1 00:00:00,859 --> 00:00:05,600 Previously on L .A. Law. The city is on the verge of a race riot, and the judge 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,560 on the case is a total victim of the hysteria. Judge Stone has served with 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,080 distinction for seven years. 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,040 You're the presiding superior court judge. You have to take responsibility 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,240 Okay. 6 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:18,000 I'll get you a new judge. 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,420 You have no business going forward. 8 00:00:20,780 --> 00:00:21,780 No witness. 9 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:24,500 No physical or testimonial evidence. 10 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:27,540 Actually, Your Honor, we now do have a witness. 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:33,160 Excuse me. If I find out that you manufactured this witness in any way, or 12 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:39,260 you suborned perjury, I will make it my personal purpose in life to see you 13 00:00:39,260 --> 00:00:42,380 disbarred. The eyewitness is lying. 14 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:44,460 The eyewitness was never there. 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,640 Drug dealers were there. They shot at this man, he fired back. 16 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,460 And yes, William Russ was accidentally killed. That's what happened. 17 00:00:53,410 --> 00:00:56,830 We find in favor of the plaintiff and order the defendant to pay punitive 18 00:00:56,830 --> 00:01:00,190 damages in the amount of $2 .1 million. 19 00:01:01,550 --> 00:01:04,890 Listen, now that I'm not beating your brains out, would you consider having 20 00:01:04,890 --> 00:01:05,890 dinner with me? 21 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:07,670 Dinner? Like a date? 22 00:01:07,970 --> 00:01:09,710 Ah, see, that was too direct, wasn't it? 23 00:01:10,550 --> 00:01:12,230 I'm always either too subtle or too direct. 24 00:01:12,630 --> 00:01:14,070 Women never know what I mean, you know what I mean? 25 00:01:14,490 --> 00:01:16,450 I'm not sure I know what I mean. I'm a little confused. 26 00:01:17,930 --> 00:01:18,930 Pretty interesting, huh? 27 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,860 I was reading in my bedroom when all of a sudden I heard it. 28 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:32,260 First I thought, backfire. 29 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:35,580 But then I heard two more, and I knew it was gunshots. 30 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,200 And what did you do, Mrs. Ross? 31 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:43,320 I got up and went over to the window, and that's when I saw my son lying in 32 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:45,860 street. You knew immediately that it was him? 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:52,180 By his gold jacket. 34 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:54,380 And what did you do then? 35 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,860 I ran out to him. He had blood coming out his back. 36 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:00,740 And then I turned him over. 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,700 There was blood in his mouth, too. 38 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 His eyes were open, but he wasn't there. 39 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:10,620 Your son was dead? 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Yes, ma 'am. 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,020 Mrs. Ross, did you see anyone else in the alley? 42 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:19,760 I saw that man. 43 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:23,690 Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the defendant, Brian 44 00:02:23,690 --> 00:02:26,790 Chisholm. What was he doing, Mrs. Russ? 45 00:02:26,990 --> 00:02:31,610 He was standing there with his gun. And then he came over to us. But then he ran 46 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:32,850 away. He just ran away. 47 00:02:33,290 --> 00:02:35,290 Thank you, ma 'am. I have nothing further. 48 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:44,550 How long did it take you to get to your son from the time you first heard the 49 00:02:44,550 --> 00:02:45,550 shots? 50 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:46,870 15, 20 seconds. 51 00:02:47,190 --> 00:02:50,970 It would be fair to say... As you were running toward him, the only place you 52 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:54,890 were looking, the only thing you saw at that time was your son, William. Isn't 53 00:02:54,890 --> 00:02:55,890 that probably true? 54 00:02:56,070 --> 00:03:01,590 Probably. So, Mrs. Russ, it could have been maybe 20 to 30 seconds between the 55 00:03:01,590 --> 00:03:04,610 time you heard those shots and the time you looked around to see anything else 56 00:03:04,610 --> 00:03:07,110 or anybody else. I don't know how many seconds it was. 57 00:03:07,390 --> 00:03:11,490 No, no, no, of course not. You're concerned about William. But it could 58 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:13,150 been 20 to 30 seconds. What? 59 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:17,620 Well... Ma 'am, you're sitting in this courtroom suggesting my client was the 60 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:20,840 only other person in that alley. When, in fact, there was plenty of time. No, 61 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,820 I'm sitting in this courtroom because my boy is dead. 62 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:30,260 I'm sitting in this courtroom because he was shot in the back by that man. 63 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:31,660 Objection. Move to strike. 64 00:03:32,020 --> 00:03:33,420 That's why I'm here, Mr. Rollins. 65 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:35,380 Can you tell us why you're here? 66 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:38,780 Mrs. Rust. He shot my boy. But it was an accident. 67 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,020 The bullet hole is in my boy's back. How can that be an accident? 68 00:05:43,790 --> 00:05:45,190 People versus Chisholm. 69 00:05:45,710 --> 00:05:49,090 Prosecution's supposed eyewitness takes the stand today. How's it going? 70 00:05:49,790 --> 00:05:50,729 It's tough. 71 00:05:50,730 --> 00:05:53,070 Anything we can do to help, you let us know. 72 00:05:53,290 --> 00:05:56,010 Moving along, Totten tax audit. How's it coming, Stuart? 73 00:05:56,270 --> 00:05:56,929 It's not. 74 00:05:56,930 --> 00:05:59,250 I think I persuaded the IRS to call off dogs. 75 00:05:59,710 --> 00:06:01,490 Wonderful. And how are you feeling? 