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This wasn't suicide,
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at least not in my professional opinion.
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The bomber's handwriting
on the suicide note
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isn't consistent with his old journals.
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Even his signature is off.
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Intense stress creates stroke impulses,
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jerking movements when writing.
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This note is full of them.
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You think he was under duress?
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This man wasn't looking to end his life.
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He was forced into the noose.
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He did kill 13 people.
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That's a lot of guilt on his shoulders.
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He bombed that church 20 years ago.
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The concept of habituation says
most emotions dissipate over time,
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meaning if guilt was the driving
factor in him taking his life,
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he would have done it back then.
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Maybe he got when we were coming.
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Suicide made more sense
than going through a trial
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and facing life in a cell.
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Look at this.
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One of the chairs
has a scuff mark on it,
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a small chip at the bottom.
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We didn't see it at the scene,
but someone
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kicked that chair out from under him.
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Looks like murder to me too.
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Which leads to our
third man, the same person
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who intimidated Wes Banning
in the parole hearing.
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Now he's tying up loose ends.
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OK, we press it as a murder. What next?
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We talk to his mom.
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He was living with her
when he bombed the church.
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If someone wanted to kill her son,
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maybe she points us
in the right direction.
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Great. I should look at her file.
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We can figure out an approach.
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You can't be involved, not anymore.
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What do you mean?
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He's a suspect in a bombing
where you were a victim.
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Technically you had motive
to kill the bomber.
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I know that you wouldn't,
but it's optics.
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Was this his idea?
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This is the first I'm hearing of it.
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Alec, please.
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If this case isn't 100% above board,
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the entire investigation is compromised.
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Understood.
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We'll let you know what we find.
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Mm-hmm.
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A wrongful death civil trial
is underway in D.C. six months
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after three out of four
members of a tactical unit
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known as the VIPER Squad shot
and killed Joshua Hill-Jones,
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a local building inspector,
in a police raid gone wrong.
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His husband Mason rejected
the city's settlement offer,
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and now he's taking the district
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and officers that gunned
down his partner to court.
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I could have sworn there was a
gallon of milk in here last night.
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I grabbed it in case
I needed to rinse my eyes out.
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Did someone forget I was
protesting last night
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outside that courtroom?
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It was cloudy with a chance
of cops using tear gas.
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Did they?
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No, not yet.
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But I got to stay ready.
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I'd stay away from that coverage.
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It's only going to make you angry.
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Too late.
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You know, I don't get how you always be
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so academic about this stuff.
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Come on, Kylie.
You don't think I get furious, sad?
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This keeps happening to us,
to your close friend.
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But somebody got to be the cooler head.
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How is Mason?
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Police killed his husband.
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He's not great.
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Mm.
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I'm sorry.
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Mason shouldn't be grieving his husband.
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When we were at Hampton,
Mason was the life of our marching band.
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And he got me through a lot
when you were in the hospital,
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so I got to be there for him.
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But it's not looking good, Alec.
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His expert witness
bailed on him last minute.
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Expert in name only.
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Look, I know you detest the
whole expert witness racket,
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but Mason won't win without one.
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We both know it can help sway a jury.
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Mason says that they got a long list
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of potential psychologists.
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Could you at least help Mason vet them?
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That's not really a request, is it?
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Mason is taking on the
entire District of Columbia.
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I know you won't sit that out.
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I appreciate you helping
us out like this, Alec.
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Losing our expert
has been a bit overwhelming.
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I'll do what I can.
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But expert testimony in
officer-involved shootings
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is 90% snake oil...
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paid actors who use science
to play on jurors' emotions.
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But we still need one on our side.
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There's a list of potential experts.
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I'd scrap these first three.
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They testified for both
sides, and any good defense
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lawyer will pick them apart.
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These last five are all convincing,
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and they're marginally
more ethical than the rest.
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It'll be easier to recommend one
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if I know who they're up against.
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His name is Dr...
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Dustin Atwood.
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Never met a police shooting
he couldn't justify...
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dual PhDs in experimental
psychology and neuroscience,
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morals of a jackal.
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Well, our expert said he
bailed for personal reasons.
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But I don't think it's a coincidence
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this happened after I told him
Dr. Atwood
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was on their witness list.
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He didn't want to take the loss.
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If he's on the stand and you
lose, it hurts his pay quote.
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And Atwood's tactics
are nearly unbeatable.
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Why is that?
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Atwood is a master at cherry-picking
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psychological principles
to support cops.
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No one on this list
has a chance against him.
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You know anyone who can beat him?
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Only one person, me.
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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The atmosphere is tense
outside this D.C. courtroom today.
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Protests, as you can see behind me,
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are mounting as Mason
Hill-Jones's civil lawsuit
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looms over the city.
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua!
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This is where we part ways.
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Good luck in there today.
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The facts of the case and
psychological data speak for themselves.
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You go out there and make some noise.
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua! Justice for Joshua!
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Justice for Joshua!
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Mercer.
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Hey, it's been a while.
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Dustin, long time.
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Too long.
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Well, looks like we
are a pretty big deal.
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I got to say, I'm
surprised to see you here.
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You know, I certainly
hope they paid you a fortune,
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because taking an L on such a
high-profile trial would not
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be good for your future quote.
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I'm more concerned with the
case than my batting average.
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But if I get in trouble,
I could do what you do...
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twist the science and sound folksy.
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- Folksy?
- Mm.
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Hmm.
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See you inside, Mercer.
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"Folksy."
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That's a good one.
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Hey.
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We need to go.
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- Hello?
- Sorry.
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Could you hold a second? Hey.
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I just got ahold of the witness list,
for the Hill-Jones case.
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Joy Reid wants Alec and Atwood.
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That's really exciting.
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Only, the professor said he's not
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doing interviews about this trial,
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and he's not giving Atwood free press.
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But aren't these cases won in the media?
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It's not my call.
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Let him down nicely.
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We have work to do.
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All rise.
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Docket number 125432,
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Mason Hill-Jones versus
the District of Columbia,
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Judge Jane Yuun presiding.
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District Attorney Navarro,
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your office requested
the no-knock warrant.
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Why was that necessary?
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We received a tip
that an illegal gun dealer
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was working out of a house
on the same street
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as Mason and Joshua.
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I filed for a no-knock warrant.
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The VIPER squad was tasked
with a high-risk arrest.
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But they ended up at the wrong house.
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Correct.
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Why was that?
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There was a typo on the warrant.
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Judge Haynes, you signed the warrant?
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Yes.
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After reviewing
the warrant from DA Navarro,
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I believed a no-knock raid was necessary
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given the target's threat level.
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So how did the VIPER squad
end up at the plaintiff's house?
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I wish I could tell you.
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It appears to have been a very
tragic case of human error.
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Miss Styles, you're the court clerk
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who processed the warrant, correct?
