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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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Mom, I need lunch money.
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I made you a sandwich.
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But I hate peanut butter.
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Since when?
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Since now.
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Here. Bring me
some change.
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Now move.
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Mom!
You're gonna be late
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for school again.
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There's a guy here.
(SIGHING)
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I gotta get to work.
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A white guy.
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What does he want?
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Get inside. Now.
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What time did you
get in last night?
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8:00. We were in
till this morning.
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Did you see or hear
anyone outside?
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No. Our bedrooms are in the back.
I was asleep by 10:00.
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Did you get a look at the kid?
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Yeah. And he's not
from around here.
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Okay. If you remember anything,
give me a call. Thank you.
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Turn up any witnesses?
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Nothing yet. We're
still canvassing.
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Any disturbance reports
in the area last night?
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Some domestic disputes.
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And we had some locals throwing bottles
at a squad car a few blocks up.
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Brought out a few units.
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We found blood on the
stairs leading down here.
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Maybe he was looking for help.
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Blunt force trauma
to the back of his head.
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No wallet.
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Seventy cents and some car keys.
Toyota.
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We're gonna need plate
numbers on any Toyotas
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in the area.
Okay.
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Kid was smoking reefer
I smelled it on his clothes.
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ED: Maybe he
was out partying.
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Yeah. There's a drug
message for ya.
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(CAMERA SNAPPING)
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Kid was 16,17.
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Bled to death from a
blow to the head.
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From what?
M.E. says
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probably a curb or a step.
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His shoulder was dislocated
and he had defensive injuries
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on his hands and forearms.
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Kid was outmatched.
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Time of death,
11:00 to midnight.
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Did they run a tox screen?
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Yeah, it came up a strong
positive for marijuana.
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We ran his prints. No hit.
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Nothing at missing
persons either.
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We've got LaMotte
calling all boroughs
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to see if there were
any calls last night.
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Did you get a read
on his clothes?
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Gap polo shirt. Banana Republic sweater.
Suede jacket.
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Clean-cut white kid up in
Harlem, scoring reefer.
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Visiting friends, going to a
poetry slam at the sugar shack.
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Whatever. He was in over his
head in the wrong place.
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Call went to the 36 after midnight.
Michael Tobin.
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Seventeen-year-old
boy didn't come home.
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Michael went to move the car.
Alternate side parking.
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I usually do it, but he
just got his license.
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What time did he leave?
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(SIGHING) 10:30.
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After an hour, I got worried
and went out to look for him.
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I found the car parked a couple of
blocks up from where I'd left it.
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Michael left his wallet and
cell phone in his room.
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You can have 'em if they'll
help you find him.
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Well, actually, uh...
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A young man was killed
in Harlem last night.
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Oh, God.
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It's Michael.
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(SOBBING)
Oh, no! Where is he?
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BRISCOE: He's down
at the morgue.
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Harlem? What was he
doing in Harlem?
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We were hoping
you could tell us.
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Did he know
anyone in that area?
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He wouldn't go there.
It's dangerous.
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(ANNETTE CRYING LOUDLY)
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The medical examiner found
marijuana in his system.
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Michael went to a
party last weekend.
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He said we smoked when we
were kids, why couldn't he?
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It's from this morning.
Parked near a hydrant.
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I didn't think to move it.
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Have you got
an extra set of keys?
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Thanks.
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(BEEPING)
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No sign of a struggle.
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Listen, secure the area
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and get CSU over here.
Right away.
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Mr. Tobin, we're gonna
have to impound the car.
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We need to go over
it for evidence.
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Take it. I'd like
to get back to my wife.
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Sure. Go ahead.
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I don't remember
seeing him last night.
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What about a black
Toyota 4Runner?
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No. Where'd he live?
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656 West End.
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Last time anybody saw him he was
leaving his building around 10.30.
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We saw two male blacks hanging
out on that block around then.
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We circled a few times, let
'em know we were on 'em.
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ED: What do you mean,
"hanging out"?
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You know, standing around.
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What'd they look like?
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Average height. Late teens, early 20s.
Dark clothes.
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That the best you can do?
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Yeah. Hey, we don't make detailed
notes on every Tom, Dick and Harry.
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They weren't bothering anybody.
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Then why'd you
notice them at all?
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'Cause we get paid to.
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(DISTANT SIRENS)
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We got roll call.
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BRISCOE: Thanks.
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Two kids hanging around
Tobin's building at 10:30.
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Yeah. Waiting for the
calculus assignment.
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Doesn't sound like
anybody at school.
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And Michael would've told me if he
was hanging out with guys like that.
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Guys like what?
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You know, the brothers. I
don't mean any disrespect.
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None taken. Where'd he get
the stuff he was smoking?
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Do you want to help us or not?
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What's that got
to do with anything?
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Maybe the guys outside
were his connection.
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I don't think so.
Why not?
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Look, Brad, we're not looking
to make a drug bust.
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Nobody will get in trouble?
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ED: Why, you
his connection?
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Well, yeah.
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(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
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Can you think of anyone
who'd want to hurt him?
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It didn't have
to be anyone he knew.
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Mike had a knack
for pissing people off.
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He never knew
when to back down.
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He know anybody in Harlem?
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There's this girl
at our school. Allie.
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ALLIE: Michael and I
were lab partners.
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BRISCOE: Was he coming
to see you last night?
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I... I don't know.
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"I don't know," is not going
to help the detectives, Allie.
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The boy was killed
four blocks away.
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Had he been here before?
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No.
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Uh... (CLEARING THROAT)
Mr. Johnson,
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if it's not too much trouble,
could I get a glass of water?
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Sure.
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So, you and Michael
were good friends?
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Uh-huh.
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Was he your boyfriend?
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I never told my father
about my girlfriends.
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I always thought it was
none of his business.
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If that's the way you want
it, we can respect that.
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He came here a couple of times
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when my father wasn't home.
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Was he coming to see
you last night?
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No. Really.
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(DOOR OPENING)
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When was the last time
you spoke to Michael?
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ALLIE: (CLEARING THROAT)
In school yesterday.
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ED: Phone calls?
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ALLIE: No.
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I think he might've
called here.
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ED: What makes
you say that?
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I was on the phone with my sister in
Baltimore when a call beeped through.
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At first I thought
it was for Allie's brother.
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But the boy asked for Allie.
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He said he was
a friend from school.
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What time was this?
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A little after 11:00.
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I think he was calling from out on the street.
I heard a bus going by.
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I asked him to call
back in 15 minutes.
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Did he?
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If he was going to visit his girlfriend,
I don't think she knew he was coming.
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So, any theories
on how he got up there?
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Well, we came up
empty on the cab companies,
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and the token clerks on the Broadway
local didn't notice him on either end.