76 00:06:02,390 --> 00:06:03,790 Fine. Fine? 77 00:06:04,190 --> 00:06:06,890 Fine. Well, I'm not so fine. 78 00:06:07,190 --> 00:06:08,230 August Oberzon. 79 00:06:08,490 --> 00:06:12,450 Oberzon Development is in my office right now, and he is very unhappy. 80 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:13,820 The king of the mini -malls? 81 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:18,160 Evidently, an outspoken student has been gathering up signatures trying to block 82 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,240 his zoning variants, and the movement's beginning to pick up steam. 83 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:24,780 Stuart, Douglas, I'd like you both at the meeting to see what we can come up 84 00:06:24,780 --> 00:06:29,140 with. Okay. And last but not least, Lowens versus America's most 85 00:06:29,140 --> 00:06:32,480 practical jokes. Couldn't settle. Looks like we're going to have to try it. Are 86 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:32,999 you kidding? 87 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,640 Don't you think this guy's taking this a little too seriously? 88 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:39,400 He had his toupee lifted off on national television. 89 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,600 How would you feel? 90 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,800 Can't relate, Doug. 91 00:06:42,140 --> 00:06:43,079 How would you feel? 92 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,140 Oh, I think he has a case. 93 00:06:44,380 --> 00:06:47,820 These television shows make money from embarrassing people. Why not share the 94 00:06:47,820 --> 00:06:49,700 profits with the victims? All right. Are we done? 95 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,820 Done. Best of luck, Victor. 96 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:53,500 Thanks. 97 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:00,280 If I don't get that variance, I can't build a mall. 98 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,300 I am not going to be run into the ground by some little save -the -trees 99 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:06,520 activist. Offer the kid nuisance value. 100 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:07,860 $10 ,000. 101 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:11,100 Oh, great. What's to keep everyone else from lining up for their money? 102 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,220 Oh, come on. 103 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:18,260 You've got to do better than that. I am set to break ground next month. Why 104 00:07:18,260 --> 00:07:19,260 don't we hit him with a slap suit? 105 00:07:19,620 --> 00:07:20,620 Excuse me? 106 00:07:21,060 --> 00:07:22,100 Well, a slap suit. 107 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,140 Strategic lawsuit against public participants, i .e., slap. 108 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:30,280 Basically, what you do is sue the protesters for harassment. You tie them 109 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,980 court and make them spend all their money on lawyers. 110 00:07:32,380 --> 00:07:36,000 And the thing is, you do it publicly. And that intimidates other would -be 111 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,180 protesters. They don't dare speak out. I like you. 112 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,920 How soon can we file a complaint? By the end of tomorrow. 113 00:07:41,140 --> 00:07:43,100 Well, I'm not sure we want to do it. Oh, it's perfect. 114 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,600 You add every count you can think of. We'll tie that little bastard up till 115 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:49,600 junior year. 116 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Slapsuit. 117 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:55,600 Great job, Stuart. 118 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:56,879 Way to go. 119 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:57,880 Thank you. 120 00:07:58,590 --> 00:08:02,070 Well, what did you think you were taping, Mr. Lowens? I thought I was 121 00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:05,970 rebuttal to a news editorial. I'm a professor of Soviet history. They asked 122 00:08:05,970 --> 00:08:08,750 my views on Perestroika. I thought the whole thing was legitimate. 123 00:08:09,130 --> 00:08:14,030 And, sir, when did you first discover that your hair had left your head? When 124 00:08:14,030 --> 00:08:16,890 saw it on television, along with 20 million other people. 125 00:08:17,110 --> 00:08:20,450 And the defendants never told you that they were going to air this? Yes, but I 126 00:08:20,450 --> 00:08:23,310 didn't know what had actually happened until I saw the tape. And, sir... 127 00:08:23,550 --> 00:08:26,050 Could you tell the court, and I know this is difficult, but could you tell 128 00:08:26,050 --> 00:08:30,510 court what it was like to see yourself become bald on national television? 129 00:08:31,650 --> 00:08:33,090 I can't really describe it. 130 00:08:33,450 --> 00:08:34,929 I was held up to ridicule. 131 00:08:35,270 --> 00:08:38,610 My friends snicker at me. I even lost my job. 132 00:08:38,850 --> 00:08:39,749 Because of this? 133 00:08:39,750 --> 00:08:43,610 Yes. The dean told me he couldn't have a professor who the students didn't take 134 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:44,610 seriously. 135 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:46,430 He fired me. 136 00:08:46,670 --> 00:08:50,430 And have you been able to find other employment since then, sir? After a 137 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:51,930 of months, I found another teaching job. 138 00:08:52,620 --> 00:08:55,220 but at less pay and virtually no shot at tenure. 139 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,280 This thing has just devastated me. 140 00:08:58,540 --> 00:08:59,540 Thank you, Mr. Lawrence. 141 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,600 I have nothing further. 142 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,400 You gave my clients a signed release authorizing them to air the tape, didn't 143 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,280 you? I didn't know my toupee had been dislodged when I signed the release. 144 00:09:11,780 --> 00:09:15,620 Oh, come on, Mr. Lawrence. They yanked your rug off your head and you had no 145 00:09:15,620 --> 00:09:19,040 idea? Objection to the term. Rug overruled. 146 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,240 I didn't feel the fishhooks in my hairpiece. 147 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,420 But when they lifted it off, how could you not feel that? 148 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,460 Yes, I did feel a draft. 