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Yes.
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Can you explain how
this human error happened?
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Our systems had been down
for over a week,
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so we were processing warrants manually.
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I must have made a mistake
when I wrote it up.
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And you were the only one
reprimanded for this incident?
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Yes, I was fired.
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See, Miss Styles may have
been the only one fired,
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but she wasn't the only
person to make a mistake...
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more than a mistake,
a dereliction of duty.
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Now, let's take a look at who exactly
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was sent to this wrong address,
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basically a kill squad.
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My husband was up late
working in his office.
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I went to bed around midnight.
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It was about 2:20 a.m. when I hear
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this loud crash downstairs.
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The force was so strong.
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I could feel it in our
bedroom, like a car had just
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run through the front door.
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Stay here.
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The next thing I heard was gunfire.
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I didn't think it would ever stop.
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Your husband was a building inspector.
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- Is that right?
- Yes, he was.
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And you said your husband
was working at 2:00 a.m.
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Is it typical for a building
inspector to be up so late?
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Sometimes.
What kind of question is that?
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Court records state the
two of you had been fighting.
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Is that correct?
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Objection, Your Honor. Relevance?
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I'm getting to Joshua's state of mind
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when he encountered those officers.
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I'll allow it.
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He'd been working late,
and it was causing
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some issues between us,
but it wasn't a big deal.
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So there was tension in the home?
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- No.
- You had been fighting.
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He'd been staying up all night.
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It's possible, due to a lack of sleep,
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while in a state of rage,
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Joshua Hill-Jones charged those officers
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leaving them no choice.
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Objection, Your Honor.
The defense is speculating.
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Plaintiff will answer the question.
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Joshua was afraid, OK?
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You may not think that Black
men gets scared, but we do.
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Those cops came into
our house at 2:00 a.m.,
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and they never announced themselves
like they were supposed to do.
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We did nothing wrong.
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They were looking to kill somebody,
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and they killed my husband!
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Please state your name
and title for the court.
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I'm Sergeant Lawrence Powell,
team leader
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of the Violent Incident Person
Evaluation and Response Unit.
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Can you explain to the court the events
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that led to your team
shooting an unarmed man?
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- Objection, Your Honor.
- I'll rephrase.
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Please detail what transpired
once the VIPER Squad arrived
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at the Hill-Jones residence.
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The resident charged at us.
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We were told we were walking into
the home of a dangerous arms dealer.
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We thought he had a weapon
and opened fire
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to protect ourselves.
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You didn't fire your weapon, correct?
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I didn't need to,
because the rest of my squad
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had neutralized the threat.
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And by neutralized the threat,
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you mean they had killed Joshua?
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We followed protocol and immediately
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sought medical attention
for Mr. Hill-Jones,
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but it was too late.
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There's a widely held
psychological misconception...
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a false belief contradicted
by scientific evidence...
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that cops constantly
get into firefights.
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But 73% never fire their gun
once in their entire careers.
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Why is this important
to note, Dr. Mercer?
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One of the things this data shows is,
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there are many ways to de-escalate
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a dangerous situation.
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Dr. Mercer can trot out shooting stats
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all he wants, but we have
to look at this incident
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from the perspective of the officers.
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They walked into that house
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expecting an armed criminal
who might kill them.
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And yet three out of the
four officers entering Joshua
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and Mason's house fired
their gun at an unarmed man.
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Why is the VIPER Squad
so much more violent?
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They have the highest shoot rate.
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In three years, they've shot
12 people, killing 5.
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Research shows that once a
person fires in the line of duty,
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the psychological barrier to
doing so drops significantly.
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It becomes easier
for them to shoot again.
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And do these no-knock raids
push the statistical risk
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even higher?
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Yes, given every
member of the VIPER squad
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had fired multiple times
in the past, that raid was
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a disaster waiting to happen.
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The VIPER squad is a tactical unit.
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Is it possible
their shoot rate is higher
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because they encounter
more dangerous situations?
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The VIPER squad's record
is such an outlier
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it's hard to justify simply by the
situations they find themselves in.
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Sounds to me like you're
cherry-picking the data.
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Objection.
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Can you explain
what happens to the brain
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in such an intense experience?
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It's a fight-or-flight response.
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We've all felt it.
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In emergencies, the amygdala sends
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a distress signal
that floods the body and brain
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with survival hormones.
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Under those circumstances, any officer
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could have taken the shot.
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Is it true there is no
specific research studying
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an officer's brain chemistry
during a shooting incident
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to back up your testimony?
319
00:14:12,326 --> 00:14:16,220
Well, there's simply no plausible
way to gather that information,
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even in simulation.
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00:14:17,789 --> 00:14:19,333
But you have used your position
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to block any attempt
from researchers to gather
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that data and run those tests.
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Isn't that right, Dr. Atwood?
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Well, the fact is, we haven't really
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needed those studies, because
there's plenty of research
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on humans under stress.
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And the last time I checked,
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cops are humans who are willing
to risk their lives
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to protect you and me.
331
00:14:44,191 --> 00:14:45,889
Atwood recovered,
332
00:14:45,913 --> 00:14:47,694
but we got a jab in there.
What do you think?
333
00:14:47,736 --> 00:14:50,989
Hard to tell. I was tracking
the jurors' body language.
334
00:14:51,031 --> 00:14:53,742
They went cold during Mason's testimony,
335
00:14:53,784 --> 00:14:55,285
often avoiding eye contact.
336
00:14:55,327 --> 00:14:58,580
And they didn't even seem
fazed by the cops' haste
337
00:14:58,622 --> 00:15:01,583
nor the mistakes made
processing the warrant.
338
00:15:01,625 --> 00:15:03,610
So we're screwed.
339
00:15:04,795 --> 00:15:06,088
Everything OK?
340
00:15:06,129 --> 00:15:08,406
No, everything's not OK.
341
00:15:08,715 --> 00:15:10,300
Alec's testimony didn't help?
342
00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:12,427
I don't think it was
enough to win over the jury.
343
00:15:12,469 --> 00:15:15,305
This jury won't be swayed by science.
344
00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:17,933
Start with juror preconceived bias.
345
00:15:17,975 --> 00:15:19,055
What's that?
346
00:15:19,097 --> 00:15:22,271
In a lot of trials,
jurors walk in irrationally
347
00:15:22,312 --> 00:15:25,065
predisposed to a particular
verdict... in this case,
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one that favors the cops.
349
00:15:27,151 --> 00:15:28,902
Then how do you persuade a jury whose
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00:15:28,944 --> 00:15:30,320
minds are already made up?
351
00:15:30,362 --> 00:15:33,365
We need to find a new
approach or Mason loses.
352
00:15:39,331 --> 00:15:42,117
I haven't even made
funeral arrangements yet.
