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NARRATOR:
In the
criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Couple of jabs.
Couple of jabs. Boom!
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A right cross and
that's all he wrote.
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You're gonna knock out Coop?
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Speed, my friend.
No, not speed. Quicks.
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Two rounds tops.
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JIM: I'll tell you what.
You knock out Coop
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in two rounds, beers
are on me for a month.
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You in on this?
Coop's a southpaw.
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ROB: So? You ever
fight a southpaw?
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Burger, rare.
Fries crispy, guys.
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That man has the
bladder of a fruit fly.
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No. A beer says it's not
his bladder that's aching.
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No. No, no.
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I said no, Adam.
Come on, no one cares.
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I do!
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I got a husband, damn it.
Didn't bother you last week.
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I made a mistake.
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So what does that
mean? You figure it out.
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Hey!
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I got a gun. I'll use it.
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JIM: He's not gonna catch me.
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ROB: Catch you? Yeah.
One punch and I'm down.
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Jab. Jab. Cross.
Uppercut. If Coop hits back?
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ROB: Bob and
weave. Bob and weave.
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JIM: Black and blue. Black
and blue. (GUNSHOTS)
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(CAR TIRES SQUEALING)
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Shots fired, MOS down.
Rush the bus. 43rd and 11th.
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Give her room, damn it! Back
up! Give her room! Hang on, Alice.
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ADAM: Alice Cushman.
She works the 31.
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You too, huh? Yeah.
I just talked to her.
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What about? I
went to take a leak.
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It was a "hello" outside the
men's room. Nothing heavy.
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Anybody else talk "heavy"
to her in the past? Why?
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Just helps to get a fix on
who the victim is, that's all.
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I saw her in the house
every morning before call.
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"Morning." "You see the game?"
Stuff about Rickie. Stuff like that?
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Who's Rickie? Her son,
17 months. Real cutie.
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I seen pictures.
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Paramedic says she's gonna make
it. Shoulder through-and-through.
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She's just mostly in shock.
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Adam Brennan. Any
fix on the shooter?
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Maybe I should be
asking you that question.
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You were the first one
out of the diner, right?
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I was inside.
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You know, Alice has got a
husband. Maybe I should call him.
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Why don't you
give us his number.
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I can get it for you. Great.
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I think Officer Brennan knows
a lot more than he's telling us.
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What, a little
birdie told you that?
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You and I've been
partnered, what, four years?
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He knows the exact
age of the victim's kid.
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So?
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So, forget about how
old my daughter is,
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you even know what
state she lives in?
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Hey, the busboy saw a blue car
speed around that corner after the shots.
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The plates had three
numbers followed by
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three letters, the last
two were "U" and "V".
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I don't think the
first one was "L".
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The Commissioner's
talking about a task force.
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What, over two cops, who
each have a spouse on the side,
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sweating up the sheets?
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Lennie's been watching
too much Dr. Phil.
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I don't know who that is but if
he's got a cure for marital infidelity
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on the job we ought
to put him on retainer.
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On the other hand, half of the 31
ends up at the Market Diner for coffee.
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If someone was holding a
grudge against Officer Cushman,
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they'd know to find her there.
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Witness says the shooter was
moving at a pretty good clip.
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Could have been he wasn't picky,
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as long as you
were wearing blue.
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Well, let's hope to
hell Lennie's right.
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(TELEPHONE RINGS) Yeah?
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Okay. They'll be right there.
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She's awake.
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Don thinks I should have quit
the job after we got married.
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He thinks a woman's place
is making dinner and babies.
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Tell me I'm wrong now. Well...
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Tell him this was a freak thing.
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ALICE: It's not like there's anyone
out there gunning for me, Don.
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Well, actually we
can't confirm or deny.
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Oh, yeah, all those
parking tickets,
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I knew I should have
worn a Kevlar bra.
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You wear a uniform.
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There could be some nut
out there gunning for all cops!
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I'm just saying
we got a new baby.
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By the way, your pal, Adam
Brennan, sends his best.
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Who? Just one of the cops.
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My wife!
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Just one of the boys!
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She's out partying and I'm
stuck home changing diapers.
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What, it's my fault
no one's hiring?
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Look, I really didn't
see the guy or the car.
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(CLEARS THROAT) Look, Doc says I
should get some sleep if you don't mind?
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You know where to find us.
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Okay. You were right. Once.
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ADAM: Okay. We
rented a room twice.
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It's not like it was this
hot-and-heavy kind of thing.
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I'm happily married.
How happy is your wife?
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Very. And if it's okay with
you, I'd like to keep her that way.
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That's why I didn't
say anything last night.
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You're a real ace with
secrets, huh, Brennan.
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How happy is Alice's
marriage? ADAM: You think Don?
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No way.
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BRISCOE: What, he's
not the possessive type?
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She says he didn't have a clue.
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And if he did, he'd be
taking shots at me, not her.
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Did Alice get "personal"
with anybody besides you?
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No way. She's a good girl.
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Could we... Yeah, yeah.
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New York's finest. Hey,
he cheats on his wife.
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You built a new wing on
some casino in Atlantic City.
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I liked the liquid
refreshment a little too much.
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We're dogs, every one of us.
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No wonder the public
thinks so highly of us.
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Oh, no, they love us. They
have to. (CELL PHONE RINGING)
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When they run away from
something, we run toward it.
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Yeah, Green.
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Okay. Could you do me a
favor? Get that over to Forensics.
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All right. Cool. Thanks, man.
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A BMW was clipped last night around
the corner from the scene by a blue car.
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Could be our shooter.
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I parked it in front of my house two
nights ago when I got home. I overslept.
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The next morning it was gone.
Why didn't you report it stolen?
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Because I thought
you guys towed it.
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And you didn't call Parking
Enforcement to check?
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I didn't have the money to claim it
back until next week's pay check.
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Took me an hour-and-a-half
on the bus to get here.
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Does anybody else have
access to the car, Ms. Thomas?
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Like who? A kid, for instance.
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My son is dead.
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So, you did your good
deed telling me it was stolen.
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You can go now.
I got work to do.
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You don't understand,
Ms. Thomas.
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Whoever took your car may
have tried to shoot a police officer.
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Oh, that sure explains
it. ED: Explains what?
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How hard would you have looked
if it was me reported it stolen?
