All language subtitles for In Contempt s01e09 Black Lives Matter 1.eng

Previously on In Contempt...

Tracy, Franklin's here.

I'll take care of it.

Tell Gwen I need to see her.

Nut job.

Stop the madness.

Holy shit. Tessa Campanelli?

I know you're sleeping with my husband,

and frankly he's done better.

So you think you can
just end this, like that?

I just did.

Bennett and I are sort
of moving in together.

Wow, Bennett, this is great.

Derek, Gwen. Gwen, Derek.

Do you wanna get some dinner tonight?

Not really.

You need to take me off this trial.

Gwen calls me like five times
a night, and she might actually

be the undead, because
I swear she never sleeps.

Do we have a problem?

We are supposed to be
fighting for justice.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

Our job is to fight like
hell for every single client.

A white cop killed by a young black man,

the witnesses say he shot
the officer in self-defense.

The black community... no,
the whole city needs to know

this kid is going to get a fair trial.

I can't think of a
better attorney than you,

Ms. Sullivan.

[CROWD CHANTING] I'm not resisting!

Jackson Allen Whitmore,
of Washington Heights,

is accused of shooting
officer Jacob Lockman.

He is currently in custody
here at Hollow Brook Hospital,

being treated for a crushed windpipe.

Could you give us a moment?

I'm not allowed to leave this room.

You're also not allowed to interfere

with attorney-client privilege.

You really think he's
gonna make a run for it?

I'll be just outside.

Jackson, my name is Gwen Sullivan.

I'm gonna be your attorney.

Can you tell me what happened?

_

Yeah.

What are they charging him with?
Police won't tell us anything.

We haven't seen the
actual complaint yet.

Since there's a cop dead,

pretty sure it's going
to be first degree murder.

My son has a crushed windpipe,
that cop tried to kill him.

And that's exactly what
we're going to argue.

Self-defense.

News is already calling
him a cop killer.

Dawg, my son never been in
trouble a day in his life.

Saves every single stray he meets.

His vision is to open his
own veterinary hospital

when he grows up because
there ain't one in miles.

That's what they do,

okay, but we will make sure everybody
knows who Jackson really is.

This will not be easy.

We're going to need
some photos of Jackson

and we're going need you

to talk to the press about your son.

I don't think you want me to
do that, Mr. Riggs, 'cause,

see, I can't play the part of
the grieving mother right now.

Maybe when I'm sure that
Jackson isn't gonna die,

but right now I'm filled
with such an anger,

and rage that I wanna do like
Michael Brown's step father,

and tell everybody,
burn shit to the ground.

So, so no. No, I'm sorry.

You don't want me talking
to the press right now.

If you can excuse me.

The people have no notices, Your Honor.

We ask for remand.

- Your Honor...
- Ugh, ugh. Don't bother, Counselor.

It's murder one. You know
he's gonna be remanded.

Well, I understand the deceased
officer was wearing a body cam.

I want that footage.

That's gonna take some
time for us to get...

Ugh. Produce it, E.J. Posthaste.

Now, let's proceed.

Jackson Allen Whitmore,

you are charged with violating Penal Law

Section 125.27.
Murder in the first degree.

How say you?

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Hey!

Hey, hey!

All right, gimme that skateboard.

What?

I said, gimme the skateboard.

What?

- Oh.
- Can you hear me now?

This a joke. Back up off me, man.

Hey! Don't disrespect me!

The footage speaks
for itself, doesn't it?

The kid mouths off,

then he obviously gets
violent with the officer.

Yeah, to think a good cop
would be killed by some punk,

it's just unconscionable.

Unconscionable.

Jackson Whitmore is a 20-year-old

community college Junior.

He was skateboarding in
Washington Heights Plaza

when officer Jacob Lockman

told him to get off his skateboard.

Now, technically skateboarding
in the Plaza is illegal,

but so is spitting on the sidewalk.

Dashay just turned over
the body cam footage.

Here it is again.

- Back up off me, man.
- Hey, don't disrespect me!

Cuts off right there.

The cop shut it off?