353
00:15:42,179 --> 00:15:45,599
And here you are digging
up stuff from the past.
354
00:15:45,641 --> 00:15:47,976
Peter was a good boy.
355
00:15:48,018 --> 00:15:49,770
He blew up a church, Mrs. Shelby.
356
00:15:49,811 --> 00:15:54,024
If he had good intentions,
help us understand.
357
00:15:54,066 --> 00:15:56,276
I don't know what you're talking about.
358
00:15:56,318 --> 00:15:58,362
Are you aware that your son belonged
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00:15:58,403 --> 00:16:00,155
to a terrorist organization?
360
00:16:00,197 --> 00:16:01,615
Terrorist?
361
00:16:01,657 --> 00:16:04,243
You government types only
labeled the New Apostles
362
00:16:04,284 --> 00:16:05,869
terrorists after 9/11.
363
00:16:05,911 --> 00:16:09,414
Thanks to you people, I
haven't seen him for 20 years.
364
00:16:09,456 --> 00:16:12,751
Your son ran because he set
off a bomb that killed 13 people.
365
00:16:12,793 --> 00:16:14,748
He's no martyr. He's a murderer.
366
00:16:14,789 --> 00:16:16,588
Don't talk about him like that.
367
00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:18,590
He was a sinner who
desecrated the House of God.
368
00:16:18,632 --> 00:16:20,055
It was an accident.
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00:16:20,097 --> 00:16:22,636
All he wanted to do was return
this country to its roots,
370
00:16:22,678 --> 00:16:25,597
to make us moral,
God-fearing people again.
371
00:16:25,639 --> 00:16:29,142
So you did speak to him
about the church bombing?
372
00:16:42,781 --> 00:16:44,491
Let me ask you something.
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00:16:44,533 --> 00:16:48,495
Do you think the justice system
treats all Americans equally?
374
00:16:50,956 --> 00:16:52,499
There are two systems,
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00:16:52,541 --> 00:16:55,460
one when you are poor or Black,
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00:16:55,502 --> 00:16:58,088
another when you are
middle class or white.
377
00:16:58,130 --> 00:16:59,965
And there might be a third...
378
00:17:00,007 --> 00:17:03,594
another for the super-rich.
They get away with everything.
379
00:17:03,635 --> 00:17:05,721
What would it take
to convince you otherwise?
380
00:17:05,762 --> 00:17:07,931
A word from God Himself.
381
00:17:07,973 --> 00:17:10,267
Otherwise, those are the facts.
382
00:17:10,309 --> 00:17:11,602
That's the crux of our problem.
383
00:17:11,643 --> 00:17:14,271
Not everyone grows up being profiled
384
00:17:14,313 --> 00:17:16,231
or constantly pulled over.
385
00:17:16,273 --> 00:17:19,318
Those same people want
to believe in equal justice.
386
00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,820
People need to open their eyes.
387
00:17:21,862 --> 00:17:24,406
Harder than you think
because of motivated reasoning.
388
00:17:24,448 --> 00:17:25,679
When people have a belief,
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00:17:25,703 --> 00:17:28,160
they usually
connect to ideas that support it.
390
00:17:28,202 --> 00:17:30,954
That's the headspace
most of the jurors are in.
391
00:17:30,996 --> 00:17:33,040
So there's nothing we can do?
392
00:17:33,081 --> 00:17:34,666
I'm out there protesting every day,
393
00:17:34,708 --> 00:17:37,502
and you're saying none of that
will make things better?
394
00:17:39,046 --> 00:17:40,530
Better.
395
00:17:41,423 --> 00:17:43,575
That might be the key.
396
00:17:44,218 --> 00:17:46,261
A person can believe in something,
397
00:17:46,303 --> 00:17:51,207
like I believe in science,
but there's always room for improvement.
398
00:17:52,476 --> 00:17:55,687
What if I tell the jury that
they can make things better,
399
00:17:55,729 --> 00:18:00,108
we find one thing that they can
improve by siding with Mason,
400
00:18:00,150 --> 00:18:02,569
make the whole case about that?
401
00:18:02,611 --> 00:18:06,431
Broken is too hard a sell,
so we sell better.
402
00:18:07,908 --> 00:18:09,159
I'd buy that.
403
00:18:13,747 --> 00:18:15,040
What are you doing now?
404
00:18:15,082 --> 00:18:16,416
I'm calling Phoebe and Rizwan.
405
00:18:16,458 --> 00:18:18,961
I got an idea for an experiment.
406
00:18:19,002 --> 00:18:21,797
Yesterday Dr. Atwood's testimony
407
00:18:21,838 --> 00:18:24,591
appeared fair and unbiased.
408
00:18:24,633 --> 00:18:28,053
The problem is, with paid experts
409
00:18:28,095 --> 00:18:31,098
like Dr. Atwood, that's never the case.
410
00:18:31,139 --> 00:18:33,684
Introducing money creates bias.
411
00:18:33,725 --> 00:18:36,812
I wanted to better understand
how this bias works,
412
00:18:36,854 --> 00:18:40,566
so I conducted an experiment
where I paid experts
413
00:18:40,607 --> 00:18:43,861
to give their opinion
on a fictional case,
414
00:18:43,902 --> 00:18:46,280
a slip and fall in a hotel.
415
00:18:46,321 --> 00:18:48,907
All of them had the
same facts in the case.
416
00:18:48,949 --> 00:18:50,409
The only difference?
417
00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:54,079
Which side the person
was on paying them.
418
00:18:54,121 --> 00:18:58,750
Almost all the experts argued
for the side paying them.
419
00:18:58,792 --> 00:19:01,461
If the defense paid,
the expert's opinion
420
00:19:01,503 --> 00:19:03,213
sided with the defense.
421
00:19:03,255 --> 00:19:05,841
Same for the plaintiff.
422
00:19:05,883 --> 00:19:07,426
That's bias.
423
00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:10,053
And it makes you question the motivation
424
00:19:10,095 --> 00:19:12,222
behind Dr. Atwood's testimony.
425
00:19:12,264 --> 00:19:13,223
Objection.
426
00:19:13,265 --> 00:19:14,542
I'll move on.
427
00:19:14,584 --> 00:19:17,728
In your scientific opinion,
how do we remedy this bias?
428
00:19:17,769 --> 00:19:22,858
We have a wonderful system, in theory...
429
00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:26,612
equal justice for all,
but it's not perfect...
430
00:19:26,653 --> 00:19:27,905
yet.
431
00:19:27,946 --> 00:19:34,244
People tend to say
it's only a few bad apples,
432
00:19:34,286 --> 00:19:38,457
but those bad apples
spoil the whole bunch.
433
00:19:38,498 --> 00:19:44,116
Juries like this one have the
chance to get rid of the bad apples
434
00:19:44,140 --> 00:19:45,714
and protect the bunch.