149 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,440 But I put my hand up and everything felt okay. I thought some of the wires might 150 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,680 have moved it a little. Don't you glue it on? No, I use tape. But I didn't use 151 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:40,460 tape that day because I knew I was going to be under hot lights and heat 152 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:41,920 sometimes makes the tape gooey. 153 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,960 Plus, when I sweat, the thing smells. 154 00:09:44,260 --> 00:09:45,920 I see. All right, look. 155 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:51,000 I don't know how far this joke went or how humiliating it was. I want to see 156 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,020 tape. Oh, my God. 157 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,520 So we'll set up some video monitors, take a look at it tomorrow, so we can 158 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:56,660 see for ourselves. 159 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,120 Your Honor, my client would request that the courtroom be sealed. 160 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:04,700 I think not. We'll all be able to take it. That's tomorrow, 2 o 'clock. 161 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,120 We're adjourned. 162 00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:17,220 And you were walking in the next alley? Yes, and when I heard the shot, I ran 163 00:10:17,220 --> 00:10:17,999 around the corner. 164 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 And what did you see? 165 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:24,060 I saw this kid running straight at me, and the cop was right behind him, maybe 166 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:24,859 30 feet. 167 00:10:24,860 --> 00:10:26,120 You see that cop in this courtroom? 168 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,760 The defendant. 169 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,960 And what did you see next? 170 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,580 Well, the cop was screaming at the kid to stop or something, and when he 171 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:34,740 he shot her. He just shot her. 172 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,100 And what did you do? 173 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:42,180 I just stood there, like, in disbelief, and I just took off. 174 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,620 You didn't go to the boy's aid? 175 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:46,460 I was afraid I might get shot, too. 176 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,740 Mr. Bailey, you didn't come forward for almost two months. 177 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,860 I didn't think of doing good telling on the police. I was afraid they'd come 178 00:10:54,860 --> 00:10:55,739 after me. 179 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:57,620 Well, why have you come forward? 180 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:00,460 Well, Mr. Holloway convinced me. 181 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:04,480 He said I had a responsibility in my community, and if I saw something, I 182 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,120 say what I saw, and that's what I'm doing now. 183 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Thank you, sir. 184 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:08,740 I have nothing else. 185 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,960 Did Mr. Holloway tell you what it was you saw? 186 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,700 Objection. Overruled. Did he tell you what to say? 187 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:17,340 Would you like to confer with him before answering? 188 00:11:17,580 --> 00:11:21,060 He didn't tell me what to say. I saw it. Mr. Holloway's your lawyer now, isn't 189 00:11:21,060 --> 00:11:22,260 he? This has no relevance. 190 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:23,560 Sit down, Ms. Fusco. 191 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:25,340 Is Mr. Holloway your lawyer? 192 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:32,260 Yes. Yes. Now, Mr. Bailey, you said you just stood there as Officer Chisholm was 193 00:11:32,260 --> 00:11:33,260 shooting at William Russ. 194 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:37,760 Yeah, that's right. Well, now, since you testified that the boy was coming right 195 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,780 at you, that means you were in the line of fire. 196 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,060 What, you just stood there? 197 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,120 Don't look at Mr. Holloway. You look at me. 198 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:47,860 You just stood there while he was shooting right at you. Well, it wasn't 199 00:11:47,860 --> 00:11:49,380 at me. It was more like to the side. 200 00:11:49,660 --> 00:11:50,660 Now, wait a minute. 201 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,460 Just a minute ago, you said under oath that he was coming right at you. Did you 202 00:11:54,460 --> 00:11:56,160 lie? I made a mistake. 203 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:57,380 A mistake? 204 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,060 Okay. The night of the shooting, you told the police you saw nothing. Was 205 00:12:02,060 --> 00:12:03,060 mistake, too? 206 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,900 I told you I was afraid to tell the police what I saw. 207 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:07,920 You afraid of your own mother? 208 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:12,700 What? According to your mother's statement, you never told her you saw 209 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:16,260 Come on, Jerome, two months go by. You don't tell a single friend. You don't 210 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:18,720 tell anybody. Are you afraid of your friends and relatives, too? 211 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:21,300 Why are you looking at him? 212 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:25,520 Objection. Overruled. Why didn't you tell anybody what you saw? 213 00:12:26,860 --> 00:12:29,280 I don't know. Because you saw nothing. 214 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,040 Objection. Holloway got to you and you're here lying. 215 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,480 You're the one telling lies. Mr. Holloway, get yourself down now. Mr. 216 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:36,900 Rollins, don't badge the witness. 