We don't know, but the
two started scuffling,

Jackson ends up face
down on the pavement,

cop on his back,
he's got him in a choke hold.

Geez. Just like Eric Garner.

Exactly.

This is a bystander video.

Now, the bystander started recording

when he heard Jackson scream.

Jackson, thinking that
he's about to be choked

to death, reaches his hand back,

gets his hand on the officer's gun,
gets off two shots.

[GUN SHOTS]

Now, unfortunately the
bystander dropped his camera.

Not only don't we have
the crucial moments

of how and why the chokehold started,

we don't have tape of
the actual shooting.

- What about his partner?
- He missed the whole thing.

He was across the street
at a bodega getting coffee.

So we're looking at self-defense.

Except the justification
statute says you can't claim

self-defense if you
were resisting arrest.

But go with me here.

What if we argue that there
wasn't an actual arrest?

Oh Honey, that's good.

And even if there was an arrest,
the guy's trachea is crushed.

What does the statute say

about excessive force in an arrest?

The statute doesn't address it.

Let's do some research.
There must be case law on it.

Well the prosecution's already
painting Jackson as a thug,

and the cop as a fallen hero.

We need to create a different narrative.

Well the phone's been
ringing off the hook.

MSNBC, CNN, they all
want Gwen to appear.

And we need to find witnesses.

The initial burden is on us to
present some facts to support

self-defense before we can
even take that claim to a jury.

We need to own the
story of what happened

in those missing pieces
of tape before they do.

Wait, where's Vanessa?

She quit last night?

Look at that, you burnt out the rookie.

Shut up Charlie, she was just...

Way too fancy for this work.

Told you the little one wasn't
ready to roll Sullivan style.

Don't put this on Gwen,

I'm the boss here and I didn't
clock she was struggling.

We should have never pulled
her in on that homicide.

- Or your orbit of crazy.
- This isn't funny.

I liked her, she had a good heart,
she was learning.

And yet she left, with no notice.

I thought you were
starting to like her too.

Yeah, maybe, but the no notice thing?

Uh-huh, Bye-bye Bambi. Good riddance.

? I've never been religious ?

? Instead my mamma
Showered me in kisses ?

? Thirteen with a big dream
Daddy said I could be anything ?

You okay?

You really ready for this fame, infamy?

I don't know.

I mean, I've tried big cases
before but nothing like this.

You know you're gonna be the target

of every ignorant racist
bastard with internet access?

You got thick enough skin?

Oh please, you saw how much
lotion I brought to that spa?

Look, I'm worried about you.

When you take on a case,
you don't eat well

you don't sleep, and you're
addicted to that shit.

Bennett, I know you mean well,
and it's really sweet,

but I don't need you to
take care of me. I'm fine.

Taking care of each
other is the point, Gwen.

Don't get mad, I made you an appointment

with that nutritionist.

Bennett, I don't have
time for that right now.

Maybe you should make time.
I work long hours too,

and when I take care of my
body well I write better.

I hear you. I do.

It's just that I don't have
time for that right now.

Okay, "Ms. Thick Skin".

You just remember, you go
out there, and you get it.

Thanks.

? I've had stars In my eyes for ?

? Many years while I was showed how ?

? I was grown into
The woman that I am now ?

? Think of me
As a blank sheet of paper ?

? My life is mine I am the creator ?

? You don't own me
You're not my commentator ?

? Oh child see I once had an idol ?

? I got her voice on the phone ?

I know you didn't eat breakfast.

Try to force a muffin down.

Or those.

What's this?

You got a letter from
the payday loan place.

I opened it by mistake.

I swear.

Honey, it says you're way
overdue with your payment.

Just leave it, okay?

They sent two letters?

Oh, no, Honey, I got my own version
of U.S. Mail delivery hell.

The disciplinary committee?

They're investigating you?

Who filed a complaint, Dodson?

No, he'd be the last person.
If I go down, so does he.

How many judges have you slept with?

Counting state and federal? Seven.

Tracy, this is not a joke.

I wasn't joking.

Oh.

Well look, this is your livelihood.

If you get disbarred you're done,

so we gotta make an enemies list.