435
00:19:45,756 --> 00:19:49,301
Dr. Mercer, you work as a consultant.
436
00:19:49,343 --> 00:19:50,302
Is that right?
437
00:19:50,344 --> 00:19:51,762
I'm a professor first.
438
00:19:51,803 --> 00:19:54,640
But yes, sometimes I work
as a consultant.
439
00:19:54,681 --> 00:19:57,184
And when you do consult, you're paid
440
00:19:57,226 --> 00:19:59,269
upwards of $100,000 a day?
441
00:19:59,311 --> 00:20:00,604
Depending on the client.
442
00:20:00,646 --> 00:20:03,190
For this, I'm not making a dime.
443
00:20:10,322 --> 00:20:12,115
"I'm not making a dime."
444
00:20:12,157 --> 00:20:13,492
Boom.
445
00:20:13,534 --> 00:20:15,827
I wish I could have seen it.
446
00:20:15,869 --> 00:20:17,287
We need five jurors.
447
00:20:17,329 --> 00:20:19,623
We have four with two possibilities.
448
00:20:19,665 --> 00:20:22,834
That's one juror closer to a win.
449
00:20:29,174 --> 00:20:31,176
Cop's behind me.
450
00:20:31,218 --> 00:20:32,344
He's going to pull me over.
451
00:20:35,222 --> 00:20:36,557
I knew it.
452
00:20:36,598 --> 00:20:38,385
Pull over to the side of the road.
453
00:20:38,426 --> 00:20:40,894
Stay calm. Let me talk.
454
00:20:40,936 --> 00:20:42,271
I don't need instructions.
455
00:20:42,312 --> 00:20:44,297
I know the damn drill.
456
00:21:02,249 --> 00:21:03,788
License and registration, ma'am.
457
00:21:14,152 --> 00:21:16,679
You drifted over the solid white line.
458
00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:18,564
You been drinking tonight?
459
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,621
Nope, just Diet Coke.
460
00:21:24,662 --> 00:21:27,207
So you wouldn't mind submitting
to a field sobriety test then?
461
00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:32,003
Nothing would make
my evening more complete.
462
00:21:38,802 --> 00:21:41,388
I'm going to need you
to walk in a straight line,
463
00:21:41,429 --> 00:21:42,931
one foot behind the other,
464
00:21:42,972 --> 00:21:47,435
counting down from 1,001 by 3s.
465
00:21:53,316 --> 00:21:55,226
1,001,
466
00:21:55,268 --> 00:22:00,514
998, 995...
467
00:22:01,366 --> 00:22:04,077
is this really necessary?
468
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,581
Keep counting.
469
00:22:11,084 --> 00:22:13,357
No part of this calls for a gun.
470
00:22:13,399 --> 00:22:14,838
She's shaking with adrenaline.
471
00:22:14,879 --> 00:22:17,674
He's going to make her count
backwards until she stumbles forward.
472
00:22:17,716 --> 00:22:19,801
No one is talking to you.
473
00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:22,637
He's dealing with your sister.
474
00:22:22,679 --> 00:22:24,305
You know she's my sister?
475
00:22:24,347 --> 00:22:26,182
This wasn't random?
476
00:22:26,224 --> 00:22:28,042
You're targeting us?
477
00:22:28,709 --> 00:22:30,520
She crossed the lane
divider without signaling.
478
00:22:30,562 --> 00:22:32,439
We both know what this is about.
479
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,237
She's got nothing to do with it.
480
00:22:34,278 --> 00:22:37,026
You can take me in if you want
481
00:22:37,068 --> 00:22:41,222
and deal with cleaning up that mess
in the press,
482
00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:43,742
or let her go.
483
00:22:48,538 --> 00:22:50,206
Hey.
484
00:22:50,248 --> 00:22:51,207
She clear?
485
00:22:54,878 --> 00:22:57,130
I'm not sure yet.
486
00:22:57,172 --> 00:22:58,548
She seems fine.
487
00:22:58,906 --> 00:23:00,216
Let's get out of here.
488
00:23:20,403 --> 00:23:21,404
Hey.
489
00:23:21,446 --> 00:23:22,906
Catch you at a bad time?
490
00:23:22,947 --> 00:23:26,451
Even if you did, it wouldn't matter.
491
00:23:26,493 --> 00:23:29,204
Bob Caswood, come in?
492
00:23:29,245 --> 00:23:32,374
To what do I owe this surprise visit?
493
00:23:32,415 --> 00:23:35,710
Something I can help the
intelligence division with?
494
00:23:35,752 --> 00:23:36,920
Oh, there's no agenda.
495
00:23:36,961 --> 00:23:39,172
Just stopped by for a little chat.
496
00:23:39,214 --> 00:23:41,424
I worked under you for ten years.
497
00:23:41,466 --> 00:23:43,134
You don't just stop by.
498
00:23:43,176 --> 00:23:44,677
You're a busy man.
499
00:23:44,719 --> 00:23:47,097
So why did you take the time
out of your day to come here?
500
00:23:47,138 --> 00:23:48,681
Always the investigator, huh?
501
00:23:48,723 --> 00:23:50,583
Someone taught me well.
502
00:23:51,059 --> 00:23:54,104
Fine. Well,
I'll just come right out and say it.
503
00:23:54,145 --> 00:23:56,272
Now, you know that I like to keep my ear
504
00:23:56,314 --> 00:23:59,249
close to the street,
and there's been rumblings
505
00:23:59,273 --> 00:24:01,277
about you and Jace.
506
00:24:03,405 --> 00:24:04,930
That was fast.
507
00:24:05,365 --> 00:24:06,950
We are intelligence.
508
00:24:06,991 --> 00:24:10,245
It's not like we're the
first agents at the Bureau
509
00:24:10,286 --> 00:24:11,496
to get involved.
510
00:24:11,538 --> 00:24:14,541
We don't have many
opportunities off the job.
511
00:24:14,582 --> 00:24:15,959
I get it.
512
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,460
I just wouldn't be a good friend if I
513
00:24:17,502 --> 00:24:19,546
didn't give you a heads-up.
514
00:24:19,587 --> 00:24:21,631
Everything is a conflict.
515
00:24:21,673 --> 00:24:23,299
Now it's about me dating Jace.
516
00:24:23,341 --> 00:24:25,802
Someone going to question my involvement
517
00:24:25,844 --> 00:24:27,345
in Alec's case next?
518
00:24:28,763 --> 00:24:30,122
Maybe.
519
00:24:30,147 --> 00:24:34,060
Hey, it's not my call, but if
you want justice to play out,
520
00:24:34,102 --> 00:24:35,617
I would avoid doing anything
521
00:24:35,658 --> 00:24:37,922
that would compromise the investigation,
522
00:24:38,815 --> 00:24:40,772
because like most things in life...
