1 00:00:01,227 --> 00:00:02,968 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,028 --> 00:00:06,908 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,966 --> 00:00:08,741 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,801 --> 00:00:11,611 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,670 --> 00:00:12,944 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,974 --> 00:00:18,615 We weren't flapping in the wind or anything. We were lying on our stomachs. 7 00:00:18,677 --> 00:00:20,782 Looked to us like you were lying on her stomach. 8 00:00:20,846 --> 00:00:21,916 That was totally innocent. 9 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:24,723 Hey, look, pal, in this heat, I don't know how you could do it in the place. 10 00:00:24,784 --> 00:00:28,062 But you were, and it's gonna cost you 75 bucks. 11 00:00:28,421 --> 00:00:29,422 This really chews. 12 00:00:29,489 --> 00:00:30,490 (MACHINE GUN SHOTS) 13 00:00:30,557 --> 00:00:31,558 Shots! 14 00:00:31,625 --> 00:00:33,070 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 15 00:00:33,126 --> 00:00:35,504 What's going on? What's going on? 16 00:00:35,562 --> 00:00:37,667 Back there! He's shooting everybody! 17 00:00:37,731 --> 00:00:39,802 This is Park Ten! We have shots fired. 18 00:00:39,866 --> 00:00:41,641 Man with gun behind the Conservatory. 19 00:00:41,701 --> 00:00:42,839 (SHOTS CONTINUE) Don't stop! Keep moving! 20 00:00:43,003 --> 00:00:44,175 (SCREAMING CONTINUES) 21 00:00:45,138 --> 00:00:47,516 This is Park Ten! We got people down! 22 00:00:47,574 --> 00:00:51,920 I see 15, 20! We're behind the Conservatory. 23 00:00:51,978 --> 00:00:54,117 We're gonna need EMS down here, big time! 24 00:00:54,414 --> 00:00:59,454 (PEOPLE CRYING) 25 00:01:02,589 --> 00:01:05,627 Witnesses saw a male, white, mid to late 20s, 26 00:01:05,692 --> 00:01:07,433 average height and weight. 27 00:01:07,494 --> 00:01:10,805 T-shirt, shorts, sunglasses, blue baseball cap. 28 00:01:11,364 --> 00:01:14,277 The fastest way out of the park is the Vanderbilt Gate. 29 00:01:14,334 --> 00:01:15,746 You got people covering that area? 30 00:01:15,803 --> 00:01:17,714 Yes, sir. Canvassing Fifth Avenue. 31 00:01:18,105 --> 00:01:20,107 First shots came from over there. 32 00:01:20,174 --> 00:01:21,812 Guy just moved through the crowd. 33 00:01:21,876 --> 00:01:25,187 Emptied a clip, reloaded from a black knapsack. 34 00:01:25,246 --> 00:01:28,693 We got 11 people down. Wounded are at Mt. Sinai. 35 00:01:33,588 --> 00:01:34,589 (SIGHS) 36 00:01:34,655 --> 00:01:37,067 So, what do you want to do first? 37 00:01:39,026 --> 00:01:41,529 Maybe the guy's A.C. went on the fritz. 38 00:01:41,596 --> 00:01:42,939 You think? 39 00:01:45,766 --> 00:01:47,268 Oh, God! 40 00:01:50,638 --> 00:01:52,015 (SOBBING) 41 00:01:52,406 --> 00:01:54,545 Oh, no! No, no! 42 00:01:57,111 --> 00:01:58,818 Oh. My baby! 43 00:02:13,395 --> 00:02:15,068 Let's go. 44 00:02:16,531 --> 00:02:17,703 Come on. 45 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:26,544 Let's go talk to some witnesses. 46 00:03:18,961 --> 00:03:20,963 I got three kinds of patients down here. 47 00:03:21,030 --> 00:03:23,340 Hysterical, unconscious and expired. 48 00:03:23,399 --> 00:03:26,073 You want to talk to someone, try X-ray. Second floor. 49 00:03:27,804 --> 00:03:29,477 Eddie, the elevator's over here. 50 00:03:29,539 --> 00:03:31,041 Stairs are faster. Hey, Loo. 51 00:03:31,107 --> 00:03:32,984 What's the count? I heard 11 on the radio. 52 00:03:33,042 --> 00:03:34,419 BRISCOE: Yeah. Plus four here. 53 00:03:34,477 --> 00:03:35,547 Fifteen dead? 54 00:03:35,611 --> 00:03:36,612 And 12 wounded. 55 00:03:36,679 --> 00:03:39,091 We're going upstairs to talk to one of the survivors. 56 00:03:40,416 --> 00:03:42,089 ED: Ms. Drake, I'm Detective Green. 57 00:03:42,151 --> 00:03:44,791 This is Detective Briscoe and Lieutenant Van Buren. 58 00:03:44,954 --> 00:03:47,128 Can you talk to us about what happened? 59 00:03:47,191 --> 00:03:48,761 Yes, I think so. 60 00:03:48,826 --> 00:03:49,827 How you feeling? 61 00:03:49,893 --> 00:03:51,372 Lucky. 62 00:03:51,428 --> 00:03:54,705 There was this girl lying to me in the field, Claudia Shue. 63 00:03:55,766 --> 00:03:57,507 I was sitting with her group. 64 00:03:57,568 --> 00:03:58,945 What group is that? 65 00:03:59,002 --> 00:04:01,448 DRAKE: We're pre-med at Hudson. 66 00:04:01,505 --> 00:04:05,180 I heard these pops and Laura fell over, 67 00:04:05,242 --> 00:04:06,380 then Claudia. 68 00:04:06,877 --> 00:04:08,481 There was this guy coming towards us. 69 00:04:08,545 --> 00:04:10,923 I got up to run, but my leg just gave out. 70 00:04:11,382 --> 00:04:13,259 This guy, what did he look like? 71 00:04:13,317 --> 00:04:16,059 He was white, I barely saw him. 72 00:04:16,854 --> 00:04:19,391 I kept my head down, I played dead. 73 00:04:19,757 --> 00:04:23,534 He walked right past me, shooting and muttering stuff. 74 00:04:23,961 --> 00:04:25,497 VAN BUREN: Muttering what? 75 00:04:27,364 --> 00:04:32,177 "Damn bitches." He just kept saying that. "Damn bitches." 76 00:04:33,504 --> 00:04:36,452 The weapon's a nine mil SMG fired at full auto. 77 00:04:36,508 --> 00:04:39,079 We're looking for a converted Ingram or Rolf. 78 00:04:39,144 --> 00:04:40,748 Most of the dead and wounded are women? 79 00:04:40,812 --> 00:04:43,691 All but two. And there were plenty of men to shoot at. 80 00:04:43,748 --> 00:04:47,628 Seventeen of the female victims were pre-med students at Hudson. 81 00:04:47,685 --> 00:04:49,255 They were the first ones shot, right here. 82 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,630 So the guy trolled the park for women to shoot. 83 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:53,997 Is there a sketch? BRISCOE: Yeah. 84 00:04:54,059 --> 00:04:56,266 But it looks like half the people in this room. 85 00:04:56,327 --> 00:04:58,807 I got a call from the Daily News. They want to run it on the front page. 86 00:04:58,863 --> 00:05:00,706 Media calls get routed to Public Affairs. 87 00:05:00,765 --> 00:05:02,210 It was a personal contact. 88 00:05:02,534 --> 00:05:05,515 I hope you didn't make any promises you can't keep. Questions? 89 00:05:05,570 --> 00:05:07,345 No. But I think we ought to release the sketch. 90 00:05:07,405 --> 00:05:08,611 It's too generic. 91 00:05:08,673 --> 00:05:10,209 Well, that could work to our advantage. 92 00:05:10,275 --> 00:05:12,755 If the guy has a false sense of security, he might make a mistake. 93 00:05:12,811 --> 00:05:13,983 He might make one if he thinks 94 00:05:14,045 --> 00:05:16,150 there's going to be a knock on his door any minute. 95 00:05:16,347 --> 00:05:18,691 Any other groups of women in the area. 96 00:05:18,883 --> 00:05:20,692 There was a soccer game in the East Meadow. 97 00:05:20,752 --> 00:05:24,256 Yeah, and a bunch of flower-sniffers from the Conservatory. 98 00:05:24,322 --> 00:05:27,270 But he chose these pre-med students. 99 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,897 Let's find out who knew they were meeting in the park. 100 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:36,604 It was an orientation to discuss gender issues in med school. 101 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:38,376 There was a flyer about it in the lobby. 102 00:05:38,637 --> 00:05:40,378 ED: You have a copy of it? 103 00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:41,782 Yeah, sure. 104 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:46,482 It's okay. Take your time. 105 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:55,628 How long was this posted? 106 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:56,826 A couple of weeks. 107 00:05:56,889 --> 00:06:00,098 This says that the orientation was by the pool on the west side. 108 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:01,900 How'd they end up clear across the park? 109 00:06:01,994 --> 00:06:05,942 Oh, there were people playing Frisbee so we had to find someplace else. 110 00:06:06,832 --> 00:06:08,368 Oh, you were with them? 111 00:06:08,434 --> 00:06:09,504 Yes. 112 00:06:09,568 --> 00:06:13,380 We had to walk across the park before we found someplace quiet. 113 00:06:14,673 --> 00:06:16,585 We'd already wasted half an hour, 114 00:06:16,643 --> 00:06:18,850 and I had to leave for a meeting. 115 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,052 (PHONE RINGS) 116 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:24,959 I have to get that. All these parents have been calling. 117 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:30,198 If the shooter followed the girls from the west side, 118 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:32,168 there's a chance he left that way. 119 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:35,035 And a chance we were looking on the wrong side of the park. 120 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,633 I'll break the news to the Lieutenant. 