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A hippopotamus could buy a MetroCard,
and they wouldn't notice it.
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Now, the one train stops at
137th, a block from her house.
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Why would he be at 140th?
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Pay phone IUDs from the
area of the murder.
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The call went to the
Johnson apartment at 11:19
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from the corner of 141st and Broadway.
Five blocks from her place.
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A block from where he was found.
He was walking toward her house.
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Check any place that might've
been open at that hour.
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He wasn't here.
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Maybe one of your customers
saw him on the way out.
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We'll need your
credit card receipts.
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It's cash only.
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I heard on the news
he went to Windsor Academy.
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Yeah.
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There's a girl that comes
with her brother sometimes.
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She told me she
goes to school there.
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Did she tell you her name?
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Allie, I think.
She's nice looking.
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Tried to ask her
out once. Bad move.
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Why, she turn you down?
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She didn't even
get a chance to.
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Her brother got all bent out of shape.
Pulled a John Rocker on me.
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BRISCOE:
How's that?
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He said his sister's not going
out with some taco boy.
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I called him taco boy
to make my point stick.
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Did you know Michael Tobin? No.
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Come on, man. He was
your sister's boyfriend.
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I didn't even know she had a boyfriend.
Allie's not allowed to see boys yet.
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BRISCOE: And whose
rule is that?
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My father and I work hard so Allie
can make something of herself.
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So you'd have a problem
with her seeing anybody.
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This is stupid. Two nights ago,
I was here doing inventory.
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BRISCOE: Till when?
Midnight.
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Look, I got customers waiting.
Okay?
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You still here?
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Need to ask you a few questions,
if you have the time.
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Mmm-hmm. Got as long as
this cigarette lasts.
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You were here on Tuesday night?
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All of us were. The boss
had us doing inventory.
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What time did everybody leave?
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Well, let me see. Clarence
and me stayed till 10:00.
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And Louis stayed
and finished up.
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By himself?
Yeah.
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How come?
He's the assistant manager.
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What? Is Louis in
some kind of trouble?
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No. This is just routine.
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Look, Louis is all right,
and he's great with kids.
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We hear he's a bit of a hothead
when it comes to his sister.
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Maybe a little overprotective,
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but all he talks about is how
Allie's gonna make it big.
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Couple weeks ago,
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he went psycho on some guy
dropped her off here.
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You see the guy?
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No. I saw his SUV.
Black Toyota.
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I like the Lexus, myself.
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Well, what did Louis do?
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Ran after the car, yelling if he ever saw
him around Allie again, he'd mess him up.
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I was working at the store till midnight.
Then I went straight home.
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Yeah, after you smashed Michael
Tobin's head against the sidewalk.
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Why don't you believe me?
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You lied to us about
knowing him, Louis.
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And your coworker
heard you threaten him.
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I was just looking
out for my sister.
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You didn't like her knocking boots
with her white boyfriend, did ya?
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Yeah, okay,
but I didn't kill him.
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00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,793
Yeah, you see this dope
smoking punk that night
246
00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:25,887
sniffing around
your baby sister,
247
00:11:25,952 --> 00:11:27,363
so you tell him to back off,
248
00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,923
things get a little out of
hand, and he hits his head.
249
00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:31,127
That's not murder, right, Ed?
250
00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:32,795
Maybe not even manslaughter.
251
00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,668
It's nothing.
I was working.
252
00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:37,941
How can you do this to him?
253
00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:40,807
Mr. Johnson...
My son has a good job.
254
00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,676
He's never been arrested.
255
00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:44,612
We're decent,
hard-working people.
256
00:11:44,671 --> 00:11:47,345
Sir, Louis lied about
knowing Allie's friend.
257
00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,648
We have a witness who saw
your son threaten him.
258
00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,689
And we understand
he has a temper.
259
00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,348
Louis is all bark, Lieutenant.
260
00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:55,188
Now he was at work
when this happened.
261
00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,886
No one can confirm that.
262
00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:58,758
You waiting for Elijah
to come down and testify?
263
00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:04,259
White boy gets killed in my neighborhood
and you treat us all like criminals.
264
00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:06,361
You ought to be
ashamed of yourself.
265
00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,208
I'm coming back with a lawyer.
266
00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:17,839
VAN BUREN: You recognize anyone
from 93rd street, Officer Smith?
267
00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,315
No, sorry.
268
00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:21,347
How'd my partner do?
269
00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:22,715
ED: He flunked too.
270
00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,016
We really didn't
get much of a look.
271
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:26,182
Thanks.
272
00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:31,525
They're not making
cops like they used to.
273
00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:33,825
We need the kid's dirty
laundry to test for blood.
274
00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,595
What? You gonna forge a judge's
signature on a search warrant?
275
00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:39,032
Hey, we got motive, no alibi.
276
00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:42,033
Be nice if you could put
him at the crime scene.
277
00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:51,747
Didn't see anything. 11:15, we
were on a job eight blocks away.
278
00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,909
The area where the kid got
popped, who hangs there?
279
00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:56,453
Nobody, really. That
block's pretty quiet.
280
00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:59,546
We heard some bottles got thrown on
a cop car near there. You involved?
281
00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,114
Just the tail end.
282
00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:04,320
Bum squad picked up a homeless
guy sleeping on the sidewalk.
283
00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:07,490
When we responded, it was just some
kids giving hell to the back-up units.
284
00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:08,657
What kids?
285
00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:11,895
From the neighborhood. It was
a big excitement over there.
286
00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:15,096
(SCOFFS) It was three hours before,
I doubt they saw anything.
287
00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:17,835
Hey, let us do
the doubting, all right?
288
00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:20,537
Time we got there, it was
already under control.
289
00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,173
But our local Sharpton was still
out there, preaching to the choir.
290
00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:26,977
ED: Yeah. We heard
you were on the street
291
00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,110
Tuesday night.
Yeah.
292
00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:29,915
We just wanna know if you
saw this guy out there.
293
00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,114
His name is Louis Johnson.
294
00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:32,349
I know his name.
295
00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:34,289
Any reason I should be
talking to a couple of cops
296
00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:35,485
after what happened out there?
297
00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:38,028
What, you mean like
you causing a riot?
298
00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:40,189
The guy those cops rousted, JT,
299
00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:41,857
he's been sleeping
out there for years.
300
00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:43,901
He's kinda slow in the head.
He's a nice guy.
301
00:13:43,956 --> 00:13:45,162
He never bothers anybody.
302
00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:46,601
BRISCOE: Yeah. Back
to Louis Johnson...
303
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:49,538
These white cops kick
him till he wakes up,
304
00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:51,734
throw all his stuff on the street.
Now you think that's right?
305
00:13:51,798 --> 00:13:53,402
So you respond
by chucking bottles?
306
00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:55,104
By any means necessary.
