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Previously on L .A. Law. The city is on
the verge of a race riot, and the judge

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on the case is a total victim of the
hysteria. Judge Stone has served with

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distinction for seven years.

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You're the presiding superior court
judge. You have to take responsibility

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Okay.

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I'll get you a new judge.

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You have no business going forward.

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No witness.

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No physical or testimonial evidence.

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Actually, Your Honor, we now do have a
witness.

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Excuse me. If I find out that you
manufactured this witness in any way, or

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you suborned perjury, I will make it my
personal purpose in life to see you

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disbarred. The eyewitness is lying.

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The eyewitness was never there.

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Drug dealers were there. They shot at
this man, he fired back.

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And yes, William Russ was accidentally
killed. That's what happened.

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We find in favor of the plaintiff and
order the defendant to pay punitive

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damages in the amount of $2 .1 million.

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Listen, now that I'm not beating your
brains out, would you consider having

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dinner with me?

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Dinner? Like a date?

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Ah, see, that was too direct, wasn't it?

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I'm always either too subtle or too
direct.

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Women never know what I mean, you know
what I mean?

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I'm not sure I know what I mean. I'm a
little confused.

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Pretty interesting, huh?

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I was reading in my bedroom when all of
a sudden I heard it.

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First I thought, backfire.

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But then I heard two more, and I knew it
was gunshots.

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And what did you do, Mrs. Ross?

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I got up and went over to the window,
and that's when I saw my son lying in

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street. You knew immediately that it was
him?

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By his gold jacket.

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And what did you do then?

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I ran out to him. He had blood coming
out his back.

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And then I turned him over.

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There was blood in his mouth, too.

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His eyes were open, but he wasn't there.

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Your son was dead?

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Yes, ma 'am.

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Mrs. Ross, did you see anyone else in
the alley?

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I saw that man.

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Let the record reflect that the witness
has indicated the defendant, Brian

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Chisholm. What was he doing, Mrs. Russ?

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He was standing there with his gun. And
then he came over to us. But then he ran

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away. He just ran away.

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Thank you, ma 'am. I have nothing
further.

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How long did it take you to get to your
son from the time you first heard the

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shots?

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15, 20 seconds.

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It would be fair to say... As you were
running toward him, the only place you

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were looking, the only thing you saw at
that time was your son, William. Isn't

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that probably true?

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Probably. So, Mrs. Russ, it could have
been maybe 20 to 30 seconds between the

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time you heard those shots and the time
you looked around to see anything else

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or anybody else. I don't know how many
seconds it was.

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No, no, no, of course not. You're
concerned about William. But it could

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been 20 to 30 seconds. What?

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Well... Ma 'am, you're sitting in this
courtroom suggesting my client was the

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only other person in that alley. When,
in fact, there was plenty of time. No,

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I'm sitting in this courtroom because my
boy is dead.

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I'm sitting in this courtroom because he
was shot in the back by that man.

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Objection. Move to strike.

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That's why I'm here, Mr. Rollins.

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Can you tell us why you're here?

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Mrs. Rust. He shot my boy. But it was an
accident.

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The bullet hole is in my boy's back. How
can that be an accident?

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People versus Chisholm.

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Prosecution's supposed eyewitness takes
the stand today. How's it going?

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It's tough.

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Anything we can do to help, you let us
know.

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Moving along, Totten tax audit. How's it
coming, Stuart?

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It's not.

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I think I persuaded the IRS to call off
dogs.

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Wonderful. And how are you feeling?

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Fine. Fine?

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Fine. Well, I'm not so fine.

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August Oberzon.

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Oberzon Development is in my office
right now, and he is very unhappy.

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The king of the mini -malls?

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Evidently, an outspoken student has been
gathering up signatures trying to block

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his zoning variants, and the movement's
beginning to pick up steam.

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Stuart, Douglas, I'd like you both at
the meeting to see what we can come up

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with. Okay. And last but not least,
Lowens versus America's most

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practical jokes. Couldn't settle. Looks
like we're going to have to try it. Are

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you kidding?

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Don't you think this guy's taking this a
little too seriously?

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He had his toupee lifted off on national
television.

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How would you feel?

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Can't relate, Doug.

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How would you feel?

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Oh, I think he has a case.

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These television shows make money from
embarrassing people. Why not share the

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profits with the victims? All right. Are
we done?

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Done. Best of luck, Victor.

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Thanks.

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If I don't get that variance, I can't
build a mall.

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I am not going to be run into the ground
by some little save -the -trees

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activist. Offer the kid nuisance value.

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$10 ,000.

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Oh, great. What's to keep everyone else
from lining up for their money?

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Oh, come on.

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You've got to do better than that. I am
set to break ground next month. Why

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don't we hit him with a slap suit?

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Excuse me?

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Well, a slap suit.

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Strategic lawsuit against public
participants, i .e., slap.

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Basically, what you do is sue the
protesters for harassment. You tie them

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court and make them spend all their
money on lawyers.

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And the thing is, you do it publicly.
And that intimidates other would -be

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protesters. They don't dare speak out. I
like you.

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How soon can we file a complaint? By the
end of tomorrow.

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Well, I'm not sure we want to do it. Oh,
it's perfect.

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You add every count you can think of.
We'll tie that little bastard up till

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junior year.

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Slapsuit.

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Great job, Stuart.

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Way to go.

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Thank you.

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Well, what did you think you were
taping, Mr. Lowens? I thought I was

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rebuttal to a news editorial. I'm a
professor of Soviet history. They asked

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my views on Perestroika. I thought the
whole thing was legitimate.

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And, sir, when did you first discover
that your hair had left your head? When

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saw it on television, along with 20
million other people.

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And the defendants never told you that
they were going to air this? Yes, but I

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didn't know what had actually happened
until I saw the tape. And, sir...

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Could you tell the court, and I know
this is difficult, but could you tell

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court what it was like to see yourself
become bald on national television?

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I can't really describe it.

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I was held up to ridicule.

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My friends snicker at me. I even lost my
job.