121 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,341 This is Mr. Gilbert Gooba. 122 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:45,781 N'Goueba. Gilbert N'Goueba, from the Ivory Coast. 123 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:46,943 ED: From Abidjan? 124 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:48,213 Yes. You know Abidjan? 125 00:06:48,275 --> 00:06:50,346 The Paris of Africa. My father worked there. 126 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,412 You told the officers you saw something yesterday? 127 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:55,756 Yes. I saw a white man in short pants run out of the park. 128 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:58,557 He had blood on his short pants. He went to the subway. 129 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,393 BRISCOE: Did you get a look at his face? 130 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:03,900 Not very good. He had big sunglasses and a baseball hat. 131 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:06,700 Was he carrying anything, like a bag or a knapsack? 132 00:07:06,761 --> 00:07:08,638 No, no. If he had a bag, I see it. 133 00:07:09,163 --> 00:07:11,109 He must've ditched it in the park. 134 00:07:11,165 --> 00:07:12,166 Thanks. 135 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:16,006 Hey, Old Spice, what did the Loo tell you about me? 136 00:07:16,070 --> 00:07:19,051 Nothing. Did she tell you I don't like nicknames? 137 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:20,650 Yeah? Yeah. 138 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:22,487 Lennie'll do. 139 00:07:23,277 --> 00:07:25,518 The old man used to wear Old Spice. 140 00:07:25,847 --> 00:07:28,657 POLICEMAN: Detectives, a black knapsack, right? 141 00:07:33,821 --> 00:07:37,098 Rolf nine mil. There's still three full clips in here. 142 00:07:37,158 --> 00:07:41,129 All right, cordon off the area and radio CSU. Tell 'em we got a pick-up for the lab. 143 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:42,196 Right. I'll take it in. 144 00:07:42,263 --> 00:07:43,264 Get 'em to hump right on it. 145 00:07:43,331 --> 00:07:44,708 Hey, Ed, it's after 7:00. 146 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:46,608 You know Shrier's not gonna look at it tonight. 147 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:48,374 Sure, she will. 148 00:07:48,603 --> 00:07:49,604 (DOOR OPENS) 149 00:07:50,271 --> 00:07:53,150 The weapon, the bag, and the clips were clean for fingerprints. 150 00:07:53,774 --> 00:07:55,914 And this is why you paged me at 6:00 a.m.? 151 00:07:55,978 --> 00:07:59,391 The guy tried to burn the serial off, but the lab recovered it. 152 00:07:59,448 --> 00:08:00,950 The gun manufacturer said 153 00:08:01,016 --> 00:08:04,520 the weapon was sold four months ago to a wholesaler in Pennsylvania. 154 00:08:04,586 --> 00:08:08,295 The caller ID on your page showed a 609 area code. 155 00:08:08,357 --> 00:08:09,495 Where were you, Atlantic City? 156 00:08:09,558 --> 00:08:12,129 Uh-huh. Went down there last night to play some poker. 157 00:08:12,828 --> 00:08:14,501 Oh, yeah? How'd you do? 158 00:08:14,630 --> 00:08:18,772 I started up a Cadillac. I finished down a Rolex. A stainless steel Rolex. 159 00:08:18,834 --> 00:08:19,869 (DOOR OPENS) 160 00:08:19,935 --> 00:08:23,439 Okay, I did a proctoscopy on our little patient. 161 00:08:23,505 --> 00:08:26,179 You see these straight lines along the inside of the barrel? 162 00:08:26,241 --> 00:08:28,118 BRISCOE: Yeah. What are they, scratches? 163 00:08:28,176 --> 00:08:29,678 After shooting up the park, 164 00:08:29,745 --> 00:08:34,285 your suspect rammed a metal file down the barrel to distort the rifling. 165 00:08:34,349 --> 00:08:37,990 Means the best I can do is a 50% match to the slugs of the victims. 166 00:08:38,253 --> 00:08:40,199 This guy put some thought into it. 167 00:08:40,255 --> 00:08:42,826 He used fingerprint-resistant grips. 168 00:08:42,891 --> 00:08:45,930 Converted the piece from a semi to a full auto. 169 00:08:45,995 --> 00:08:47,372 BRISCOE: Real handyman, huh? 170 00:08:47,430 --> 00:08:48,841 Well, once you buy the conversion kit 171 00:08:48,898 --> 00:08:52,402 all you need is a screwdriver, a file and a soldering gun. 172 00:08:52,468 --> 00:08:54,778 Twenty minutes, you're ready to make history. 173 00:08:58,641 --> 00:09:03,021 Fifty Rolf Nines came in back in March. 174 00:09:03,079 --> 00:09:04,353 Piece you're looking for, 175 00:09:04,414 --> 00:09:07,122 it went out two months ago to a firearms dealer in Reading. 176 00:09:07,183 --> 00:09:08,958 A licensed dealer? Of course. 177 00:09:09,018 --> 00:09:12,261 By the law, I can only sell to a federally licensed dealer. 178 00:09:12,322 --> 00:09:14,461 We need the store's address. 179 00:09:16,592 --> 00:09:17,696 He doesn't have a store. 180 00:09:18,227 --> 00:09:21,606 Nowhere does it say I can only sell to a dealer with a store. 181 00:09:21,664 --> 00:09:24,611 So where does he sell his guns? Out of a Good Humor truck? 182 00:09:26,469 --> 00:09:29,473 This is my store. I sell through the classifieds on the Internet. 183 00:09:29,539 --> 00:09:31,678 And this is my dealer's license. 184 00:09:31,741 --> 00:09:33,652 And where are the guns? 185 00:09:36,046 --> 00:09:37,286 In there. 186 00:09:37,348 --> 00:09:39,294 Do you remember selling this gun? 187 00:09:40,484 --> 00:09:43,397 Rolf Nine. That's the serial number? 188 00:09:52,963 --> 00:09:54,965 Look, guys, technically you're out of your jurisdiction. 189 00:09:55,032 --> 00:09:57,012 I don't have talk to you. 190 00:09:57,067 --> 00:09:59,343 Maybe you tell me what's so important about this merchandise. 191 00:09:59,403 --> 00:10:03,112 This merchandise was used to kill 15 innocent people. 192 00:10:04,274 --> 00:10:07,812 Oh. Wait, this is the Central Park thing? 193 00:10:08,278 --> 00:10:09,279 Oh, shoot. 194 00:10:09,947 --> 00:10:11,119 "Oh, shoot"? 195 00:10:11,181 --> 00:10:14,219 By law, when I sell a gun, I'm supposed to ship it to a licensed dealer 196 00:10:14,284 --> 00:10:17,265 where they buyer lives, so the buyer can pick it up and fill out the paperwork. 197 00:10:17,354 --> 00:10:18,594 But you didn't do that. 198 00:10:18,655 --> 00:10:21,431 This guy said he was housebound in a wheelchair. 199 00:10:21,492 --> 00:10:24,200 And since his shipping address matched his address on his credit card, I... 200 00:10:24,261 --> 00:10:25,502 You shipped it right to him? 201 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:27,832 Man, that license is coming off the wall. 202 00:10:27,899 --> 00:10:32,541 Hey, relax. Read the federal statute. It's barely a traffic ticket. 203 00:10:34,205 --> 00:10:35,980 So you want the guy's name, or what? 204 00:10:39,944 --> 00:10:43,517 Lee Coats. New York City. Purchased a month ago. 205 00:10:44,883 --> 00:10:47,489 Police! Search warrant! Go, go, go! 206 00:10:49,854 --> 00:10:51,765 Somebody open a window. 207 00:10:59,564 --> 00:11:02,511 ED: Well, she's at least a couple of days past the expiry date. 208 00:11:03,535 --> 00:11:04,536 Looks like a heart attack. 209 00:11:04,602 --> 00:11:05,603 LAMOTTE: Hey, Lennie. 210 00:11:05,670 --> 00:11:06,910 Hello. Excuse me. 211 00:11:06,971 --> 00:11:07,972 Who are you? 212 00:11:08,072 --> 00:11:11,781 I'm Mrs. Felder. I live across the hall. Oh, my. 213 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:13,753 Do you know who this is? 214 00:11:13,812 --> 00:11:15,850 Yes, it's Lee. Lee Coats. 215 00:11:15,915 --> 00:11:17,258 Short for Leanne. 216 00:11:17,349 --> 00:11:19,056 Yes. This is terrible. 217 00:11:19,118 --> 00:11:20,222 She live here with anyone? 218 00:11:20,286 --> 00:11:24,359 No. She just got out of the hospital two weeks ago. 219 00:11:24,423 --> 00:11:26,960 What hospital? Hudson Presbyterian. 220 00:11:27,026 --> 00:11:31,065 She had a pacemaker put in. She was there for nearly a month. 221 00:11:36,368 --> 00:11:38,746 The gun was shipped while the old lady was in the hospital. 222 00:11:38,804 --> 00:11:40,784 Shipping company made two trips to her apartment. 223 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,286 Nobody was home the first time, so they left a signature card. 224 00:11:43,342 --> 00:11:45,447 The next day, the card was signed, so they left the package. 225 00:11:45,511 --> 00:11:46,512 A neighbor? 226 00:11:46,579 --> 00:11:48,149 Nobody who fits the description. 227 00:11:48,214 --> 00:11:51,559 Now Hudson Presbyterian is the teaching hospital for Hudson. 228 00:11:51,951 --> 00:11:54,158 The victims were all pre-med at Hudson. 