Per producers, over the course of a 20-year career as a narcotics officer with the Philadelphia PD, Jeffrey Walker, an African American, became co-opted by a system that harasses, unfairly arrests, and often kills those in the very community from which he came. This is the story of Walker’s redemption, as he hits bottom and then begins the courageous work of helping dismantle that same system he helped to thrive.
Walker was sentenced to 42 months in prison in 2015 after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges after he was caught stealing money in an FBI sting. He later became a key witness for dozens of former suspects arrested by Walker’s narcotics unit who were seeking restitution from the city of Philadelphia. He testified against six colleagues in his squad, all of whom were acquitted.
It has not been decided whether the project will be for TV or film. We hear a TV series appears more likely. It would be set in present day with Walker testifying, featuring flashbacks to when he started on the police force.Match, Tape, Don’t Go Gentle, Dusk Rings a Bell, McReele, Finally, Geometry of Fire,
among others. He was Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a miniseries, movie or a dramatic special for 2002’s, about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. His other television writing credits include