217 00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:38,460 Now, do you have anything more? 218 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:40,480 No, 219 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:41,840 I don't think so. 220 00:13:42,890 --> 00:13:43,890 Now we're down to hot dogs. 221 00:13:44,010 --> 00:13:46,110 Well, yeah, but they're great with mustard, and they're cheap, too. 222 00:13:46,530 --> 00:13:49,650 The problem is I'm not getting any better at figuring out the real you. 223 00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:52,930 Who is this, a power lawyer or the kid on the roller coaster? 224 00:13:53,210 --> 00:13:55,850 You know, the kind of person who's really great at career stuff but not too 225 00:13:55,850 --> 00:13:56,950 at life stuff. Yeah, me. 226 00:13:57,190 --> 00:13:58,190 No, no, me. 227 00:13:58,290 --> 00:14:02,930 Oh, no, you seem to be pretty good at the life stuff. You seem to know how to 228 00:14:02,930 --> 00:14:03,829 have fun. 229 00:14:03,830 --> 00:14:07,030 Yeah, well, the truth is I've probably had more fun in the last four days than 230 00:14:07,030 --> 00:14:08,030 I've had in the last four years. 231 00:14:09,730 --> 00:14:11,390 Come on, you're supposed to say me, too. 232 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:15,340 Well, four years is long. 233 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,680 Okay, okay, okay, okay. Two years. 234 00:14:18,580 --> 00:14:19,640 Two years? Two years. 235 00:14:21,020 --> 00:14:22,019 All right. 236 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:23,020 Me too. 237 00:14:23,820 --> 00:14:24,820 What time you got? 238 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:31,360 4 .15. 4 .15. Okay. We need to go back to work right now, or we could ride the 239 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,360 dragon. 240 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:34,480 I vote for the dragon. 241 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,460 I think I like you. 242 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,440 I think I like you too. 243 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,480 Hi, Benny. 244 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:56,560 What's that? 245 00:14:56,740 --> 00:14:58,900 It's a treadmill. Good exercise. 246 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,640 I can walk three miles a day and never leave my office. 247 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,240 Just because you had a heart attack? 248 00:15:04,220 --> 00:15:07,940 Yeah, yeah, it's exercise for my heart. And for everything else, for that 249 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:09,220 matter. You should try it sometime. 250 00:15:09,620 --> 00:15:11,720 Arnie says heart attacks can make you croak. 251 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,140 I'm not going to croak, Benny. 252 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:14,980 I just had a little tiny heart attack. 253 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:20,900 Stuart, Dennis Brayton, the tree activist, hired a lawyer to defend 254 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:21,799 slap suit. 255 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,160 Sole practitioner coming in this afternoon for a meeting. I want to get 256 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,000 of our lawyers as possible into that room. 257 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,300 I want to send the message that they are up against an army. Good. I'll be 258 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:32,300 there. 259 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,720 Why hasn't there been any white public outcry? 260 00:15:40,340 --> 00:15:43,080 The reason there's no white public outcry? 261 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,280 Because it was just a black life that ended. 262 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:48,500 Cheaper market value, don't you know? 263 00:15:48,810 --> 00:15:53,330 Maybe because some of us get bought so cheap. But not you, Consul. I'm sure 264 00:15:53,330 --> 00:15:56,590 you're just leased with an option. Can I talk to you a minute? Had you better 265 00:15:56,590 --> 00:15:59,170 clear this with Mr. Cusack first? No, you and me alone. 266 00:15:59,450 --> 00:16:01,810 Or maybe you don't talk to people unless there's a microphone around. 267 00:16:02,190 --> 00:16:08,370 I want to say this just once, for the record. 268 00:16:09,270 --> 00:16:14,130 There has been nobody, no lawyer anyway, I've admired more than you, Mr. 269 00:16:14,230 --> 00:16:17,740 Holloway. I can't tell you how many times over the years I've looked in the 270 00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:22,440 mirror wanting to see some reflection, some hint of what I've always seen in 271 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,440 you. 272 00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:29,300 But after watching you and listening to you for the last three weeks, I don't 273 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:31,040 think there's anybody I'm more sickened by. 274 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,840 Is this your closing summation? 275 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:36,300 You talk about the system. You talk about the process. 276 00:16:36,940 --> 00:16:40,660 Then you stand in front of cameras and film crews and willingly pervert it. The 277 00:16:40,660 --> 00:16:42,380 perversion is the system. 278 00:16:42,830 --> 00:16:46,330 The system was going to free that man on involuntary manslaughter. 279 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:50,650 You don't know that it wasn't that. Nobody knows, because the system wasn't 280 00:16:50,650 --> 00:16:51,950 going to ask the questions. 281 00:16:52,650 --> 00:16:56,110 Now, you can get sick over me as much as you want to, but get more sick by the 282 00:16:56,110 --> 00:17:00,790 fact that the system was going to let that man walk without even a trial. 283 00:17:01,170 --> 00:17:05,510 I mean, the only reason you've seen witnesses, the only reason jurors are 284 00:17:05,510 --> 00:17:08,569 weighing evidence right now is because of those cameras. 285 00:17:09,180 --> 00:17:13,200 Because of those microphones and because of me. And if that kid had been white, 286 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:15,240 you wouldn't be here right now. Oh, man. 287 00:17:15,579 --> 00:17:17,280 Where have you been? 288 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:21,160 If the kid had been white, I wouldn't have to be here. 289 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:29,220 But when that day comes, when society cries for black children with the same 290 00:17:29,220 --> 00:17:34,280 passion that it does for whites, when the senseless death of an African 291 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,340 is just as unacceptable, then I'll stop. 292 00:17:38,890 --> 00:17:43,690 I'll stop what the truth is, Mr. Rollins. That racism is going to outlive 293 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:50,510 What sickens me is to think that one day my dream will then rest in the hands of 294 00:17:50,510 --> 00:17:52,110 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 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,600 Do we have to fast forward? 