229 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:55,658 A hospital employee? 230 00:11:55,721 --> 00:11:58,759 Who had access to her credit cards. Somebody in Admitting. 231 00:11:59,425 --> 00:12:00,927 Good place to start. 232 00:12:01,026 --> 00:12:04,668 Oh, by the way, did you happen to read the news this morning? 233 00:12:04,731 --> 00:12:07,302 It's pretty much a rehash of departmental press releases. 234 00:12:07,367 --> 00:12:12,043 But the funny thing, the only name they mentioned was yours, Detective Green. 235 00:12:13,507 --> 00:12:15,953 Maybe 'cause it was easy to spell. 236 00:12:17,110 --> 00:12:19,056 This lady had Medicare, Blue Cross, CNA. 237 00:12:19,112 --> 00:12:20,284 I didn't need a credit card. 238 00:12:20,347 --> 00:12:23,123 First thing my doctor wants to see is a specimen of my money. 239 00:12:23,383 --> 00:12:26,091 Why are there two admitting forms in here with two different dates? 240 00:12:26,219 --> 00:12:28,631 Oh, I filled out this one when the paramedics brought her in. 241 00:12:28,688 --> 00:12:30,292 She didn't have her insurance cards with her, 242 00:12:30,357 --> 00:12:31,859 so I couldn't punch in the information. 243 00:12:31,925 --> 00:12:32,960 She'd lost her purse. 244 00:12:33,026 --> 00:12:34,061 But you had all the information 245 00:12:34,127 --> 00:12:35,629 by the time you filled out the second form? 246 00:12:35,695 --> 00:12:37,106 They must have found her purse. 247 00:12:37,163 --> 00:12:38,164 Who's "they"? 248 00:12:38,231 --> 00:12:39,232 Ask security. 249 00:12:41,034 --> 00:12:43,446 Found her purse in the ambulance the next day. 250 00:12:43,503 --> 00:12:45,005 Must've fallen off the stretcher. 251 00:12:45,071 --> 00:12:46,243 Just like that. 252 00:12:46,306 --> 00:12:48,377 Yeah. Things got a little crazy. 253 00:12:48,441 --> 00:12:51,183 She flatlined in the middle of the run. 254 00:12:51,244 --> 00:12:52,882 Old lady's got nine lives. 255 00:12:52,946 --> 00:12:55,860 Eight. You don't mind, we need to talk to your partner at the time. 256 00:12:55,917 --> 00:12:59,160 Dennis Trope? He's on disability. 257 00:12:59,220 --> 00:13:00,631 What kind of disability? 258 00:13:02,156 --> 00:13:04,193 Something with his nerves. 259 00:13:04,659 --> 00:13:06,195 Well, is he ever coming back to work? 260 00:13:07,929 --> 00:13:10,432 I've been holding some stuff he left in his locker. 261 00:13:10,498 --> 00:13:12,136 He was supposed to come pick it up. 262 00:13:19,907 --> 00:13:23,116 "Don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and lives." 263 00:13:23,177 --> 00:13:24,178 Hilarious. 264 00:13:24,745 --> 00:13:27,191 We got a couple of lady paramedics working here. 265 00:13:27,315 --> 00:13:29,317 Dennis had a problem with that. 266 00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,425 I don't know his comings and goings. 267 00:13:31,485 --> 00:13:32,623 Is that his? 268 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,721 You can't look in those. 269 00:13:33,788 --> 00:13:35,461 Just check the warrant, Mrs. Trope. 270 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:37,196 What's all this about? 271 00:13:37,258 --> 00:13:40,000 It's about the shootings in Central Park. 272 00:13:40,061 --> 00:13:42,166 The one all those girls got killed? 273 00:13:43,130 --> 00:13:44,974 Oh, no, no. Not Dennis. 274 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:46,171 Basic research. 275 00:13:46,235 --> 00:13:47,908 I got medical books in here. 276 00:13:47,970 --> 00:13:49,745 Dennis is gonna be a great doctor. 277 00:13:49,805 --> 00:13:51,182 He's almost been accepted at Hudson, 278 00:13:51,239 --> 00:13:52,741 but they give preference to women. 279 00:13:52,808 --> 00:13:54,446 Mmm-hmm. Look, ma'am, 280 00:13:54,509 --> 00:13:56,682 it'll work out better for Dennis if you tell us where he is. 281 00:13:56,745 --> 00:13:58,315 But I don't know where he is. 282 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:02,487 What, he didn't call asking about this? Disability check. 283 00:14:03,218 --> 00:14:05,220 So is he coming or are you meeting him? 284 00:14:05,287 --> 00:14:07,494 You know we got trigger-happy people on the force. 285 00:14:07,556 --> 00:14:10,537 If we have to go find him, he's likely to get himself shot. 286 00:14:10,592 --> 00:14:11,593 Is that what you want? 287 00:14:16,665 --> 00:14:18,167 MRS. TROPE: That's him, over there. 288 00:14:27,442 --> 00:14:28,443 He's got a gun! 289 00:14:28,777 --> 00:14:30,154 MRS. TROPE: Dennis, no! 290 00:14:30,212 --> 00:14:31,555 Don't do that. Don't do that. 291 00:14:31,613 --> 00:14:33,058 Stay away from me! 292 00:14:33,115 --> 00:14:34,117 (sun SHOT) 293 00:14:34,217 --> 00:14:37,391 (DENNIS SCREAMING) MRS. TROPE: Oh, my God! 294 00:14:37,453 --> 00:14:38,625 DENNIS: Oh, God, I'm dying! 295 00:14:38,688 --> 00:14:41,396 ED: You ain't dying, man! It's just a scratch. 296 00:14:41,457 --> 00:14:43,437 You get nothing until I get a statement from you 297 00:14:43,493 --> 00:14:44,699 about those girls you shot! 298 00:14:44,761 --> 00:14:46,502 I want help! You gotta take me to a hospital! 299 00:14:46,562 --> 00:14:48,940 You want to go to a hospital? Say the magic words. 300 00:14:50,566 --> 00:14:52,011 Say the magic words! 301 00:14:52,068 --> 00:14:53,809 No, stop! It hurts! 302 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:56,612 Say the magic words! "I shot the women." 303 00:14:56,672 --> 00:14:59,152 No, please, stop him! Get him away from my son! 304 00:14:59,208 --> 00:15:01,017 All right. All right, Ed lay off of him. 305 00:15:01,244 --> 00:15:03,747 Eddie, come on, come on. Let him go. 306 00:15:03,913 --> 00:15:06,086 Your son's getting medical treatment, Mrs. Trope. 307 00:15:06,149 --> 00:15:08,151 I don't know when you can talk to him. 308 00:15:08,351 --> 00:15:09,728 Well, I'm getting a lawyer. 309 00:15:09,819 --> 00:15:12,959 The other detective, the black one, he brutalized my Dennis. 310 00:15:14,457 --> 00:15:15,936 You better keep your hands off him. 311 00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:18,961 What did Green do to Mr. Trope? 312 00:15:19,028 --> 00:15:22,942 He tried to get a statement, that's all. Just a little energetic police work. 313 00:15:22,999 --> 00:15:25,173 I hope this doesn't turn into another complaint. 314 00:15:25,235 --> 00:15:26,236 Another? 315 00:15:26,303 --> 00:15:30,183 Green has two complaints for excessive force. Review Board gave him probation. 316 00:15:30,574 --> 00:15:34,044 Trope has a restraining order against him from a Lisa Fiori 317 00:15:34,111 --> 00:15:36,853 issued last February, which explains why he used the old lady 318 00:15:36,914 --> 00:15:37,915 to buy the piece. 319 00:15:37,981 --> 00:15:39,551 How'd the eyewitnesses do? They couldn't pick Trope 320 00:15:39,616 --> 00:15:40,754 out of a photo array. 321 00:15:40,818 --> 00:15:43,059 Forensics processed his clothing, his belongings. 322 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,997 No powder residue, no blood splatters. 323 00:15:45,055 --> 00:15:47,535 So except for a couple of remarkable coincidences, 324 00:15:47,591 --> 00:15:49,662 we can't tie him to the gun or the killing. 325 00:15:49,727 --> 00:15:51,729 He ask for a lawyer yet? Uh-uh. 326 00:15:51,795 --> 00:15:54,401 Well, we don't have much time before his mother comes back with one. 327 00:15:54,465 --> 00:15:57,776 I pulled some old Children's Services files on him. 328 00:15:57,835 --> 00:15:59,041 There was abuse in the family. 329 00:15:59,103 --> 00:16:01,140 I got his employee file from the city, 330 00:16:01,238 --> 00:16:03,980 and I got his Hudson med school application. 331 00:16:04,641 --> 00:16:06,450 I'm ready for him. 332 00:16:06,810 --> 00:16:09,814 All roads lead to you, Dennis. From the gun, to the old lady, 333 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,121 to the hospital, to the ambulance, to you. 334 00:16:12,216 --> 00:16:13,320 I didn't kill anybody. 335 00:16:13,383 --> 00:16:16,422 Oh, no? You know who's on juries nowadays? 336 00:16:16,488 --> 00:16:18,024 Women. Right, Eddie? 337 00:16:18,089 --> 00:16:21,730 Most of 'em got nothing better to do than hang around and report for jury duty. 338 00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:23,932 Once they hear your take on women's rights, 339 00:16:23,995 --> 00:16:26,532 they'll cut your kiwis off and hand 'em to you on a stick. 340 00:16:27,432 --> 00:16:30,970 You really want those bitches deciding if you live or die? 341 00:16:32,170 --> 00:16:34,548 You really wanna give 'em that last bit of power? 342 00:16:38,109 --> 00:16:40,589 I mean they already got both hands on the steering wheel. 343 00:16:43,615 --> 00:16:48,121 They're driving buses, directing traffic, working construction. 344 00:16:49,721 --> 00:16:51,701 Who the hell invited them to the party anyway? 