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So much for your theory
about the public loving us.
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Well, there's an
exception to every rule.
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Well, hopefully she don't
work every night. Hey!
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ED: How you doing? Can we
talk to you about Janet Thomas?
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Who'd she kill?
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Now why would you say that?
She's got a temper, that one.
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Thinks the world owes her.
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Last night she screamed at me because
I took the last milk in the Nurses' Lounge.
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So she was here all
night? Until midnight.
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You don't know the
problems that caused.
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ED: What you mean, she don't
care for the graveyard shift?
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Well, just the opposite.
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Well, they wanted to put her on
days, but she raised all kinds of hell.
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Says she's got to be home when
her son gets home from high school.
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Her son?
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She told us her kid died.
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Looks like she's
lying to someone.
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Well, why do you suppose she
wouldn't tell us she had another kid?
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I don't know. Let's ask him.
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Thank you.
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
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BRISCOE:
Back when
I was using Clearasil,
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we didn't have to walk
through metal detectors.
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When you were 18, I doubt if you
could buy a semi-automatic weapon
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on every street corner.
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Wait. Are you saying
Stevie... No. No.
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He smokes some
weed. Cuts some classes.
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Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Unfortunately, that's a truth the
times have made me live with.
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If you wait here,
I'll bring him out.
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All I can say is I'm
glad my kid is grown.
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I'm glad I'm grown.
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Look, I don't know
what you think I've done.
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It's not me, Stevie. It's
the detectives want a word.
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Man, I ain't do nothing!
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I ain't do... Yeah. You can tell
me all about it down at the squad.
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Come on.
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Alice Cashman. Don't know her.
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BRISCOE: Cushman.
And she's a cop.
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Well, maybe she was getting a payoff
under the table or something. I don't know.
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Where did you come up with that?
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That's what they do, ain't it?
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How old are you?
What's it matter?
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There's something you
ought to know, Stevie.
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My partner here, he's famous
all over the city for his temper.
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You can tell your partner to
kiss my ass. I ain't done nothing.
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Not like it makes
no difference though.
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You haven't been reading
the papers, have you, kid?
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Cops are heroes now.
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Not to me, they ain't.
You know what, Lennie?
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I think you could
use a cup of coffee.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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Let me tell you
something, Stevie.
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That little attitude of yours,
that might play on the street,
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but from this moment on,
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all it's gonna do is dig you
in a hole you can't get out of.
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Man, I can handle it!
Hey, man, you shot a cop.
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People around here, including
me, don't appreciate that.
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So, what! "Officer Tom's" gonna
rescue me now? Oh, hell, no.
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I'm just telling you what's
what. After that, it's up to you.
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So what? You get some kind of
raise to take a brother off the street?
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That's right, man. For every 10 I
bring in I get an extra day's pay.
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If he's got a big
mouth, I get two days!
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If I bring him in a little bloody, the
man gives me a damn toaster oven!
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The best thing for you to do,
Stevie, is for you to talk to me.
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Gimme a reason why? I
am your last chance, bra!
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You shot a white cop.
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Nobody else in this building
wants to listen to your little ass.
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You want me to say I'm sorry?
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The only thing I'm sorry
about is that cop is still alive.
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You don't even have a record!
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Now I know you didn't
wake up one day and say,
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"I'm going out and
shoot me a cop today!"
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What do you know! Stevie.
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Tell me why, please.
217
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You think I don't know you?
I know everything about you.
218
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Whitey gets shot or gets a hangnail,
they snap and Tom comes running.
219
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But my brother gets shot. (SOBBING)
And no one... No one does nothing.
220
00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:15,804
No one gives a
damn! No one but me!
221
00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:20,374
So what, you take down a
cop, just to even things out?
222
00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:26,115
That's right. You
better believe it.
223
00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:39,564
Your client didn't ask for an
attorney until after he confessed.
224
00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:42,067
Well, be that as it
may, he's just a child.
225
00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:45,128
It just so happens his
18th birthday was last week.
226
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So he's not entitled to have a parent
with him in the interrogation room.
227
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Eighteen.
228
00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:52,336
Let me ask you, Lieutenant,
when you were 18,
229
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would you have been capable
of holding your own alone,
230
00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:57,077
in a closed room with
two homicide detectives?
231
00:11:57,150 --> 00:12:00,780
I wouldn't have popped
three rounds at a cop.
232
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I would have thought the air in
here would be more sympathetic.
233
00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:08,087
Now why would you think that?
234
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Do I offend you, Lieutenant?
235
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You know, the truth is,
Counselor, I've seen you in action.
236
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:19,695
I've seen you turn a simple assault
into
Brown v. Board of Education.
237
00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:21,331
When the sheet fits...
238
00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,571
Your client shot an innocent
cop, a wife, a mother.
239
00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:27,045
Because his brother was
murdered eight years ago
240
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and a whole bunch of other innocent
cops shined him and his mother on.
241
00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:31,748
Which is a fact you can take up
242
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with the District
Attorney, Counselor.
243
00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:36,655
Who, if they ever get
around to it, will quickly see
244
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this is not the kind of case
they want to put in front of a jury.
245
00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,254
Have a nice day.
246
00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:49,065
There he goes. Johnnie
Cochran without the rhyme.
247
00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:51,161
He's just saying
what we already know.
248
00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:53,763
Let's not pretend Joe Cop
moves with the same speed
249
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when the call's to 125th and
Lennox than to 63rd and Park.
250
00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:02,411
Okay. 1994. The 16 investigated
the murder of an Eric Thomas.
251
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ED: You call up the file?
252
00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:06,744
All the current database had
was the name and "case closed."
253
00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:07,819
There you go.
254
00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:10,516
That means we caught the
guy who killed Eric Thomas
255
00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:14,960
and now his kid brother and his esteemed
attorney are trying to pull a fast one.
256
00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:16,405
You know, we should
talk to the lead detective.
257
00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,455
That'll be hard to
do without a séance.
258
00:13:18,531 --> 00:13:20,727
Lead detective was a
guy named Nick Helms.
259
00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,735
I went to his funeral
about six years ago.
260
00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,580
ED: Well, I hope you
brought your antihistamine.
261
00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:26,539
Why? You ever
been to "Dead Files"?
262
00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:29,201
Whoa. Whoa. The computer
said the case is closed.
