The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line is a true-crime documentary where an innocent man was falsely accused and convicted for the murder of a police officer. The innocent man was Randall Adams. David Harris was the 16-year-old boy who got Randall Adams involved in the murder of the policeman. Randall Adams was out of gas and was walking to a gas station when David Harris offered him a ride in a stolen car. David Harris was then pulled over by a police officer without thinking David Harris rolled down the window and shot the officer dead. The partner of the policeman was believed to still be in the car at the time of the first shot. David Harris had most of his charges for multiple crimes lifted because of his young age. The filmmaker of this documentary makes use of a lot of words used as images. Most of these words are represented in newspaper clippings.

When Randall Adams was interviewed he was wearing white which is a subtle way showed that he was innocent. David Harris was in an orange prison uniform and had cuffs on which showed his guilt towards the case. The partner of the officer was not able to get the whole license plate down. When the car was believed to be a blue vega they flashed many images of various blue vegas but at the end they zoomed in on the back of the stolen car and words Comet were there.

After this documentary was released the case was brought back and revised. Randall Adams was found not guilty. I found this documentary very interesting and how Randall Adams was convicted with the lack of hard evidence on him. The use of the newspaper clippings was very informative in that it showed the date and what was happening like when they mentioned the death penalty for Randall Adams.