345 00:16:51,756 --> 00:16:54,066 They should be at home watching over their kids. 346 00:16:55,393 --> 00:16:57,930 Detective Green. Yes, ma'am. 347 00:16:57,996 --> 00:16:59,031 I got it right here. 348 00:17:02,367 --> 00:17:04,712 I'm sorry I didn't get it to you sooner. 349 00:17:11,544 --> 00:17:13,080 I've been in this house a month. 350 00:17:14,013 --> 00:17:16,994 There isn't a day that bitch doesn't ride my ass. 351 00:17:21,153 --> 00:17:23,292 Lennie, Detective Briscoe, he was in line for the job. 352 00:17:23,355 --> 00:17:25,801 He had the seniority. They made her Lieutenant. 353 00:17:30,429 --> 00:17:32,841 I bet it's the same where you work. 354 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,307 You know what? 355 00:17:36,469 --> 00:17:38,073 It belittles us. 356 00:17:39,105 --> 00:17:40,778 It disrespects us. 357 00:17:41,373 --> 00:17:43,876 Isn't that what you felt? 358 00:17:44,143 --> 00:17:46,054 But we don't sit around and mope, do we? 359 00:17:46,479 --> 00:17:47,480 Take you. 360 00:17:48,013 --> 00:17:51,722 You tried to move up the ladder, to get into med school. 361 00:17:52,451 --> 00:17:54,898 And they even denied you that opportunity, didn't they? 362 00:17:57,424 --> 00:17:58,494 Yep. 363 00:17:58,758 --> 00:18:00,931 It's a terrible thing they did to you. 364 00:18:02,329 --> 00:18:04,775 They should have been helping you, Dennis. 365 00:18:05,031 --> 00:18:06,601 Taking care of you. 366 00:18:06,666 --> 00:18:08,236 That's what women are for. 367 00:18:08,301 --> 00:18:10,303 To look out for you. 368 00:18:11,338 --> 00:18:12,817 But they let you down. 369 00:18:14,841 --> 00:18:16,878 They always have, haven't they? 370 00:18:19,913 --> 00:18:22,359 I saw your Children's Services file. 371 00:18:24,551 --> 00:18:26,792 Your old man beat on you. 372 00:18:27,787 --> 00:18:29,596 He beat your mother. 373 00:18:31,258 --> 00:18:32,532 I know what that's like. 374 00:18:37,163 --> 00:18:41,942 Your mother was supposed to look out for you, 375 00:18:42,002 --> 00:18:43,880 to protect you. 376 00:18:45,206 --> 00:18:46,947 She just let it happen, didn't she? 377 00:18:48,476 --> 00:18:51,582 She didn't protect her baby 378 00:18:52,179 --> 00:18:57,253 and now, these women get a crack at killing you. 379 00:18:59,387 --> 00:19:00,388 Dennis. 380 00:19:03,824 --> 00:19:06,600 You are in a deep hole right now, man. 381 00:19:07,528 --> 00:19:09,565 There's only one way out. 382 00:19:11,432 --> 00:19:17,348 You tell us what you did There's no trial, no jury, no death penalty. 383 00:19:23,911 --> 00:19:26,653 Please, man, please. 384 00:19:27,415 --> 00:19:29,486 Don't them do this to you. 385 00:19:31,319 --> 00:19:33,390 Don't let them win. 386 00:19:34,489 --> 00:19:36,560 You tried hard to be a good man 387 00:19:39,061 --> 00:19:41,632 and did they give you the respect you deserve? 388 00:19:43,699 --> 00:19:45,201 (CRYING) 389 00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:47,577 Those bitch doctors at the hospital... 390 00:19:48,537 --> 00:19:50,949 What about them, Dennis? What did they do? 391 00:19:55,177 --> 00:19:58,215 They said that I should apply to nursing school. 392 00:19:59,982 --> 00:20:04,556 See? They humiliated you. 393 00:20:06,989 --> 00:20:09,970 But in the park, you set everything right, didn't you? 394 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:11,697 Yeah. 395 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,034 You put them back in their place. 396 00:20:13,095 --> 00:20:14,165 Yes. 397 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:17,140 And that's why you shot them, right? 398 00:20:19,268 --> 00:20:20,269 Yes. 399 00:20:23,005 --> 00:20:24,747 We need to hear you say it, Dennis. 400 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:32,558 That's why I shot them. 401 00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:33,650 It's all right, it's all right. 402 00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:36,230 You're gonna be all right, Dennis. 403 00:20:37,053 --> 00:20:41,058 We just need your help with one more thing to make this work. 404 00:20:42,058 --> 00:20:44,629 The clothes you wore. 405 00:20:45,194 --> 00:20:47,697 You got some blood on them. You threw 'em away. 406 00:20:48,865 --> 00:20:50,276 Where'd you put them? 407 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:56,217 In a bag on the train tracks on 36th. 408 00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:57,374 (DOOR OPENS) 409 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:02,048 Mr. Trope, this is Mr. Powell, a lawyer hired by your mother to represent you. 410 00:21:02,378 --> 00:21:04,551 I want to talk to my client alone. 411 00:21:04,614 --> 00:21:08,721 Take your time. We need to amend the charges to include fifteen counts of murder. 412 00:21:09,953 --> 00:21:12,957 You did good, Dennis. You win. 413 00:21:19,663 --> 00:21:21,700 They told his mother he was getting medical treatment. 414 00:21:21,765 --> 00:21:25,178 Instead, they interrogated him even though they'd been told a lawyer was being hired. 415 00:21:25,335 --> 00:21:28,009 Hired when? That day? The next day? 416 00:21:28,539 --> 00:21:31,213 The right to counsel doesn't attach until an attorney is actually... 417 00:21:31,275 --> 00:21:32,583 Mr. McCoy, this is a mess. 418 00:21:33,210 --> 00:21:36,123 Mr. Trope's statement doesn't have much probative value anyway. 419 00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:37,181 I'm going to suppress it. 420 00:21:37,247 --> 00:21:39,887 Your Honor, this wasn't some bodega robbery. 421 00:21:40,718 --> 00:21:43,927 Mr. Trope sprayed Central Park with automatic gunfire. 422 00:21:44,455 --> 00:21:46,332 He was out to kill every woman he encountered. 423 00:21:46,690 --> 00:21:50,763 He faces the death penalty. If anything, the police should be held to a higher standard. 424 00:21:50,861 --> 00:21:53,603 The statement led the police to some clothing. I want that out too, judge. 425 00:21:53,664 --> 00:21:56,508 That clothing had blood splatters from five of the victims on it. 426 00:21:56,567 --> 00:22:00,242 Fruit of the poisonous tree. I'm sorry. Motion granted. 427 00:22:01,105 --> 00:22:03,381 Do we know where Trope got the conversion kit for his weapon? 428 00:22:03,608 --> 00:22:06,612 Not yet. But even if we did, it won't solve our big problem. 429 00:22:07,078 --> 00:22:08,148 We have small problems? 430 00:22:08,213 --> 00:22:11,126 Well, since the rifling was scratched up, ballistics can only 431 00:22:11,182 --> 00:22:13,924 give us a 50% match-up from the weapon to the slugs. 432 00:22:13,985 --> 00:22:17,125 That's reasonable doubt. Don't we have rocket scientists on the payroll? 433 00:22:17,188 --> 00:22:20,499 Well, they say they can recreate the rifling on a computer 434 00:22:20,558 --> 00:22:23,801 but they need technical data from the gun-maker, Rolf Firearms. 435 00:22:23,895 --> 00:22:24,930 Okay. 436 00:22:24,996 --> 00:22:28,500 Well, the company's ignored all of our requests so far. 437 00:22:29,701 --> 00:22:31,305 We weren't ignoring your request. 438 00:22:31,369 --> 00:22:33,042 As a matter of fact, we had a meeting with our lawyers about it. 439 00:22:33,438 --> 00:22:34,610 CARMICHAEL: And what did you all decide? 440 00:22:35,073 --> 00:22:38,384 Much as we'd like to cooperate, it would force us to reveal trade secrets 441 00:22:38,476 --> 00:22:40,581 that would damage our ability to remain competitive. 442 00:22:40,779 --> 00:22:41,780 Trade secrets? 443 00:22:43,114 --> 00:22:45,219 Mr. Weber, you make guns, not soda pop. 444 00:22:45,283 --> 00:22:48,355 You're asking us for the specs to our manufacturing equipment. 445 00:22:48,419 --> 00:22:50,490 I don't understand. If it was my product 446 00:22:50,588 --> 00:22:52,033 that was used to kill 15 people, 447 00:22:52,123 --> 00:22:54,161 I'd sure as hell feel it was my civic duty 448 00:22:54,427 --> 00:22:55,929 to help convict the person who pulled the trigger. 449 00:22:56,061 --> 00:22:58,098 Being good corporate citizens also means 450 00:22:58,230 --> 00:23:00,107 we have a responsibility to our employees 451 00:23:00,166 --> 00:23:01,338 to keep this company in business. 452 00:23:01,567 --> 00:23:02,568 Okay. 453 00:23:02,668 --> 00:23:04,147 We'll go the hard way then. 454 00:23:05,104 --> 00:23:06,913 You can expect a subpoena on your desk by tomorrow morning. 455 00:23:07,072 --> 00:23:10,246 My lawyers tell me subpoenas from New York don't travel well. 456 00:23:10,876 --> 00:23:12,913 I'm sorry you came all the way up to Connecticut for nothing. 457 00:23:14,246 --> 00:23:16,123 It's not trade secrets, it's lawsuits. 458 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:19,053 We're asking them to help prove their gun killed 15 people. 