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by two separate
yet equally important groups:

by two separate
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

I feel very
exposed here, Ira.

Privacy in public spaces,
Paige.

That's what New York's
all about.

Can't we just get a hotel?

Right now,
let's not go anywhere.

Let's add
Rowboat-in-Central-Park

to our life lists
of sexual loci.

Ira...

Let's do add it, Paige.

Looks like she was beaten
pretty bad.

Excuse me.

I have
a pretty shaken-up lady here.

You're the couple
in the rowboat?

Right. That's us.

Was she moving
when you found her?

Paige?

Oh, God, no.

If we're at all close
to wrapping it up

I'd like to take her away
from here.

Uh, we're going to need
to take full statements

from both of you.

We'll get through it
as quickly as we can.

Is it possible to keep my full identity
out of this?

Strictly speaking,
we're being naughty.

Ira...

Officially,
she's still married

to another
individual.

She did murder him?

God, no!

Well, see

we're Homicide.

Anything else,
you have to take up

with the Adultery Squad.

Name?

I don't know if they're
responsible for this here

but I had a couple
of knuckleheads from the parade

try to mess
with my rowboats.

Can you describe them?

Puerto Rican.

Tall, short,
fat, thin...?

I couldn't tell you.

Uh, did you get a look
at the dead woman?

Yeah, right.

Was she with anybody

when she rented
the boat?

All by herself.

Uh, she had a pair of shoulders
on her, big enough

for a linebacker.

Thanks for the tip.

Detective?

What's up, Sarge?

A group of Hispanics
coming away from the parade

were just called in for
robbery and sexual assault.

They're on their way
to Central Booking.

See if you can get them
rerouted over to the House.

I went to the parade,
and that's it.

You got collared
in the park.

I went through the park
to go to the subway to go home.

Let's see--
the parade's on Fifth Avenue.

You live in the east Bronx.

You got to take the Lexington
Avenue line to get home.

So you don't go
through the park

to get to the subway.

You want to try
another story?

If you see somebody
holding something that says Sony

in front of their faces,
those are video cameras.

Hey, one stinking day
out of the year

to honor the
Puerto Rican people

I got to get this kind
of harassment.

Hold up. You ripped a girl's
shirt off out of patriotism?

If-if that's the one
bitch I'm thinking of

I wouldn't exactly call
that no shirt, man.

Now, would this be the bitch
in the rowboat?

I wasn't near no rowboat.

Where were you guys?

Not where we should have been,
I guess.

I had my clothes ripped off
in Central Park

in the middle of the day.

Well, nobody expected
that kind of crowd.

If we had, there
would have been

a much greater police
presence in the park.

Not too comforting to think

unless there's police
standing there

that this is what happens.

Is there anything
you can tell us

about who attacked you?

Teens, twenties,
I guess Puerto Rican.

Have a look at these.

Tell us if you recognize
any of the faces.

I don't know.

Anything you can tell us
would be helpful.

What I remember about them
wasn't their faces.

It doesn't have
to be faces.

Clothes, tattoos,
jewelry...

What I remember about them
is hands grabbing me--

what seems like
a thousand hands.

That's it.

That's all I remember.

GREEN
We have a vendor that says

you and your
boys robbed them.

That's wrong, man.

Maybe somebody paid him,
and he didn't realize.

But definitely,
I didn't rob nobody

knowingly, with forethought.

How about using water bottles
to spray girls with?

Did you do that?

It was a hot day.

We was fooling around.

Fair enough.

Tell me about the girl
at the lake.

I don't know nothing about that.

Well, what
happened?

I mean, you were
spraying her with water

and things just progressed
from there?

I want to talk to my lawyer.

Tell me what was going on

by the lake, Kiki?

I wasn't near no lake.

How sure are you that
there were no witnesses

who saw you there?

Look, the only place
I went to in the park

was to the zoo on account
I had to use the bathroom.

You know, by the-the clock
with the animals?

I mean, I swear to God.