307
00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:57,148
That right? That include
killing white kids?
308
00:13:57,203 --> 00:13:58,511
I didn't kill that boy.
309
00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,211
And I know Louis from the neighborhood.
He's a nine to five.
310
00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,083
Probably a Republican.
He didn't do it either.
311
00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,281
Is that a character reference
or you know something?
312
00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,985
You get JT out of
lockup, and I might.
313
00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,990
Now why would we do that?
314
00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:15,391
I heard some guy at a party was
bragging about doing the white boy.
315
00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:16,559
It wasn't Louis.
316
00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:17,692
That's not much.
317
00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:20,829
He said he took the white boy's Tommy
jacket and then he cut him up.
318
00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:23,772
Bad news. Kid wasn't wearing a
Tommy, and he wasn't cut up.
319
00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:26,640
That's what he said. He said he
saw the white boy by a pay phone,
320
00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,145
near a Key Food,
then he followed him.
321
00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:31,646
All right, we'll get JT out.
What's the guy's name?
322
00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,344
Don't know his name. But
the party was on Hamilton,
323
00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,978
next to the check cashing
place, second floor.
324
00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:44,721
Wonder if this party
made the society page?
325
00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:47,526
Hmm. The host
spared no expense.
326
00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:49,865
Oh! There's our host now.
327
00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:51,632
(MOUSE SQUEAKING)
328
00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:55,168
"Tony's Beverage Mart."
329
00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,705
Our party people
lost their deposit.
330
00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:58,902
Hmm.
331
00:14:59,365 --> 00:15:00,969
What makes you think
it was my keg?
332
00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,603
It's got your sticker on it.
333
00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:09,041
I had one disappear
a few nights ago.
334
00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:10,781
Any idea who disappeared it?
335
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,652
Not really. Ever since
I hired this guy,
336
00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:14,419
I've had a couple
of things walk away.
337
00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:15,982
So why's he still working here?
338
00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:17,857
It's my wife's nephew.
339
00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:22,356
You know anything
about a missing keg?
340
00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:24,498
I know things get
lost in this world.
341
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:25,934
You know your
hands are shaking?
342
00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:27,096
Cops make me nervous.
343
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,230
Maybe 'cause you're
feeling guilty.
344
00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:30,205
Maybe 'cause I feel like I'm
getting the third degree here.
345
00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:31,765
Oh, we're still
on the first degree.
346
00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:33,674
I'll give you
some friendly advice.
347
00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:35,337
You ain't got
the cojones for this.
348
00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:37,039
Come on, man. I've only been
working here three weeks.
349
00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:38,241
I don't wanna get fired.
350
00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:40,375
Hey, worry about being a
disappointment to your family.
351
00:15:40,973 --> 00:15:43,817
(SIGHING) All right, some guy
I know invited me to a party.
352
00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,082
I just wanted
to do him a favor.
353
00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:47,590
Anybody at the party
celebrating a murder?
354
00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:49,524
Murder. Uh-uh.
Wasn't that kind of party.
355
00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:51,823
There a guy at this party wearing
a Tommy Hilfiger jacket?
356
00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:55,627
Yeah, yeah. He left with a chick in
the boots, and the leather dress.
357
00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,929
Um... Seventeen,
going on Tyra Banks.
358
00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:00,304
You get any names?
359
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,798
I think her name was Tina.
360
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:05,843
She said she lived in the projects.
Powell, some name like that.
361
00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:08,003
Anyway, you couldn't miss her.
She's...
362
00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,779
Empty apartment's good for a party.
More room for dancing.
363
00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:14,409
You dance with a guy
in a Tommy jacket?
364
00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,351
Tommy, Ralph, Enyce.
365
00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,719
Your mother know about
your social life? Yeah.
366
00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:21,190
Well, maybe we should
call her at work.
367
00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:23,388
Called himself Biggie.
368
00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:25,190
Kept telling me
he was big all over.
369
00:16:25,251 --> 00:16:26,457
I ain't got time for that.
370
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,021
So why'd ya leave
the party with him?
371
00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:29,430
I needed a ride.
372
00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,901
Did he mention where
he got that jacket?
373
00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,564
Hah. I was teasing him
about it being too small.
374
00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:36,698
So just like that, he told me
he took it off that white boy.
375
00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:39,207
Probably not a great idea to take
a ride from a guy like that.
376
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,706
Thanks, Dad.
Can I go now?
377
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,111
Now what did this
Biggie look like?
378
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,641
Big. Look, I'm
20 minutes late.
379
00:16:46,706 --> 00:16:48,242
You're partying with us today.
380
00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:50,583
We're gonna go downtown and
look at some mug shots.
381
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,054
Wait.
382
00:16:53,045 --> 00:16:54,319
(SIGHS)
383
00:16:55,481 --> 00:16:57,688
He gave me his beeper number.
384
00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:00,553
All right. Ask him to
meet you someplace.
385
00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:02,258
What, set him up?
386
00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:06,695
(SIGHING)
387
00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:17,838
What's up, Tina?
388
00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:19,383
Who the hell are you?
389
00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:20,542
Come outside with us, please.
390
00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:22,176
I got a date Nice jacket.
391
00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:23,447
I'd kill for a jacket like that.
392
00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:24,579
What you... What
you talkin' about?
393
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:25,714
Come on. Let's go.
394
00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,122
Let me just holler out my
girl over there for a minute.
395
00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,023
You can holler her out
in about 25 years.
396
00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,119
Why'd you do me
like this, Tina?
397
00:17:33,286 --> 00:17:34,822
Y'all ain't got nothin' on me.
398
00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,094
Yeah, except witnesses
who heard you confess.
399
00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:38,430
Well, they heard wrong.
400
00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:39,936
Yeah? How'd you know
the kid got stabbed?
401
00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,130
That wasn't even in the papers.
402
00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:42,695
Only the killer knows
a detail like that.
403
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:44,070
And where'd you
get his jacket, huh?
404
00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:45,234
This ain't his.
405
00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:46,368
That's not what
his grandma says.
406
00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:47,638
She bought it for him
for his birthday.
407
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:48,872
My cousin got me this.
408
00:17:48,935 --> 00:17:50,505
Now who do you think the
jury's gonna believe,
409
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,880
this kid's grandmother
or your cousin?
410
00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:56,748
Listen. Girls at the party was dissin'
my gear for not fittin' right.
411
00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,247
Sol played like I got
it off the white boy.
412
00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:01,951
They're gonna
laugh in your face.
413
00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:04,460
I was just tryin' to get
my props, that's all.
414
00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,827
Hey, how'd you know about the
boy using the pay phone?
415
00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:08,661
'Cause I saw what went down.
416
00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:12,462
Couple of homies run up on
this white boy on a pay phone.