? Find table spaces
Say your social graces ?

? Bow your head They're pious here ?

? But you and I We're pioneers ?

Judge Fortman and Judge Myers?

Gwen, no judging.

Okay, sorry.

Okay look, I would start with this one,

and then there's that.

Who's that?

The person in your blind spot,
the one you can't see coming.

Don't tell me you got a letter too?

Prosecution is moving
to preclude self-defense.

? We'll leave the empty chairs
To those who say we can't sit ?

? We're fine All by ourselves ?

[CROWD CHANTING] All lives matter!

[CROWD CHANTING] All lives matter!

Officer Jacob Lockman

was a hard-working
veteran police officer,

and now his family is left
without a father and a husband.

[CROWD CHANTING] All lives matter!

Ms. Sullivan, Ms. Sullivan,
what's your strategy?

How is your client doing?

My son is a good kid.
He's a college student.

He went out to skateboard.
To skateboard.

And he ended up in the hospital

with a crushed windpipe,
unable to breathe.

Now how does that happen?

I will tell you how it happens,

it happens because a
racist New York City cop

thought that my son on a
skateboard was a threat.

Like so many other black
men in this country,

Jackson was aggressively
confronted by a police officer.

He was about to be killed,
and he acted in self-defense.

We are confident that a
jury will agree with us,

no further comments.

[CROWD CHANTING] All lives matter!

[CROWD CHANTING] I'm not resisting!

Chains? Jesus, really?

It's a show of force for the
brothers and sisters in blue.

'Eff me then.

Hey.

Take your bandage off
and sit up straight.

All rise.

Be seated.

I required an escort

to part the Red Sea of
reporters this morning,

and I get the feeling fisticuffs

might break out at any minute.

It's interesting you should
bring that up, Your Honor...

Shouldn't you be sitting at
the other table, Counselor?

Ms. Hastings recently joined
our office, Your Honor.

- That's interesting.
- And a conflict of interest.

Your Honor, while I
was recently employed

at the Defenders Association,
I had no exposure to this case,

so there is no conflict.

Oh there's a conflict.

I see no reason to disqualify counsel.

Now, do People have a motion?

Yes, Your Honor.

Penal Law Section 35.27,

if the force used in
self-defense during...

During an arrest. Yes, we know,

but the encounter was not
an arrest, it was an assault.

- By whom?
- The officer.

He's the one who actually
committed the crime here,

and if excessive force was used,

then Mr. Whitmore was within his rights

to act in self-defense.

People v. Stevenson, People v. Sanses.

She's right Mr. Dashay,

but Ms. Sullivan,
do you have any evidence

to support your position?

We've just begun our
investigation, Your Honor...

So then that's a no,

and with self-defense you
have the initial burden.

Huh. Now he's right, Ms. Sullivan.
You need to make out

a prima facie case for self-defense,

- otherwise I will preclude it.
- Judge, if you do that...

The whole city is watching, Counselor.

I know it's difficult,
but try to respect the robe.

- Did you just see that?
- See what?

Sleeping with the enemy.

Judas.

Did I ever tell you how
much I hate canvassing?

Yep, just about every time we do it.

Anyone look like a key
witness to a police shooting?

The policeman asked the kid to
get off the skateboard nicely,

and then a few seconds later
he reached in his pocket

like he was gonna pull out a gun.

Look, I remember seeing
the cop and a black guy,

they started, they started
shoving each other, you know?

And then the cop, he pulled out his gun.

Yeah, yeah, I was there.
White boy took out his baton,

and commenced to giving him a beat down.

And when the kid said what,

the cop said, can you hear me now?

And the kid just laughed,

and then the cop became
like a crazy person.

He lunged at the kid like
he was in a bar fight,

put him right in a chokehold.
I thought he was gonna kill him.

Did the cop ever say
the kid was under arrest?

I don't think so, no.

Why?

We got lucky, a carpool
mom saw everything.

Says the cop just lost his
cool and went for Jackson.

Will she testify?

Eat.

Says it's her civic duty.

Talk about a unicorn.

Okay this is good, because
maybe it'll establish

that this wasn't an arrest.