523
00:24:40,814 --> 00:24:42,527
It's the optics.
524
00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:44,738
It's the optics.
525
00:24:46,823 --> 00:24:48,121
Where you are.
526
00:24:48,163 --> 00:24:50,493
- I don't have the problem.
- Classism. Classism.
527
00:24:50,535 --> 00:24:51,703
You are constantly...
528
00:24:51,745 --> 00:24:53,621
- Someone needs to check her.
- Hey.
529
00:24:56,791 --> 00:25:00,003
Mm-mm. Mm.
530
00:25:00,045 --> 00:25:03,339
- Mm.
- Don't go there with me.
531
00:25:03,381 --> 00:25:04,424
Excuse you.
532
00:25:04,466 --> 00:25:06,426
I'm watching that.
533
00:25:06,468 --> 00:25:08,053
You've been watching this trash since I
534
00:25:08,094 --> 00:25:09,220
went to bed last night.
535
00:25:09,262 --> 00:25:11,681
OK. Where's the problem?
536
00:25:11,723 --> 00:25:13,099
Studies show...
537
00:25:13,141 --> 00:25:15,393
I'll pass on the Mercer monologue.
538
00:25:15,435 --> 00:25:19,129
Fine, no monologue.
539
00:25:19,522 --> 00:25:20,857
But we should talk about this.
540
00:25:20,899 --> 00:25:25,219
No, we shouldn't, because I'll scream.
541
00:25:25,737 --> 00:25:28,656
And I don't want to scream at you,
542
00:25:28,698 --> 00:25:29,991
but you're the only one here.
543
00:25:30,033 --> 00:25:33,763
So I will if you force me to
talk about my feelings right now.
544
00:25:33,805 --> 00:25:37,874
All I want to do is watch
"Housewives of Potomac"
545
00:25:37,916 --> 00:25:41,068
and focus on other people's problems.
546
00:25:43,445 --> 00:25:47,133
You'd rather suppress your feelings
547
00:25:47,175 --> 00:25:49,928
by watching housewives
throw lettuce at each other.
548
00:25:52,097 --> 00:25:54,099
You can't help yourself, can you?
549
00:25:56,351 --> 00:26:00,522
It probably isn't a good idea, but OK.
550
00:26:00,563 --> 00:26:02,315
Mia, I don't believe that you called us
551
00:26:02,357 --> 00:26:03,733
broke bitches when you walked off.
552
00:26:05,276 --> 00:26:06,486
- Are you serious right now?
- Let's do it.
553
00:26:06,528 --> 00:26:09,572
Let's give a toast to forgiveness.
554
00:26:11,908 --> 00:26:14,143
Hey, Mason. What's up?
555
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,687
I'll be right there.
556
00:26:18,369 --> 00:26:19,898
Mason OK?
557
00:26:20,834 --> 00:26:23,485
The defense made an offer.
558
00:26:24,050 --> 00:26:26,260
They want to settle the case.
559
00:26:30,135 --> 00:26:31,761
3 million is a good offer.
560
00:26:31,803 --> 00:26:33,221
Is it?
561
00:26:33,263 --> 00:26:35,056
It's like they're
forcing me to decide how much
562
00:26:35,098 --> 00:26:36,808
my dead husband is worth.
563
00:26:36,850 --> 00:26:37,851
So what?
564
00:26:37,892 --> 00:26:39,394
It's over now?
565
00:26:39,436 --> 00:26:41,146
Nothing about this makes any sense.
566
00:26:41,187 --> 00:26:42,439
Alec got through to the jury,
567
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:43,815
pushed this settlement to happen.
568
00:26:43,857 --> 00:26:45,442
This is what we wanted.
569
00:26:45,483 --> 00:26:47,861
There's no such thing as
good news in this situation,
570
00:26:47,902 --> 00:26:49,988
but we need to take
this offer seriously.
571
00:26:50,029 --> 00:26:51,448
Defense makes an offer.
572
00:26:51,489 --> 00:26:53,032
They know it doesn't look good for them.
573
00:26:53,074 --> 00:26:54,868
And we could still be short a juror.
574
00:26:54,909 --> 00:26:56,494
My advice, we don't chance it.
575
00:26:56,536 --> 00:26:58,913
How about we look over
the deal and counter?
576
00:26:58,955 --> 00:27:01,916
We can print it and
review it line by line.
577
00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:04,419
The printers in Joshua's office.
578
00:27:04,461 --> 00:27:07,505
I haven't touched anything there since.
579
00:27:09,841 --> 00:27:11,384
We can go in with you.
580
00:27:28,401 --> 00:27:29,486
That yours?
581
00:27:29,527 --> 00:27:30,862
Kylie said you played in college.
582
00:27:30,904 --> 00:27:32,989
I haven't picked it up in years.
583
00:27:33,031 --> 00:27:34,515
You miss it?
584
00:27:34,908 --> 00:27:36,433
Sometimes.
585
00:27:37,077 --> 00:27:38,995
There's a lot of paperwork in here.
586
00:27:39,037 --> 00:27:40,455
He worked from home a lot?
587
00:27:40,497 --> 00:27:42,123
A few weeks before everything happened,
588
00:27:42,165 --> 00:27:44,000
he brought home all
these files in crates,
589
00:27:44,042 --> 00:27:46,878
said he was doing important research.
590
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,671
He say what he was working on?
591
00:27:48,713 --> 00:27:51,049
Something about zoning
violations and the city
592
00:27:51,091 --> 00:27:53,009
not doing anything about them.
593
00:27:53,051 --> 00:27:54,511
Joshua was obsessed.
594
00:27:54,552 --> 00:27:57,302
So he wasn't always a workaholic.
595
00:27:57,344 --> 00:28:00,934
No. He cared about his work,
but not like this.
596
00:28:00,975 --> 00:28:02,685
He was so frustrated.
597
00:28:02,727 --> 00:28:09,025
He kept saying something about
the system working against him
598
00:28:09,067 --> 00:28:11,277
and that he was going to prove it.
599
00:28:11,319 --> 00:28:13,679
I just thought he was overreacting.
600
00:28:14,072 --> 00:28:16,640
He said it made him
feel like he was crazy.
601
00:28:17,117 --> 00:28:18,606
You think it has something
to do with the case?
602
00:28:18,647 --> 00:28:20,652
I don't know.
But if he had something to prove,
603
00:28:20,694 --> 00:28:22,064
it's possible he made an enemy.
604
00:28:26,668 --> 00:28:28,801
It looks like Joshua was investigating
605
00:28:28,843 --> 00:28:31,923
code violations against
one company in particular,
606
00:28:31,965 --> 00:28:33,425
Ralbern Investments.
607
00:28:33,466 --> 00:28:36,511
Ralbern is a huge multinational.