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Because of this?

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Yes. The dean told me he couldn't have a
professor who the students didn't take

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seriously.

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He fired me.

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And have you been able to find other
employment since then, sir? After a

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of months, I found another teaching job.

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but at less pay and virtually no shot at
tenure.

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This thing has just devastated me.

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Thank you, Mr. Lawrence.

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I have nothing further.

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You gave my clients a signed release
authorizing them to air the tape, didn't

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you? I didn't know my toupee had been
dislodged when I signed the release.

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Oh, come on, Mr. Lawrence. They yanked
your rug off your head and you had no

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idea? Objection to the term. Rug
overruled.

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I didn't feel the fishhooks in my
hairpiece.

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But when they lifted it off, how could
you not feel that?

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Yes, I did feel a draft.

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But I put my hand up and everything felt
okay. I thought some of the wires might

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have moved it a little. Don't you glue
it on? No, I use tape. But I didn't use

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tape that day because I knew I was going
to be under hot lights and heat

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sometimes makes the tape gooey.

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Plus, when I sweat, the thing smells.

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I see. All right, look.

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I don't know how far this joke went or
how humiliating it was. I want to see

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tape. Oh, my God.

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So we'll set up some video monitors,
take a look at it tomorrow, so we can

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see for ourselves.

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Your Honor, my client would request that
the courtroom be sealed.

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I think not. We'll all be able to take
it. That's tomorrow, 2 o 'clock.

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We're adjourned.

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And you were walking in the next alley?
Yes, and when I heard the shot, I ran

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around the corner.

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And what did you see?

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I saw this kid running straight at me,
and the cop was right behind him, maybe

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30 feet.

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You see that cop in this courtroom?

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The defendant.

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And what did you see next?

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Well, the cop was screaming at the kid
to stop or something, and when he

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he shot her. He just shot her.

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And what did you do?

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I just stood there, like, in disbelief,
and I just took off.

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You didn't go to the boy's aid?

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I was afraid I might get shot, too.

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Mr. Bailey, you didn't come forward for
almost two months.

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I didn't think of doing good telling on
the police. I was afraid they'd come

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after me.

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Well, why have you come forward?

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Well, Mr. Holloway convinced me.

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He said I had a responsibility in my
community, and if I saw something, I

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say what I saw, and that's what I'm
doing now.

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Thank you, sir.

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I have nothing else.

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Did Mr. Holloway tell you what it was
you saw?

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Objection. Overruled. Did he tell you
what to say?

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Would you like to confer with him before
answering?

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He didn't tell me what to say. I saw it.
Mr. Holloway's your lawyer now, isn't

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he? This has no relevance.

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Sit down, Ms. Fusco.

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Is Mr. Holloway your lawyer?

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Yes. Yes. Now, Mr. Bailey, you said you
just stood there as Officer Chisholm was

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shooting at William Russ.

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Yeah, that's right. Well, now, since you
testified that the boy was coming right

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at you, that means you were in the line
of fire.

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What, you just stood there?

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Don't look at Mr. Holloway. You look at
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You just stood there while he was
shooting right at you. Well, it wasn't

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at me. It was more like to the side.

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Now, wait a minute.

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Just a minute ago, you said under oath
that he was coming right at you. Did you

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lie? I made a mistake.

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A mistake?

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Okay. The night of the shooting, you
told the police you saw nothing. Was

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mistake, too?

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I told you I was afraid to tell the
police what I saw.

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You afraid of your own mother?

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What? According to your mother's
statement, you never told her you saw

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Come on, Jerome, two months go by. You
don't tell a single friend. You don't

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tell anybody. Are you afraid of your
friends and relatives, too?

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Why are you looking at him?

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Objection. Overruled. Why didn't you
tell anybody what you saw?

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I don't know. Because you saw nothing.

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Objection. Holloway got to you and
you're here lying.

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You're the one telling lies. Mr.
Holloway, get yourself down now. Mr.

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Rollins, don't badge the witness.

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Now, do you have anything more?

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No,

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I don't think so.

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Now we're down to hot dogs.

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Well, yeah, but they're great with
mustard, and they're cheap, too.

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The problem is I'm not getting any
better at figuring out the real you.

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Who is this, a power lawyer or the kid
on the roller coaster?

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You know, the kind of person who's
really great at career stuff but not too

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at life stuff. Yeah, me.

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No, no, me.

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Oh, no, you seem to be pretty good at
the life stuff. You seem to know how to

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have fun.

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Yeah, well, the truth is I've probably
had more fun in the last four days than

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I've had in the last four years.

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Come on, you're supposed to say me, too.

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Well, four years is long.

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Okay, okay, okay, okay. Two years.

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Two years? Two years.

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All right.

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Me too.

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What time you got?

238
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4 .15. 4 .15. Okay. We need to go back
to work right now, or we could ride the

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dragon.

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I vote for the dragon.

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I think I like you.

242
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I think I like you too.

243
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Hi, Benny.

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What's that?

245
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It's a treadmill. Good exercise.

246
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I can walk three miles a day and never
leave my office.

247
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Just because you had a heart attack?

248
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Yeah, yeah, it's exercise for my heart.
And for everything else, for that

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matter. You should try it sometime.

250
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Arnie says heart attacks can make you
croak.

251
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I'm not going to croak, Benny.

252
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I just had a little tiny heart attack.

253
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Stuart, Dennis Brayton, the tree
activist, hired a lawyer to defend

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slap suit.

255
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Sole practitioner coming in this
afternoon for a meeting. I want to get

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of our lawyers as possible into that
room.

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I want to send the message that they are
up against an army. Good. I'll be

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there.

259
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Why hasn't there been any white public
outcry?

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The reason there's no white public
outcry?

261
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Because it was just a black life that
ended.

262
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Cheaper market value, don't you know?

263
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Maybe because some of us get bought so
cheap. But not you, Consul. I'm sure

264
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you're just leased with an option. Can I
talk to you a minute? Had you better

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clear this with Mr. Cusack first? No,
you and me alone.