I swear to the Blessed Virgin!

You... I want my lawyer now.

You canvass the park?

We're concentrating on the ones
who took a collar.

I've got other detectives
canvassing the park, Chief.

Where do we stand on
holding these guys?

Arraignment's tomorrow morning
on robbery and assault.

Yeah, well, given that
we had some members of the force

conspicuously nonproactive
while all this was going on

we'd be well advised to pursue
this investigation aggressively.

Now, I'd also
appreciate

if you'd go see
the woman's husband.

I got people all the
way up to First Dep

pissing in my ear,
who he is.

Who is he?

Some computer
billionaire.

Downtown wants him
to feel taken care of.

They'll let him know

they're on top of it.

Yeah.

I just can't believe she's gone.

We think we're pretty
close to having a suspect.

One of the people
that was, uh

in the park
doing the attacks?

Yeah. We're
leaning that way.

I just don't understand

how people can go crazy
like that.

Or they can be allowed
to go crazy.

This is Seth Teitel.

He's a good friend of mine

and vice president
of my company.

The cops were just
standing there?

Girls came running
out of the park

who had their
clothes ripped off

who were hysterical

and the cops
just stood there?

If they did, they were wrong.

If they didn't

maybe Susan would
still be alive.

Uh, Seth, we don't know
what happened.

We think money makes us safe.

We have doormen, we have limos.

Finally, you get to the point

where you don't even risk
taking cabs

and then you find out
you're not safe.

Not nearly safe.

Susan went to take a
rowboat all by herself?

Yeah. That was a, um...
totally Susan thing to do.

Can you think of anyone

who would have wanted
to hurt her for any reason?

You're asking
the wrong guy.

Susan and I were like
an old pair of shoes.

I mean, we'd been together
since college.

We were best friends.

I can't think of anybody
that'd want to hurt her.

We've got a lot of cops
working on this.

Hopefully, we'll find
what we're looking for.

Hey, y-you guys catch
the Capp homicide?

Right.

From where I'm standing

it looks like a sea of perps
on Sunday.

I'm figuring they misjudged
the deployment down on One P.P.

The guys had parade detail
got caught shorthanded.

You ever On The Job?

Uh, I was a year too old
when I took the tests.

Otherwise, I could have...

Uh, anything unusual
about the woman?

Uh, not exactly kismet
in the marriage department

but, uh, other than that,
she seemed normal.

What, she and her
husband used to fight?

To the point where
she moved out.

She just moved back in
about a week ago.

How do you know
she wasn't just taking a trip?

Fellas, give me
a little credit, huh?

She's upset.

She has some guy helping her,
uh, dragging out a lamp

pillow, photo albums.

Plus, she told me
to hold her mail

and under no circumstances,
deliver it to her husband.

Can you describe the guy
that was helping her out?

Male, Caucasian, approximately 60 years of
age

possible Boston accent.

Thanks, Kevin.

You would have made
a hell of a detective.

Where'd you say
the girl was from?

Somerville,
Massachusetts.

Sherlock didn't mention
the guy helping her

was probably her father.

He and his wife

were supposed to be flying down
this morning.

Yeah, that's right.

She'd say,
"Five years, Dad.

"Let Ethan go public
with the company

and we'll pack up and come back
to Massachusetts."

Can you think of anyone

she might
have been seeing?

"Seeing,"
as in carrying on?

Is that what you're suggesting?

We're not suggesting
anything, sir.

We're just asking questions.

On the chance that whoever killed your
daughter knew her

we need to take a look

at all of her friends
and acquaintances.

What about her husband?

Anyone think to look at him?

Martin, please.

We don't think he had anything
to do with it.

To the whole world

including my wife,
Ethan was this great catch.

The way I see it

he was the lucky one.

He got the great catch,
not her.

Do you think he'd do anything
to hurt her?

Absolutely not.

Except that
he wanted

out of the marriage.

How do you know that?

Because my daughter told me.

He met someone else.