608
00:28:36,553 --> 00:28:38,888
I've done contract work for them.
609
00:28:38,930 --> 00:28:40,178
These are building codes.
610
00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,059
Next to them are the violations
against Ralbern repeated
611
00:28:43,101 --> 00:28:44,349
multiple times.
612
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,104
What does this have
to do with my husband?
613
00:28:46,146 --> 00:28:48,064
Nearly half of Ralbern's security
614
00:28:48,106 --> 00:28:50,233
staff are moonlighting
D.C. Metro Police,
615
00:28:50,275 --> 00:28:51,651
Sergeant Powell included.
616
00:28:51,693 --> 00:28:53,695
Joshua was building a case against them
617
00:28:53,737 --> 00:28:57,323
issuing the same violations
against them over and over.
618
00:28:57,365 --> 00:28:58,575
That must have pissed them off.
619
00:28:58,616 --> 00:29:00,285
You're saying they targeted Joshua?
620
00:29:00,326 --> 00:29:03,316
You said that Joshua felt like
the system was against him,
621
00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:05,397
and the system killed him.
622
00:29:06,207 --> 00:29:08,771
You think Sergeant Powell
623
00:29:08,812 --> 00:29:11,431
deliberately took his team to our home
624
00:29:12,404 --> 00:29:14,406
to take him off of Ralbern?
625
00:29:15,216 --> 00:29:19,554
I'm saying I think
your husband was murdered.
626
00:29:26,341 --> 00:29:27,467
Anything from Ralbern yet?
627
00:29:27,508 --> 00:29:28,676
I've been on hold for over two hours.
628
00:29:28,718 --> 00:29:30,345
I still haven't spoken
to anyone in legal.
629
00:29:30,386 --> 00:29:31,846
You're not going to get through.
630
00:29:31,888 --> 00:29:33,598
They have a 100-person legal team.
631
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,310
This trial will be long over before
we navigate that legal minefield.
632
00:29:37,352 --> 00:29:40,313
We need a way to
approach the VIPER team.
633
00:29:40,670 --> 00:29:44,108
Maybe there's a way to get
one of them to come to us.
634
00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,213
Rizwan, call Joy Reid's producers back.
635
00:29:46,255 --> 00:29:48,279
Tell them I'm going to
give them what they want,
636
00:29:48,321 --> 00:29:50,073
a sit-down with Atwood.
637
00:29:53,534 --> 00:29:56,105
Moving on to the Hill-Jones trial,
638
00:29:56,147 --> 00:29:59,791
an unarmed innocent man was
shot in his own living room.
639
00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:03,010
It should never have happened,
but was it negligence?
640
00:30:03,052 --> 00:30:04,433
We've got not one
641
00:30:04,457 --> 00:30:07,619
but two distinguished expert
witnesses here tonight,
642
00:30:07,643 --> 00:30:09,092
Dr. Dustin Atwood
643
00:30:09,133 --> 00:30:10,718
and Dr. Alec Mercer.
644
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,220
Dustin, you say no.
645
00:30:12,262 --> 00:30:14,138
No, it was not negligence.
646
00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:15,890
Now, of course, I wish this tragedy had
647
00:30:15,932 --> 00:30:17,558
not happened, as we all do.
648
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,353
But when you consider the
information the officers had,
649
00:30:20,395 --> 00:30:22,689
they had every reason to believe
650
00:30:22,730 --> 00:30:24,190
their lives were in danger.
651
00:30:24,232 --> 00:30:25,900
Alec, you say yes.
652
00:30:25,942 --> 00:30:29,862
As police officers, their job
was to assess and reassess
653
00:30:29,904 --> 00:30:31,843
that danger moment by moment.
654
00:30:31,884 --> 00:30:33,490
There was no time to reassess.
655
00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:35,243
Any good cop would have taken a shot
656
00:30:35,285 --> 00:30:36,452
under those circumstances.
657
00:30:36,494 --> 00:30:38,705
Any cop? Wiggins didn't shoot.
658
00:30:38,746 --> 00:30:41,475
Officer Wiggins
didn't even draw his gun.
659
00:30:41,517 --> 00:30:43,167
If any good cop
would have taken that shot,
660
00:30:43,209 --> 00:30:44,544
is he not a good cop?
661
00:30:44,586 --> 00:30:45,628
I didn't say that.
662
00:30:45,670 --> 00:30:47,297
Was he the negligent one?
663
00:30:47,338 --> 00:30:50,147
Are you criticizing
an officer for not shooting?
664
00:30:50,189 --> 00:30:52,343
I'm just trying to
understand your point of view.
665
00:30:52,385 --> 00:30:55,179
You've said over and over that
those cops did the right thing.
666
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:57,640
Well, that must mean
Wiggins did the wrong thing.
667
00:30:57,682 --> 00:30:59,309
No?
668
00:30:59,350 --> 00:31:01,436
You raise a very interesting
question there, Alec.
669
00:31:01,477 --> 00:31:04,168
Obviously, my friend
here is being hyperbolic, Joy.
670
00:31:04,210 --> 00:31:06,733
Would you say Wiggins
isn't VIPER squad material?
671
00:31:06,774 --> 00:31:08,109
Does he need more training?
672
00:31:08,151 --> 00:31:11,094
I don't know.
Maybe Wiggins should find another job.
673
00:31:11,988 --> 00:31:13,197
I... I told you.
674
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:15,617
I don't know anything.
675
00:31:16,016 --> 00:31:19,037
Withholding information
about the bombing...
676
00:31:19,477 --> 00:31:21,748
that's obstruction on 13 murders,
677
00:31:21,789 --> 00:31:24,459
arson, and terrorism.
678
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,110
Could get you a lot of jail time.
679
00:31:31,364 --> 00:31:35,094
He said no one was supposed to die.
680
00:31:35,136 --> 00:31:37,656
He only wanted to get the church.
681
00:31:37,697 --> 00:31:39,933
It was six months after 9/11.
682
00:31:39,974 --> 00:31:42,018
And those Methodists were loaning
683
00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:43,811
their church to a mosque.
684
00:31:43,853 --> 00:31:44,938
So what happened?
685
00:31:44,979 --> 00:31:46,689
I only know what he told me.
686
00:31:46,731 --> 00:31:51,277
He said he was supposed to set
the bomb timer for 60 minutes,
687
00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:55,990
and he accidentally
set it for 60 seconds.
688
00:31:56,032 --> 00:31:57,492
Wait.
689
00:31:57,533 --> 00:32:02,121
So you're saying that
the murder of 13 people
690
00:32:02,496 --> 00:32:04,039
was a mistake?
691
00:32:05,732 --> 00:32:08,795
Peter was in way over his head.
692
00:32:08,836 --> 00:32:10,856
He didn't build the bomb.