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Or maybe you don't talk to people unless
there's a microphone around.

267
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I want to say this just once, for the
record.

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There has been nobody, no lawyer anyway,
I've admired more than you, Mr.

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Holloway. I can't tell you how many
times over the years I've looked in the

270
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mirror wanting to see some reflection,
some hint of what I've always seen in

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you.

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But after watching you and listening to
you for the last three weeks, I don't

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think there's anybody I'm more sickened
by.

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Is this your closing summation?

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You talk about the system. You talk
about the process.

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Then you stand in front of cameras and
film crews and willingly pervert it. The

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perversion is the system.

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The system was going to free that man on
involuntary manslaughter.

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You don't know that it wasn't that.
Nobody knows, because the system wasn't

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going to ask the questions.

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Now, you can get sick over me as much as
you want to, but get more sick by the

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fact that the system was going to let
that man walk without even a trial.

283
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I mean, the only reason you've seen
witnesses, the only reason jurors are

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weighing evidence right now is because
of those cameras.

285
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Because of those microphones and because
of me. And if that kid had been white,

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you wouldn't be here right now. Oh, man.

287
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Where have you been?

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If the kid had been white, I wouldn't
have to be here.

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But when that day comes, when society
cries for black children with the same

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passion that it does for whites, when
the senseless death of an African

291
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is just as unacceptable, then I'll stop.

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I'll stop what the truth is, Mr.
Rollins. That racism is going to outlive

293
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What sickens me is to think that one day
my dream will then rest in the hands of

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black lawyers like you.

295
00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:03,490
The unification of Germany has to be
considered not simply urgent, but...

296
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Do we have to fast forward?

297
00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,190
No, it comes up pretty quickly as soon
as he starts in on Gorbachev.

298
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Let the record reflect that the sound
effects were added by the defendant.

299
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Move for a miscarriage.

300
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Come on.

301
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Shut it off.

302
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Okay. The... Your Honor.

303
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Your Honor, this is prejudicial. Come
on. No, it's not.

304
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It's not.

305
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The fact that we laugh is not the issue.
It's of no relevance. The jury should

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give no consideration to my reaction.
Nor should they give... Addiction!

307
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It's a ten -minute recess.

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We're adjourned.

309
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Hi.

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Hi. You ready?

311
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We're not going out.

312
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We're going to have lunch right here.

313
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We are?

314
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Yeah. You got my stomach on a roller
coaster, so I'm going after yours with

315
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Gai Pan.

316
00:19:40,820 --> 00:19:42,340
Oh, boy, I don't know.

317
00:19:42,341 --> 00:19:44,739
What's the matter? You don't like
Chinese food?

318
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Uh -uh. You're going to shut up and eat.

319
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:47,970
No, no, I'll eat.

320
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,770
It's just that I don't know how
personally I should take all this.

321
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,010
What do you mean?

322
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:57,240
In the Amazon rainforest, if a blind
lawyer...

323
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takes the hunter into her lodge for
lunch, that means that she just likes

324
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a friend and will never feel waves of
passion equal to a thousand waterfalls.

325
00:20:07,530 --> 00:20:08,890
Napkin? Thank you.

326
00:20:09,670 --> 00:20:13,270
So, I was just wondering how personally
I should take this.

327
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Egg roll.

328
00:20:20,850 --> 00:20:23,510
Miss Lamb, Lela McKenzie. Hi.

329
00:20:23,730 --> 00:20:25,950
This is Ann Kelsey. Hi. And Stuart
Markowitz.

330
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Hi. Wow.

331
00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:29,420
I was only expecting one attorney.

332
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Sit.

333
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Ms. Lamb, as innocent as your client's
protests may seem, they're generating a

334
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backlash against our client, and that's
not acceptable.

335
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:45,619
Uh -huh. This meeting is to inform you
that Aubazon Development is filing today

336
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a $1 million lawsuit against Mr. Braden
for interference with economic

337
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advantage, interference with contract,
and defamation.

338
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As always, an easy settlement is
preferable.

339
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:59,709
Should your client persist in making
public statements derogatory of our

340
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client's plans to develop a shopping
mall, then this firm intends to avail

341
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itself of all its resources in
protracted litigation.

342
00:21:06,430 --> 00:21:07,480
Protracted?

343
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Meaning paper wars, court appointments,
make work, all the stuff that can bury a

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solo practitioner.

345
00:21:16,810 --> 00:21:17,860
Okay, look.

346
00:21:18,590 --> 00:21:21,210
This is a slap suit, and I'm a little
disappointed.

347
00:21:21,950 --> 00:21:25,430
Bringing in four lawyers trying to scare
me? That isn't very nice.

348
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,990
I bet at least one of you doesn't even
know the facts of this case.

349
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And it's probably you.

350
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,110
May I?

351
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,530
Excuse me.

352
00:21:37,531 --> 00:21:40,319
See, if you'd done your homework, you'd
have known you stood a much better

353
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chance with a pretty boy.

354
00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:42,880
And a flirt, to be exactly.

355
00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:44,310
What's his name?

356
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:45,850
Becker.

357
00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:47,470
Saw his video.

358
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,220
Anyway, ganging up on me was a mistake.

359
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File your suit.

360
00:21:54,771 --> 00:22:00,779
Will all of you be coming to court, or
should I say some of my goodbyes now?

361
00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:02,160
You're making a big mistake.

362
00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:04,150
I'm young.

363
00:22:07,731 --> 00:22:12,739
And what happened after the boy got out
of the car?

364
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He started to run away.

365
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And then I got out of my unit and went
after him. When I came around this

366
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corner, I saw two black males engaged in
what appeared to be a drug transaction.

367
00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:21,950
And what did you do?

368
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,580
I didn't have time to do anything.

369
00:22:23,581 --> 00:22:26,889
One of them just pulled a gun and shot
at me. I dropped to my knee and returned

370
00:22:26,890 --> 00:22:28,270
fire. Then what happened?

371
00:22:28,550 --> 00:22:30,410
The two males ran down a side alley.