He wanted out of the marriage

but she wasn't about
to beg him to stay.

Had she been to a lawyer?

You better believe it.

So there was enough
for both of them

to walk away
with a bundle?

No question.

Gee, now I've heard
than an angry spouse

can sometimes think
any number is not enough.

Yes. I've also heard
of that happening.

So, how much was Susan looking to bleed
him for?

That might be
the wrong terminology to use

when talking
to her matrimonial attorney.

Go ahead.
Use any terminology you want.

Susan wanted--
and was entitled to--

an accurate evaluation
of Ethan's company.

Sometimes that's provided
willingly.

Sometimes it's not.

Well, let's say nothing
was done willingly

that, uh, the divorce
gets as nasty

as a divorce can get.

What happens to
the company then?

Worst-case scenario:

the company is sold,
the proceeds split.

Was it headed that way?

Susan had a lot of anger.

She wasn't going
to make it easy.

All the ones they
collared at the park

pleaded out to
robbery or assault.

The most they're
looking at is 18 months.

Well, it might be worth taking
a harder look at the husband.

Is there anything to put him
at the park?

Not so far.

See, he was a
little too intent

on making us think his
marriage was in good shape.

Turns out his wife had
gone to see a lawyer

and she was all set to
take him to the cleaners.

Sounds like motive to me.

Can I help you?

We need to talk
to Ethan here.

Is there some place we can go
that's a little more private?

Yeah. We can do it
right here.

Uh, Seth, would you
excuse us, please?

You and your wife
were getting a divorce?

What's the relevance
of that?

It seems like something
you would have mentioned

along with the fact

that you two were like
a pair of old shoes.

Well, we were told that her
demands might lead

to your company
being broken up.

Are you thinking
that I murdered her

to prevent that from happening?

We've seen people murdered
for a lot less.

So you want me to provide you
with an alibi?

Sunday morning,
I was at my apartment

on the telephone

with my people in San Jose.

Around noon, I met a friend
at Barney's.

Made a couple of purchases.

Had some lunch.

Went to a Japanese
animation show.

Then went home.

I've got credit card receipts.

You're free to look at them.

Who's the friend you met
at Barney's?

We're just trying
to get a sense

as to whether Ethan's
marital situation played

a role in his wife's death.

As in Ethan killed her?

Well, not necessarily
Ethan himself.

Maybe somebody trying to
get in good with Ethan.

Guys with that much money
tend to attract opportunists.

Would you be including me
under that general heading?

I wouldn't include you
under any heading.

I don't know you
that well.

Yeah. You guys are famous
for not making snap judgments.

Whatever you think
of me, though

Ethan had absolutely nothing
to do with his wife's death.

He's as gentle a soul
as I've ever known.

So he's not responsible
for those bruises

on your neck?

I didn't realize
I was being physically examined.

It's another thing
we're famous for.

Ethan didn't do this.

It was his friend, Seth.

He attributed Ethan's
marital problems to me.

To use his words

I had "destabilized
a perfectly ordered universe."

And did he say
that to you

with his hands around
your throat?

Just before.

I made the mistake of laughing.

That's when he put
his hands around my throat.

Seth has to have a pretty big
stock position in the company.

No doubt.

Which means if the company
gets broken up in a divorce

he loses big.

As does Ethan's
girlfriend.

Yeah. If she really wanted
to set herself up for life

she'd cover for Ethan.

Well, why don't we get
that doorman in

and see what he has to say
about it?

Yeah. Maybe we'll get lucky,
and he's made an entry

in his official
Dick Tracy notebook.

You ever notice Ethan
with any other women?

Oh, a gooma
in other words?

Any other women?

None that springs to mind.

Hey, they've done away
with the Safe and Loft Squad.

Am I right?

Yep. Right.

Hey, you know anything
about Ethan going out on Sunday?

Well, I don't recall

any of the usual limo drivers
he uses showing up.

Did he go out on foot?

It's a possibility.

Are you maybe liking him
for the homicide?