459 00:23:19,518 --> 00:23:21,327 So they'd rather spend a half a million dollars 460 00:23:21,387 --> 00:23:22,388 fighting a subpoena? 461 00:23:22,455 --> 00:23:24,958 It's like the bastards are asking for it. 462 00:23:25,024 --> 00:23:27,129 BRISCOE: Fifteen dead pre-med students. 463 00:23:27,293 --> 00:23:28,499 What's that worth these days? 464 00:23:28,727 --> 00:23:30,604 Gotta be Bill Gates ballpark. 465 00:23:30,663 --> 00:23:32,040 I mean, a family in California 466 00:23:32,097 --> 00:23:34,236 got 5 billion dollars for an exploding gas tank. 467 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:37,076 I'd be happy if Mr. Trope got a five dollar injection. 468 00:23:38,771 --> 00:23:41,843 He made atoll call to New burgh 469 00:23:42,808 --> 00:23:44,015 in June, 470 00:23:45,178 --> 00:23:46,919 about a week after he bought the gun. 471 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:47,981 What's in New burgh? 472 00:23:48,048 --> 00:23:49,527 Besides deer ticks? 473 00:23:49,583 --> 00:23:50,584 Hello? 474 00:23:52,752 --> 00:23:56,097 Automated information line for the New burgh Arena. 475 00:23:56,723 --> 00:23:57,724 Wait a minute. 476 00:23:57,857 --> 00:23:59,859 I just saw an ad in one of these. 477 00:24:00,894 --> 00:24:02,066 Yeah. 478 00:24:02,128 --> 00:24:05,473 "Show-gun Gun Show, June 10th, New burgh Arena." 479 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:08,507 "Chinese AKs, German machine pistols." 480 00:24:08,802 --> 00:24:11,180 "Thousands of guns, barrels of fun." 481 00:24:13,974 --> 00:24:15,578 Sol had a booth at New burgh. 482 00:24:15,742 --> 00:24:18,018 I take a booth at a show every weekend. 483 00:24:18,645 --> 00:24:20,784 Since I'm not getting rich on my stock options... 484 00:24:20,881 --> 00:24:22,690 No, you're doing it the all-American way. 485 00:24:22,816 --> 00:24:25,160 Selling conversion kits for assault weapons. 486 00:24:25,452 --> 00:24:26,487 I don't sell kits. 487 00:24:26,553 --> 00:24:27,725 I sell instruction sheets, 488 00:24:27,854 --> 00:24:29,527 which is legal under the First Amendment. 489 00:24:29,589 --> 00:24:30,863 And on the other end of the table, 490 00:24:30,991 --> 00:24:32,265 you sell recoil springs 491 00:24:32,425 --> 00:24:34,337 and a guide plate for a 30-round clip. 492 00:24:34,529 --> 00:24:35,803 You say guide plate, 493 00:24:35,897 --> 00:24:37,433 I say a piece of junk metal. 494 00:24:37,698 --> 00:24:39,234 At 50 dollars a pop? 495 00:24:40,101 --> 00:24:42,308 Mr. Lydell, we just want to know 496 00:24:42,637 --> 00:24:45,618 if you sold a kit for a Rolf Nine that weekend. 497 00:24:55,282 --> 00:24:56,522 I had one customer, 498 00:24:56,951 --> 00:24:58,328 bought one set of instructions, 499 00:24:58,786 --> 00:24:59,787 one set of hardware. 500 00:25:00,254 --> 00:25:02,700 Good. Now, you're gonna look at one set of pictures. 501 00:25:03,591 --> 00:25:04,763 Big demand for your kits? 502 00:25:04,825 --> 00:25:06,566 Mostly as it relates to the Rolf Nine. 503 00:25:06,694 --> 00:25:08,002 It's the easiest to convert. 504 00:25:08,062 --> 00:25:09,268 CARMICHAEL: Thanks to you. 505 00:25:09,330 --> 00:25:10,968 You want to put me out of business? 506 00:25:11,032 --> 00:25:12,705 Make the gun tamper-proof? 507 00:25:13,034 --> 00:25:14,980 Just redesign the slide bolt. 508 00:25:15,169 --> 00:25:17,342 It'll cost you all of 10 dollars per unit. 509 00:25:19,574 --> 00:25:20,609 This is him. 510 00:25:22,143 --> 00:25:23,623 It doesn't address our core problem. 511 00:25:23,679 --> 00:25:25,352 We still have to prove we have the right gun. 512 00:25:25,414 --> 00:25:27,052 You call the manufacturer again? 513 00:25:27,149 --> 00:25:29,095 They filed a motion to quash the subpoena this morning. 514 00:25:29,151 --> 00:25:30,152 Do you feel lucky? 515 00:25:30,218 --> 00:25:31,561 I won't offer Trope a deal. 516 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:32,963 Well, as a matter of law, 517 00:25:33,055 --> 00:25:35,160 can you prove that you have the murder weapon? 518 00:25:36,158 --> 00:25:38,263 'Cause the jury might want to acquit, 519 00:25:38,594 --> 00:25:40,699 rather than send an innocent man to death row. 520 00:25:40,762 --> 00:25:42,435 That subpoena hasn't been quashed yet. 521 00:25:42,497 --> 00:25:45,376 Yes, that's why now might be the time 522 00:25:45,467 --> 00:25:47,276 to make your best deal with Trope. 523 00:25:50,439 --> 00:25:52,214 You're taking the death penalty off the table 524 00:25:52,307 --> 00:25:53,547 with the city screaming for blood? 525 00:25:54,176 --> 00:25:56,816 The victims' families need closure, not blood. 526 00:25:57,846 --> 00:25:59,257 My client's a healthy young man. 527 00:25:59,648 --> 00:26:00,649 Life without parole, 528 00:26:00,749 --> 00:26:01,750 that could be fifty, sixty years. 529 00:26:02,217 --> 00:26:03,423 He could always take up smoking. 530 00:26:04,953 --> 00:26:06,955 Going once. Going twice. 531 00:26:07,322 --> 00:26:09,427 I was reading the Law Journal on the bus. 532 00:26:09,491 --> 00:26:10,799 I noticed this motion hearing 533 00:26:10,892 --> 00:26:12,735 in the criminal court calendar listing? 534 00:26:12,794 --> 00:26:15,366 Rolf Firearms v. New York. Judge Flint presiding. 535 00:26:15,765 --> 00:26:16,971 I called Flint's clerk. 536 00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:19,308 Seems you have an evidentiary problem. 537 00:26:19,402 --> 00:26:21,473 My problem is I've got too much evidence. 538 00:26:21,704 --> 00:26:23,377 The only evidence that matters is the gun, 539 00:26:23,606 --> 00:26:25,313 which you can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt 540 00:26:25,375 --> 00:26:26,376 is the murder weapon. 541 00:26:26,442 --> 00:26:27,921 You're willing to bet your client's life on that? 542 00:26:27,977 --> 00:26:30,287 You must have quite a pair of crystal balls. 543 00:26:31,114 --> 00:26:32,354 We'd go 25-years-to-life, 544 00:26:32,415 --> 00:26:33,723 all sentences to be concurrent. 545 00:26:35,218 --> 00:26:36,356 It's a lot of closure. 546 00:26:38,654 --> 00:26:40,930 Mr. Trope, in accordance with your plea agreement 547 00:26:40,990 --> 00:26:42,492 with the District Attorney, 548 00:26:42,558 --> 00:26:45,004 I sentence you to a term of not less than 25 years 549 00:26:45,061 --> 00:26:46,597 and not more than your natural life, 550 00:26:47,096 --> 00:26:49,906 to be served at a facility to be determined by the Department of Corrections. 551 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:51,740 Wait. 552 00:26:51,801 --> 00:26:53,644 This son-of-a-bitch could be out in 25 years? 553 00:26:53,703 --> 00:26:55,580 Your Honor, this isn't right. He killed my girl! 554 00:26:55,672 --> 00:26:57,481 Order! Officers, clear the gallery. 555 00:26:57,540 --> 00:26:59,520 McCoy, you... Why are you just sitting there? 556 00:26:59,609 --> 00:27:00,679 (GAVEL POUNDS) 557 00:27:00,743 --> 00:27:02,745 It isn't right! My girl's dead! 558 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:04,248 He killed my girl! 559 00:27:05,182 --> 00:27:06,183 It isn't right! 560 00:27:06,383 --> 00:27:07,384 (ALL CHATTERING) 561 00:27:07,518 --> 00:27:08,963 Those families deserve better. 562 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,791 They deserve to get their daughters back. 563 00:27:11,855 --> 00:27:13,459 JACK: They're entitled to an eye for an eye. 564 00:27:13,690 --> 00:27:16,534 We couldn't deliver, because Rolf Firearms got in the way. 565 00:27:17,561 --> 00:27:19,131 The least we can do now is give them the sense 566 00:27:19,229 --> 00:27:20,936 that their kids didn't die for no purpose. 567 00:27:21,131 --> 00:27:22,542 What are you talking about? 568 00:27:22,833 --> 00:27:24,278 Rolf makes a product 569 00:27:24,368 --> 00:27:26,075 that any clever 12-year-old 570 00:27:26,170 --> 00:27:28,172 can turn into a weapon of mass destruction. 571 00:27:28,272 --> 00:27:30,115 I'm appalled. Write them a letter. 572 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:32,416 If they don't know it already, Adam, they should. 573 00:27:33,177 --> 00:27:35,384 Last year, 284 violent crimes 574 00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:37,319 were committed in the state using a Rolf Nine. 575 00:27:37,848 --> 00:27:40,226 All but six of them had been modified for automatic fire. 576 00:27:40,551 --> 00:27:41,655 CARMICHAEL: And that's their fault? 577 00:27:43,053 --> 00:27:44,794 What are those, grand jury slips? 578 00:27:44,922 --> 00:27:45,923 Yes. 579 00:27:46,957 --> 00:27:48,163 What are you charging them with? 580 00:27:52,329 --> 00:27:55,277 Fifteen counts of criminally negligent homicide? 581 00:27:55,834 --> 00:27:56,835 It's unprecedented. 582 00:27:57,202 --> 00:27:58,840 Mr. Weber makes a legal product. 583 00:27:58,903 --> 00:28:02,680 Mr. McCoy, if the admitted killer tampered with their product, 584 00:28:03,241 --> 00:28:04,982 then why blame Mr. Weber and his company? 