Maybe the cop was the first aggressor.

But we need more.

What about Lockman's
civilian review panel file?

Any issue of him
shutting off his body cam?

Two complaints, nothing about the cam,

and both were deemed unfounded.

The judge will never let them in.

If what Janine says is true,
the guy has an anger problem,

and then if that's true

he's gotta have a paper
trail of being an asshole,

or there's somebody out there
with a story to tell about him.

Tracy's right.

We cast a wider net.

Maybe he's clean as a cop,

but there's no way he's clean as a dude.

Meaning?

Meaning forget about Officer Lockman.

How much do you know
about Jacob Lockman?

I don't like to say anything bad, okay,

but this guy, he has some problems.

Yeah yeah, he always wanted to be a cop.

He liked the power, I think anyways.

We dated for like, a year. Nice guy.

This man in a Mustang was
waiting for a parking space.

He honked at me,
so I decide to slow down.

Anyway, I pulled out,
but then our cars touched.

It was a small scratch,
no big deal, nothing happened.

So this guy gets out of his car

and just hits me on
the chin. So we fought.

Did you file a police report?

Yes, but nothing happened.

And no big surprise,
'cause you know why?

Even though he was an asshole,
he was a cop.

Dashay's gotta know about
the fender bender issue.

Well, if there was a
criminal investigation

he absolutely knows.

So how do we get the police reports?

We request them in our omnibus motion,

wait for him to trip
on his own shoelaces.

- Excuse me, who are you?
- Are you Gwendolyn?

I'm Glenmore. Bennett, uh,

he scheduled us for a 2PM consultation.

I'm sorry, I thought you knew.

Ugh, Lisa was MIA,
and reception was crowded,

so I stuck him in here.

Did you tell her about the needles yet?

This should be amusing.

Will somebody please fill me in?

Bennett asked me to
prepare 10 meals per week,

lunch and dinner,
all delivered to the office.

Why do I get the feeling
this is not gonna end well?

Where's the food?

Ugh. Oh, I have a book,
and it's called The Blood Type Diet.

I won't bore you with
all of the science,

but my diets are tailored
to your blood type,

so I just need a blood sample
before I prepare all the meals.

Okay, that's a good one guys. Seriously?

Serious.

It's not a joke.

Nope, serious.

Get Dracula out of here.

No, I know it sounds
a bit out there, but...

Glenmore, I appreciate
you coming, I really do,

but if you don't get up
out of my office right now...

Honey, honey, no.

Gwen.

Advance America Payday Loans.

Girl they have called you four times.

Thanks Lisa.

Yeah.

Hey!

How's it feel to be on a winning team?

Still adjusting, it feels
a little like whiplash.

Won't take long. A few weeks
of putting the bad guys away

and you'll come to loathe
the Defense as much as I do.

Speaking of which,

the Defense wants
Officer Lockman's disciplinary records,

and Internal Affairs reports.

He's got an incident,

someone pressed charges against him.

A fight over a parking space.

- And did it move forward?
- No.

Then it never happened.

E.J., they moved for this stuff,
we have to hand it over.

The last time I did that,
a witness wound up dead.

You were there, remember?

That was different.

This is Brady material,
it's exculpatory.

How is it exculpatory?

If the officer was
the initial aggressor...

It was investigated,
and it never went anywhere.

But they should be able to
talk to the guy themselves.

Why?

We have no indication
that this is a bad cop.

He has a couple civilian complaints,

so does everyone else that's
been on the force for 20 years.

He has no disciplinary
record to speak of.

E.J., I'm good with
getting the bad guys,

but we have to play fair.

You know what's fair?

Not giving a defense attorney

the ammunition to walk a
cop killer out the door.

Judge, we want to ensure
that the Prosecution

has turned over all
discovery to the Defense.

The Defense has all pertinent discovery.

- Pertinent?
- The People have turned over

any and all discovery to the Defense.

Well, that's interesting,
because we've uncovered

a gentleman who is willing to testify

as to the officer's history of violence.

Specifically, an incident
over a parking space.

There was a criminal investigation.