297 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,900 No, it comes up pretty quickly as soon as he starts in on Gorbachev. 298 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:20,440 Let the record reflect that the sound effects were added by the defendant. 299 00:18:44,220 --> 00:18:45,820 Move for a miscarriage. 300 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,400 Come on. 301 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:49,020 Shut it off. 302 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,820 Okay. The... Your Honor. 303 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,260 Your Honor, this is prejudicial. Come on. No, it's not. 304 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:00,580 It's not. 305 00:19:00,780 --> 00:19:05,440 The fact that we laugh is not the issue. It's of no relevance. The jury should 306 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:11,980 give no consideration to my reaction. Nor should they give... Addiction! 307 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,560 It's a ten -minute recess. 308 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:14,920 We're adjourned. 309 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,160 Hi. 310 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:28,000 Hi. You ready? 311 00:19:28,540 --> 00:19:29,640 We're not going out. 312 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,680 We're going to have lunch right here. 313 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:33,719 We are? 314 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,860 Yeah. You got my stomach on a roller coaster, so I'm going after yours with 315 00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:39,860 Gai Pan. 316 00:19:40,820 --> 00:19:42,340 Oh, boy, I don't know. 317 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:44,180 What's the matter? You don't like Chinese food? 318 00:19:44,740 --> 00:19:46,680 Uh -uh. You're going to shut up and eat. 319 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:47,920 No, no, I'll eat. 320 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,740 It's just that I don't know how personally I should take all this. 321 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960 What do you mean? 322 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:57,240 In the Amazon rainforest, if a blind lawyer... 323 00:19:57,550 --> 00:20:02,450 takes the hunter into her lodge for lunch, that means that she just likes 324 00:20:02,450 --> 00:20:07,430 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 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:15,130 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 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,400 Hi. Wow. 331 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:29,420 I was only expecting one attorney. 332 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,280 Sit. 333 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:37,480 Ms. Lamb, as innocent as your client's protests may seem, they're generating a 334 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,620 backlash against our client, and that's not acceptable. 335 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:45,620 Uh -huh. This meeting is to inform you that Aubazon Development is filing today 336 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:49,320 a $1 million lawsuit against Mr. Braden for interference with economic 337 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,500 advantage, interference with contract, and defamation. 338 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,220 As always, an easy settlement is preferable. 339 00:20:56,250 --> 00:20:59,710 Should your client persist in making public statements derogatory of our 340 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:03,150 client's plans to develop a shopping mall, then this firm intends to avail 341 00:21:03,150 --> 00:21:05,650 itself of all its resources in protracted litigation. 342 00:21:06,430 --> 00:21:07,430 Protracted? 343 00:21:07,650 --> 00:21:12,290 Meaning paper wars, court appointments, make work, all the stuff that can bury a 344 00:21:12,290 --> 00:21:13,290 solo practitioner. 345 00:21:16,810 --> 00:21:17,810 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 --> 00:21:29,700 I bet at least one of you doesn't even know the facts of this case. 349 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,520 And it's probably you. 350 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,060 May I? 351 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,480 Excuse me. 352 00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:40,320 See, if you'd done your homework, you'd have known you stood a much better 353 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,320 chance with a pretty boy. 354 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:42,840 And a flirt, to be exactly. 355 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:44,260 What's his name? 356 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:45,800 Becker. 357 00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:47,420 Saw his video. 358 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,220 Anyway, ganging up on me was a mistake. 359 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:54,720 File your suit. 360 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,240 Will all of you be coming to court, or should I say some of my goodbyes now? 361 00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:02,100 You're making a big mistake. 362 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:04,100 I'm young. 363 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:12,480 And what happened after the boy got out of the car? 364 00:22:12,740 --> 00:22:13,900 He started to run away. 365 00:22:14,260 --> 00:22:17,220 And then I got out of my unit and went after him. When I came around this 366 00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:20,500 corner, I saw two black males engaged in what appeared to be a drug transaction. 367 00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:21,900 And what did you do? 368 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,480 I didn't have time to do anything. 369 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:26,890 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 00:22:30,650 --> 00:22:32,470 I got up and started to go after him. 373 00:22:33,930 --> 00:22:35,190 And that's when I saw the boy. 374 00:22:35,510 --> 00:22:36,890 The boy being William Russ? 375 00:22:37,110 --> 00:22:38,110 Yeah. 376 00:22:38,430 --> 00:22:40,430 He was... he was face down. 377 00:22:40,970 --> 00:22:42,170 Did you know what had happened? 