417
00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:15,028
Said they was gonna bust him
up, and did I want a piece?
418
00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,665
I said no, and I kept walking.
And that's the truth.
419
00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:19,475
We need names.
420
00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:24,006
Jerome and Marcus.
421
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,413
They hang out at the
bodega on Broadhurst.
422
00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:28,315
You better hope
this checks out.
423
00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:33,348
Hey, Jerome.
424
00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:34,618
Hey, what you want?
425
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,421
You're under arrest.
You must be Marcus.
426
00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:37,722
Not me, man.
427
00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:40,395
POLICEMAN: Police! Freeze!
Give it up, man!
428
00:18:41,721 --> 00:18:43,894
Too bad your feet are
faster than your brain.
429
00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:45,333
Look, hey, watch my hand!
430
00:18:45,391 --> 00:18:47,337
What'd you do to it?
I hurt it playing basketball.
431
00:18:47,393 --> 00:18:48,963
What? Skin your knuckles
going up for a rebound?
432
00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:51,167
Yeah. Y'all, I wanna
see a lawyer.
433
00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,232
Story like that,
you're gonna need one.
434
00:18:56,435 --> 00:18:58,642
A broken hand hardly
proves your case.
435
00:18:58,738 --> 00:19:00,809
ED: We have a witness
puts him with the victim.
436
00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:02,011
Who?
437
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,745
You want his address, too?
438
00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,050
Look, my client might
want to cooperate.
439
00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:09,222
He doesn't want
to face the death penalty.
440
00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:10,419
Why would he?
441
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,164
That's all we have to say now.
442
00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:22,138
Now's your chance to tell
your side of it, Jerome.
443
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,640
Your buddy in there is probably
rolling on you right now.
444
00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:26,608
Can I talk to him?
Oh, sure.
445
00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:28,339
You two get your
stories straight.
446
00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:31,712
I'll sit here and have a few
donuts while you're chatting.
447
00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,409
ELAN HOLT:
How bad does it look?
448
00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:36,146
He's got no alibi
and a three-page sheet.
449
00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:37,551
He's going down hard for this.
450
00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,887
Oh, man! This is messed up!
I wanna get bail!
451
00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:43,859
You can't even afford a lawyer. What
kind of bail you think you're gonna get
452
00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:45,418
on a murder two charge?
453
00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,690
Murder two?
454
00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:48,492
I think I wanna cop to it.
455
00:19:48,554 --> 00:19:49,965
No, you don't.
456
00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,525
Thing is, we didn't mean
to kill one of yours.
457
00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:53,762
One of whose?
458
00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,965
Jerome, we're done.
Now shut up!
459
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,402
Why'd he say,
"One of yours?"
460
00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:04,880
It sounds like they were under
the impression Tobin was a cop.
461
00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,507
Yeah. Weathers' lawyer
shut everything down
462
00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:07,744
when she heard what
the charges were.
463
00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:09,787
She was expecting
to hear murder one.
464
00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,378
Any chance they're right?
465
00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,921
Could Tobin have
been an informant?
466
00:20:13,980 --> 00:20:16,358
He's not registered
at one Police Plaza.
467
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,687
How about off the books?
468
00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:24,498
Can we make this fast? My parents
think I'm out buying milk.
469
00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:27,637
You told the detectives your friend,
Michael, wasn't in any kind of trouble.
470
00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:28,865
He wasn't.
471
00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,271
We have some evidence
that suggests
472
00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:32,707
he may have been working with
the police as an informant.
473
00:20:32,765 --> 00:20:35,041
Where... No way!
Where'd you hear that?
474
00:20:35,101 --> 00:20:36,341
You don't need to know that.
475
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:39,008
Well, it's totally ridiculous.
He would've told me.
476
00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,347
He didn't tell you
Allie was his girlfriend.
477
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,546
Yeah. I wish he had.
478
00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:47,723
I just don't see it. I mean, why
would Mike be working with the cops?
479
00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,350
He didn't even like 'em.
480
00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:52,093
Any takers on the other end?
481
00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:54,893
Briscoe and Green checked with
all the special units in Harlem.
482
00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:57,935
Gangs, narcotics,
anti-crime. Nothing.
483
00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,867
It's time to talk
to Jerome Weathers.
484
00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:02,701
Let's see what it'll cost us to
find out what he's talking about.
485
00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:09,508
My client's got nothing to say
till we know what's on the table.
486
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,913
We like what he tells us, we'll take
the death penalty off the table.
487
00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:21,447
This is how it went
down, all right?
488
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:24,560
Me and Marcus saw the
cops take JT away.
489
00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:27,028
A few hours later,
we saw the kid.
490
00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:29,032
We decided to get some payback.
So we followed him.
491
00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,996
Marcus yoked him up
and started pounding.
492
00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:32,468
And you joined right in.
493
00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:35,367
Damn fool started fightin'
back instead of takin' his.
494
00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:37,499
I'm serious, we didn't
mean to kill him.
495
00:21:37,563 --> 00:21:39,543
He fell on the steps
and hit his head.
496
00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:40,941
Why him? Because he was white?
497
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,207
No. 'Cause he was
workin' for the cops.
498
00:21:43,502 --> 00:21:44,674
What made you think that?
499
00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:48,346
He got out of a cop car at the
corner off 144th from Broadway.
500
00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:50,216
JACK: You notice any
markings on the car?
501
00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:51,584
NYPD.
502
00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:53,087
Is that it?
Any numbers?
503
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,182
No. It was
down the block.
504
00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:57,284
The cops let him
out of that car.
505
00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:59,920
In my face. In my neighborhood.
That night.
506
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,022
What did they think
was gonna happen?
507
00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:06,127
There was no
intent, Mr. McCoy.
508
00:22:06,192 --> 00:22:07,933
JACK: Except to kick
the crap out of him.
509
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:12,199
If it turns out he's telling
the truth, man one.
510
00:22:13,032 --> 00:22:14,238
Damn.
511
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:19,778
Michael Tobin got out of
a patrol car in Harlem?
512
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,341
According to Jerome Weathers.
513
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,647
Four blocks from
where he was killed.
514
00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,746
Do we believe this murderer?
515
00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:27,716
Remains to be seen,
but if it's true,
516
00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:30,989
whatever Tobin was doing up
there was totally off the grid.
517
00:22:31,050 --> 00:22:33,462
We looked under all
the obvious rocks.
518
00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:35,626
Look under new ones.
519
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,896
Could they have been working
with him under the radar?
520
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,167
All informants get
routed to special units.
521
00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:45,641
Yeah, and sometimes they
fall through the cracks.
522
00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:46,768
Not my guys...
523
00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,004
We're being straight with you.
524
00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:49,671
We never even
laid eyes on that kid.
525
00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:53,040
10:15, they responded
to an aided call.