263
00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,743
Well, this one isn't.
264
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,087
And this kid's
whole defense is that
265
00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:34,056
we screwed up on his
brother's murder investigation.
266
00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,312
So what? So I, for one,
would like to know how bad.
267
00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:44,254
Bottom line, Ed, no
matter what we find,
268
00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,987
it doesn't justify that
kid shooting at a cop.
269
00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,551
It could affect sentencing.
270
00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:51,359
And if God had wanted
man to have fair trials
271
00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:55,095
he would have given the jury Pentium
processors instead of prejudices.
272
00:13:55,702 --> 00:14:00,106
Hey, all I'm saying is people bring a whole
lot of baggage into everything they do
273
00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:03,268
and lawyers, like Halpert,
know how to make the worst of it.
274
00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,147
Here's all I got.
275
00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:09,106
"All you got"? What
does that mean?
276
00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:11,014
Most of the file looks lost.
277
00:14:11,084 --> 00:14:14,248
Lost? This is file storage.
How do you lose a file?
278
00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:15,354
Eight years.
279
00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:20,753
CLERK: I'll put out an APB, but based
on past experience, odds aren't good.
280
00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:29,133
I'm starting to
think Halpert is right.
281
00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:36,442
Complaint was called in by a neighbor
who found the body on 128th Street.
282
00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:40,139
Cops arrived at 1:48 a.m.
and found Eric Thomas dead.
283
00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,609
You hear what I said? Weapon was
a Ruger found four feet from the body.
284
00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:45,910
Should be in the
Property Clerk's unit.
285
00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:49,478
But the death certificate and
final autopsy report are missing.
286
00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:50,555
Lennie...
287
00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:54,555
Hey, Ed, what do you want from me? I
sold my plantation over a century ago.
288
00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:55,754
All I'm saying is,
289
00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:58,354
where do they store the homicide
files for the rich, white kids?
290
00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:01,230
I think we can worry
about that another time,
291
00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:03,826
because Stevie's brother
Eric wasn't murdered.
292
00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:05,668
He committed suicide.
293
00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:13,841
Of course their report
said Eric committed suicide.
294
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:17,145
That way the cops never
had to investigate the crime,
295
00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:20,618
that way they can sweep the
life of another innocent black child
296
00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:23,178
underneath their
very white carpets.
297
00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,083
Hey, he was just
getting warmed up.
298
00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:27,889
He can try his
case in the press,
299
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,395
but that doesn't mean
I have to listen to it.
300
00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:34,594
The kid shot at a cop for no
reason other than that she was a cop.
301
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,930
What does he want?
302
00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:39,663
Dead Files sent this
over. It was filed under "E".
303
00:15:39,739 --> 00:15:42,470
"E" for Eric, that makes sense.
304
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:46,472
Says here that the
weapon was melted down
305
00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:49,015
three years after the case
was deemed a suicide.
306
00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:53,386
Your boy Helms interviewed somebody
named Jason Hendri three times.
307
00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:56,116
What about the death
certificate or autopsy report?
308
00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,058
Well, it must be filed
with Hendri's statement.
309
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:03,563
Well, let's hope he remembers seeing
Eric Thomas put one in his own head.
310
00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:10,894
Jason, I'm Detective Green.
This is Detective Briscoe.
311
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:15,032
We want to talk to
you about Eric Thomas.
312
00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:17,175
What about him? We're
looking into his death.
313
00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:18,575
A little late, aren't you?
314
00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:19,788
Well, it's come
up in connection...
315
00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:20,939
Why'd I care about that?
316
00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:22,879
BRISCOE: We found
your name in the file.
317
00:16:23,049 --> 00:16:26,019
It seems you told Detective
Helms that you saw the shooting.
318
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(LAUGHS)
319
00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:32,424
(EXHALES FORCEFULLY)
320
00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,291
We want to laugh, too, man.
321
00:16:37,864 --> 00:16:38,864
What's in it for me?
322
00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:41,924
That nice warm feeling you
get from doing the right thing.
323
00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,300
You're serving three
consecutive life sentences,
324
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,805
a few years off one of
them ain't gonna do much.
325
00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:51,074
Wanna know why I was laughing?
326
00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:54,156
I mean, what's it been, seven, eight
years you all haven't figured it out yet?
327
00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:55,842
ED: Figured out what?
328
00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:58,641
Yeah, I saw the son-of-a-bitch
who shot Eric Thomas.
329
00:16:59,051 --> 00:17:03,011
Pretty hard not to see when you the
son-of-a-bitch who pulled the trigger.
330
00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:05,891
You?
331
00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,223
(WHISPERING) Pow!
332
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,392
You know, it never
ceases to amaze,
333
00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:20,167
the extent some people will go to
prove their ignorance, fear and hatred.
334
00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:22,902
No cameras here, Carl. No
need to waste the sound bite.
335
00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:27,436
Hey, let's discuss the mother of all
sound bites, "To protect and serve."
336
00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:29,448
Actually, I prefer the
unexpurgated version,
337
00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:32,451
"To protect and serve
them that look like us."
338
00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:35,113
I'm glad to see you
haven't lost a step.
339
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:36,853
I'm just getting started.
340
00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:40,416
A suicide but no autopsy
report? Give me a break.
341
00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:44,154
A felony defense based on
incompetent office personnel?
342
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:45,994
Oh, Jack, you're giving
them too much credit.
343
00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:48,997
Let me spell this one
out for you, "cover up."
344
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:50,201
Nobody lost anything.
345
00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:53,036
That's right. I saw
your press conference.
346
00:17:53,105 --> 00:17:56,075
The cops didn't investigate it
in the first place. That's right.
347
00:17:56,142 --> 00:17:57,405
Why bother to investigate
348
00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,196
when you can get one of your
lackeys to check the little suicide box.
349
00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:04,750
Neat. Clean. No fuss. No muss.
Best of all everyone's home for dinner.
350
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:07,946
Even if that were true, vengeance
isn't a defense for attempted murder.
351
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,184
I'm not sure this even rises
to the level of vengeance.
352
00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:14,891
Officer Cushman wasn't even on
the force when Eric Thomas died.
353
00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,395
The criminal acts
against my client
354
00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:19,330
weren't committed by an
individual but by the entire system.