Gee, Kevin, I don't know.

So far his alibi holds up.

Why? You think
we should like him?

Ordinarily, you got
to always like the husband.

This one might be
a little too much

of a wet noodle
to pull it off.

Briscoe, Green...

In my office.

Well, thanks
for coming in, Kevin.

We really appreciate it.

I ask you to make this guy
feel taken care of

and you make him a suspect?

We're going where this investigation takes
us, Chief.

Which is exactly

what you're supposed
to be doing, Lieutenant.

Downtown just finds it
a bit hard to fathom

why your guys are so focused
on the victim's husband

when there's no history
of domestic abuse

no criminal record,
no nothing!

Hey, there was

a nasty divorce about to happen.

And that makes it likely
in your mind

for a guy like this
to do a murder?

It makes it worth
looking into. Yes.

Chief, we still have a lot of
work to do.

Do us all a favor--

Find out it was one
of the punks from the parade.

So nice to have the
support of the job.

Is Ethan the only one
you like at this point?

Either Ethan
or his friend.

What friend?

His friend Seth.

He stood to lose a fortune
of his own in the divorce.

Plus, he tried to strangle
Ethan's girlfriend.

Plus, he seems

like half a whack job.

Hey, the doorman
said that Ethan

didn't take a limo
on Sunday, right?

Maybe Seth did.

Listen, do what you have to do.

Not what the
Chief wants us

to be looking at.

The Chief's not running
this investigation.

The dispatcher told us

you drove this guy
Seth Teitel on Sunday.

Yeah, right.
That's right.

Do you have it in your
trip log where you went?

He had me for the day.

I didn't keep a trip log.

You happen to remember

where he had you
drive him to?

I picked him up at his apartment
around 79th and Columbus.

I took him down to his office.

I remember he wanted to stop
at a newsstand.

I remember he wanted to look
at guitars in the store window.

He went up to Central Park

and had me drop him
by the rowboats.

Oh, you and Ethan go
way back, huh?

We went to MIT together.

You were with the company
from the ground up.

Can I ask what
your point is?

My point is...

if Susan caused the break up
of the company

you had a lot to lose.

And so I murdered her?

When's the last time
you saw her?

I don't know.

A month ago,
three weeks ago.

Seth, you're
a smart guy.

Ask yourself, "Are they
asking me questions

they already know
the answer to?"

What do you mean?

Ask yourself, is there proof
that you saw Susan

not a month ago,
or three weeks ago

but the very same day
she was killed?

I did not kill her.

Hey, man, ask yourself--

"Did someone see me
at the exact same spot

where Susan was killed?"

Did someone see me?

Now ask yourself

what would your answer be
if they did?

We arranged to
meet at the lake.

She rode up to the shore,
got out, sat on a bench.

I told her how much
the company meant

to Ethan and me.

I tried to talk her out
of destroying something

just for the sake
of destroying it.

I thought I was actually beginning to make
sense to her.

All of a sudden, these
guys started running

down the hill, yelling,
spraying people with water

so Susan told me
that I should go get a cop.

So that's what I went to do.

But there were no cops.

You guys were completely absent
from the park that day.

That isn't the same story
you told us before.

I was ashamed.

I was afraid Ethan
would never forgive me.

I was also afraid
that you would think

that I'd killed her

and that I was making
the whole thing up.

Good call.

The last I want any of you
to feel is that there's people

at City Hall or in
Albany micromanaging

the way this
case is handled.

Now, why would
we think that, Donny

other than the fact
that you're here?

As you know, there was
considerable public outcry

that the cops didn't do more

by way of responding
to the wilding in the park.

There'd been some hope

that an effective prosecution
in this case would offset that.

We're anticipating
that there will be

an effective prosecution.

But it's not
a prosecution

of one of the individuals
involved in the wilding.

That's because

we don't have the necessary
evidence to prosecute

any of those individuals.

Sounds like the only
evidence you've got

against Seth Teitel is
circumstantial.

That's usually the case
with homicide.