372
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I got up and started to go after him.

373
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And that's when I saw the boy.

374
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The boy being William Russ?

375
00:22:37,110 --> 00:22:38,160
Yeah.

376
00:22:38,430 --> 00:22:40,430
He was... he was face down.

377
00:22:40,970 --> 00:22:42,530
Did you know what had happened?

378
00:22:43,110 --> 00:22:44,370
Uh, yeah.

379
00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:49,489
I knew it had to have been one of my
bullets. The other guy was shooting

380
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me, so it had to have been my bullet.

381
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,320
What did you do?

382
00:22:52,550 --> 00:22:53,600
I, uh...

383
00:22:54,899 --> 00:22:59,060
I froze for a minute, and then the
mother came out.

384
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,700
I ran to my unit and radioed for an
ambulance.

385
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:09,060
Mr. Chisholm, why did you shoot back
when William Russ was in your line of

386
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,210
I don't know.

387
00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:14,420
I made a mistake.

388
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:19,350
I'm sorry.

389
00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:22,720
I screwed up, but I didn't shoot your
son on purpose.

390
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,040
I know you can never forgive me, but
please know that that was an accident.

391
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,730
Please know that.

392
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,300
I have nothing further.

393
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,859
Do you have any explanation why nobody
else ever saw these two black drug

394
00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:40,859
dealers? No.

395
00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:44,059
Any explanation as to why we could never
find the bullets from the gun of the

396
00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:45,110
guy who shot at you?

397
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:49,640
No. When you radioed for help, you said,
suspect down, didn't you? I'm not sure.

398
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,640
Yeah, you did. Here's the transcript.

399
00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:56,579
You didn't say bystander down. You said
suspect down, suggesting that your

400
00:23:56,580 --> 00:24:00,059
bullet hit the one you shot at.
Objection argumentative. You didn't say

401
00:24:00,060 --> 00:24:03,400
about drug dealers. You didn't say
anything about tragic mistake.

402
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:09,039
You just said suspect down. Yeah, and
then I said, then I said, send help,

403
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,439
an ambulance, over and over. I was
panicked. The only thing I was thinking

404
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,019
was getting an ambulance for that kid.
Yeah, the ambulances come faster if you

405
00:24:16,020 --> 00:24:17,070
say citizen down.

406
00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:19,520
Fastest if you say officer down. You
said...

407
00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:21,380
Suspect down. Move on, Miss Fusco.

408
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,330
Last year, you asked to be reassigned to
a different partner, didn't you?

409
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,220
Yes. What was the problem with the
officer Kenneth Sims?

410
00:24:29,221 --> 00:24:31,599
Personality differences, mainly.

411
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,539
I see.

412
00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:33,980
What was Mr. Sims' race?

413
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,320
Objection. Overruled. What was his race,
Mr. Chisholm?

414
00:24:37,580 --> 00:24:39,990
He was black. But that has nothing to
do... Thank you.

415
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,299
Ever been investigated for police
brutality, Mr. Chisholm? I was totally

416
00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:48,539
that was... You were investigated for
committing an unprovoked assault on a

417
00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:49,590
teenage suspect.

418
00:24:49,591 --> 00:24:51,519
Investigated and cleared?

419
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,420
Yes, by other police investigators.

420
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,120
What was the race of that suspect, Mr.
Chisholm? Objection.

421
00:24:57,620 --> 00:25:00,120
Overruled. What was the boy's race?

422
00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:04,880
He was black, but that has nothing...
Thank you.

423
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,680
I have nothing further.

424
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,220
Mr. Chisholm, you're dismissed.

425
00:25:09,221 --> 00:25:11,799
Does the defense have anything more?

426
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,850
Where are we?

427
00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:16,030
I don't know, Jonathan. She just did
some damage.

428
00:25:16,031 --> 00:25:18,039
You think I should put him up there?

429
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,930
You think you can take him? I think we
should take the risk.

430
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,410
Then do it.

431
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,480
Your Honor, the defense calls Darren
Holloway.

432
00:25:25,481 --> 00:25:29,599
Objection. No foundation. No relevant.
The defense admits this man is relevant

433
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,819
to this proceeding. He has no
information. Overruled, Miss Fusco.

434
00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:34,599
The defense wishes to call a witness.

435
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,220
The defense can call the witness.

436
00:25:36,380 --> 00:25:37,660
Tomorrow, 10 a .m.

437
00:25:38,090 --> 00:25:39,750
Mr. Holloway will take the stand.

438
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,360
How can Mr. Lowenzack surprise?

439
00:25:55,361 --> 00:25:56,679
Didn't you get his permission?

440
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,760
He signed the release.

441
00:25:58,060 --> 00:26:02,240
We were fully authorized to air it. He
claims he didn't know what you'd done.

442
00:26:02,241 --> 00:26:05,219
Well, we're certainly sorry about the
misunderstanding.

443
00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:09,499
But believe me, we would never put
anything on our television show without

444
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:11,120
consent of all the participants.

445
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,040
And here we had it.

446
00:26:13,260 --> 00:26:15,220
Thank you, Mrs. Egan. Nothing further.

447
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:22,639
You didn't bother to show my client the
tape before airing it, did you? No, we

448
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:23,559
don't do that.

449
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,610
You don't do that.

450
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,819
And so my client had no reason to know
that you'd also be putting in these

451
00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:32,679
little sound effects that you do. Did
he? Those are creative choices we make

452
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,659
post -production. Creative choices. You
profit off of other people's misery,

453
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:39,680
don't you? Listen to the lawyer here who
takes train wrecks on a contingency.

454
00:26:39,681 --> 00:26:43,279
Objection. You don't ever profit off
people's misery. We don't willingly

455
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,990
it. No, you're all here to make the
world a better place.

456
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,160
Objection. All right, touchés all
around. Go on.

457
00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:55,490
Why? Why would you pull off a man's
hairpiece and embarrass him like that?

458
00:26:55,970 --> 00:26:59,030
Again, we thought he okayed it.