I'm unaware of any
arrest record, Your Honor.

As Mr. Dashay well knows,

we didn't just request
the arrest records

for the officer, we requested
his disciplinary records,

including any Internal Affairs
investigation reports.

Mr. Dashay,

I'd strongly recommend that
you don't withhold any...

Your Honor, I ugh, uncovered, uhm,

discovered the file just this morning.

I should've let my lead
counsel know that I had it.

Your Honor, I request

that sanctions be levied
against Ms. Hastings.

It was an honest mistake...

She just sat through
that whole back and forth

and didn't say anything.

I'm sorry Your Honor,

I... It's just, I'm new,

and I am honestly afraid of Mr. Dashay.

Everyone is allowed a
rookie mistake, Ms. Hastings,

but only one.

Except she's not a rookie, Judge.

She worked for us, and she
knows what discovery is.

Ms. Hastings, you've just used your one.

We understand each other?

Loud and clear, Your Honor.

Don't ever contradict me in court again.

I just saved your ass back there.

You could've been caught lying

to a judge in front of the press.

I told you that file
was not exculpatory.

Try explaining that to the
media or the general public.

It wasn't your call.

I know the law, E.J., and no
matter what side of it I'm on,

I try really hard to follow it.

I'm sorry you're mad, but
I can't just lie to a judge.

Also, I know Gwen's moves.

She was setting you up,
so you're welcome.

We need to talk.

And it just keeps getting worse.

Go away E.J., this has
nothing to do with you.

What do you want?

I'm gonna ask you one
question, and I want one answer,

and it better be the truth.

Did you report me to the State Bar?

Wow.

- You play Russian roulette long enough,
- Was it you?

Tracy, I don't care enough
about you or the trolls

you sleep with to spend
my time trying to hurt you.

Just tell me.

It wasn't me.

I forgot to ask you,
did you see Glenmore today?

Yeah, about that.

I wasn't gonna say
anything, because frankly

I have to finish my open, but really?

Pick a diet for your blood type?

The guy wanted to draw
my blood on the spot.

He's lucky I didn't draw his, or yours.

What's going on with you?

The spa, blood type diets,

that stuff isn't the guy
I knew eight years ago.

Well, maybe I changed a little.
Just trying to help.

Bennett, I don't need help.

And I don't need fixing.

I'm not trying to fix you,

but you do need sleep,
and you can't argue with that.

I've never been able to sleep
before the first day of a trial.

Oh really?

Well, if you are looking to sleep,

there's a really good way to sleep.

The mattress is for sleeping, too.

? Trying to move but I lost
My place didn't you know ?

? Baby while we're young ?

? I think we should Do something crazy ?

I was just thinking about

when I saw you at
Nula's that first night,

- I must have been staring.
- I remember thinking,

why is Miss America
on the defense's side?

You did not.

Gwen told me to stop
fraternizing with the enemy.

Yeah that sounds like her.

So, why did you decide
to become a prosecutor

instead of a defense attorney?

I wanted the trial experience,

and connections, you know.

- You want to run for office?
- Maybe.

Why so defensive?

You know how many times
people imply that I'm a bad guy

because I put bad guys
away that look like me?

How many times I get called a sellout?

Does that ever give you pause,

to prosecute so many black people?

Of course it gives me pause,

but they committed crimes, Vanessa.

If they hadn't,
I wouldn't prosecute them.

And most of my cases,

black people are the
ones being victimized.

I mean, shouldn't they
have a prosecutor like me

to pursue justice for them?

Yes, but do you have to be so hard-core?

Well you are.

? I'll go Everywhere you go ?

My uncle was a cop.

You know, he used to say that
white folks didn't have to carry

the burden of the
race on their shoulder.

They could pursue a career,

get by as best they can.

And prosecutors don't get
ahead by being soft on crime.

I know what Gwen would say about that.

And I really don't care
what Gwen would say.

You know, you might like
her if you got to know her.

She has a million funny little quirks.

Oh, yeah?

What's your favorite?

Well, when she has a big trial,

she starts her opening with,
when I was a kid,

I believed in magic and miracles.

I never noticed that.