Okay, look, I'm all for
a level playing field--

justice being color
blind, etcetera.

We had hoped to use this trial

to punish one or more
of these Puerto Ricans

who went nuts in the park
that day.

If we can't, we can't.

What I need to be able
to report back is that

you're all absolutely convinced
that you got the right guy.

We wouldn't be prosecuting him
if we weren't.

Ethan and Seth were very close

although, I think,
in Seth's mind they were closer.

Objection. She has no idea
what was in Seth's mind.

Sustained.

Did Seth ever
personally indicate

he felt threatened
by Ethan's impending divorce?

He said that if the company
was dissolved in a divorce

then his stock options
would be worthless.

What role, if any,
did he assign to you?

He held me responsible,
along with Susan.

How do you know that?

One day he found me
doing something

on Ethan's computer,
and... he went crazy.

He started choking me,
saying that

everything was perfect

until I set my
sights on Ethan.

He said that...

if it would keep the company
from going down the tubes

and him from moving

back into his parents' house
in Rockville Center

then, he'd risk
getting sent away for murder.

Nothing further.

Is it possible you saw Seth
as a rival, Ms. Bergman

and that's why you're up here
testifying against him?

I think Ethan was
pretty squarely

in the heterosexual camp

if that's what
you're referring to.

Actually, I was thinking

more to the point
that you driving a wedge

between Ethan and his wife,
and Ethan and his friend

in order for you
to claim the power

and the money you
were seeking.

Objection. Speculative.

Overruled.

Did you send this e-mail
to Ethan?

Yes.

Ask that it be marked
into evidence.

So ordered.

"Hey, Snakeskin.

"Can't wait till I'm next to you
at the controls.

"I hope it's not too big-headed
of me to think

"I have something
to offer

"especially once you shed
some excess baggage.

"Don't take this to mean
I'm not happy now.

"It isn't everyone who has
their very own boy genius crawl

"into their lap to go
nigh-nigh

nippy nigh, nigh..."

Stop it.

Sit down, Mr. Teitel.

I don't want you embarrassing
my friend Ethan this way.

Just stop what you're doing.

Witnesses getting antsy?

No. I gave them all crayons
and coloring books.

They'll be fine.

See you in there.

Hey, guys, I have a witness
you might be interested in.

Who's that?

Name's Kiki Morales.

He was one of the Wild Bunch
in the park.

Pleaded out to assault
and robbery

started serving his sentence

saw your guy's picture
in the paper

got in touch with me

said he recognized him
from the park.

Can place him in the rowboat.

How long does it take
to get him down here?

I took the liberty;
he's here already.

Interview him;
see what we've got.

Yeah. No problem.

Where were you
on the afternoon of Sunday

June 11, Mr. Morales?

I was at the Puerto Rican Day
Parade.

and I went to Central Park.

Where in Central Park
were you?

The lake.

What, if anything,
did you see there?

That gentleman seated
right there.

He jumped out of a rowboat
and walked by me in a big rush.

There were a lot of people
in Central Park that day.

How sure are you
it was the defendant?

There weren't any
other people

jumping out of rowboats and running.

I saw his picture in the paper.

There's no doubt in my mind

that's the same guy.

Nothing further.

Your witness is lying.

I questioned him
after he was collared.

He swore up and down
he never went past the zoo.

Well, maybe he
was lying then.

Maybe he was.

Maybe he lies whenever
it's in his interest to lie.

What's he getting
for testifying?

Time served.

A full year off
his prison sentence.

Even if he told the
truth on the stand

the defense is entitled

to full disclosure
of his statement to Briscoe

which means his
credibility is shot

along with ours.

How did this happen?

There was nothing
in his statement

that said the zoo was the only place in
the park he went.

On the face of it, there
was no contradiction.

Obviously,
we were happy

to have eyewitness
testimony.

Oh, this is going
to get ugly.

Yes, it is.

They're going to come
after us for everything:

cops outside the park
who just stood there

city failing to act

me not doing my job--
all of it.