459
00:26:59,031 --> 00:27:02,609
I mean, would you yank the fourth teeth
from the mouth of a senior citizen?

460
00:27:02,610 --> 00:27:05,849
Would you pull the prosthesis off an
amputee? Of course not. That wouldn't be

461
00:27:05,850 --> 00:27:08,070
funny. But it's funny to victimize this
man.

462
00:27:08,270 --> 00:27:09,320
The judge laughed.

463
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:15,870
And as executive producer of this top
ten show, how much do you personally

464
00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:17,970
Objection. Overruled.

465
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:19,320
How much?

466
00:27:19,950 --> 00:27:22,150
I make $45 ,000 per episode.

467
00:27:22,430 --> 00:27:27,610
You got paid $45 ,000 to have his hair
go up like a rocket? Not just for that.

468
00:27:27,670 --> 00:27:29,590
There were three other gags on the show.

469
00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:33,120
The fat lady who tripped over the
midget. The point is you got rich and

470
00:27:33,170 --> 00:27:34,450
Lowens lost his job.

471
00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:35,890
We're sorry about that.

472
00:27:36,170 --> 00:27:37,310
We're sorry about that.

473
00:27:42,210 --> 00:27:43,260
Nothing further.

474
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,800
Mr. Holloway, I'm curious.

475
00:27:52,801 --> 00:27:57,459
The day after William Russ was killed,
you went on record publicly calling it a

476
00:27:57,460 --> 00:28:01,559
murder. What information could you have
possibly had that fast that allowed you

477
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,220
to conclude this was a murder? A white
man has a gun.

478
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,640
A black kid is running away.

479
00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:12,519
The black kid ends up face down with a
bullet in his back. That, to me, is

480
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:13,570
murder.

481
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,040
Quiet! Please!

482
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,900
So, the fact that Mr. Chisholm is white
influenced your thinking?

483
00:28:18,901 --> 00:28:20,189
Well, yes.

484
00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:21,990
And what is that, sir, if not racism?

485
00:28:22,810 --> 00:28:28,750
Well, if I'm a racist, Mr. Rollins, and
you know, I suppose I am,

486
00:28:28,870 --> 00:28:35,249
but it's by necessity to combat a much
larger white racism built into the

487
00:28:35,250 --> 00:28:40,469
framework not only of society in
general, but specifically a judicial

488
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:44,150
which does not render fair treatment to
black Americans.

489
00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:48,290
Quiet! I don't want to warn you people
again.

490
00:28:50,060 --> 00:28:55,399
So the system is not fair? The only
reason this criminal was even brought to

491
00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,699
trial here was because I generated
enough public pressure to stop the

492
00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:04,879
attorney's office from blindly looking
the other way, which otherwise it would

493
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,999
have done. You admitted that your
presumption of my client's guilt was

494
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000
influenced by the color of his skin.

495
00:29:11,139 --> 00:29:15,699
If William Russ had been white, you
would not have publicly come forward. If

496
00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,379
had been white, you would not have
staged that rally that produced Jerome

497
00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:22,739
Bailey. Isn't that right? If the victim
had been white, there would have been no

498
00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:24,160
need for me to make noise.

499
00:29:24,380 --> 00:29:27,040
Answer my question, Mr. Holloway. You're
under oath.

500
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,879
If William Russ had been white, Darren
Holloway would not be involved here

501
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,880
today. Isn't that what you told me, sir?

502
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,820
Isn't that what you told me, yes or no?

503
00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,120
Yes or no?

504
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:43,190
Yes, I told you that.

505
00:29:45,670 --> 00:29:51,310
And how can this trial be anything but a
product of your bigotry?

506
00:29:51,311 --> 00:29:57,689
I have no doubt that you heard him. The
question is, will it count for anything?

507
00:29:57,690 --> 00:29:58,890
Help! What the hell?

508
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:00,180
Help!

509
00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:04,520
Hang on. Stop it.

510
00:30:05,130 --> 00:30:06,180
Stop it.

511
00:30:06,181 --> 00:30:09,649
Where's the button? Where's the stop
button, Mike? Help me. Help me.

512
00:30:09,650 --> 00:30:13,870
Oh, my God.

513
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:16,730
Okay. Okay. You okay?

514
00:30:17,270 --> 00:30:18,320
You okay?

515
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:20,210
He said I could.

516
00:30:20,211 --> 00:30:20,969
It's okay.

517
00:30:20,970 --> 00:30:22,350
It's okay. Are you all right?

518
00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,270
Oh, what happened?

519
00:30:24,271 --> 00:30:26,809
It was just a little accident. Are you
okay, Benny?

520
00:30:26,810 --> 00:30:27,860
I've hurt myself.

521
00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:29,750
It's just a scratch, Benny.

522
00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:31,030
Let's go wash it off.

523
00:30:32,779 --> 00:30:35,340
He said I couldn't. I'm sure he did,
Benny.

524
00:30:35,341 --> 00:30:36,659
It's okay.

525
00:30:36,660 --> 00:30:37,710
Be okay, Benny.

526
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,450
Wow.

527
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:49,180
Oh, I'm going to this black tie thing
tomorrow, and I had to try it on.

528
00:30:49,420 --> 00:30:50,470
You like it?

529
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:52,030
Fantastic.

530
00:30:53,860 --> 00:30:57,280
Thanks. The thing is, uh, with Jack
Dollar?

531
00:30:58,220 --> 00:30:59,270
Yeah.

532
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:00,840
You like this guy, huh?

533
00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:04,370
Well, yeah.

534
00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:08,250
You look great.

535
00:31:09,890 --> 00:31:10,940
Thanks.

536
00:31:16,330 --> 00:31:17,430
Miss Lamb.

537
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:19,490
Good, hi.

538
00:31:19,491 --> 00:31:22,469
We weren't expecting you. Well, I was in
the neighborhood.

539
00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:23,830
Miss Lamb.

