Summary: At the start of the movie a young black girl is walking down a dirt road on her way back home from the grocery store. Two white males in a pick up truck drive up slowly behind her and aggressively pick up the girl and rape her. They drop her from a bridge, almost killing her. She is found almost dead and rushed to the hospital. The cops find the two males who rape …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…black community gives Carl Lee during the trial is what motivates him to keep going. Jake at first doesn't receive the support from his community or even family. But when his wife comes back it shows Jake that she realizes the significance of his actions. It was because he would do that exact same thing if it happened to him and he would want someone like himself to represent himself in a court of law.