585 00:28:05,043 --> 00:28:08,650 Because the evidence their product posed an unjustifiable risk 586 00:28:08,713 --> 00:28:10,784 was right in front of them, and they failed to look. 587 00:28:10,849 --> 00:28:13,557 New York has strict gun laws which aren't being enforced. 588 00:28:13,618 --> 00:28:15,598 Her client's business practices 589 00:28:15,954 --> 00:28:18,025 help criminals circumvent our laws. 590 00:28:18,456 --> 00:28:20,367 The weapons used to commit crimes in New York 591 00:28:20,725 --> 00:28:22,602 were traced back to wholesalers in states 592 00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:24,970 with far more lenient gun laws. 593 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:26,673 Records show that Rolf 594 00:28:26,831 --> 00:28:30,142 shipped weapons to those states far in excess of the local demand. 595 00:28:30,201 --> 00:28:32,203 My client was filling legitimate orders. 596 00:28:32,303 --> 00:28:33,782 They never ask who's buying their guns 597 00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:35,715 or what they're doing with them. 598 00:28:35,773 --> 00:28:37,081 One look at the statistics, 599 00:28:37,275 --> 00:28:38,515 those guns are finding their way 600 00:28:38,576 --> 00:28:39,816 back to New York in the hands of criminals. 601 00:28:39,878 --> 00:28:43,019 Your Honor, Rolf Firearms is a Connecticut company. 602 00:28:43,482 --> 00:28:46,224 They don't sell, manufacture, transport, 603 00:28:46,452 --> 00:28:48,830 or advertise their product in New York State. 604 00:28:48,921 --> 00:28:51,959 There is no jurisdictional nexus for these charges. 605 00:28:52,024 --> 00:28:53,594 The victims were killed here. 606 00:28:54,126 --> 00:28:57,664 They're dead, because the design of Mr. Weber's gun 607 00:28:57,897 --> 00:29:00,070 made it attractive to Mr. Trope. 608 00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:03,336 And his marketing practices as good as put it in Mr. Trope's hands. 609 00:29:04,103 --> 00:29:05,104 Mr. McCoy, 610 00:29:05,204 --> 00:29:07,445 you're trying to use my court to make social policy. 611 00:29:07,506 --> 00:29:08,985 I won't stand for it. 612 00:29:09,241 --> 00:29:11,482 And my interpretation of the statute doesn't permit it. 613 00:29:11,877 --> 00:29:13,982 You don't have the authority to bring these charges. 614 00:29:14,847 --> 00:29:16,554 Motion to dismiss is granted. 615 00:29:17,716 --> 00:29:18,717 Judge Wright. 616 00:29:18,817 --> 00:29:19,818 Thirty years, 617 00:29:19,919 --> 00:29:22,229 I've seen him eat the same pork chop for lunch at Forlini's. 618 00:29:22,288 --> 00:29:23,631 I'm filing an appeal. 619 00:29:23,689 --> 00:29:24,690 Man of La Mancha? 620 00:29:25,024 --> 00:29:26,469 You read the op-eds, Adam. 621 00:29:26,792 --> 00:29:28,669 The public wants us to do something. 622 00:29:32,398 --> 00:29:34,174 JACK: The fact that Rolf Firearms' products 623 00:29:34,334 --> 00:29:36,109 are used in the State of New York, 624 00:29:36,169 --> 00:29:37,648 the jury gives us jurisdiction 625 00:29:37,904 --> 00:29:39,781 over the corporation and its officers. 626 00:29:41,041 --> 00:29:43,419 That all the criminal acts except the murders 627 00:29:43,810 --> 00:29:45,756 took place outside the state is immaterial. 628 00:29:45,946 --> 00:29:47,323 Thank you, Mr. McCoy. 629 00:29:52,853 --> 00:29:54,799 Mr. McCoy wants to punish my client 630 00:29:54,855 --> 00:29:57,358 for exercising his rights under the Second Amendment. 631 00:29:58,158 --> 00:30:00,900 As long as the Supreme Court upholds the right to bear arms, 632 00:30:01,261 --> 00:30:03,172 the manufacture of those arms... 633 00:30:03,229 --> 00:30:05,869 The Supreme Court does recognize the state's right 634 00:30:05,932 --> 00:30:06,967 to regulate firearms. 635 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,307 Well, that's the point. Mr. Weber makes firearms 636 00:30:09,369 --> 00:30:12,145 that can legally be sold in New York State. 637 00:30:12,772 --> 00:30:14,547 He engages in business practices 638 00:30:14,641 --> 00:30:16,552 that are legal under New York law. 639 00:30:17,143 --> 00:30:19,487 Mr. McCoy's problem is with the law. 640 00:30:19,913 --> 00:30:22,416 Let him seek redress in the legislature, not the courts. 641 00:30:22,850 --> 00:30:24,989 Thank you, counselor. Your point is well taken. 642 00:30:25,953 --> 00:30:28,433 Mr. McCoy, in the remaining time. 643 00:30:30,424 --> 00:30:33,030 Criminal negligence is not a legal activity. 644 00:30:33,494 --> 00:30:36,168 While adhering only to the letter of the law, 645 00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:39,404 Mr. Weber ignores the fact that his product 646 00:30:39,467 --> 00:30:40,775 is the preferred choice 647 00:30:40,835 --> 00:30:43,475 of bank robbers, gang members and mass murderers. 648 00:30:43,638 --> 00:30:46,915 It does sound like you want to make social policy. 649 00:30:47,074 --> 00:30:49,111 The courts have always been agents of social change. 650 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:50,948 The legislative process, 651 00:30:51,779 --> 00:30:53,520 especially as it relates to this issue, 652 00:30:53,714 --> 00:30:54,715 has been corrupted 653 00:30:55,049 --> 00:30:57,359 by well-funded special interest groups. 654 00:30:57,885 --> 00:30:59,364 Sol urge you to let a jury, 655 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,522 to let 12 ordinary citizens, 656 00:31:02,056 --> 00:31:05,663 impartial and answerable only to their consciences, 657 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,298 decide on the evidence 658 00:31:07,795 --> 00:31:10,002 where the criminal liability rests. 659 00:31:13,869 --> 00:31:15,473 In their infinite wisdom, 660 00:31:15,537 --> 00:31:17,744 the Appellate Court has overturned my ruling, 661 00:31:17,839 --> 00:31:19,079 and remanded this case for trial. 662 00:31:20,308 --> 00:31:22,515 I've given a lot of thought to this matter. 663 00:31:23,045 --> 00:31:25,286 Particularly the People's burden of proof. 664 00:31:25,747 --> 00:31:27,385 Now here's what the ground rules are going to be. 665 00:31:28,450 --> 00:31:30,691 Mr. McCoy, the People must prove 666 00:31:30,786 --> 00:31:33,995 that the firearm as manufactured was hazardous per se. 667 00:31:34,423 --> 00:31:35,902 Your Honor... Now, be quiet. 668 00:31:36,458 --> 00:31:38,529 Unless you can show that Mr. Trope used the weapon 669 00:31:38,593 --> 00:31:41,335 as it was intended to be used by Rolf Firearms, 670 00:31:41,697 --> 00:31:43,199 I will entertain a motion to dismiss 671 00:31:43,265 --> 00:31:44,710 at the conclusion of the People's case. 672 00:31:45,067 --> 00:31:46,671 That's an impossible standard, Your Honor. 673 00:31:47,436 --> 00:31:49,177 Trial date to be set in two weeks. 674 00:31:54,109 --> 00:31:58,216 Mechanical engineers, industry analysts, marketing specialists. 675 00:31:58,747 --> 00:31:59,987 Riveting witness list. 676 00:32:00,082 --> 00:32:02,119 Once the victims' families take the stand. 677 00:32:02,484 --> 00:32:03,862 Yes, you have them, 678 00:32:04,354 --> 00:32:05,890 and the other side has Judge Wright. 679 00:32:05,955 --> 00:32:09,596 He has set the bar higher than you can jump with a pogo stick. 680 00:32:09,659 --> 00:32:12,367 Jack wants the jury to make a finding of emotion, not of fact. 681 00:32:13,329 --> 00:32:16,139 This isn't atrial, this is gun control by other means. 682 00:32:16,332 --> 00:32:19,176 When they can sell guns on the talking Internet, talking about control is a joke. 683 00:32:19,368 --> 00:32:20,540 So this is your answer? 684 00:32:20,737 --> 00:32:22,341 Putting gun-makers in jail? 685 00:32:22,605 --> 00:32:25,779 I'd like to start by putting Rolf Firearms out of business. 686 00:32:25,908 --> 00:32:28,218 CARMICHAEL: Responsible adults can own firearms 687 00:32:28,277 --> 00:32:30,314 without the entire country sinking into criminal anarchy. 688 00:32:30,446 --> 00:32:31,447 What's the point? 689 00:32:31,514 --> 00:32:33,152 Maybe when the Redcoats were coming over Bunker Hill. 690 00:32:33,249 --> 00:32:35,957 How about somebody six-foot-five coming through my door? 691 00:32:36,419 --> 00:32:38,524 The people have a right to defend themselves. 692 00:32:38,688 --> 00:32:39,826 And cops shouldn't have to worry 693 00:32:39,889 --> 00:32:42,631 about running into Rambo every time they pull over a car. 694 00:32:42,725 --> 00:32:44,762 Before you settle this spat with a duel, 695 00:32:44,861 --> 00:32:46,807 find a way to win your case or drop it. 696 00:32:48,264 --> 00:32:49,902 Rolf never put restrictions on us. 697 00:32:50,767 --> 00:32:52,110 We can sell it to any retailer. 