? Perfect day Wanna lay beside ya ?

Come on, we have a trial soon.

? Spend my life With ya alright ?

Damn, that's today?

? You know I'm down to ride
You know I am down to ride ?

[CROWD CHANTING] I'm not resisting!

[CROWD CHANTING] I'm not resisting!

Open your eyes!

It's the criminal justice
system that's the criminal,

and it's destroying us,
my brothers and sisters...

Franklin, are you okay?

I'm just telling them it's the system.

- Okay, are you on your meds?
- I'm fine.

I am fine. I know
exactly what I'm doing.

I am not resisting.

Those are the words of a man
being choked by the system!

I can't talk right now.

It's on the thumb drive, okay?

Thanks Akeem.

Nice move in court yesterday.

Reminded me that despite
your recent shitty behavior

you actually do have principles.

It wasn't personal, you know.

That's funny, because
quitting without telling me

and then showing up on this case,

that feels pretty personal, Vanessa.

- I didn't plan that.
- Yet here you are.

Gwen, I'm sorry.

I'll see you in court.

All parties prepared to proceed?

- Yes, Your Honor.
- Yes, Your Honor.

When I was a child, I
believed in magic and miracles,

but as a adult I must
put childish things aside

and look at life the way it really is.

My partner was a
straight up professional.

His arrests were textbook.

If Jake laid hands on anyone,

he always told them
they were under arrest.

- Objection!
- Objection!

One at a time, for heaven's sake.

Your Honor, the People
can't possibly think it's appropriate

to offer completely
speculative testimony

regarding the crucial
time frame in this encounter.

It's habit evidence, Judge.

Overruled.

Would he read them their rights?

Always, even when he didn't have to.

What about use of force?

We get a lot of training
on the use of force.

We're only allowed to use
the minimum amount of force

necessary to protect ourselves,

and bring the suspect
into police custody.

Jake followed that rule to the letter.

He had strong feelings
about not being excessive.

He's so full of shit.

Yet your partner doesn't
appear to back off

when the defendant said,
I'm not resisting.

Again, calls for speculation.

I shall allow it.

Defendants always say
they aren't resisting,

even when they are.

I once had a guy
slamming me into a wall,

yelling, I'm not resisting.

And what about the
defendant's crushed trachea?

If Jake crushed the guy's trachea,

I would say it was because
he was fighting back

against an enormous
amount of physical force.

- Objection!
- Objection!

Sustained.

That's a bridge too far, Mr. Dashay.

The jury shall disregard
that last answer.

Thank you, Officer Alpern.

We are adjourned,
we'll continue tomorrow.

All rise.

? Why wait for tomorrow ?

? What you can do today
Today today today today ?

? Why wait for tomorrow ?

? What you can do today
Today today today today ?

Hello again Audrey.

Oh, are you kidding me?

You've got a lot of
nerve coming to my home.

- I need to talk to you.
- I don't think so.

Please, Audrey?

I just need to know if you made

an ethics complaint
against me to the State Bar.

Oh, so it finally caught up with you.

If I'm disbarred Audrey,
I have nothing left.

That's not my problem.

Look, I know that I've done you wrong,

and I am...

I'm sorry if I caused you or
your marriage any pain, I...

An if-pology is not an apology.

Okay, you want me to grovel?
Fall at your feet?

I was wrong to have
slept with your husband,

he is a good man, but...

He is a good man, but he is your man.

I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry.

You know, I used to be furious with you,

but now I just pity you.

Audrey, the chicken's done.

I'll be right there.

Listen, if your career goes down

then so does my soon-to-be ex-husband's,

and I stand to lose a lot of alimony.

Sorry sweetheart,
but you're just not worth it.

[BENNETT] Yes, yes yes,
I got the lead character.

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Yeah, I feel free, I'm loose,
and it's just flowing.

It's flowing, man.

Ronnie, listen to me man,
this is gonna be it.

Promise you. I promise,
I'll have that draft to you

by the end of the week.

I gotta go. All right, bye.

Welcome home, dear.

This looks wonderful, but...

Lesson learned, it's buffet style.

