South Bureau Homicide (2016)
Genre : Crime, Documentary
Runtime : 0M
Director : Mark Burman, Mike Cooley
Synopsis
South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los Angeles, explores the unsung bond created by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the local community's anti-violent-crime activists who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace of homicidal violence that plagues a disproportionately small part of LA.
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