526
00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,642
Yeah. Lady with chest pains.
We were there until 11:30.
527
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,445
An hour and 15 minutes?
528
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:58,853
The paramedics had a hard time
529
00:22:58,911 --> 00:23:00,720
convincing her to go
to the hospital.
530
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:03,282
Yeah. It's all right
here in my memo book.
531
00:23:04,617 --> 00:23:07,393
Check with engine 45.
We were there.
532
00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:11,225
Okay, you two go to work.
533
00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:12,862
Thank you.
534
00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:14,864
That's it,
Ms. Carmichael.
535
00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,931
Every sector car out that
night's accounted for.
536
00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:20,341
Any other vehicles
signed out that night?
537
00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,174
I already checked with
the motor pool sergeant.
538
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,338
If you want to look
at her log...
539
00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,882
No, that's okay. Thanks.
Will you send me a copy?
540
00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:28,919
Yeah. Now if this
fairy tale's true,
541
00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:30,976
it's nobody from this precinct.
542
00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:38,592
We heard you collared two
guys who fit our description.
543
00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:39,721
That's right.
544
00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:40,889
If you needed us
for a line-up,
545
00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:42,694
you could've put
in a notification.
546
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,599
Well, we wanted to hear
the whole story again.
547
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,369
Not much of a story.
548
00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:49,770
We saw two males by the
dead kid's building.
549
00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:50,899
I don't know
if we can I.D. 'em.
550
00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:52,408
What time was that?
551
00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:54,136
I don't know. Whatever
we told your guys
552
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,702
when they interviewed us.
553
00:23:56,735 --> 00:23:59,409
Where did you go after you
observed these two guys?
554
00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:01,007
Back on patrol.
555
00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:04,520
And what was your
location at 11:10?
556
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,953
What's this got
to do with a line-up?
557
00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:09,822
Somebody saw Michael
Tobin get out of an RMP
558
00:24:09,882 --> 00:24:12,021
up in Harlem just
before he was killed.
559
00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:13,392
Somebody who?
560
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,295
CARMICHAEL:
That's confidential.
561
00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:17,732
We were in Charlie
sector all night.
562
00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:20,565
Look, why would we ride
around with this kid?
563
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,572
Maybe you were
using him as a Cl.
564
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,335
(SCOFFING) Absolutely not.
565
00:24:24,396 --> 00:24:26,774
VAN BUREN: Then you won't mind
if we look at your memo books.
566
00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:28,436
Don't you need
to go through IAB?
567
00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,104
CARMICHAEL: IAB
doesn't have jurisdiction.
568
00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:31,807
This is a murder investigation.
569
00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,042
You got the two guys.
570
00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:39,022
Whoever dropped Michael Tobin off
wasn't looking out for his welfare.
571
00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:43,292
Uh...
572
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:45,985
Before we give up
any paperwork,
573
00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:48,554
I think we need to get
with our PBA rep.
574
00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:50,366
Stay in touch.
575
00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:59,068
These are the sprint
runs from the 36,
576
00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:01,737
all transmissions
for the entire shift.
577
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,144
Got the tape cued up
if you want audio.
578
00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:08,015
Thanks. Smith and
Flannery were 36 Charlie.
579
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:11,053
10:45, they radioed
out for a meal.
580
00:25:11,410 --> 00:25:12,582
Like they said.
581
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:15,256
But look at this.
At 11:10, they responded,
582
00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,920
"Back in service,
will assist 36 Edward"
583
00:25:17,983 --> 00:25:20,429
"on a job at 96th
and Amsterdam."
584
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:23,189
Two blocks away, they didn't
show up for 20 minutes.
585
00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,257
Because they were in Harlem?
586
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:26,962
Wait. This is strange.
587
00:25:27,393 --> 00:25:31,500
Hey, Sally, could you cue
up this radio run at 8:19?
588
00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:37,473
This is 36 Sergeant One. Be
advised of rapid mobilization.
589
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,948
Standby for units
Adam, Baker, Charlie.
590
00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:42,110
Disturbance at
144 and Broadway.
591
00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:44,950
Civilians and officers
involved, possible injuries.
592
00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,819
31 Sergeant will advice.
593
00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,760
So, Smith and Flannery were
on alert for deployment
594
00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:53,888
to that free-for-all
up in Harlem.
595
00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:56,159
Over the arrest
of that homeless man.
596
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:59,298
They knew all hell was breaking
loose up there that night.
597
00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:02,032
And they dropped Michael Tobin
right in the middle of it.
598
00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:03,232
(SCOFFS)
599
00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:13,009
Your clients took a detour to Harlem
the night Michael Tobin was killed.
600
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:14,244
This doesn't say that.
601
00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:17,753
Their radio car was unaccounted
for from 10:45 to 11:30.
602
00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:19,312
We signed off to get
something to eat.
603
00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:21,255
You were done with
your meal at 11:10.
604
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,350
There's a gaping
hole in your alibi.
605
00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:25,190
Which gave you a
window of opportunity
606
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,924
to take the Tobin boy uptown and drop
him in the middle of a war zone.
607
00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:29,524
RILEY: For what
possible reason?
608
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:33,092
You tell me. If they have a legitimate
explanation, we want to hear it.
609
00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:36,139
(CHUCKLING) Well, they don't need
to explain anything. Let's go.
610
00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:40,166
You're gonna need more than this
printout and some half-baked theory.
611
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,511
Some kind of practical joke?
612
00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:48,483
If it is, the cops
aren't talking.
613
00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:49,678
You're sure it's them?
614
00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:51,722
It's the only
plausible explanation.
615
00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:53,154
ADAM: Can you prove it?
616
00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,584
Their patrol car turned
up negative for prints.
617
00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:57,217
We can't ID the car,
or its occupants.
618
00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,220
We've got a good
circumstantial case.
619
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,161
And they're acting
guilty as hell.
620
00:27:01,653 --> 00:27:03,655
All we need is another
police scandal.
621
00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:05,030
(PHONE RINGING)
622
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,098
McCoy.
623
00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:12,202
I'll tell him.
624
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:15,502
Your secretary, Adam.
The mayor's holding for you.
625
00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:16,944
She say what it's about?
626
00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:18,208
Smith and Flannery.
627
00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:21,876
Get a handle
on this thing, Jack.
628
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:25,880
What?
629
00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:29,423
Flannery's civilian
complaint file is clean.
630
00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:32,052
He did manage to get
himself a commendation.
631
00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:34,757
Smith has a commendation
and two complaints.
632
00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,959
The first one was
for excessive force.
633
00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:40,060
He pushed the girlfriend of a man
he was arresting. Dismissed.
634
00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:42,071
Then his wife complained
he was abusive.
635
00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:44,107
He was referred
to peer counseling.