Grab your food, retreat to your corner,

and get the work done.

What's wrong? You okay?

No, I'm not. Dashay stole my opening,

the dead cop's partner is
lying through his teeth,

and my guy is facing life in prison

having just recovered from
having his trachea crushed,

so... no.

What happened to my food?

The fake food police came in here.

I fought them off, but
they had a warrant, so...

No seriously, where are my Flame bolts?

I threw them out.
We had a deal, remember?

After your last trial,

- we said that would be it.
- What is wrong with you?

Why are you so obsessed with
what I eat and what I drink?

- Now you're mad.
- You're damn right I'm mad.

Stop treating me like a child.

Then don't live like one.

News flash, you're not my parent.

Someone has to be brave
enough to stand up to you

and tell you when you're in trouble.

The only trouble I have
right now is trying to do

what I need to do
without my Flame bolt...

You know what, I'm gonna
stay down here tonight.

Be easier for me to work and to think.

Do that.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

- Fine.
- Fine.

Officer Alpern,
let's talk about minimum force.

Isn't it true that...

Oh...

Officer, isn't it...

[STRAINED BREATHING]

Charlie.

There's no way Adler's
gonna give us an adjournment.

What if I faked a coma?

He'd never believe it.

Oh it's okay, he can stay.

Good news and bad news, Ms. Sullivan.

Good news first?

The good news is you
didn't have a heart attack.

The bad news is you do
have a small arrhythmia.

Your blood pressure was through
the roof when you came in.

So let me try to be as clear as I can,

you need to start taking
much better care of yourself.

Okay?

Yeah, okay. I hear ya, thanks.

Okay.

Hey, he's serious.

I know.

Look, don't go getting
all squishy on me Riggs.

You scared the hell out of me.

Nothing like getting a 3 AM call
from your friend

thinking she's having a heart attack.

I know.

Thanks.

Now look who's getting all squishy.

You know what, next
time call the ambulance.

I'll meet you here.

I didn't wanna seem stupid.

Where was Bennett?

- We had a fight.
- And?

And things are fine.

They're fine. Really.

But I'm glad it was you.

I was looking for you.

I figured you went out for
bacon egg and cheese, and um...

Bennet, look, I'm sorry...
I should have listened to you.

And I'm telling you, from here on out,

this place is gonna be stocked

to the ceiling with Flame bolts.

Actually, you were right.

Had a little episode last night,
it's a heart palpitation thing.

Not a big deal, but I went
to the ER, and they fitted me...

You went to the hospital last night?

Why didn't you call me?

Because I was mad, and embarrassed.

Gwen, I don't want you
to ever have to go through

something like this alone
because you're embarrassed.

You okay?

I'm fine. Turned out
to be almost nothing,

it's a small arrhythmia.

Are you sure? Really?

I promise. Just a scare.

Point made.

Awh, I hate the idea

that you went through
something like this alone.

So, what did you do?

Did you haul yourself
downstairs and hail a cab?

I called an Uber.

Just to be clear, you did not
see the altercation, did you?

That's correct,

I was across the park
getting coffee at a bodega.

I ran over after I heard the shots.

So you never heard your
partner say anything

about being under arrest?

No.

And surely you'd agree
that not every encounter

with a civilian leads
to an arrest, right?

Of course not.

And when you do decide
to arrest someone,

you always use the minimum
force necessary right?

Yes.

So it is your testimony

that this is the
minimum force necessary?

Hey man!

Stay down.

Stop resisting!

Hold still.

Stop resisting!

Under the circumstances.

So this child riding his skateboard

required Officer Lockman to do this?

Under the circumstances, yes.

Now these same police
procedures in your department,

did they also justify the
fatal point-blank shooting

of Warren Henning last year?

Objection Your Honor,
this is outrageous and offensive.

The officer says the use of force

depends on the circumstances.

I'm allowed to
investigate what he means.

Ahhhh, be aware, you're very close
to the line Ms. Sullivan.

You bet.

That was entirely reasonable
under the circumstances.

And what about this,
the beating of Isaiah Marin?

Objection.

Again, yes.