540
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:28,339
It's a complaint in federal court
alleging civil rights violations, abuse

541
00:31:28,340 --> 00:31:30,980
process, harassment, and punitive
damages.

542
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:35,379
You have McFadden Arps as co -counsel?
Yeah, Jay McFadden owed me. I got his

543
00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,539
daughter a McDonough ticket.

544
00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:39,879
Oh, plus which the civil rights claim
provides for attorney fees, so they were

545
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:40,930
happy to jump in.

546
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,080
Protracted to them means more money.

547
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:45,550
So thick.

548
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,320
I think they put 12 lawyers on it.

549
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,610
Okay, well, you have it. Tell Alan I'm
sorry I missed her.

550
00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:56,710
This is awful.

551
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:57,890
Good going, Stuart.

552
00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,480
Slap suit. Great idea. You liked it too,
Douglas.

553
00:32:00,481 --> 00:32:02,219
I never liked it. All right, that's
enough.

554
00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,930
Now look, we've got to make this thing
go away and fast.

555
00:32:04,931 --> 00:32:08,659
Set up a meeting. You know, we could add
another claim.

556
00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,700
No. Get that woman back here tomorrow.

557
00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:14,510
In the meantime, I've got to figure a
way to break this dog over his arm.

558
00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:16,230
God.

559
00:32:16,231 --> 00:32:20,439
If Jerome Bailey had seen what he said
he saw, don't you think he would have

560
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,360
told his own mother or his best friend?

561
00:32:22,361 --> 00:32:26,659
Come on. Jerome Bailey came forward two
months later, only after being addressed

562
00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:31,020
by that man, Darren Holloway, a self
-admitted racist who, by his own

563
00:32:31,021 --> 00:32:34,859
established that the only reason we're
here today and the only reason Brian

564
00:32:34,860 --> 00:32:38,700
Chisholm is on trial is because he's
white and the victim is black.

565
00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:44,199
The boy's mother admitted that it could
have taken 30 seconds for her to look

566
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,370
around that alley after hearing the
shots.

567
00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,390
That's plenty of time for the drug
dealers who shot at my client to run

568
00:32:51,050 --> 00:32:56,309
There's been no evidence, ladies and
gentlemen, other than Jerome Bailey, to

569
00:32:56,310 --> 00:33:00,489
controvert Brian Chisholm's testimony
that he was shot at that night. No

570
00:33:00,490 --> 00:33:03,690
evidence other than a liar influenced by
a racist.

571
00:33:03,910 --> 00:33:04,960
And no motive.

572
00:33:06,670 --> 00:33:07,720
No motive.

573
00:33:08,010 --> 00:33:11,969
The prosecution is here before this
court, not only without any physical

574
00:33:11,970 --> 00:33:16,570
evidence or any real testimonial
evidence, but they have no motive

575
00:33:16,571 --> 00:33:22,459
They're asking you to believe that
Officer Chisholm just suddenly turned

576
00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,600
this psychotic killer.

577
00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:26,780
Where is this coming from?

578
00:33:27,260 --> 00:33:31,260
The prosecution has no case.

579
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,720
Yes, we have a tragedy here.

580
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,180
And yes, it was a horrible, horrible
mistake.

581
00:33:37,540 --> 00:33:38,920
But that's all it was.

582
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,250
A mistake.

583
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,599
For all the prejudice and the outrage
and the hurricane of anger surrounding

584
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:46,650
this trial.

585
00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:53,430
The facts will tell you that Brian
Chisholm is innocent.

586
00:33:54,550 --> 00:33:55,600
Thank you.

587
00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:00,360
The facts.

588
00:34:01,170 --> 00:34:06,149
Two witnesses swore under oath they saw
no one else in the alley. Can the

589
00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:08,229
defense offer any evidence of drug
dealers?

590
00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:10,090
Any evidence of bullets being fired?

591
00:34:10,290 --> 00:34:14,110
No. So those two black men are not a
factual part of this case.

592
00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:18,960
Officer Brian Chisholm was the only
other person seen in that alley.

593
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,030
Ballistics reveal it was Chisholm's
bullet found inside the boy's body.

594
00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:24,510
Those are the facts.

595
00:34:24,739 --> 00:34:28,679
The question is whether you're going to
let him go simply because he's white.

596
00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:34,059
The question is whether we're going to
let hate crimes continue to go

597
00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,110
in our courts.

598
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,480
A white police officer shot and killed
an unarmed boy.

599
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,900
You can do something about that.

600
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,300
Or I guess you can...

601
00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:45,700
Choose not to.

602
00:34:53,150 --> 00:35:00,109
Imagine, if you will, ladies and
gentlemen, the humiliation, the shame

603
00:35:00,110 --> 00:35:05,189
client must have felt that night as he
sat there and watched his hair just go

604
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:10,529
to the sound of twin booster engines and
then the way it sputtered before it

605
00:35:10,530 --> 00:35:11,580
came crashing down.

606
00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:15,200
My client was wronged, ladies and
gentlemen.

607
00:35:15,620 --> 00:35:18,140
They snatched it right off with a fish
hook.

608
00:35:22,740 --> 00:35:23,790
Your Honor?

609
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,880
Yes. I'd like to do my own closing.

610
00:35:27,140 --> 00:35:28,780
It's his right, Mr. Spuente.

611
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:30,690
Go ahead, sir.

612
00:35:41,230 --> 00:35:42,280
It's okay to laugh.

613
00:35:44,170 --> 00:35:45,530
No, really, it's okay.

614
00:35:47,570 --> 00:35:51,930
I know that by wearing a toupee, I set
myself up for that.

615
00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:58,990
But the issue here isn't whether my
hairpiece is funny or that tape was

616
00:35:59,070 --> 00:36:00,120
We all know it was.

617
00:36:01,070 --> 00:36:03,130
This is about respect.

618
00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:08,570
It's about people showing other people
simple respect.

619
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:16,409
These shows, this one and that home
video one, they reward individuals for

620
00:36:16,410 --> 00:36:19,710
capturing the embarrassing misfortunes
of others.