I should've
talked to Briscoe.

I should never have relied

solely on the statement
he gave me.

We need to find out where
Morales really was

and what, if anything,
he actually saw.

How do we do that?

Stick him in a room
with Briscoe and Green.

That's the trouble
with lying, Kiki--

You have to remember

to tell the same lies
to the same people.

Look, I don't do time
so good, all right?

I got a sick mother,
I got asthma.

You should think about

your sick mother
and your asthma

before you go on
your next crime spree.

I get loaded, I don't
think about nothing.

Yeah, well, think
about this--

you just added perjury
to your list of felonies.

No, no, no, I didn't
do no perjury

by saying I saw the guy.

By saying you saw him
by the lake.

I did see him by the lake.

So you perjured yourself

by saying you didn't
go past the zoo.

That wasn't on the stand.

We're going
to prove

that you lied on the stand, Kiki

and you know what that means?

Five more years at Green Haven.

What if I told
you guys the truth?

Yeah, what
if you do?

Would it help?

It couldn't hurt.

All right.

A bunch of us were down
at the lake, right?

We saw the girl in the boat

and we started
throwing things at her.

She got upset, rowed to shore
and said something.

Then this guy Nestor
jumped in the boat with her

and they got into it.

Problem is, Kiki
that you're

completely useless
as a witness now.

The jury isn't going
to trust you

to give them directions
to the men's room.

I think you're wrong
about that, man

'cause I can be totally
sincere when I got to be.

Who else saw Nestor
in the boat?

A bunch of us saw him.

Anybody who isn't
currently doing time?

There is one guy.

The Puerto Rican
Day Parade, in June--

remember what
you were doing?

I was there,
I watched it

I hung out for a while
and went home.

Let me try to save us
some time here, David.

Look, you're in no real
strong position

to be playing cat and mouse.

We have somebody
that has you at the park

by the lake, witnessing
a woman being beat to death.

I stopped him
from beating her.

So you knew the one
on trial is innocent?

I figured, with his
money, he'd get off.

I'm sure the D.A.'s office
isn't going to connect you up

as an accessory.

I mean, the fact that
you were in the boat

and that you didn't
come forward--

none of that's going to be
a problem for you, huh?

I've never so much
as been arrested.

I have two kids.

I-I have a job--
what are you doing to me?

Look here, man.

We're ready to
send you to prison.

The only thing you got
working in your favor

is the D.A.'s in a bad spot.

Now they might
be inclined

to cut you some slack,
if they believe you.

Any way you can
help yourself here?

There's this woman who might be
able to I.D. Nestor.

They'll believe her.

Why are you asking me
this now?

Well, we received
some information

that leads us to believe
that we arrested the wrong guy.

Except now, it's been a while.

If you're
not sure.

you're not sure.

We're not trying

to talk you
into anything.

I told David, I didn't want
to be doing nothing like this.

I was pissed off, but I didn't
want to get involved

in the whole thing
like this.

All we want you to do

is take a look
at a photo array

and tell us
if you see the guy.

If you don't, you don't.

Him.

Nestor.

What do
you guys want?

We want to arrest you.

We just don't want
to do it

in front
of all of these people.

Arrest me for what?

Murder.

I stood right here,
and I asked you--

"Are you certain
you have the right guy?"

At the time, everything pointed
to Seth Teitel as the killer.

So, I went to the Mayor
and I told him

that he should go
to the leadership

of the Hispanic community,
assure them that no one

from their constituency
was being targeted.

No one has
been targeted.

He gave them
his word, Nora.

What do you want us to do, Donny

ignore evidence
of this defendant's guilt

because we made a mistake?

We could have demonstrations.

Even worse, this administration

had the political
high ground on this one

and your people
just pissed it away.

Tell the Mayor I'd be happy

to meet with anybody
he thinks would be beneficial.

It's not going
to be that easy.

These bridges we've tried
to build

with the minority communities
are not too sturdy.