636
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,071
You're not a doctor,
Lieutenant Fernandez.
637
00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:52,411
We can subpoena you.
There's no privilege.
638
00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:56,447
Go ahead. You really think
I'd breach his confidence?
639
00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,718
I'm not interested
in his marriage.
640
00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:01,223
Isn't there something you can tell
me that might help the guy out?
641
00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:03,519
I can't get into that.
642
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:05,186
A young man was murdered.
643
00:28:08,086 --> 00:28:10,327
People expect
cops to be perfect.
644
00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:12,334
You got a split
second to decide
645
00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:15,167
if a guy's going for his
house keys, or a gun.
646
00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:17,574
It's not easy being on the job.
647
00:28:17,663 --> 00:28:19,267
And I am sympathetic
to that, Lieutenant,
648
00:28:19,331 --> 00:28:20,605
but if Smith was coming here,
649
00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,907
he was obviously stressed
out about something.
650
00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:24,208
(SIGHING)
651
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:30,915
Between you and me,
652
00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,049
this thing's tearing
him up inside.
653
00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:38,891
They kidnapped him and
dropped him in Harlem.
654
00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:40,754
What kind of cops are they?
655
00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:42,457
By all accounts, average.
656
00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,364
Maybe something
Michael said or did
657
00:28:44,423 --> 00:28:46,061
led to some misunderstanding.
658
00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:48,833
Did your son ever have any kind
of run-in with the police?
659
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:51,101
A few months ago,
he got a parking ticket.
660
00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:52,233
Made a big scene.
661
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:53,503
Because he was parked legally.
662
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:56,011
It's only natural for kids
that age to resent authority.
663
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,741
Especially when it's wrong.
664
00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:59,042
What about at school?
665
00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:02,950
His guidance counselor told us he had
a few detentions and a suspension.
666
00:29:03,141 --> 00:29:06,520
For one day. He was caught out
of his room on a school trip.
667
00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,216
You're saying
this was his fault?
668
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,520
That's not what we're saying...
669
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,027
When the police kill a black
kid, this place goes crazy.
670
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:13,927
When it's a white kid,
you blame the victim.
671
00:29:13,986 --> 00:29:15,693
Our son was murdered.
672
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,366
Aren't the police
supposed to protect us?
673
00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:25,205
Why is the U.S. Attorney interested
in a state murder prosecution?
674
00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:27,676
There are federal
implications, Mr. McCoy.
675
00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:29,735
As long as the matter is
being handled judiciously,
676
00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:31,371
the ball's in your court.
677
00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:34,974
We're prosecuting the young men
responsible for the murder.
678
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,353
And the officers who violated
Michael Tobin's civil rights?
679
00:29:38,410 --> 00:29:42,324
We're planning to indict them for
endangering and unlawful imprisonment.
680
00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:44,622
They'll be thrown
off the force,
681
00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:46,629
might even do some
felony jail time.
682
00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:48,164
That's not gonna cut it.
683
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:49,597
It'll be perceived
in certain quarters
684
00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:51,293
as an under-zealous
prosecution.
685
00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,132
Perception? I thought we were in
the criminal justice business.
686
00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:56,900
And the perception
of justice being done.
687
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,737
I'm not telling you
how to run your office.
688
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,300
But if the justice department
isn't happy we're stepping in.
689
00:30:06,905 --> 00:30:08,407
Not gonna happen.
690
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,646
It's a no-win
situation, Adam.
691
00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:12,546
Let's do what
we think is appropriate
692
00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:14,249
and let the chips
fall where they may.
693
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:17,686
Charge the cops with murder.
Depraved indifference.
694
00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:19,592
They dropped the boy
into a minefield.
695
00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,728
Harlem is a minefield?
696
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,164
How's that going to play?
697
00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:27,129
You send two black kids to
state prison for manslaughter,
698
00:30:27,426 --> 00:30:30,066
and you slap
two cops on the wrists
699
00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:32,438
for putting the boy
in their sights.
700
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:33,669
How's that play?
701
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,375
So politics as usual.
702
00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:38,005
The mayor's very concerned.
703
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:41,244
The mayor is on board
for going after two cops?
704
00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:44,446
The mayor wants peace and
I'm gonna deliver it.
705
00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:47,116
The police force
is out of control.
706
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:49,955
Manipulating racial distrust
for their own purposes.
707
00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:51,426
I won't be part of it.
708
00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:56,122
I'm with Adam on this one.
709
00:30:57,556 --> 00:31:00,036
Abner Louima, Diallo.
710
00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:03,364
It stops right here. Do it.
711
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:19,212
CLERK: "Calendar numbers
54, 55, 56 and 57."
712
00:31:19,311 --> 00:31:21,416
Top count is murder
in the second.
713
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,551
Well, here's an
interesting group.
714
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:25,762
My clients plead not guilty.
715
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,626
Mr. Cook and Mr. Weathers
have accepted pleas
716
00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:29,131
to manslaughter
in the first degree.
717
00:31:29,187 --> 00:31:30,222
What's the promise?
718
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:31,699
Seven and a half-to-15.
719
00:31:32,357 --> 00:31:34,268
JUDGE: Set it down
for their allocutions.
720
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:35,930
You want bail
on these officers?
721
00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:37,473
It's a murder
charge, Your Honor.
722
00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,099
It is on paper.
723
00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:41,371
Fifty thousand, each defendant.
724
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:42,673
They're ready
to post, Your Honor.
725
00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:48,180
(RUCKUS)
So, the D.A.'s office
726
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,244
is trying to crucify
two fine police officers.
727
00:31:51,309 --> 00:31:52,481
You're saying they're innocent?
728
00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:55,718
Absolutely. I mean, take a look
at those people down there.
729
00:31:55,781 --> 00:31:57,658
The D.A.'s office
is playing to the mob.
730
00:31:57,716 --> 00:32:00,890
Mr. McCoy? Care to comment
on Mr. Riley's claim
731
00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:03,228
you're conducting a vendetta
against the police?
732
00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:05,290
We're prosecuting
two individuals
733
00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:09,669
who committed a crime, nothing more, nothing less.
Now if you'll excuse us.
734
00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:11,401
Are these officers
being charged to pacify
735
00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:12,806
the African American community?
736
00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:14,309
I just told you
what we're doing.
737
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:15,811
Did you make a deal
with one of the men
738
00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:18,541
who admitted killing Michael Tobin
in exchange for his testimony?
739
00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:21,481
No comment. Now, please,
let us through.
740
00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:23,714
You having fun yet, McCoy?
741
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,448
Is that how it's
gonna go, Mr. Riley?
742
00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,649
Trying the whole case
on the courthouse steps?
743
00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:30,886
And the courtroom. I'm moving
to dismiss the indictment.