355
00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,290
Now, you call a murder a suicide
356
00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:24,064
and the victim's family is
robbed of justice under the law.
357
00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:27,334
This is nonsense. It's obvious
you just want to inflame the jury.
358
00:18:27,406 --> 00:18:28,897
Big picture, Ms. Southerlyn.
359
00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:31,001
This case is not
about a devastated kid,
360
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:35,344
it's about Jim Crow, new and
improved racism with a felt-tipped pen.
361
00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:37,793
All I have to do is point
the jury in the right direction
362
00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:39,911
and they'll do exactly
what they should.
363
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,418
Let your people go?
364
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:47,988
(CHUCKLES) Yeah. Perhaps.
But I'll settle for Stevie Thomas.
365
00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,059
Carl, Carl.
366
00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:56,727
I'm sure you had better things to do with
this morning than spend it here with me.
367
00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,165
Simple assault. No time.
368
00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:05,273
He shot a cop, you
know I can't do that.
369
00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:11,347
As always, my brother, time
with you, is time well spent.
370
00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:14,410
Ms. Southerlyn.
371
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:22,357
We can move to exclude all evidence
of Eric Thomas' death as irrelevant.
372
00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:25,830
Or we can cut
it off at the pass.
373
00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:28,766
If we can prove beyond a
doubt that it was a suicide,
374
00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:32,293
we essentially prove that the
police didn't do anything wrong.
375
00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:36,103
Start with whoever it was
that wielded that felt-tipped pen.
376
00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:40,208
RODGERS: I put in a request
to records after you called.
377
00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:41,872
My luck was about
the same as the cops.
378
00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:44,246
Files don't just
disappear. Really?
379
00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:46,182
What city do you work for?
380
00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:48,551
The good news, we did
come up with a name,
381
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:51,853
Gail Berardi performed
the autopsy on Eric Thomas.
382
00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:53,688
Great. If nobody's
misplaced her, that is.
383
00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:56,058
Yeah. You might be better off.
384
00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:59,892
Gail left the M.E.'s Office a few years
ago to become a private consultant.
385
00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:01,900
The parting wasn't what
you would call sweet.
386
00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:05,495
What are you telling me, this
woman ransomed her autopsy reports?
387
00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:09,501
With Gail Berardi,
nothing would surprise me.
388
00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,735
I don't remember the case.
389
00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:15,475
The M.E.'s Office seems
to think you have the files.
390
00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,779
It's possible. I'll take a
look and get back to you.
391
00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:19,819
When? I don't know.
392
00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,353
When I get around to it.
393
00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:24,515
I'm being called as an expert
tomorrow in Hartford. Next week, LA.
394
00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:25,990
I don't think I
made myself clear.
395
00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:29,722
This file is going to be evidence
in an attempted murder case.
396
00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:33,889
I don't think I made myself
clear, it's not my problem anymore.
397
00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:36,196
Goodbye.
398
00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:41,196
Dr. Berardi's files are
evidence in a felony trial.
399
00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:43,708
Subpoena them. That's
the first thing I threatened.
400
00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:46,302
But what's evidence to
us is work product to her.
401
00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:47,903
She'd fight it for sure.
402
00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:51,542
This woman rents herself out
as an expert witness, doesn't she?
403
00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:54,043
You want to hire her? No.
404
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,247
But no one else will either
405
00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:59,053
if we charge her with embezzlement
of government property.
406
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:05,093
SERENA: Dr. Berardi took files
when she left the M.E.'s Office.
407
00:21:05,164 --> 00:21:07,963
Her personal files, which
she had every right to.
408
00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:11,629
As an employee of the State those
files were produced at behest of the State.
409
00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:13,965
They were in effect
"works for hire"
410
00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:16,474
and were and remain
her employer's property.
411
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:19,569
What is it we're talking about
here? Research? Time cards?
412
00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:21,504
Autopsy reports.
413
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:23,481
Shame on you.
414
00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:25,460
SERENA: Thank you, Your Honor.
415
00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:29,148
And shame on you for trying to
swat flies with SCUD missiles.
416
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,354
This is a civil
matter, Counselor.
417
00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:33,488
If you want to argue
about personal property
418
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:35,370
you should take it up with
people who actually give a damn
419
00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:36,514
about this sort of nonsense.
420
00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:38,762
Your Honor... You've
got a colorable claim
421
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,663
and I use that term very freely.
422
00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:45,097
Although I'd love to, I can't in good
conscience dismiss the charges.
423
00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:46,905
So what do you say, Doc?
424
00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,635
Give the lady her files or you're
looking at one major headache.
425
00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:56,004
These notes are better organized and
more detailed than most of what I see.
426
00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:59,007
The cause of death was a
single gunshot wound to the skull.
427
00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:00,382
Consistent with suicide?
428
00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:03,752
No. I said organized and
detailed. I didn't say complete.
429
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:05,086
Why aren't I surprised?
430
00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:09,985
There's nothing here regarding the
position of either entrance or exit wounds.
431
00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:12,554
Trace gunshot residue is
referenced but taken alone,
432
00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:14,532
that's not enough
to say for sure.
433
00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,999
See, you really need to
examine the beveling of the bone.
434
00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:19,338
We typically keep photos
and scale drawings.
435
00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:20,873
Do you think Berardi
held them back?
436
00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:23,239
Oh, you'd never be
able to prove it if she did.
437
00:22:23,309 --> 00:22:25,724
Documents from closed
files are often used
438
00:22:25,748 --> 00:22:28,304
for research, teaching,
statistical studies.
439
00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:30,659
Her reports could be anywhere
between here and Albany.
440
00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:33,118
So you're telling me I won
the battle and lost the war?
441
00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,483
Not necessarily.
442
00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:35,885
You've still got
a fighting chance
443
00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:38,789
if you get me the
skull of Eric Thomas.
444
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,386
You people. You tossed one
of my boys off like he's garbage.
445
00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,192
Now you want me to
pull him from his grave?
446
00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,944
If Eric were my son, I'd want to
know for sure what happened to him.
447
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:50,502
I always knew what happened.
Now I know how and who.
448
00:22:50,736 --> 00:22:53,570
Of course. I understand.
What do you understand?
449
00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:57,138
You don't care a damn about Eric.
You just want to save some cops' butts.
450
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:01,036
Those are some pretty
harsh words, Mrs. Thomas.