693
00:32:10,897 --> 00:32:13,967
He got it from some guy
he met on the internet.
694
00:32:14,008 --> 00:32:15,677
What guy?
695
00:32:15,718 --> 00:32:17,720
Was it Wes Banning?
696
00:32:17,762 --> 00:32:19,222
Not him.
697
00:32:19,264 --> 00:32:23,935
This guy was
a fancy-looking professional,
698
00:32:23,977 --> 00:32:26,211
called himself Mathias.
699
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:31,651
So if what the bomber's
mom said was true,
700
00:32:31,693 --> 00:32:33,325
Wes made the bomb.
701
00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:34,994
Peter planted the bomb.
702
00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:39,951
But the third guy,
Mathias, was behind it all.
703
00:32:39,993 --> 00:32:41,828
That's who was at Wes's parole hearing.
704
00:32:41,869 --> 00:32:43,663
Finding him will not be easy.
705
00:32:43,705 --> 00:32:45,707
Pamela said he's white, fancy,
706
00:32:45,748 --> 00:32:48,918
fedora, wears a flashy gold
watch, probably a Rolex...
707
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,003
not much to go on.
708
00:32:50,044 --> 00:32:51,546
Maybe not yet.
709
00:32:51,588 --> 00:32:54,299
But the bomber met Matthias
in an online chat room.
710
00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:56,235
That site might be gone, but
711
00:32:56,277 --> 00:32:59,887
there's a company that maintains
a database of old websites.
712
00:32:59,929 --> 00:33:01,300
We start there.
713
00:33:18,156 --> 00:33:20,074
Is this about my interview?
714
00:33:20,116 --> 00:33:21,451
I didn't shoot anyone.
715
00:33:21,492 --> 00:33:23,828
Why the hell did you crucify me on TV?
716
00:33:23,870 --> 00:33:26,205
Would you have come
to confront me otherwise?
717
00:33:30,752 --> 00:33:35,298
I want to know why you
didn't fire your gun.
718
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:38,595
I made a judgment call in the moment,
719
00:33:38,637 --> 00:33:40,511
no different from anyone else.
720
00:33:40,553 --> 00:33:42,096
Let me ask you something.
721
00:33:42,138 --> 00:33:43,806
Are you familiar
with Ralbern Investments?
722
00:33:43,848 --> 00:33:45,108
Yeah.
723
00:33:45,149 --> 00:33:47,060
A lot of officers do work
for them on the side.
724
00:33:47,101 --> 00:33:48,478
Like Powell?
725
00:33:48,519 --> 00:33:51,022
Yeah. So?
726
00:33:51,064 --> 00:33:53,942
Could Powell have changed
the address to Joshua's house?
727
00:33:53,983 --> 00:33:55,235
No way.
728
00:33:55,276 --> 00:33:56,569
I was there when we got the warrant.
729
00:33:56,611 --> 00:33:58,446
He pinned it to our planning board.
730
00:33:58,488 --> 00:34:01,890
If someone changed it, it
wasn't him, wasn't any of us.
731
00:34:02,849 --> 00:34:05,662
Who else could have
touched that warrant?
732
00:34:07,747 --> 00:34:09,397
I don't know.
733
00:34:09,999 --> 00:34:11,330
Ask the clerk.
734
00:34:17,006 --> 00:34:19,342
You said that you might
be able to get my job back?
735
00:34:19,384 --> 00:34:21,636
There may be a way to clear your name.
736
00:34:21,678 --> 00:34:24,529
Looks like the victim
was keeping records
737
00:34:24,570 --> 00:34:26,639
on overturned code violations.
738
00:34:26,681 --> 00:34:29,185
Are you familiar with
Ralbern Investments?
739
00:34:29,227 --> 00:34:31,521
The property development conglomerate?
740
00:34:31,563 --> 00:34:35,441
These are all the
violations against Ralbern.
741
00:34:35,483 --> 00:34:37,277
Do you know who would
have overturned them?
742
00:34:37,318 --> 00:34:40,822
Oh, that's easy. Judge Haynes
handles all those kinds of cases.
743
00:34:40,863 --> 00:34:43,449
The same Judge Haynes who
signed the original warrant?
744
00:34:43,807 --> 00:34:45,326
A quirk of living in D.C...
745
00:34:45,368 --> 00:34:47,120
the same judges do criminal and civil.
746
00:34:59,005 --> 00:35:01,531
All right, so what's this about, Mercer?
747
00:35:03,009 --> 00:35:04,177
I talked to Mason.
748
00:35:04,218 --> 00:35:05,636
He doesn't want to take the settlement.
749
00:35:05,678 --> 00:35:07,680
It could look like a loss for you.
750
00:35:07,722 --> 00:35:09,025
Yeah, I guess we'll see.
751
00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:11,225
But I think I know
a way I could convince him,
752
00:35:11,267 --> 00:35:14,604
but turns out,
I'm going to need your help.
753
00:35:17,607 --> 00:35:19,901
So I've got this multifamily development
754
00:35:19,942 --> 00:35:21,569
that I'm renovating in Southeast,
755
00:35:21,611 --> 00:35:24,363
but I keep running
into these BS citations
756
00:35:24,405 --> 00:35:26,449
over gas line hazards.
757
00:35:26,491 --> 00:35:29,452
Everyone whines there isn't
enough affordable housing.
758
00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:31,621
But they make building codes so costly,
759
00:35:31,662 --> 00:35:33,122
you can't build a damn thing.
760
00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:35,249
Because the politics
always get in the way.
761
00:35:35,291 --> 00:35:38,419
This country was built by
businesses, not regulations.
762
00:35:38,461 --> 00:35:39,879
That's for sure.
763
00:35:39,921 --> 00:35:43,091
That's why I say,
thank God for capitalism.
764
00:35:46,469 --> 00:35:49,764
You know, I golf with
Thomas Wilson over at Ralbern.
765
00:35:49,806 --> 00:35:53,059
And he says you are a free thinker,
766
00:35:53,374 --> 00:35:55,686
that you don't allow
corporate bureaucracy
767
00:35:55,728 --> 00:35:58,773
to get in the way of building
the American dream.
768
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:02,400
I do what I can.
769
00:36:02,442 --> 00:36:04,278
And he said I should
talk to you about possibly
770
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,947
expediting the process.
771
00:36:05,988 --> 00:36:08,616
You know, I'd love to make
a hefty campaign contribution,
772
00:36:08,658 --> 00:36:10,576
but those limits and all...
773
00:36:10,618 --> 00:36:12,310
You're telling me.
774
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,164
Listen.
775
00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:18,167
Why don't we avoid all that red tape?
776
00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:19,585
Put me on retainer.
777
00:36:21,254 --> 00:36:22,463
Retainer?
778
00:36:22,505 --> 00:36:24,048
Sounds good.