744
00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,562
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
745
00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:38,435
Depraved indifference murder
requires the defendant
746
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:42,939
recklessly engage in conduct which
creates a grave risk of death.
747
00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:45,197
A grave risk of death, Judge.
748
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:47,766
The people can't possibly prove
that element of the crime.
749
00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:51,542
The officers knew there was a violent
disturbance at 144th and Broadway
750
00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:53,716
due to a prior
radio communication.
751
00:32:53,772 --> 00:32:56,810
Mr. McCoy is saying that
Harlem is a dangerous weapon.
752
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:59,082
I was under the impression
it was a neighborhood.
753
00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:00,714
This is unmitigated racism.
754
00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,417
I'll decide what's racism here.
755
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:05,594
You have to ignore these hot-button
labels and look at the facts, Judge.
756
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,857
White boy in Harlem's
gonna wind up dead.
757
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,830
Call it what you want,
that's the People's case.
758
00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:11,959
JACK: These officers made
a calculated decision.
759
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:14,367
Out of the thousands of street
corners in New York City,
760
00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:16,064
they picked this one.
761
00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:18,631
They may as well have painted a
target on the young man's back.
762
00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:20,301
He was a target
because he was white?
763
00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:23,039
Because the police branded
him as a collaborator.
764
00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:24,842
They dropped him
out of their marked car
765
00:33:24,903 --> 00:33:26,905
in the aftermath
of a disturbance.
766
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,316
It's hard to ignore
that, Mr. Riley.
767
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,052
You of all people, Judge...
768
00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:37,093
Don't try that
on me, Mr. Riley.
769
00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:38,822
Your motion is denied.
770
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,658
(WHISPERING)
771
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:53,342
My clients want to talk.
772
00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:56,242
Before or after your spin
session with the media?
773
00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:59,744
You hear what they have to
say, I'll keep my mouth shut.
774
00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:05,246
Now this is off
the record, right?
775
00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:09,754
We're not looking to sandbag
your clients into an admission.
776
00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,790
Now, what happened in
Harlem was nothing more
777
00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:15,195
than a tragic
lapse of judgment.
778
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:18,794
If that's true, we're prepared
to take it into account.
779
00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:21,996
Can you be a little
more specific?
780
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:26,503
If you can convince me
this wasn't malicious,
781
00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:28,376
we'll consider man two.
782
00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:33,140
It's still jail time. Maybe we
should just take our chances.
783
00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:35,651
Earl, you got nothing to lose
by putting it on the table.
784
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,914
I got a bad feeling
about this, Smitty.
785
00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:43,754
(SIGHING)
786
00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:50,089
The kid was driving erratically,
so we decided to check him out.
787
00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,932
There was the odor
of marijuana in his car.
788
00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:57,729
We tossed him,
but he was clean.
789
00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:00,504
Then the kid started giving
us attitude. (SCOFFS)
790
00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:03,509
Big mouth preppie
in his 40,000 dollar car.
791
00:35:03,869 --> 00:35:06,247
Like he had a right
to break the law.
792
00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:07,476
You know what he said?
793
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:12,983
"Why don't you go up to Harlem
and arrest some real criminals?"
794
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,787
Me and Smitty decided
to teach him a lesson.
795
00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:19,260
We never thought...
796
00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:20,921
It was just stupid.
797
00:35:22,154 --> 00:35:23,792
Stupid and wrong.
798
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,098
What do you say, McCoy?
799
00:35:37,369 --> 00:35:39,110
Man two. Five-to-10.
800
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,518
And you recommend protective custody?
Mmm-hmm.
801
00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,355
Mr. McCoy,
802
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:52,652
will you tell the kid's
parents we're sorry?
803
00:35:53,919 --> 00:35:56,126
You can do that yourself
804
00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,263
when we take your plea.
805
00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:07,839
Five years?
806
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,970
I knew you wouldn't be happy, Adam,
but it's the right thing to do.
807
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:12,777
They're responsible
for the boy's death.
808
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,874
They made a bad decision
in the heat of the moment.
809
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,685
I wanted top count here.
810
00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:19,019
They're saying
it was an accident.
811
00:36:19,077 --> 00:36:21,580
The same reason Cook and
Weathers got manslaughter.
812
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,819
Smith and Flannery
wear the uniform.
813
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:25,327
They're supposed
to know better.
814
00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:28,821
For all we know, they still
have the feds to deal with.
815
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:31,595
I'm not passing the buck
to the justice department.
816
00:36:31,823 --> 00:36:33,928
So you sacrifice
a couple of lambs?
817
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,401
Your deal is throwing
gas on a fire.
818
00:36:40,131 --> 00:36:41,838
I can't go back on my word.
819
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:44,746
This city is bigger
than your word.
820
00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:47,579
The police are gonna think twice before
they pull a stunt like this again.
821
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,050
You go back, you tell
them the deal is off.
822
00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:56,048
MR. RILEY: We had a deal.
823
00:36:56,114 --> 00:36:57,525
I'm sorry.
824
00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:59,584
Is that code for,
"I changed my mind?"
825
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:00,755
It's out of my hands.
826
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:03,857
Ah. So Adam Schiff
is going for the jugular.
827
00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:06,027
I thought you had some
juice over there, McCoy.
828
00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:08,128
It's not that
simple, Mr. Riley.
829
00:37:08,193 --> 00:37:10,469
You reneging on my
clients' statements, too?
830
00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,633
Don't worry. I won't
try to admit them.
831
00:37:13,264 --> 00:37:15,005
What about your boss?
832
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,042
(SCOFFS) I mean, if that's
the way he's playing it,
833
00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:18,672
I'm moving to change
venue to Albany.
834
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:22,249
You think the Appellate Division will
move this case out of Manhattan?
835
00:37:22,307 --> 00:37:25,845
Cooler heads up North,
McCoy. Do you get my drift?
836
00:37:31,516 --> 00:37:32,859
They lost the dismissal motion.
837
00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:34,794
Change of venue
is a "Hail Mary."
838
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:36,594
I think it's a close call.
839
00:37:36,655 --> 00:37:39,067
You try this in
Albany, they'll walk.
840
00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:43,096
You really think we need
the home field advantage?
841
00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:47,074
Last time an Albany
jury convicted a cop,
842
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:49,141
I had a full head
of black hair.
843
00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:50,810
It's not Simi Valley.
844
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:54,316
It's not Manhattan. If there's
a melting pot, this is it.
845
00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:57,581
A melting pot? It's more like
a recipe for a conviction.
846
00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:59,019
Half the city hates the cops,
847
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,421
the other half has never
been north of 96th street.
848
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:02,822
You moonlighting for the PBA?
849
00:38:02,881 --> 00:38:05,157
No, but enough is enough.
850
00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:08,421
We're not trying
this in Albany.