698 00:32:52,235 --> 00:32:54,307 It doesn't matter whether he has a store, 699 00:32:54,371 --> 00:32:55,907 or a booth at a gun show. 700 00:32:56,673 --> 00:32:58,414 As long as he has a federal license. 701 00:32:58,909 --> 00:33:02,413 Did they ever question why their guns were in such high demand in your area? 702 00:33:02,479 --> 00:33:03,480 Well, 703 00:33:03,547 --> 00:33:06,858 I got a call last year from somebody at Rolf asking me about 704 00:33:07,484 --> 00:33:10,397 sales volume in retail outlets. 705 00:33:10,954 --> 00:33:12,456 What was he, a sales rep? 706 00:33:12,656 --> 00:33:13,896 He was in marketing. 707 00:33:13,991 --> 00:33:15,299 A director of marketing. 708 00:33:15,926 --> 00:33:17,633 Guy by the name of Victor Colby. 709 00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:20,133 He said he was doing a survey for Rolf. 710 00:33:21,498 --> 00:33:23,102 He's not on their employment rolls. 711 00:33:24,935 --> 00:33:26,846 Unless Rolf Firearms gives me permission, 712 00:33:26,970 --> 00:33:29,007 there isn't much I can tell you about my work there. 713 00:33:29,073 --> 00:33:30,814 Just name, rank and serial number. 714 00:33:31,475 --> 00:33:33,352 You signed a non-disclosure agreement when you left? 715 00:33:33,577 --> 00:33:34,885 Yes. We all did. 716 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:36,917 They laid off a third of the sales department. 717 00:33:37,514 --> 00:33:38,515 They laid you off? 718 00:33:39,016 --> 00:33:40,586 After 16 years? 719 00:33:40,851 --> 00:33:42,991 And you won't talk to us about a marketing survey? 720 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:44,823 I can't. 721 00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:47,301 Did they offer you a financial incentive to keep your mouth shut? 722 00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,065 You're going to have to leave. 723 00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:55,111 I'm sure you know what killed these people. 724 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:05,451 Any help you can give us. 725 00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:19,997 It's an internal memo about the survey. 726 00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:23,665 The company concluded that making the Rolf Nine tamper-proof 727 00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:26,037 would reduce sales by almost 40%. 728 00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:30,677 It was cheaper to settle any lawsuits than to change the design. 729 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:34,540 With this, we can meet Judge Wright's standard of proof. 730 00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:38,385 They know their gun's easy to modify. It's their whole marketing strategy. 731 00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:41,421 Trope used the gun the way they intended it to be used. 732 00:34:41,981 --> 00:34:44,427 First thing tomorrow, we re-file the indictment. 733 00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,355 Murder two, depraved indifference. 734 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:49,421 Fifteen counts. 735 00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:54,164 Mr. Colby signed a legally binding agreement with Rolf Firearms. 736 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:55,534 If he chooses to testify, 737 00:34:55,628 --> 00:34:57,539 her clients can seek their remedies in civil court. 738 00:34:57,730 --> 00:35:00,267 You can't keep him off the stand, Ms. Swann. Motion denied. 739 00:35:00,733 --> 00:35:01,734 Now, what about this memo? 740 00:35:01,801 --> 00:35:03,212 It's a privileged communication. 741 00:35:03,369 --> 00:35:05,212 Written by the vice president of marketing, 742 00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:07,251 and addressed to Mr. Weber? Where's the privilege? 743 00:35:07,306 --> 00:35:09,513 It was CC'd to the company's in-house counsel. 744 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:11,688 It's a communication between a client, 745 00:35:11,844 --> 00:35:14,450 the corporation and its officers, and an attorney. 746 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:17,256 Memo's privileged. Motion granted. 747 00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:23,434 We fund safety education programs, 748 00:35:23,523 --> 00:35:25,594 we participate in an industry-wide effort 749 00:35:25,692 --> 00:35:27,603 to develop smart gun technology. 750 00:35:27,661 --> 00:35:28,662 And yet, tragically, 751 00:35:28,962 --> 00:35:32,205 innocent people still get killed by criminals using your gun. 752 00:35:32,332 --> 00:35:34,471 Yes. We deeply regret that. 753 00:35:34,568 --> 00:35:36,946 We know the very nature of what we do imposes on us 754 00:35:37,070 --> 00:35:38,447 a grave responsibility. 755 00:35:38,638 --> 00:35:39,639 The idea 756 00:35:39,873 --> 00:35:42,547 that we passively encourage criminal conduct 757 00:35:42,609 --> 00:35:44,646 just to make a profit is repugnant. 758 00:35:44,945 --> 00:35:46,219 It never happened. 759 00:35:51,818 --> 00:35:54,458 You knew your guns were being sold unlawfully to criminals. 760 00:35:54,654 --> 00:35:56,361 We have no control over that. 761 00:35:56,590 --> 00:35:58,968 If a liquor store sells beer to an adult 762 00:35:59,025 --> 00:36:01,904 who turns around and sells it to a minor, is the brewer responsible? 763 00:36:02,128 --> 00:36:04,506 He is, if he makes bubble-gum flavored beer. 764 00:36:08,301 --> 00:36:10,338 This is the slide bolt for a Rolf Nine. 765 00:36:11,872 --> 00:36:14,319 The part that's being modified for automatic fire. 766 00:36:16,677 --> 00:36:18,816 This is where the design flaw is, isn't it? 767 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,385 The design is not flawed. 768 00:36:21,482 --> 00:36:24,895 The gun is simply vulnerable to tampering, like all firearms. 769 00:36:25,319 --> 00:36:27,663 If it's vulnerable, why didn't you correct it? 770 00:36:27,855 --> 00:36:28,856 Suppose we did. 771 00:36:29,056 --> 00:36:33,027 We shut down production, we redesign the gun, we retool the factory. 772 00:36:33,127 --> 00:36:34,128 Six months from now, 773 00:36:34,195 --> 00:36:37,142 some other bright kid finds another way to tamper with the gun. 774 00:36:37,765 --> 00:36:40,746 Do we change the design again, just to keep pace with the criminal mind? 775 00:36:40,801 --> 00:36:42,212 But the real problem 776 00:36:42,937 --> 00:36:44,678 is sales, isn't it? 777 00:36:44,805 --> 00:36:48,184 No, the real problem is no one's enforcing the laws. 778 00:36:48,476 --> 00:36:49,580 The laws. 779 00:36:51,245 --> 00:36:53,122 Mr. Weber, didn't you contribute 780 00:36:53,481 --> 00:36:56,087 to a special interest group that lobbied Congress 781 00:36:56,317 --> 00:36:59,093 to pass the so-called Gun Owners' Rights Bill 782 00:36:59,487 --> 00:37:01,831 that weakened gun control laws? 783 00:37:02,056 --> 00:37:04,037 We have a right to participate in the political process. 784 00:37:04,426 --> 00:37:06,099 You not only armed Dennis Trope, 785 00:37:06,461 --> 00:37:09,533 you undermined the very laws that were supposed to protect us from him, 786 00:37:09,698 --> 00:37:10,699 didn't you? No. 787 00:37:10,799 --> 00:37:11,800 No, that's not true. 788 00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:14,244 Look, none of this is our fault. 789 00:37:20,042 --> 00:37:21,043 No more questions. 790 00:37:22,044 --> 00:37:23,489 Your Honor, the defense rests. 791 00:37:24,246 --> 00:37:26,055 Mr. McCoy, rebuttal witnesses? 792 00:37:26,548 --> 00:37:28,687 Yes, Your Honor. The People call Dennis Trope. 793 00:37:32,454 --> 00:37:35,025 Those high school kids out west had semi-automatics, 794 00:37:35,424 --> 00:37:36,767 but there were two of them. 795 00:37:37,526 --> 00:37:38,527 To... 796 00:37:39,594 --> 00:37:41,870 ...do what I wanted to do alone, 797 00:37:42,798 --> 00:37:45,540 I was going to need to convert a semi-auto to a full-auto, 798 00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:48,079 and the easiest one, I found out, was the Rolf Nine. 799 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,686 Is this the one you bought through the Internet? 800 00:37:53,209 --> 00:37:54,210 DENNIS: Yes. 801 00:37:54,777 --> 00:37:57,257 The literature said it had a tendency to jam, but, 802 00:37:59,048 --> 00:38:00,584 it worked like a pro for me. 803 00:38:00,917 --> 00:38:02,897 After you got this weapon, what did you do? 804 00:38:03,820 --> 00:38:07,097 I bought a conversion kit at a gun show for 50 dollars. 805 00:38:07,223 --> 00:38:09,134 Show us how you converted this weapon. 806 00:38:21,003 --> 00:38:22,949 The bolt comes with a little hump right here. 807 00:38:23,806 --> 00:38:25,615 That keeps the gun from firing on automatic. 