, titled «D.W.B.,» Detective Dante (Tory Kittles) finds himself the victim of racial profiling and is unlawfully detained, as one of the police officers — who are on the lookout for a suspect at large accused of aggravated assault -- uses excessive force against him.
ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek, which depicts the two cops aggressively confronting Dante at the gas station in the middle of the night.
As the clip goes on, and tensions rise between both parties, things escalate and it doesn't end well.The episode, which was an idea executive producer/writer Joe Wilson had at the end of last season, was crafted by an all-male Black team and unapologetically digs into the Black experience in America. (Slovan «Slick» Naim directed the episode.)“Joe Wilson called me after last season and said, 'I’ve got an idea," Kittles shared over email. «My initial reaction was, 'No way the studio and network are ever going to let us touch that.' But after they heard Joe’s pitch they were as moved as I was, and they said, 'Let’s do it.’ It’s the most challenging episode of television I’ve ever shot, emotionally and physically.
I really wanted to get it right. For Joe, for Queen [Latifah], for our audience.”»When you build stories informed by real experiences there’s a stronger emotional through line that happens naturally.
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