851
00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:20,505
The Supreme Court has held
that a defendant is entitled
852
00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:25,071
to a trial that is not dominated
by a wave of public passion,
853
00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:28,015
and is not overwhelmed
by press coverage.
854
00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:32,216
But this is exactly what's happening
in this case, Your Honor.
855
00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:35,252
On the heels of two
highly publicized
856
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,486
police brutality
cases in this city,
857
00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:40,962
my clients are presumed to be
guilty instead of innocent.
858
00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,932
What's the relevance of these
other matters, Counselor?
859
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,468
Those cases set
the tenor, Your Honor.
860
00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:50,369
Let's take a look at the press
coverage that this is getting.
861
00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:55,210
Two officers walking a terrified
white student down an uptown street.
862
00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:58,043
They're calling it,
"A Harlem field trip."
863
00:38:58,103 --> 00:39:01,084
Over 1,900 references to the
Tobin case in the print media,
864
00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:02,982
never mind local radio and TV.
865
00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:06,255
Any attempt to select an impartial
jury in this jurisdiction
866
00:39:06,311 --> 00:39:08,882
is just a waste
of everybody's time.
867
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,553
Thank you.
868
00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:18,325
What's different
in Albany? One thing.
869
00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:23,029
The courts there are a haven for
police officers who break the law.
870
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:27,241
The fact of the matter is, this
was an equal opportunity crime.
871
00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:29,335
A black cop and a white cop
872
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,903
overstepped their authority
and it resulted in a murder.
873
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:36,382
Are you suggesting that this incident
doesn't arouse racial passions, Mr. McCoy?
874
00:39:36,474 --> 00:39:38,078
Wherever the case is tried,
875
00:39:38,143 --> 00:39:41,386
potential jurors come to jury
duty with ideological baggage.
876
00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:43,616
Don't you think that this
"baggage," as you put it,
877
00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:45,354
weighs a lot more
in New York City?
878
00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:48,397
The point is, the passions in
our community run the gamut.
879
00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:50,933
Do you dispute the point
that the jury pool in Albany
880
00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:54,994
has been far less influenced by
prior events and media coverage?
881
00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:56,266
No, I'll concede that point.
882
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:58,500
But let's at least
make the attempt
883
00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:01,203
to pick a fair jury in New York
City before the court orders
884
00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:03,542
the drastic remedy
of changing venue.
885
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,048
Mr. McCoy has acknowledged
the intensity
886
00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:12,679
of the public clamor
that surrounds this case.
887
00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:15,054
And this court would be
remiss to ignore it.
888
00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:19,920
If we choose to postpone our
ruling, pending jury selection,
889
00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:23,663
the attention this matter
receives will only increase.
890
00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:25,964
Let's get it right
the first time.
891
00:40:26,191 --> 00:40:29,195
The court will err
on the side of caution.
892
00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:33,037
The matter is transferred to the
Supreme Court of the county of Albany.
893
00:40:33,698 --> 00:40:35,234
(INDIGNANT UPROAR)
894
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,436
(JUDGE POUNDING GAVEL)
895
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:40,815
Order! Order in the court!
896
00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:52,357
MAN: Mr. McCoy, care to comment
on the court's decision?
897
00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:54,590
There's been enough said and
written about this case.
898
00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:56,928
I won't take part
in the feeding frenzy.
899
00:40:56,988 --> 00:40:58,661
Do you think you can get
a fair shake in Albany?
900
00:40:58,723 --> 00:41:01,567
I answered that inside.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
901
00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:03,469
Wait. One more
question, please.
902
00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:05,434
Springtime in Albany.
903
00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:07,305
Maybe I'll meet
a nice bureaucrat.
904
00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:09,701
Don't book
the reception hall yet.
905
00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,508
There's no appeal, Jack.
906
00:41:11,569 --> 00:41:14,641
There's always the intervention
of a higher authority.
907
00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:18,810
You concede the point? You
played right into their hands.
908
00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:20,948
I was trying to salvage
a draw from a defeat.
909
00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:25,586
You needed to tell them that a fair
jury can be selected here. You blinked.
910
00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:27,219
It may seem like that
on the cold record, Adam...
911
00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:30,129
Don't humor me.
You tanked the motion
912
00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:33,691
because you had to protect
your own precious credibility.
913
00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:36,433
We'll talk about it when
I come back from Albany.
914
00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:38,496
Nobody's going to Albany.
915
00:41:39,364 --> 00:41:42,470
You're gonna get down on your hands and
knees, you're gonna make that deal.
916
00:41:50,475 --> 00:41:53,718
If it was worth five-to-10 before,
maybe it's worth probation now.
917
00:41:53,778 --> 00:41:56,725
Manhattan or not,
it's still a murder case.
918
00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:57,953
A dead one.
919
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,626
Adam Schiff got it
right back in his face.
920
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:03,757
You underestimate
me, Mr. Riley.
921
00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:06,427
You underestimate the
good citizens of Albany.
922
00:42:06,491 --> 00:42:09,734
Bring your gangbanger witness up to Volvo-land.
See how far you get.
923
00:42:09,794 --> 00:42:11,569
My father was
a cop, Mr. Riley.
924
00:42:11,629 --> 00:42:14,166
I think I know how to
reach these people.
925
00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:17,144
I think they'll identify
with the victim,
926
00:42:17,402 --> 00:42:18,881
not your clients.
927
00:42:18,970 --> 00:42:20,313
MR. RILEY: You're
playing the race card?
928
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:22,282
JACK: I'm making
an observation.
929
00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,751
What if we don't want atrial?
930
00:42:23,808 --> 00:42:25,913
Don't get cold feet now, Earl.
931
00:42:30,114 --> 00:42:33,618
Yeah, man, don't sweat it.
This is going upstate.
932
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,300
Maybe that's good for you.
933
00:42:37,355 --> 00:42:40,893
Forget black and white. All
these people see is blue.
934
00:42:41,526 --> 00:42:44,006
Is that why you became
a cop, Officer Smith?
935
00:42:44,963 --> 00:42:46,874
To hide behind the uniform?
936
00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:49,702
No, it's not.
937
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:53,113
You've already
ruined your career.
938
00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:56,342
You go down for murder,
939
00:42:57,208 --> 00:42:59,745
you're looking
at 25-to-life.
940
00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:07,793
What if we make a deal?
941
00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:13,826
Four-to-12.
942
00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:16,569
Three-to-nine.
943
00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:19,968
Or we start shopping
for hotel rooms.
944
00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:50,001
The Smith and Flannery file, in
case the feds come knocking.
945
00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:52,837
Cook and Weathers were sentenced.
The case is off the front page.
946
00:43:52,897 --> 00:43:54,968
Yeah. Till the next one.
947
00:43:55,018 --> 00:43:59,568
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