We live in a dangerous world,
some people pose a threat.

And how about this
officer in Cincinnati,

the one who shot Damien Carmore
in the back as he ran away?

Well, we don't know what happened
before that photo was taken...

He was 20 feet away from
the cop, running away.

Is there a question there?

Withdrawn. In this case, officer,

who had the gun,
Jackson Whitmore or your partner?

- My partner.
- Who had the nightstick?

Who had the taser, who had backup,

who had martial arts
and combat training?

Objection.

One question at a time, Ms. Sullivan.

Of course.

Officer, in your 16 years on the force,

have you ever seen a
case of police brutality

that you did not think was justified?

No? That's what I thought.

No further questions.

? Every time I breathe ?

? Every time I'm dreaming in my bed ?

? Seven days a week ?

? Thinking of the words
that I once said to you ?

? I still wake up wishing
I could just move on ?

You should just close
your Twitter account.

It gives me insight.

It's like the unfiltered Id of the city.

So, bed?

I'm not going to bed, Bennett.

Hey, what's with the tone?

I have a tone because I
feel like we keep having

the same conversation,
and I don't understand why.

All I did was ask you if
you were coming to bed.

No you were pushing me.

Gwen, I'm trying to help you.

No, you're trying to control me.

You're trying to make
me into somebody I'm not.

How did this go from me
asking you to come to bed

to me trying to control you?

All you ever do is tell
me what's wrong with me.

I don't get enough sleep,

I don't eat right, I'm short tempered,

I'm obsessed with work.
But you know what Bennett?

That's who I am.

That's me.

I'm crazy, I'm complicated,
I'm messed up.

God, I really want for
this to work out, but...

Then stop thinking that
this is all about me.

This is a two-way street,
and I'm doing what I do.

And that's to take care of people.

And why is that such a big deal

for you to let me do that?

I am letting you do that.

You don't even know how much.

I just left everyone
at the office working

to come back here and be with you,

and it makes me wanna
jump out of my skin.

Thanks a lot.

This is who I am, Bennett.

My work comes first.

I'm not predicable or perfect,
I'm not sweet.

I am not sweet.

And maybe you can change
who you are for a woman,

and pretend to like vegan food
because that makes you happy,

but that's not me.
I'm not gonna drop everything

and go on a book signing tour with you,

and learn how to hand make native foods.

And if you can't deal with that,

if you can't just accept
me for who I am, then...

So how did you really get
to the hospital last night?

Charlie.

I called Charlie.

You love him?

I trust him.

So that's it.

I think it is.

I'll come by later to get my things.

? Like a river Like a river sh - ?

? Like a river Like a river sh - ?

? Like a river Like a river sh - ?

? Shut your mouth
And run me like a river ?

? How do we fall in love? ?

? Harder than a bullet could hit ya ?

New evidence has come to light today

in the Jackson Whitmore trial.

A rap video made by the youth...

There you are, I've been
trying to reach you.

I just broke up with Bennett.

Oh, Honey.

It seriously undermines
the defendant's...

Then this is really gonna
make you feel terrible.

[RAPPING] I don't mess with cops.

Shoot till they body drop.
Shoot till they beg to stop.

Yeah it's going down,
they don't like no black or brown.

Kill them all, don't make a sound.

Sad I know, why they wanna
fuck up everywhere I go

Line 'em all up, put 'em on death row,

making me feel like there's no hope.

Shoot till their body drop.
Shoot till they beg to stop.

Yeah it's going down...

? Stand and deliver ?

? Holy hands ooh they make me a sinner ?

Next time, on In Contempt.

You wanna know if I
tampered with a witness

- and committed a felony?
- You're damn right I do.

That stain kind of looks
like Michael Jackson.

This is an adversarial process, Vanessa,

not a truth seeking one.

I cannot lose this case, Tom.

I slept with Dods and
tampered with the jury,

and somebody reported me
to the Bar Association.

You're my hero.

You gotta win this, Ms. Sullivan.

I'm not giving them my son.

I know who you are.

We're gonna leave now.

That's why I went to jail!

I am deeply, deeply in love with you.

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