451
00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,146
You earned them.
452
00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:04,659
Eight years you people have
kept me dangling on a string.
453
00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:06,163
Well, I'm not dancing
for you no more.
454
00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:08,778
I don't care how many
strings you try to pull.
455
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,545
Of course not.
456
00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:14,853
How about you let me talk to
Mrs. Thomas, mother-to-mother?
457
00:23:16,929 --> 00:23:18,693
Thanks.
458
00:23:23,369 --> 00:23:26,339
You know, it's a funny
thing, Mrs. Thomas,
459
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:30,467
we have a laundry room in
the basement of my building
460
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:36,007
and a couple of weeks ago I went down
to move a load from the washer to the dryer
461
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:41,486
and I noticed that my box of detergent
was missing and I knew who did it.
462
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:45,251
Mrs. Ross, second floor,
real scavenger, that one.
463
00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:46,792
You got a point?
464
00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:49,223
Yeah, I got a point.
465
00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:51,754
A week later,
466
00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:57,968
my son, my oldest, Stefan, gets
into a fist fight with Andy Ross.
467
00:23:58,037 --> 00:24:00,871
It seems he called
his mother a thief.
468
00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:05,906
Hatred isn't inherited,
Mrs. Thomas.
469
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,111
It's learned.
470
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,926
I didn't talk Stevie into doing
this, if that's where you're headed.
471
00:24:11,650 --> 00:24:15,678
I think I can understand how
angry you must be, how hurt.
472
00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:20,550
Now, I can see it in your
eyes and we just met.
473
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,457
I can only imagine
what Stevie felt like
474
00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:28,729
looking at those eyes
for eight long years.
475
00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:33,504
He had to feel small, powerless,
476
00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:36,502
unable to ease
his mother's pain.
477
00:24:36,575 --> 00:24:39,044
He just turned 18, right?
478
00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:40,812
Yeah.
479
00:24:40,879 --> 00:24:47,683
So now how could he become a man
if he couldn't stop his mama's suffering?
480
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,548
Stevie traded his
life to ease your hurt.
481
00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:55,790
The least you can do is
make it mean something.
482
00:24:57,129 --> 00:25:01,123
Prove to the world that your
oldest was really murdered
483
00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:05,368
and I swear to you I
will personally go after
484
00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,566
whoever was responsible
for covering it up.
485
00:25:42,808 --> 00:25:47,508
Oh, God. Oh, God!
486
00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:53,083
(SOBBING) Help! Help me!
487
00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,283
The funeral home was
owned by Douglas Lexhall.
488
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,725
Was? He was convicted
489
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:04,354
four years ago for selling
corpses without permission
490
00:26:04,430 --> 00:26:06,126
to foreign medical schools.
491
00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:09,396
The A.D.A. handling the case thought
they'd ID'd all of the missing bodies.
492
00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:12,403
That is a real comfort.
493
00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:14,773
With the way this case
has been handled to date,
494
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,072
I wouldn't be surprised if
Eric Thomas just got fed up
495
00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:19,873
and decided to
walk off on his own!
496
00:26:20,479 --> 00:26:22,607
Missing files. Missing bodies.
497
00:26:22,681 --> 00:26:24,707
I for one would like to display
498
00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:27,981
at least a modicum of
competency at my job.
499
00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:32,124
And if my office can't convict a kid
who confessed to shooting a cop,
500
00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,920
then I'm not gonna get
many more opportunities.
501
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:39,120
Halpert's insisting that
Stevie Thomas does no time.
502
00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:42,333
(CHUCKLES)
503
00:26:44,203 --> 00:26:47,696
What the hell? At my age,
I should be fishing anyway.
504
00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:55,841
JACK: On February 4th,
at approximately 10:15 p.m.,
505
00:26:56,348 --> 00:27:01,377
Stevie Thomas was not at home
working on his physics homework.
506
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:04,418
He was not watching the Knicks
beat the Clippers on television.
507
00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:06,925
He was not talking to
his friends on the phone.
508
00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:10,791
On February 4th, at
approximately 10:15 p.m.,
509
00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:12,855
Stevie Thomas was
in his mother's car,
510
00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:14,227
without her knowledge,
511
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:17,428
driving past the Market
Diner over on 11th Avenue.
512
00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:20,701
On February 4th, at
approximately 10:15 p.m.,
513
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:25,168
police officer Alice Cushman
exited the Market Diner
514
00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:29,776
after having a cup of coffee with several
other officers from the 31st Precinct.
515
00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,877
She was on her way home.
516
00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:35,782
She was thinking about kissing her
sleeping baby, Rickie, on the forehead.
517
00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:39,854
On February 4th, at
approximately 10:15 p.m.,
518
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:45,525
Stevie Thomas had a .38
caliber revolver in his hand.
519
00:27:45,731 --> 00:27:48,997
He fired three times
from his mother's car.
520
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:54,000
One of those bullets struck
Officer Cushman in the shoulder.
521
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:59,774
Defense counsel will present
a bevy of possible explanations.
522
00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:02,512
But in a court of law in
the State of New York,
523
00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:05,176
they have nothing
to do with the case.
524
00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:08,477
Stevie Thomas shot a cop.
525
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:13,359
That's all that matters.
526
00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:19,821
Your opening
statement, Mr. Halpert?
527
00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:23,667
I think I'll pass, Your Honor.
528
00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:33,275
Actually, I didn't
know what happened.
529
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:36,941
I remember a flash of
light, wheels screeching,
530
00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:39,211
a shooting pain
running down my side,
531
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,380
and then I guess I passed out.
532
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,886
Could you identify the car?
533
00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:45,154
It was blue. Kind of old.
534
00:28:45,490 --> 00:28:48,551
A Pontiac, I think.
It happened fast.
535
00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:50,252
JACK: The driver?
536
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:52,273
ALICE: The most I could
tell was that it was a male.
537
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:55,276
JACK: Had you ever had any dealings
with the defendant prior to the shooting?
538
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,166
I never saw him
face-to-face until today.
539
00:28:57,836 --> 00:28:59,361
JACK: Any members of his family?
540
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:00,633
ALICE: Not that I'm aware of.
541
00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:03,503
Thank you, officer.
542
00:29:07,713 --> 00:29:11,047
So other than being male, you
can't tell us anything about the driver?