621
00:36:20,130 --> 00:36:24,290
And people like me, occasionally we get
caught in it.

622
00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:30,350
But no matter how humorous it is or how
clever, it's disrespect.

623
00:36:31,210 --> 00:36:36,769
If you watch these shows, you know that
the more embarrassing it is, the more it

624
00:36:36,770 --> 00:36:37,820
hurts.

625
00:36:39,660 --> 00:36:40,710
The funnier it is.

626
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,280
When you go back to the jury room and
laugh at me, I hope you'll remember

627
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:51,019
And I hope you'll remember that all the
giggles caused by these people in here

628
00:36:51,020 --> 00:36:52,780
have been at my expense.

629
00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:56,230
Thank you.

630
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,000
We're going to make it go away, Og.
Don't worry. How?

631
00:37:02,650 --> 00:37:05,850
We'll bring a motion to dismiss,
starting with subject matter

632
00:37:05,851 --> 00:37:08,669
Oh, for God's sakes, I'll be tied up in
court for months. I'll lose the

633
00:37:08,670 --> 00:37:09,720
financing.

634
00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:11,470
I'm sorry, am I early?

635
00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:12,740
No, come in, come in.

636
00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:15,180
Miss Lamb.

637
00:37:15,870 --> 00:37:16,950
Mr. Robeson. Hi.

638
00:37:22,830 --> 00:37:23,930
Let's get rid of this.

639
00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:28,769
I'll give your client ten grand to keep
his mouth shut and to drop this

640
00:37:28,770 --> 00:37:30,450
ridiculous federal claim.

641
00:37:30,730 --> 00:37:32,330
Tim won't do it, and 65 will.

642
00:37:32,570 --> 00:37:36,589
There is no way in this world's hell I
will ever pay your client. No, no, no,

643
00:37:36,590 --> 00:37:37,910
you don't pay. They do.

644
00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:40,330
Excuse me? Okay, this is how it works.

645
00:37:41,070 --> 00:37:42,990
Officially, we dismiss the complaint.

646
00:37:43,030 --> 00:37:47,250
You pay Mr. Brayton nothing, then you
hire me to represent your corporation.

647
00:37:47,670 --> 00:37:49,170
Now, hold on a moment. Pardon me.

648
00:37:49,850 --> 00:37:53,689
Since I'm all by myself, I will need
help in servicing all your needs, so I

649
00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:58,109
turn would have to refer your business
out to a bigger firm. Say these guys.

650
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:03,410
that, I hit them with a referral fee of
$65 ,000, 50 of which I paid a Mr.

651
00:38:03,411 --> 00:38:05,029
Brayton. Yeah, but you can't do that.

652
00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:05,849
Yes, I can.

653
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,249
And if you don't want to pay the 65 to
keep his business, there's plenty of

654
00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:13,630
other firms who would, including
McFadden. Wait, wait, wait just a second

655
00:38:13,670 --> 00:38:18,010
Are you telling me that this would all
go away, they would still be my lawyers?

656
00:38:18,011 --> 00:38:19,299
And I pay nothing?

657
00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:20,139
Yeah, exactly.

658
00:38:20,140 --> 00:38:23,380
But you can't do that. You keep saying
this, but we can.

659
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,920
The only other thing I ask is that you
give Dennis Brayton an audience.

660
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,530
Because all he really wants, besides the
$50 ,000, is to be heard.

661
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,040
And you agree to provide him the pro
bono legal services.

662
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:37,820
Done. What?

663
00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:39,110
I said done.

664
00:38:39,111 --> 00:38:42,439
But that kind of referral arrangement is
unethical. No, no, no, not with

665
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,500
disclosure. Come on, you know better.

666
00:38:44,501 --> 00:38:45,859
It's done.

667
00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:48,090
It accomplishes everything I want,
Leland.

668
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,700
I like you. Let's draw up the papers.

669
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,180
I love it when things work out.

670
00:38:55,640 --> 00:39:02,420
In the matter of Lowen's birth as
America's most embarrassing practical

671
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,699
we find in favor of the plaintiff an
order of the defendant to pay damages in

672
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:09,340
the amount of $45 ,000.

673
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,030
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the
jury.

674
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,060
This matter is now adjourned.

675
00:39:14,420 --> 00:39:15,800
Congratulations. Thank you.

676
00:39:16,990 --> 00:39:23,889
Look, I'm sorry I sort of... It was
unprofessional. I'm sorry I started to

677
00:39:23,890 --> 00:39:26,060
laugh. You don't have to apologize,
Victor.

678
00:39:26,370 --> 00:39:28,480
It's permissible to laugh at bald
people.

679
00:39:29,110 --> 00:39:32,270
Maybe because society doesn't think it's
so bad to be bald.

680
00:39:33,350 --> 00:39:36,630
Maybe we're just insensitive to it
because it's no big deal.

681
00:39:36,631 --> 00:39:38,229
You think I'm being silly?

682
00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:41,809
No, no. I think you sued these people
because you felt your dignity was

683
00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:42,860
assaulted.

684
00:39:43,190 --> 00:39:45,750
But I also think...

685
00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:49,699
Every time you put that on, you're
saying you don't like yourself the way

686
00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:50,750
are.

687
00:39:51,860 --> 00:39:53,120
You wear an earring.

688
00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:55,420
My wife likes her girdle.

689
00:39:55,740 --> 00:39:59,720
We all do what we can to make us look
better, make us feel better.

690
00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:02,940
So why can't the bald guy indulge
himself?

691
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,340
I like myself just fine, Victor.

692
00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:07,720
I just like myself better with the hair.

693
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:10,810
Okay.

694
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,370
Okay.

695
00:40:19,711 --> 00:40:23,009
Has the jury reached its verdict?

696
00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:25,170
We have, Your Honor. What say you?

697
00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:26,950
In the matter of People v.

698
00:40:27,170 --> 00:40:32,829
Chisholm, criminal complaint number
8212, the jury finds the defendant

699
00:40:32,830 --> 00:40:34,210
murder in the second degree.