So, it's going to be
damn near impossible

to mend them now.

What if you attack my decision
to prosecute in the press?

That would put you back
on dry land.

And what would be your response?

No response.

Turn the other cheek.

And I assume you'll have
someone reach out

to this dot.com guy

express our sincere
apologies?

I did apologize.

And it was sincere.

No one is looking
for any scalps, Nora.

You understand.

I do, completely.

Mr. McCoy.

That was fun.

Good to know they're consistent.

I'm sorry

about the political capital
I just cost you.

There's no need
to apologize to me.

I do need a conviction.

What are the chances of that?

The defense is making noises
about this kid's IQ.

Anything to it?

From the videotape?

He was smart enough

to enjoy the parade.

Let's make sure
the jury sees it.

State your objections,
Counselor.

My objection is that
the tape is prejudicial

rather than probative.

It's inflammatory

and has nothing to do
with crime charged.

We'd argue the tape
establishes the presence

of the defendant
in Central Park...

A fact already
stipulated

into the record.

But more importantly

it establishes a sequence
of events

related in cause and effect

to the eventual murder

of Susan Capp.

I know that's what
Mr. McCoy wants

to convey to the jury

but I would
argue strenuously

that the laws of evidence
don't permit him to do that.

Well, the events
on the tape are

sufficiently related
to the crime charged.

The tape comes in.

What were you doing on Sunday, June
11, Mr. Stenopolis?

I like to videotape
things--

events around
the city and whatnot.

Sometimes you see famous people,
like, uh, like last week

I videotaped Steve Martin
walking down Madison Avenue.

Sometimes, it's
just pretty girls

like you see in
New York everyday.

Were you in Central Park
with your video camera

following the Puerto Rican
Day parade?

Yes, I was.

Was the tape we're about to see

made in that location
on that date?

Yes, it was.

The defense renews its objection

to the showing of this tape,
Your Honor.

Objection overruled.

Mr. McCoy.

I would draw
the jury's attention

to the individual
in the right-center of the frame

and ask that he be identified
as the defendant.

Ms. Guzman, what happened to you

while you were
walking through the park?

I was passing a group of men--

they said something.

I ignored them.

Then one of them grabbed me...

another one splashed me
with water

then they surrounded me.

tearing at my clothes...

groping me.

Then, one of them
put his hands on my breast

and his tongue in my ear.

That was nice.

What did you do?

I tried to fight them off
with my fists.

I kicked at them,
whatever I could do.

Do you see any of those
individuals in this courtroom?

Him.

Let the record show

that the witness identified
the defendant

Nestor Salazar.

So ordered.

Where were you in the park
when this attack occurred?

Near the lake
with the rowboats.

Nothing further.

What, specifically

did Mr. Salazar do to you,
Ms. Guzman?

He was one of the group
that attacked me.

Uh-huh.

Listen carefully
to the question.

What, specifically,
did Mr. Salazar do to you?

He was there.

I'm not sure what he did...

Did you see Mr. Salazar
attack Susan Capp?

No, but I saw him running
down to the lake.

But did you, at any time,
see Mr. Salazar with Susan Capp?

No, I didn't.

Thank you.

No further questions.

I knew Nestor and the rest
of these guys from the projects.

And Nestor's Brazilian.

Sometimes, I think he tried
too hard to prove

that he was down
with the neighborhood.

He wanted to fit in.

When I saw him

and these other guys
spraying the girls with water

I went over to them and tried

to chill them out
a little bit.

They showed me enough respect
that they stopped.

Was that the last time
you saw them that day?

I had my kids with me.

I was buying them
ice cream.

One of the guys with Nestor
came running over to me

and said Nestor was
flipping out.

I went over and saw him
in a rowboat

banging this woman's head
against the side.

What did you do?

I ran into the lake

climbed on the boat
and pulled him off her.

I didn't know how bad
she was hurt.

I didn't know she was

going to fall in the water
and drown.

I needed to get Nestor
out of there.