543
00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:14,645
He was African American,
if that's what you mean.
544
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,415
That's exactly what I mean.
545
00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:21,984
Nothing more, Your Honor.
546
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:27,055
Forensics determined that the
bullet taken out of Officer Cushman
547
00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:28,132
was from a .38
548
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,432
that was found in the trunk of an
abandoned car in Long Island City.
549
00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:34,071
The car was registered
to one Janet Thomas.
550
00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:35,179
Did there ever come a time
551
00:29:35,207 --> 00:29:38,336
when you personally spoke to
the defendant, Stevie Thomas?
552
00:29:38,410 --> 00:29:39,410
Yes.
553
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,971
My partner, Detective Briscoe and I brought
him down to the squad for questioning.
554
00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:44,973
And what happened?
555
00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:47,042
He confessed to
shooting Officer Cushman.
556
00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:02,299
What did Detective Briscoe
say after Stevie confessed?
557
00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:05,166
He wasn't in the room. Really?
558
00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,883
I could have sworn you just testified
that the two of you questioned my client.
559
00:30:08,907 --> 00:30:11,843
Detective Briscoe was in the
room for part of the interrogation.
560
00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:13,970
He left before the
defendant confessed.
561
00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:15,810
I see.
562
00:30:15,881 --> 00:30:17,121
So from now on we'd best assume
563
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,516
what you tell us is
"kind of" the truth.
564
00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:23,544
Tag-teaming a suspect is often the
most efficient way of interrogating him.
565
00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:25,250
It throws the suspect off.
566
00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:29,420
Sometimes he forgets what he told
one detective and he changes his story.
567
00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:31,622
Either way, the other detective
568
00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:35,395
is monitoring the interrogation
from the observation room.
569
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:38,266
Did you question Stevie
about where he got the car?
570
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,337
Yes.
571
00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:41,032
About the shooting? Yes.
572
00:30:41,106 --> 00:30:44,076
And there was something else,
something about a new toaster oven.
573
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:47,309
That was a figure of speech.
574
00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:48,856
HALPERT: I never
heard it used in the context
575
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,508
of a police
interrogation before.
576
00:30:51,783 --> 00:30:53,023
Why don't you explain it to me?
577
00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:56,584
Your client was being
completely disrespectful.
578
00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:58,688
And you thought
toast would help?
579
00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:00,917
He was denigrating me as a cop.
580
00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,858
And you got mad? No.
581
00:31:03,462 --> 00:31:04,896
I was always in control.
582
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:09,060
Isn't it true you told Stevie that the
department gives out toaster ovens
583
00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:11,865
for every African American
child you beat the crap out of?
584
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:13,064
I wasn't serious.
585
00:31:13,372 --> 00:31:14,431
You were joking?
586
00:31:14,639 --> 00:31:16,540
Yes. That's right.
587
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,653
What did your partner,
who you've already testified
588
00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:20,111
was watching through the glass,
589
00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:22,409
what did he do when
you "joked" with my client?
590
00:31:22,514 --> 00:31:25,313
He watched. A white
cop just watched
591
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:27,876
while his partner
threatened a black boy?
592
00:31:27,953 --> 00:31:30,013
Does this happen
often? Objection.
593
00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:31,420
JUDGE: Sustained.
594
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:33,889
Withdrawn.
595
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:39,128
Tell me, Detective. Whose
prints are on that .38?
596
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:40,991
It was wiped clean.
597
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,535
So you have no way of
proving exactly who fired it?
598
00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:44,763
ED: Your client confessed.
599
00:31:45,170 --> 00:31:47,469
After you threatened
to beat him silly!
600
00:32:02,087 --> 00:32:03,316
I didn't threaten him.
601
00:32:03,388 --> 00:32:06,290
When a jury is involved, the
truth doesn't always matter.
602
00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:07,451
Especially this jury.
603
00:32:07,526 --> 00:32:09,620
What are you saying,
"Especially this jury"?
604
00:32:09,694 --> 00:32:10,992
What's different
about this jury,
605
00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:12,507
that they wouldn't
recognize the truth?
606
00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:14,090
Halpert wants to show
607
00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:18,103
how irresponsible the force is when
dealing with the black community.
608
00:32:18,170 --> 00:32:19,468
He gave you the
brush, Detective,
609
00:32:19,905 --> 00:32:22,204
and you painted the exact
picture he was looking for.
610
00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:23,867
So can't you paint
a different picture?
611
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:27,135
How? I don't have
any more witnesses.
612
00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:32,510
The People rest, your Honor.
613
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:36,861
At this time, Your
Honor, the defense is
614
00:32:36,885 --> 00:32:38,920
prepared to proceed
with its opening statement.
615
00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:41,489
Chambers, Your Honor.
616
00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:46,355
You can't open in
the middle of a trial.
617
00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:48,127
I don't see why not?
618
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,668
The Court rules
give me the right
619
00:32:49,734 --> 00:32:51,212
to give an opening
statement to the jury.
620
00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:53,228
They don't specify
when I have to give it.
621
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:54,603
The plain language of the rule
622
00:32:54,673 --> 00:32:57,351
suggests that it was intended to
be given at the opening of the trial.
623
00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,987
Well, that's funny, I thought it
meant at the "opening" of my case.
624
00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,445
This is merely a way for counsel
625
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:04,244
to divert the jury's focus from
the People's case-in-chief.
626
00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:06,251
It would provide a
distinct advantage.
627
00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:07,995
HALPERT: Well, let's
talk about advantages.
628
00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:10,784
Which side gets to sit
spitting distance from the jury?
629
00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:12,688
Who gets to open
first and close last?
630
00:33:12,757 --> 00:33:15,591
If you forgot, it's the
State on both counts.
631
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:18,562
I'm just trying to offset the
overwhelming advantage the State has
632
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:20,565
the moment we open
the doors to the courtroom.
633
00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:22,327
I never thought of that.
634
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:24,963
Well, you've never
been a defendant.
635
00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:28,072
The rules don't prohibit
it, so why should I?
636
00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:34,422
HALPERT:
You know,
before I got here today,
637
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,506
I joined an acquaintance
of mine on line
638
00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:38,982
at a coffee truck
around the corner.
639
00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:43,112
We reached the counter and we both
ordered a cup of coffee and a Danish.
