he did well this is a lawyer
Great attorney
It is sad, and how the police don't wanna admit that they screwed up, and still thinking there the victims, and the way he glares at Christine at the end, corruption is never ending.
Women ain't voting yet and dudes work was only half
Justice: Served.
Great movie, (not so) good times! It's nice to see such a "command" of the English language here! LoL
Pleasantly surprised...!
Clint Eastwood is a GENIUS!
Can’t believe this type of person was given any authority in the first place. What incompetence of a man. Didn’t deserve given the very position he was given to run the town.
A lot of that going around even today in our own government.
if i was the captain i would've shit my pants 😂
If I were the captain, I'd quit and leave town instead of putting the poor woman through hell
That cowardly phony police captain was making a false confession against the innocent woman!
Tyrael likes this.
I think that police captain wasn't actually confessing to the angry lawyer.
Buena película
Prob for this lawyer, that he does pro bono
Good sctong
I think that police captain was committing perjury in this scene!
Lawyered
This movie made me cry so hard wow what kind of monsters are these in this world :( " She wasn't thrown she was escorted" are you kidding me pathetic
Great film horrible person J.J. Jones.
The lawyer was correct; she was a mother trying to get her missing son back. Dental records showed that despite the police's claims, he was not her child. Had that idiot police captain listened;they may have got the truth out of the imposter sooner.
Once confronted with the dental records,the boy confessed he was not 9 years old,but a 12 year old named Arthur. Eventually, he was sent to juvenile detention for 2 years for Obstructing Justice.
Christine Collins sued for false imprisonment and violation of her civil rights. The court agreed and she was awarded 10,000 dollars. However, she never received a penny. Gordon Northcott and his mother were tried for 3 murders and convicted. Gordon was executed while his mother was imprisoned. Sanford Clark was state witness and charged as a juvenile. He spent 5 years at a reform school, he was brutalised in every way imaginable by his uncle. He was only rescued after his big sister Jessie made a welfare visit from Canada. Sanford told his sister everything that was happening before the Nothcotts chased her out of the ranch. Jessie fled back to Canada and called the police.
Sanford was picked up by police and brought in for questioning. He told the officers what had happened and that there were the remains of as many as 20 boys on Winville Chicken Ranch.
Eventually,the Gordon and his mother were apprehended and brought back to America for trial.
The state of California passed a bill that no-one should be committed to a psychiatric facility without due process.
Ha Got Em XD
Here's what's sad about this scene in real life the captain never apologized to yes to her for what he did to her. He felt like He didn't need to because he was doing his job but we all know that he didn't because he got tired of people asking for help
LAPD - No words.