700
00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:39,850
Quiet! The trial is not over.

701
00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:42,430
I want everybody quiet now.

702
00:40:42,770 --> 00:40:44,290
I have something to say.

703
00:40:44,990 --> 00:40:46,040
Sit down.

704
00:40:46,430 --> 00:40:49,650
I think it's important for all of you to
listen.

705
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,879
Last year I saw one of my courtrooms
erupt in a riot. Mr. Rollins, you were

706
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:02,860
too. And it was also a case of white
America trampling black America.

707
00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:06,260
And the hatred rose up and took that
room.

708
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,660
And I've seen that hatred in this room
too.

709
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,940
And as a black man, I understand that
hatred.

710
00:41:13,780 --> 00:41:19,159
I grew up in a poor neighborhood. I've
seen innocent black people shot dead by

711
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,100
white policemen. I've seen it.

712
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:27,300
And every day as I sit up here, I carry
that baggage.

713
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:35,460
But first and foremost, I sit up here as
a judge.

714
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:42,379
And as a judge, my job is not to affect
race relations, but to affect justice

715
00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:44,080
in this courtroom.

716
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:49,639
The only evidence that incriminated the
defendant was the testimony of Jerome

717
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:50,690
Bailey.

718
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,500
A witness that I find as a matter of law
is not credible.

719
00:41:54,860 --> 00:41:59,879
I know I failed to instruct the jury to
disregard his testimony, the reason

720
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,840
being I wanted to avoid an eruption
here.

721
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:09,519
But if my choice is between another riot
and an unjust verdict, I have to opt

722
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,570
for the riot.

723
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:19,339
I find as a matter of law that no
reasonable jury could have reached this

724
00:42:19,340 --> 00:42:21,920
verdict on the basis of the evidence
presented.

725
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,560
I hereby set aside the jury's verdict.

726
00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:26,620
The defendant is free to go.

727
00:42:26,940 --> 00:42:28,080
We are adjourned.

728
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,980
You want to keep me in the dark all
night or let me know what's going on?

729
00:42:52,580 --> 00:42:53,900
Well, I guess I'll tell you.

730
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,860
I want to hire Mackenzie Brackman.

731
00:42:56,891 --> 00:42:58,879
Excuse me?

732
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:02,319
Besides Oberzan, I have a lot of
commercial litigation I can't keep up

733
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,490
Your trial lawyers have a good
reputation.

734
00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:06,460
I'd love to farm some of my stuff over.

735
00:43:06,580 --> 00:43:09,170
You give me 40 % of the billing... I've
got a better idea.

736
00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:11,280
Why don't you come to work for me?

737
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,490
Excuse me?

738
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:16,260
Same deal. You take 40 % of the business
you bring in.

739
00:43:16,261 --> 00:43:20,199
We supply you with space, administrative
support, the ability to quadruple your

740
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,250
work output.

741
00:43:21,251 --> 00:43:22,739
Wait a minute.

742
00:43:22,740 --> 00:43:26,350
You're offering me more than I came here
asking for. What's in it for you?

743
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,220
The right to call you hours.

744
00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:31,140
I loathe law firms.

745
00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:32,479
Yeah, so do I.

746
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,250
I'd only work in a place that would
allow me to be myself.

747
00:43:36,820 --> 00:43:38,930
Mackenzie Brackman is that kind of
place.

748
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,620
I'd have to think about it.

749
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:43,660
You are interested, isn't it?

750
00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:46,440
Yeah. I'm interested.

751
00:43:52,860 --> 00:43:53,910
I'm this way.

752
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:55,320
Okay. See you tomorrow.

753
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:56,490
Jonathan.

754
00:43:56,540 --> 00:43:57,590
Great job.

755
00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,450
Incredible job.

756
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,690
Thank you.

757
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,160
Go home. Get yourself some sleep. Don't
let it go to your head.

758
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,280
Okay. Night, mate.

759
00:44:26,250 --> 00:44:28,190
I guess this makes you the winner, huh?

760
00:44:28,430 --> 00:44:30,630
I was expecting some shouting.

761
00:44:31,970 --> 00:44:33,830
A noisy press conference, something.

762
00:44:34,430 --> 00:44:35,770
Maybe I'm just tired.

763
00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:39,050
Or maybe there's nothing to shout about.

764
00:44:39,990 --> 00:44:41,910
You really handed it to me, didn't you?

765
00:44:41,950 --> 00:44:43,000
Hmm? Understand.

766
00:44:44,450 --> 00:44:45,770
You gave me what I needed.

767
00:44:46,610 --> 00:44:49,530
Let's just say that I think justice was
done here.

768
00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:55,210
If you didn't believe Chisholm was
guilty, why'd you go after him?

769
00:44:55,970 --> 00:44:57,020
Yeah,

770
00:44:57,210 --> 00:44:59,030
I thought I had explained that.

771
00:45:00,070 --> 00:45:03,150
I didn't know for sure whether he was
guilty or not guilty.

772
00:45:03,590 --> 00:45:07,570
But I knew if we didn't put him on
trial, we'd never find out.

773
00:45:07,870 --> 00:45:09,590
Did you tell Jerome Bailey to lie?

774
00:45:09,830 --> 00:45:15,030
Nope. I didn't totally believe him
either, not after your cross

775
00:45:15,530 --> 00:45:17,070
But that's when I knew it.

776
00:45:17,330 --> 00:45:19,330
The D .A. had no case.

777
00:45:20,810 --> 00:45:24,370
So what now? You'll just lay off, let it
be? Lay off.

778
00:45:25,610 --> 00:45:31,009
A couple of weeks from now, maybe
sooner, another black man will be dead

779
00:45:31,010 --> 00:45:37,589
white cop's gun, and I'll be there,
making the same noise all over again,

780
00:45:37,590 --> 00:45:40,410
sure questions get asked.

781
00:45:42,150 --> 00:45:43,410
Maybe I'll meet you there.

782
00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:46,270
That would be my pleasure.

783
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,870
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