640
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:45,623
Unfortunately, there
was only one Danish left
641
00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:48,317
and the man at the
counter gave it to my friend.
642
00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:51,825
He was white. I was mad.
643
00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:55,761
Now here I was, an
established attorney
644
00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:58,269
who'd argued before this
country's Supreme Court
645
00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:02,000
and yet this "slight"
made my blood boil.
646
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:04,601
Not because I had my
heart set on that Danish, no,
647
00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:08,238
but because for that
moment in time I was invisible.
648
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:13,414
Now just imagine how
mad I would have been
649
00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:15,745
if I wasn't an attorney,
650
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,054
if I was an 18-year-old boy.
651
00:34:19,124 --> 00:34:21,389
If it wasn't some ignoramus
behind a coffee counter
652
00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:24,088
who made me
disappear, but the police.
653
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,163
Imagine how mad I'd have been
654
00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:31,727
if I wasn't turned invisible for a
moment, but for eight long years.
655
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:36,906
Stevie Thomas's big brother,
Eric, was murdered eight years ago.
656
00:34:36,975 --> 00:34:40,207
The police made the case
disappear by calling it a suicide.
657
00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:44,579
They kept it invisible by not only
losing the records but his brother's body.
658
00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:48,882
Now. As you listen to my case,
please keep two things in mind:
659
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,947
Stevie's prints were
not on the weapon.
660
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:55,756
And there are no witnesses
to put him at the scene.
661
00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:06,238
I knew Eric Thomas from around.
662
00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:08,535
You were friends? I
wouldn't go that far.
663
00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:11,837
Tell us about the last time
you saw him, if you could. Sure.
664
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:15,236
Maybe eight years ago, it
was at night, maybe 9:00, 9:30.
665
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:17,914
We got into, like, a scuffle.
And what happened?
666
00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:19,343
HENDRI: Eric
wasn't all that tough.
667
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:21,886
He tried to run, I put a round
through the back of his head.
668
00:35:21,987 --> 00:35:23,956
You shot him? That's right.
669
00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:28,254
Were you ever questioned by
the police regarding this shooting?
670
00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:30,295
Sure, but I gave them
some song and dance.
671
00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:33,589
You're currently incarcerated
at Sing Sing State Penitentiary,
672
00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:34,959
are you not, Mr. Hendri?
673
00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:36,524
That's right. Three
counts of murder.
674
00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:37,801
When do you expect to get out?
675
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:39,836
I don't.
676
00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:42,499
So, you have no
reason to lie, do you?
677
00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,506
You have no reason to tell
the truth either, isn't that right?
678
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:50,581
Huh?
679
00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:53,982
The State can't do anything more
to you, so why not have a little fun,
680
00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:57,113
get your name in the
paper, your face on the news.
681
00:35:57,622 --> 00:36:01,059
All I know is, I shot him
smack in the back of the head.
682
00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:13,131
It was Detective Helms working
the case. He told me he was dead.
683
00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:15,332
Did he ever once say
your son committed suicide?
684
00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:16,705
Not at first.
685
00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:18,971
So, initially, he told
you Eric was murdered?
686
00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,740
It was more than once.
687
00:36:20,812 --> 00:36:23,372
Every time he told me he was
getting close to finding the killer.
688
00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:26,081
Then one day he tells
me to stop calling him.
689
00:36:26,151 --> 00:36:29,246
Eric killed himself, he
said. He's off the case.
690
00:36:30,622 --> 00:36:31,622
Did you believe him?
691
00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:36,623
I knew my son. I knew there was
no way he would take his own life.
692
00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:39,988
So I went to his Lieutenant
and then his Captain.
693
00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:43,035
Both of them told me there
was nothing they could do.
694
00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:44,535
They said Eric committed suicide
695
00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:47,333
and I should stop bothering
them and get on with my life.
696
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,233
Were Eric and Stevie close?
697
00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,681
Since my husband passed away,
698
00:36:57,048 --> 00:37:01,418
Eric was like both his
brother and his father.
699
00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:07,151
Eric would do
anything for Stevie.
700
00:37:07,492 --> 00:37:10,690
And Stevie loved him
more than he loved himself.
701
00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:15,433
To have him murdered, to have his
memory treated like trash by the police...
702
00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:27,106
As one of the Assistant
Medical Examiners,
703
00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,704
it was my function
to perform autopsies.
704
00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:32,315
And you performed the
autopsy on Eric Thomas, did you?
705
00:37:32,784 --> 00:37:34,184
That was eight years ago.
706
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:37,848
I don't remember, but if the
records show that I did, I won't argue.
707
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:43,217
I show you what has been
marked Defendant's Exhibit D.
708
00:37:43,862 --> 00:37:45,142
Do you recognize
it, Dr. Berardi?
709
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:47,691
Those are my initials, yes.
710
00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:49,991
Please tell the
court what it is.
711
00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:52,196
We call it the M.E.'s
Summary Report.
712
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,569
It contains the
bottom line on a case?
713
00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:55,971
That's correct.
714
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,568
Typically, there are detailed
reports found inside the folder.
715
00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:05,913
But, alas, this one's empty.
716
00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:09,697
Could that mean that the
detailed work you spoke of
717
00:38:09,721 --> 00:38:11,087
was not performed in this case?
718
00:38:11,156 --> 00:38:12,283
Absolutely not.
719
00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:16,527
I couldn't have completed the
summary if I hadn't done the work.
720
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:22,991
And you know it was a suicide
because this little box is checked?
721
00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:24,091
That's correct.
722
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:27,401
While at the M.E.'s office, I
performed thousands of autopsies
723
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:30,306
and I followed the exact same
procedure with each of them.
724
00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:34,176
Okay, tell us what happens after
you check the little suicide box.
725
00:38:34,245 --> 00:38:36,737
The case is deemed closed.
726
00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:38,977
And the detectives stop working?
727
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,109
That's correct.
728
00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:43,849
So, hypothetically, if a
detective was stumped
729
00:38:43,922 --> 00:38:47,154
or if he just didn't feel
like investigating the case,
730
00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:49,626
you could help him out by
making a little check here.
731
00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:51,162
That is absurd.
732
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:53,959
But it's possible.
733
00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:06,404
Dr. Berardi, I show you
what we'll call People's 17.