779
00:36:24,090 --> 00:36:25,216
How much?
780
00:36:25,258 --> 00:36:27,635
For you, $5,000 a month.
781
00:36:28,678 --> 00:36:30,096
Fair enough.
782
00:36:30,138 --> 00:36:33,057
Let's say I transfer
a good faith deposit.
783
00:36:33,099 --> 00:36:34,374
Offshore account?
784
00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:37,418
I have it all.
785
00:36:44,444 --> 00:36:46,315
Judge Thaddeus Haynes,
786
00:36:46,574 --> 00:36:49,681
there are some people here
who want to speak to you.
787
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,619
What the hell is going on?
788
00:36:53,661 --> 00:36:57,206
You have been taking bribes for years
789
00:36:57,248 --> 00:36:58,666
and getting away with it.
790
00:36:58,708 --> 00:37:00,501
You believed you were invulnerable,
791
00:37:00,543 --> 00:37:02,420
especially after
killing a man and almost
792
00:37:02,462 --> 00:37:03,463
getting away with it.
793
00:37:03,504 --> 00:37:05,487
That's insane. I didn't kill anyone.
794
00:37:05,528 --> 00:37:08,686
You had a nice little
side hustle taking bribes
795
00:37:08,728 --> 00:37:12,764
from companies like Ralbern to
help them skirt around onerous
796
00:37:12,805 --> 00:37:15,016
building regulations.
797
00:37:15,058 --> 00:37:18,102
But there was a fly in the ointment...
798
00:37:18,144 --> 00:37:19,187
Joshua.
799
00:37:19,228 --> 00:37:21,647
He caught on to your side hustle.
800
00:37:21,689 --> 00:37:23,357
You weren't about to go down
801
00:37:23,399 --> 00:37:26,235
because of some over-dedicated
building inspector.
802
00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:27,862
But he wouldn't let up.
803
00:37:27,904 --> 00:37:31,532
And then the DA hands you a request
804
00:37:31,574 --> 00:37:32,950
for a no-knock warrant.
805
00:37:32,992 --> 00:37:36,162
And you realize that the
location of the suspect
806
00:37:36,204 --> 00:37:40,041
was on the same street as Joshua.
807
00:37:40,083 --> 00:37:43,211
Computers had been down over a week,
808
00:37:43,252 --> 00:37:47,256
so any mistakes could be
blamed on human error.
809
00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:50,843
Everything just fell in your lap.
810
00:37:50,885 --> 00:37:52,887
Must have felt like divine providence,
811
00:37:52,929 --> 00:37:55,014
and you seized the moment.
812
00:37:55,056 --> 00:37:57,975
A court clerk gets the warrant,
813
00:37:58,017 --> 00:37:59,685
processes it manually,
814
00:37:59,727 --> 00:38:01,896
and hands it back to you to sign.
815
00:38:01,938 --> 00:38:05,108
That's when you change the address.
816
00:38:05,506 --> 00:38:09,821
You made sure the VIPER squad
went to the wrong house,
817
00:38:09,862 --> 00:38:12,782
where Joshua was murdered.
818
00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:22,356
Whew.
819
00:38:22,875 --> 00:38:25,253
I never thought we'd see
eye to eye enough
820
00:38:25,294 --> 00:38:26,944
to work together.
821
00:38:27,713 --> 00:38:28,798
Thank you.
822
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,925
Hey, got to protect my stats.
823
00:38:30,967 --> 00:38:35,411
Most humans, when reminded,
will do the right thing.
824
00:38:35,805 --> 00:38:38,289
Last I checked, you are human, right?
825
00:38:38,641 --> 00:38:40,708
You're welcome, Mercer.
826
00:38:50,903 --> 00:38:52,071
Here you go.
827
00:38:52,113 --> 00:38:53,513
Thank you.
828
00:38:54,223 --> 00:38:55,683
Wingo called.
829
00:38:55,825 --> 00:38:59,393
Hey says they are
dismantling the VIPER squad.
830
00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,372
Well, that's more good news.
831
00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:05,501
Mason.
832
00:39:05,543 --> 00:39:06,961
Hey, Dr. Mercer.
833
00:39:07,003 --> 00:39:10,780
I just came over
to see Kylie and to say...
834
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:12,508
thank you.
835
00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:17,060
No need. I'm just glad you
got some semblance of justice.
836
00:39:17,102 --> 00:39:18,306
Strange.
837
00:39:18,347 --> 00:39:20,725
I've all these feelings...
838
00:39:20,767 --> 00:39:25,229
anger, shock, guilt, but never peace.
839
00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:27,857
It may never go away.
840
00:39:29,609 --> 00:39:31,966
But you can move past it.
841
00:39:32,007 --> 00:39:33,427
How?
842
00:39:33,988 --> 00:39:35,406
There's no one answer.
843
00:39:35,448 --> 00:39:38,993
I don't know what's best for you, Mason.
844
00:39:39,035 --> 00:39:40,852
That'll be for you to explore.
845
00:39:43,539 --> 00:39:44,665
That's it?
846
00:39:44,707 --> 00:39:47,710
No profound Mercer monologue?
847
00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:50,004
I'm fresh out of monologues, young'un.
848
00:39:50,046 --> 00:39:52,215
Nothing profound to say today.
849
00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:55,760
Then I'll recycle an old one,
850
00:39:55,802 --> 00:39:58,179
one that I know by heart.
851
00:39:58,221 --> 00:40:01,015
Maybe start with finding something
852
00:40:01,057 --> 00:40:03,017
that reminds you of happiness.
853
00:40:05,061 --> 00:40:08,147
I could dust off the trumpet.
854
00:40:08,189 --> 00:40:10,525
Ooh.
855
00:40:10,566 --> 00:40:12,693
I think I can still fit
in my majorette outfit.
856
00:40:14,821 --> 00:40:18,783
I know I should go home, but
I don't want to face it yet.
857
00:40:18,825 --> 00:40:21,411
Mm, hang here until you're ready.
858
00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:24,372
We can stay up all night like old times.
859
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:30,002
You know, I hear that there's
a reality show set in Potomac
860
00:40:30,044 --> 00:40:31,963
that'll help you forget
all your problems,
861
00:40:32,004 --> 00:40:33,464
even if it's only for an hour.
862
00:40:33,506 --> 00:40:34,632
We should tune in.
863
00:40:34,674 --> 00:40:36,217
Mm.
864
00:40:36,259 --> 00:40:37,552
Hell yeah.
865
00:40:39,262 --> 00:40:41,013
So you guys think there's something up
866
00:40:41,055 --> 00:40:42,932
because of her relationship with.
867
00:40:42,974 --> 00:40:44,083
Absolutely.
868
00:40:46,561 --> 00:40:50,523
Oh, my God. We made it.
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