The Legman

Chicago 1969 - When journeyman reporter Micky Mulvihill follows a tip on a real estate scam he finds himself thrown into the middle of the homicide of a black minister. National headlines scream for justice. The city wants to bury the story. They control the cops, the courts and the coverage, and they pressure Micky to stand down. He's a former Marine and Vietnam veteran. His family's been in this city for over a hundred years. He's not standing down.Micky teams with the minister's widow to seek answers. The trail leads to a deadly menace and a story neither of them could have imagined.