378 00:22:43,110 --> 00:22:44,370 Uh, yeah. 379 00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:49,490 I knew it had to have been one of my bullets. The other guy was shooting 380 00:22:49,490 --> 00:22:51,030 me, so it had to have been my bullet. 381 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,270 What did you do? 382 00:22:52,550 --> 00:22:53,550 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 --> 00:23:11,160 I don't know. 387 00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:14,420 I made a mistake. 388 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:19,300 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 --> 00:23:29,680 Please know that. 392 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,160 I have nothing further. 393 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,860 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 --> 00:23:44,060 Any explanation as to why we could never find the bullets from the gun of the 396 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:45,060 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 --> 00:23:51,380 Yeah, you did. Here's the transcript. 399 00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:56,580 You didn't say bystander down. You said suspect down, suggesting that your 400 00:23:56,580 --> 00:24:00,060 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 --> 00:24:09,040 You just said suspect down. Yeah, and then I said, then I said, send help, 403 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,440 an ambulance, over and over. I was panicked. The only thing I was thinking 404 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,020 was getting an ambulance for that kid. Yeah, the ambulances come faster if you 405 00:24:16,020 --> 00:24:17,020 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 --> 00:24:25,180 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 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,360 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 --> 00:24:39,700 He was black. But that has nothing to do... Thank you. 415 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,300 Ever been investigated for police brutality, Mr. Chisholm? I was totally 416 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:48,540 that was... You were investigated for committing an unprovoked assault on a 417 00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:49,540 teenage suspect. 418 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,280 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 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:11,360 Does the defense have anything more? 426 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,800 Where are we? 427 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:15,980 I don't know, Jonathan. She just did some damage. 428 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,580 You think I should put him up there? 429 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,200 You think you can take him? I think we should take the risk. 430 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:22,360 Then do it. 431 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,480 Your Honor, the defense calls Darren Holloway. 432 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,600 Objection. No foundation. No relevant. The defense admits this man is relevant 433 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,620 to this proceeding. He has no information. Overruled, Miss Fusco. 434 00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:34,360 The defense wishes to call a witness. 435 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,820 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 --> 00:25:55,220 How can Mr. Lowenzack surprise? 439 00:25:55,580 --> 00:25:56,580 Didn't you get his permission? 440 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,740 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 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,580 Well, we're certainly sorry about the misunderstanding. 443 00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:09,500 But believe me, we would never put anything on our television show without 444 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:10,940 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 --> 00:26:22,640 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 --> 00:26:24,560 You don't do that. 450 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,820 And so my client had no reason to know that you'd also be putting in these 451 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:32,680 little sound effects that you do. Did he? Those are creative choices we make 452 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,600 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 00:26:39,860 --> 00:26:43,280 Objection. You don't ever profit off people's misery. We don't willingly 455 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,860 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 00:26:59,270 --> 00:27:02,490 I mean, would you yank the fourth teeth from the mouth of a senior citizen? 460 00:27:02,610 --> 00:27:05,850 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 --> 00:27:09,290 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 --> 00:27:19,270 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 --> 00:27:29,470 There were three other gags on the show. 469 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:33,090 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 --> 00:27:37,170 We're sorry about that. 473 00:27:42,210 --> 00:27:43,210 Nothing further. 474 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:52,800 Mr. Holloway, I'm curious. 475 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,460 The day after William Russ was killed, you went on record publicly calling it a 476 00:27:57,460 --> 00:28:01,560 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 --> 00:28:12,520 The black kid ends up face down with a bullet in his back. That, to me, is 480 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:13,520 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 00:28:19,140 --> 00:28:20,140 Well, yes. 484 00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:21,650 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 --> 00:28:35,250 but it's by necessity to combat a much larger white racism built into the 487 00:28:35,250 --> 00:28:40,470 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 --> 00:28:55,400 So the system is not fair? The only reason this criminal was even brought to 491 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,700 trial here was because I generated enough public pressure to stop the 492 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:04,880 attorney's office from blindly looking the other way, which otherwise it would 493 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,000 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 --> 00:29:15,700 If William Russ had been white, you would not have publicly come forward. If 496 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,380 had been white, you would not have staged that rally that produced Jerome 497 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:22,740 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 --> 00:29:31,880 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 00:29:53,790 --> 00:29:57,130 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 --> 00:30:00,130 Help! 509 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:04,470 Hang on. Stop it. 510 00:30:05,130 --> 00:30:06,130 Stop it. 511 00:30:06,530 --> 00:30:09,190 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 --> 00:30:18,270 You okay? 515 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:20,210 He said I could. 