808 00:38:26,342 --> 00:38:27,343 I filed it down. 809 00:38:27,910 --> 00:38:29,116 How long did that take? 810 00:38:29,812 --> 00:38:30,813 Ten minutes. 811 00:38:31,848 --> 00:38:33,293 Then I changed the recoil spring. 812 00:38:33,683 --> 00:38:34,821 That took five minutes. 813 00:38:35,251 --> 00:38:36,252 And then, 814 00:38:37,153 --> 00:38:39,656 I soldered the new guide plate on the magazine feed right here. 815 00:38:42,259 --> 00:38:43,431 How much time, all told? 816 00:38:44,361 --> 00:38:45,362 Half an hour. 817 00:38:45,596 --> 00:38:46,597 No more questions. 818 00:38:47,498 --> 00:38:48,909 Let me make sure I understand. 819 00:38:49,166 --> 00:38:51,942 You wanted to kill as many women as possible 820 00:38:52,036 --> 00:38:53,447 in the shortest amount of time? 821 00:38:53,704 --> 00:38:54,705 Yes. 822 00:38:54,772 --> 00:38:56,410 And the Rolf Nine, as you bought it, 823 00:38:56,507 --> 00:38:58,282 wasn't adequate to the task? 824 00:38:59,643 --> 00:39:00,644 No. 825 00:39:01,679 --> 00:39:02,680 No more questions. 826 00:39:04,748 --> 00:39:08,662 Gun-makers are among the most heavily regulated groups in this country, 827 00:39:08,786 --> 00:39:11,494 with an army of people watching over them. 828 00:39:11,555 --> 00:39:13,865 But despite all that, 829 00:39:14,425 --> 00:39:16,302 this fell through the cracks. 830 00:39:18,228 --> 00:39:19,639 Fifteen people were killed. 831 00:39:20,697 --> 00:39:22,540 Now, Mr. McCoy wants you to believe 832 00:39:22,733 --> 00:39:26,943 there's a straight line between their shattered bodies and my client's factory. 833 00:39:28,138 --> 00:39:29,139 There isn't. 834 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:31,645 There's just Dennis Trope. 835 00:39:32,877 --> 00:39:34,857 He was the one who broke the law 836 00:39:34,913 --> 00:39:38,520 when he bought the gun, modified it, and fired it into that crowd. 837 00:39:38,583 --> 00:39:40,062 Horrifyingly simple. 838 00:39:40,752 --> 00:39:41,787 So, 839 00:39:42,787 --> 00:39:44,425 why doesn't Mr. McCoy get it? 840 00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:48,728 Responsible gun ownership is an American tradition, 841 00:39:48,993 --> 00:39:50,472 protected by the constitution. 842 00:39:50,962 --> 00:39:53,499 But many people would like to get rid of guns. 843 00:39:55,733 --> 00:39:58,236 Well, we all know Cain didn't need a gun to kill his brother. 844 00:40:00,104 --> 00:40:02,641 As long as there are Dennis Tropes in this world, 845 00:40:03,375 --> 00:40:06,117 they will find away to kill innocent people, 846 00:40:06,177 --> 00:40:09,420 whether it's with a gun or a few hundred pounds of fertilizer. 847 00:40:11,349 --> 00:40:13,351 But you can't blame the fertilizer company 848 00:40:13,785 --> 00:40:15,696 any more than the gun-maker for that. 849 00:40:16,754 --> 00:40:19,257 You put the blame where it belongs. 850 00:40:20,992 --> 00:40:22,495 That's another American tradition. 851 00:40:26,966 --> 00:40:29,310 Gun ownership is not an American tradition. 852 00:40:29,602 --> 00:40:30,603 That's a myth. 853 00:40:30,736 --> 00:40:32,409 Like George Washington's cherry tree. 854 00:40:33,539 --> 00:40:36,349 Most Americans, going back to colonial times, 855 00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:37,681 did not own a gun. 856 00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:39,548 Didn't even know how to shoot one. 857 00:40:40,379 --> 00:40:41,619 That's still true today. 858 00:40:43,849 --> 00:40:45,692 You heard expert testimony 859 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,962 that redesigning the slide bolt of a Rolf Nine 860 00:40:50,156 --> 00:40:53,069 would add 27 dollars and 64 cents 861 00:40:53,592 --> 00:40:55,003 to the manufacturing cost 862 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:57,641 of a weapon that sells for 900 dollars. 863 00:40:59,465 --> 00:41:00,739 Mr. Weber knew 864 00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:02,167 that his gun 865 00:41:02,568 --> 00:41:05,071 was being bought for the purpose 866 00:41:05,137 --> 00:41:07,276 of being converted to an automatic weapon. 867 00:41:07,506 --> 00:41:09,713 His refusal to change the design 868 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:11,579 is tantamount to admitting 869 00:41:11,944 --> 00:41:14,789 that its intended use was as an automatic weapon. 870 00:41:23,089 --> 00:41:26,366 Reasonable people can disagree about the Second Amendment. 871 00:41:29,362 --> 00:41:30,636 But this can't be. 872 00:41:31,097 --> 00:41:33,941 What the framers of the constitution had in mind. 873 00:41:37,971 --> 00:41:41,248 Of course, you must hold Dennis Trope responsible. 874 00:41:41,775 --> 00:41:42,947 He pulled the trigger. 875 00:41:43,410 --> 00:41:44,445 But remember, 876 00:41:45,445 --> 00:41:49,086 because of Mr. Weber's refusal to change the design of his gun, 877 00:41:49,850 --> 00:41:52,888 instead of firing this many bullets, 878 00:41:55,922 --> 00:41:58,368 in the 30 seconds that he pulled the trigger, 879 00:42:01,161 --> 00:42:03,836 Dennis Trope was able to fire this many. 880 00:42:28,723 --> 00:42:30,760 (SOBBING) 881 00:42:35,997 --> 00:42:37,203 Madam Foreperson, 882 00:42:37,331 --> 00:42:39,538 as to each of the fifteen counts of the indictment, 883 00:42:39,634 --> 00:42:40,772 murder in the second degree, 884 00:42:40,835 --> 00:42:42,872 has the jury reached a unanimous verdict? 885 00:42:43,070 --> 00:42:44,242 Yes, we have, Your Honor. 886 00:42:44,772 --> 00:42:46,376 We find the defendant guilty. 887 00:42:47,241 --> 00:42:48,515 (ALL CHATTERING) 888 00:42:48,576 --> 00:42:49,953 JUDGE: Order! Order! 889 00:42:50,011 --> 00:42:51,012 (GAVEL POUNDS) 890 00:42:51,178 --> 00:42:52,556 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 891 00:42:52,614 --> 00:42:54,525 I thank you for your service. You are excused. 892 00:42:54,983 --> 00:42:56,394 Don't pack it up just yet, Linda. 893 00:42:57,452 --> 00:42:59,659 I'm finding, as a matter of law, 894 00:43:00,956 --> 00:43:02,663 the People failed to meet the standard of proof 895 00:43:02,724 --> 00:43:04,135 I set at the beginning of trial. 896 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,237 The People did not establish that the weapon was hazardous per se, 897 00:43:08,563 --> 00:43:11,567 nor that the main actor in the homicides used the weapon 898 00:43:11,633 --> 00:43:14,614 as it was intended to be used by Mr. Weber. 899 00:43:15,203 --> 00:43:17,183 Therefore, I am setting aside the jury verdict, 900 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,446 and issuing a directed verdict of not guilty. 901 00:43:19,541 --> 00:43:20,542 The defendant is free to go. 902 00:43:20,909 --> 00:43:22,582 Objection! Order! Order! 903 00:43:22,644 --> 00:43:25,318 I'm filing notice of the People's intent to appeal! 904 00:43:25,814 --> 00:43:27,691 This is outside the scope of your authority! 905 00:43:27,783 --> 00:43:29,558 Mr. McCoy, I'm not going to sanction a verdict 906 00:43:29,618 --> 00:43:31,495 that can't possible be sustained on appeal. 907 00:43:31,987 --> 00:43:33,933 This conviction isn't based on 908 00:43:34,222 --> 00:43:35,530 any proven facts. 909 00:43:35,857 --> 00:43:37,837 It's based on the jury's outrage 910 00:43:37,959 --> 00:43:40,269 at Mr. Weber's irresponsible and 911 00:43:40,662 --> 00:43:42,074 inexcusable conduct. 912 00:43:43,166 --> 00:43:45,578 You want to end the violence, the bloodletting. 913 00:43:45,635 --> 00:43:46,909 So do I, Mr. McCoy. 914 00:43:47,503 --> 00:43:48,573 In my 30 years on the bench, 915 00:43:48,638 --> 00:43:50,948 I've seen every permutation of it, 916 00:43:51,107 --> 00:43:52,381 and it sickens me 917 00:43:52,709 --> 00:43:54,689 when somebody profits from it. 918 00:43:56,112 --> 00:43:57,682 But tempted though I may be, 919 00:43:57,747 --> 00:44:00,387 putting Mr. Weber in jail won't end the carnage. 920 00:44:01,884 --> 00:44:04,558 Until we cure what ails the human heart, 921 00:44:05,021 --> 00:44:07,058 we won't make a dent in the body count. 922 00:44:07,690 --> 00:44:08,691 In the meantime, 923 00:44:08,791 --> 00:44:10,930 no matter how profound our grief, 924 00:44:11,461 --> 00:44:13,065 our indignation, 925 00:44:13,629 --> 00:44:14,630 I can't let you 926 00:44:14,897 --> 00:44:15,898 use this court 927 00:44:16,065 --> 00:44:17,066 to raise a lynch mob. 928 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,304 I won't allow you 929 00:44:18,968 --> 00:44:22,438 to exploit the same base passions Mr. Weber counts on 930 00:44:22,505 --> 00:44:24,041 to beef up his bottom line. 931 00:44:24,173 --> 00:44:27,052 It's not about being right, Mr. McCoy. 932 00:44:27,710 --> 00:44:29,553 It's about doing right. 933 00:44:30,546 --> 00:44:31,787 Now, we're adjourned. 934 00:44:31,849 --> 00:44:32,850 (GAVEL POUNDS)