734
00:39:07,045 --> 00:39:08,809
Do you recognize it?
735
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:14,547
Yes, these are my notes from
the autopsy of Eric Thomas.
736
00:39:14,619 --> 00:39:16,019
Now, earlier, we heard
737
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:20,855
Mr. Jason Hendri testify that he shot
Eric Thomas in the back of the head.
738
00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:23,986
Is there anything in these notes
that might confirm that statement?
739
00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,127
Actually, quite the opposite.
740
00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:30,567
I can state as a fact that Mr. Thomas
was not shot in the back of the head.
741
00:39:30,635 --> 00:39:32,160
Please explain.
742
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:37,434
There were two holes in the
deceased's skull. Here and here.
743
00:39:37,942 --> 00:39:40,468
In the occipital
and temporal bones.
744
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:44,781
The pattern of gunshot residue indicates
that the entrance wound was here.
745
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:48,684
Then in your opinion
Mr. Hendri lied
746
00:39:48,753 --> 00:39:50,949
when he testified that
he murdered Mr. Thomas
747
00:39:51,022 --> 00:39:52,582
by shooting him in
the back of the head.
748
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:54,354
That's correct.
749
00:39:54,859 --> 00:39:56,828
This all happened
eight years ago
750
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,490
and I cannot say for
sure what happened.
751
00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:02,996
But because the
suicide box was checked,
752
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:08,028
I would have to assume that there
were sufficient forensic markers
753
00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:10,200
to conclude that this
was not a homicide.
754
00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:13,610
JACK: Thank you, Dr. Berardi.
755
00:40:17,382 --> 00:40:18,893
(QUIETLY) I may have
misunderstood Rodgers,
756
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,319
but I think Berardi's taking
liberties with the truth.
757
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:25,852
Find out.
758
00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:33,422
I'm glad there are no
hard feelings, Dr. Berardi.
759
00:40:33,498 --> 00:40:35,831
Certainly appreciate
your coming down here.
760
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:39,337
After what I did for you in court
today, I'd expect champagne.
761
00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:41,771
Don't get me wrong. I like
winning as much as the next guy
762
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:45,435
but I don't like winning
with partially true testimony.
763
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:46,610
You think I lied?
764
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,577
Dr. Rodgers tells us that
gunshot residue by itself
765
00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:52,310
is not enough to determine
entrance and exit wounds.
766
00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:55,910
She told us that you'd have to examine
the beveling of the bones as well.
767
00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:58,582
We'd like to know why you
omitted that from your testimony.
768
00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:01,019
Hey, you go to hell!
769
00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:03,561
You made it perfectly
clear that I had to testify.
770
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:06,696
Do you know I busted
my ass for this city,
771
00:41:06,764 --> 00:41:09,324
and they paid me
back by not paying me.
772
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,598
But I came down here
against my better judgment
773
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:18,302
to serve the city one more time
on a case I don't even remember.
774
00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,322
Do you want to know what it
was like for me at that time?
775
00:41:21,346 --> 00:41:25,249
I had 20 open cases on
my desk at any given time!
776
00:41:25,883 --> 00:41:27,749
I was overworked and overtired.
777
00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:29,650
SERENA: Are you saying
you made a mistake?
778
00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:31,986
That you checked the
suicide box by mistake?
779
00:41:33,124 --> 00:41:35,218
Haven't you ever made
a mistake, Counselor?
780
00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:38,620
Haven't you ever
forgotten a crucial question,
781
00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:41,222
forgotten a vital
piece of testimony?
782
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:43,124
(SCOFFS)
783
00:41:43,201 --> 00:41:49,300
You know what, the
truth is I just don't know.
784
00:41:56,581 --> 00:41:58,675
Thanks for meeting me here.
785
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:03,720
When I'm on trial I live on Frankie's
chili. Keeps the heart pumping.
786
00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:06,688
You can trade it in for a steak.
787
00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:13,495
I'm sorry, Jack, I can't
take a deal, especially now.
788
00:42:13,564 --> 00:42:16,033
I'm going to redirect
Berardi first thing tomorrow.
789
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:20,367
She was tired. She was overworked.
She might have made a mistake.
790
00:42:20,438 --> 00:42:23,101
Or maybe it wasn't
a mistake at all.
791
00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:26,076
Look, Jack, if you were in my
position, who would you believe?
792
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:29,639
A white woman who's
already lied once on the stand
793
00:42:29,714 --> 00:42:31,205
or a couple of
centuries of history.
794
00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:32,614
This isn't about history.
795
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:38,288
Now, Jack, that was a very self-serving
rationalization and you know it.
796
00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:41,884
To a large portion of this
country, it is always about history.
797
00:42:44,462 --> 00:42:45,706
So you're fine with the next kid
798
00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:48,757
who's unhappy with the cop on
the corner and decides to get a gun?
799
00:42:48,833 --> 00:42:50,324
Of course not.
800
00:42:51,636 --> 00:42:53,969
But maybe now that kid won't
be condemned to live the life
801
00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:56,269
his father and grandfather
were forced to accept.
802
00:42:58,476 --> 00:43:00,502
It's not going to end, is it?
803
00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:03,313
(SIGHS)
804
00:43:03,781 --> 00:43:07,149
Jack, try the chili.
It's really good.
805
00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:19,528
JUDGE: Jury Foreman,
have you reached a verdict?
806
00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:21,598
We have.
807
00:43:21,666 --> 00:43:23,464
On the first count
of the indictment,
808
00:43:23,534 --> 00:43:26,732
attempted murder in the
first degree, how do you find?
809
00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:30,900
We find the defendant,
Steven Thomas, not guilty.
810
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,042
(EXCLAIMING HAPPILY)
811
00:43:56,167 --> 00:43:59,695
Hello! You're not in a
rush to get home tonight?
812
00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:03,501
You know, I used to
wake up in the morning,
813
00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:08,979
brush my teeth, comb my hair, look in the
mirror and see a cop looking back at me.
814
00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:11,412
Stevie Thomas
shattered that mirror?
815
00:44:11,883 --> 00:44:14,682
Now I've got six
eyes looking back.
816
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:19,920
A cop. A black woman. A mother.
817
00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:23,457
That's lucky.
818
00:44:23,928 --> 00:44:25,487
You know what Eric Thomas sees?
819
00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:28,593
Nothing.
64635