516 00:30:20,430 --> 00:30:20,969 It's okay. 517 00:30:20,970 --> 00:30:22,190 It's okay. Are you all right? 518 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,270 Oh, what happened? 519 00:30:24,510 --> 00:30:26,530 It was just a little accident. Are you okay, Benny? 520 00:30:26,810 --> 00:30:27,810 I've hurt myself. 521 00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:29,610 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 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:36,659 It's okay. 525 00:30:36,660 --> 00:30:37,660 Be okay, Benny. 526 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,400 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 --> 00:30:50,420 You like it? 529 00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:51,980 Fantastic. 530 00:30:53,860 --> 00:30:57,280 Thanks. The thing is, uh, with Jack Dollar? 531 00:30:58,220 --> 00:30:59,220 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 --> 00:31:10,890 Thanks. 536 00:31:16,330 --> 00:31:17,430 Miss Lamb. 537 00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:19,490 Good, hi. 538 00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:22,230 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 --> 00:31:28,340 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 --> 00:31:35,380 You have McFadden Arps as co -counsel? Yeah, Jay McFadden owed me. I got his 543 00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,380 daughter a McDonough ticket. 544 00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:39,880 Oh, plus which the civil rights claim provides for attorney fees, so they were 545 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:40,880 happy to jump in. 546 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,080 Protracted to them means more money. 547 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:45,500 So thick. 548 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,280 I think they put 12 lawyers on it. 549 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,580 Okay, well, you have it. Tell Alan I'm sorry I missed her. 550 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:56,660 This is awful. 551 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:57,840 Good going, Stuart. 552 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,480 Slap suit. Great idea. You liked it too, Douglas. 553 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,020 I never liked it. All right, that's enough. 554 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,520 Now look, we've got to make this thing go away and fast. 555 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:08,440 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 --> 00:32:13,980 In the meantime, I've got to figure a way to break this dog over his arm. 558 00:32:15,180 --> 00:32:16,180 God. 559 00:32:16,740 --> 00:32:20,440 If Jerome Bailey had seen what he said he saw, don't you think he would have 560 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,220 told his own mother or his best friend? 561 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:26,660 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 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,860 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 --> 00:32:44,200 The boy's mother admitted that it could have taken 30 seconds for her to look 566 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,240 around that alley after hearing the shots. 567 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:50,120 That's plenty of time for the drug dealers who shot at my client to run 568 00:32:51,050 --> 00:32:56,310 There's been no evidence, ladies and gentlemen, other than Jerome Bailey, to 569 00:32:56,310 --> 00:33:00,490 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 --> 00:33:04,910 And no motive. 572 00:33:06,670 --> 00:33:07,670 No motive. 573 00:33:08,010 --> 00:33:11,970 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 00:33:19,020 --> 00:33:22,460 They're asking you to believe that Officer Chisholm just suddenly turned 576 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,580 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 --> 00:33:41,200 A mistake. 583 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,600 For all the prejudice and the outrage and the hurricane of anger surrounding 584 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:46,600 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 --> 00:33:55,550 Thank you. 587 00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:00,310 The facts. 588 00:34:01,170 --> 00:34:06,150 Two witnesses swore under oath they saw no one else in the alley. Can the 589 00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:08,010 defense offer any evidence of drug dealers? 590 00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:10,070 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 --> 00:34:22,900 Ballistics reveal it was Chisholm's bullet found inside the boy's body. 594 00:34:23,460 --> 00:34:24,460 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 --> 00:34:34,060 The question is whether we're going to let hate crimes continue to go 597 00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,060 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 --> 00:34:45,650 Choose not to. 602 00:34:53,150 --> 00:35:00,110 Imagine, if you will, ladies and gentlemen, the humiliation, the shame 603 00:35:00,110 --> 00:35:05,190 client must have felt that night as he sat there and watched his hair just go 604 00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:10,530 to the sound of twin booster engines and then the way it sputtered before it 605 00:35:10,530 --> 00:35:11,530 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 --> 00:35:23,740 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 --> 00:35:30,640 Go ahead, sir. 612 00:35:41,230 --> 00:35:42,230 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 --> 00:36:00,070 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 --> 00:36:16,410 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 --> 00:36:36,770 If you watch these shows, you know that the more embarrassing it is, the more it 624 00:36:36,770 --> 00:36:37,770 hurts. 625 00:36:39,660 --> 00:36:40,660 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 --> 00:36:51,020 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 --> 00:36:56,180 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 00:37:06,210 --> 00:37:08,670 Oh, for God's sakes, I'll be tied up in court for months. I'll lose the 633 00:37:08,670 --> 00:37:09,670 financing. 634 00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:11,470 I'm sorry, am I early? 635 00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:12,710 No, come in, come in. 636 00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:15,130 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 --> 00:37:28,770 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 --> 00:37:36,590 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 --> 00:37:42,710 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 --> 00:37:49,070 Now, hold on a moment. Pardon me. 648 00:37:49,850 --> 00:37:53,690 Since I'm all by myself, I will need help in servicing all your needs, so I 649 00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:58,110 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 00:38:03,550 --> 00:38:04,830 Brayton. Yeah, but you can't do that. 652 00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:05,848 Yes, I can. 653 00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:09,250 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 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:19,299 And I pay nothing? 657 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:20,138 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 --> 00:38:31,240 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 --> 00:38:39,060 I said done. 664 00:38:39,260 --> 00:38:42,440 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 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:45,859 It's done. 667 00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:47,880 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 --> 00:39:07,700 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 --> 00:39:11,940 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 --> 00:39:15,780 Congratulations. Thank you. 676 00:39:16,990 --> 00:39:23,890 Look, I'm sorry I sort of... It was unprofessional. I'm sorry I started to 677 00:39:23,890 --> 00:39:26,030 laugh. You don't have to apologize, Victor. 678 00:39:26,370 --> 00:39:28,370 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 00:39:36,930 --> 00:39:37,970 You think I'm being silly? 682 00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:41,810 No, no. I think you sued these people because you felt your dignity was 683 00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:42,810 assaulted. 684 00:39:43,190 --> 00:39:45,750 But I also think... 685 00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:49,700 Every time you put that on, you're saying you don't like yourself the way 686 00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:50,700 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 --> 00:40:10,760 Okay. 694 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,320 Okay. 695 00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:22,770 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 --> 00:40:32,830 Chisholm, criminal complaint number 8212, the jury finds the defendant 699 00:40:32,830 --> 00:40:33,990 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 --> 00:40:45,990 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 --> 00:40:57,880 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 --> 00:41:19,160 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 --> 00:41:42,380 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 --> 00:41:49,640 The only evidence that incriminated the defendant was the testimony of Jerome 717 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:50,640 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 --> 00:41:59,880 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 --> 00:42:09,520 But if my choice is between another riot and an unjust verdict, I have to opt 722 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,520 for the riot. 723 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:19,340 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 --> 00:42:53,800 Well, I guess I'll tell you. 730 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,860 I want to hire Mackenzie Brackman. 731 00:42:57,940 --> 00:42:58,879 Excuse me? 732 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:02,100 Besides Oberzan, I have a lot of commercial litigation I can't keep up 733 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,140 Your trial lawyers have a good reputation. 734 00:43:04,660 --> 00:43:06,360 I'd love to farm some of my stuff over. 735 00:43:06,580 --> 00:43:08,900 You give me 40 % of the billing... I've got a better idea. 736 00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:11,060 Why don't you come to work for me? 737 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,440 Excuse me? 738 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:16,260 Same deal. You take 40 % of the business you bring in. 739 00:43:16,540 --> 00:43:20,200 We supply you with space, administrative support, the ability to quadruple your 740 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,200 work output. 741 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:22,738 Wait a minute. 742 00:43:22,740 --> 00:43:25,860 You're offering me more than I came here asking for. What's in it for you? 743 00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,200 The right to call you hours. 744 00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:31,140 I loathe law firms. 745 00:43:31,540 --> 00:43:32,479 Yeah, so do I. 746 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,720 I'd only work in a place that would allow me to be myself. 747 00:43:36,820 --> 00:43:38,400 Mackenzie Brackman is that kind of place. 748 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,500 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 --> 00:43:53,860 I'm this way. 752 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:55,240 Okay. See you tomorrow. 753 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:56,440 Jonathan. 754 00:43:56,540 --> 00:43:57,540 Great job. 755 00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,400 Incredible job. 756 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,640 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 --> 00:44:33,750 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 --> 00:44:41,690 You really handed it to me, didn't you? 765 00:44:41,950 --> 00:44:42,950 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 --> 00:44:56,970 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 --> 00:45:31,010 A couple of weeks from now, maybe sooner, another black man will be dead 779 00:45:31,010 --> 00:45:37,590 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.