I needed to
look after my kids.

With all the craziness
in the park...

I never got back.

Counselor.

My client wants to deal.

What's he offering?

To plead to negligent homicide.

You're dreaming.

He's willing to do time.

Negligent homicide

won't get him more
than a year.

Then how much time do
you think he deserves?

We're charging him
with Man Two--

that ought to give
you some idea.

You guys finally got
the defendant you wanted

didn't you, huh?

Even though the kid's
not Puerto Rican

he looks like he could be
Puerto Rican.

I mean, Brazil is
still Latin America, right?

So, as long as he's Latino

you got exactly the right kind
of head on your stick.

I don't care what kind of head
I have on a stick.

All I care about is
did he do the crime.

Yeah. Right.

My brother's a follower.

He gets together with
his so-called friends

he does what they do.

Have you known your brother
to be violent before?

Never.

Have you known your brother
to be abusive

or threatening towards women
before?

My brother
respected women.

He grew up in a house
with strong women.

He would not have
gotten away for a second

if he did anything
but respect women.

That's true for his mother,
his aunt, his cousins.

And how about women other
than the women in his family?

Nestor didn't start going out
with girls

till he was 17 years old.

He was real shy.

My girlfriends would
come over

and he would be too
embarrassed to speak.

Finally, he started going out
with this girl

and it was the sweetest thing
you ever saw.

He'd open doors for her,
hold hands with her.

I remember once coming
into the room

hearing his friends laughing
at him

'cause he hadn't nailed her.

He shrugged, took the abuse.

All he said was,
they were waiting.

I don't understand what's
happening in that courtroom.

The defense is presenting
its case.

Well, I know that.

But they seem to be making

this Hispanic kid
the victim--

like we should all
feel sorry for him

because maybe some of his
buddies made too much fun of him

when he was young.

It's not an unusual tactic

for a defendant to play
to the sympathy of a jury.

Especially with the testimony
of a family member.

And what about sympathy
for our daughter?

When do we get a chance
to tell them who she was?

The system doesn't work
that way.

Well, it damn well
ought to.

Before they write her off...

they ought to know
how special she was.

We had to have a closed coffin.

Her face was so...

If who our daughter was
truly isn't relevant

in that courtroom

then make that jury see
that it wasn't just Susan

who was attacked that day

it was their daughters, too

their sisters, mothers...

Maybe they'll care about that.

All day these guys had been
riding me about not joining in.

I hung back when they were
robbing the vendors.

I hung back when they were
getting the girls wet

with water bottles.

If your friends were doing these
things, why weren't you?

I didn't feel right.

I knew my friends didn't
necessarily mean

to hurt anybody.

They were just getting caught up
in things...

but I didn't...
I didn't feel right.

When you got to the lake,
what happened?

Like I said

all day they had
been riding me

so when I saw this
girl on a rowboat

I figured I make like a pirate
and show my friends

I could do stuff, too.

And what did you do?

I jumped into
the rowboat.

I tried to splash
the girl to get her wet

like my friends did
with those other girls.

I tried to get her wet

so her body would show
through her clothes

like my friends did
with the other girls

but then she stood up
and slapped me in the face

and she was big and strong
and...

I did-I, didn't realize that

when I jumped into the boat

and the next thing I knew

my friends were watching me

get beat up by this girl

so I grabbed her

and I banged her head back,
back and back.

The next thing I knew

someone was pulling me
off of her

and she jumped off the boat
into the water.

When you went into that boat,
Nestor

did you mean to hurt her?

No.

Did there come a point
on the boat

when you thought she was going
to hurt you?

Yes.

Did it ever occur to you
that what you were doing

would bring about her death?

No. God, no.

Your witness.

Are you familiar with
the New York City subway system

Mr. Salazar?

Yeah.

Did you know how to get home
from Central Park

on your own?

Yes.

Then I wonder why
it didn't occur to you

when your friends were doing
what they were doing

to leave?

We came together;
I figured we'd leave together.

So... even though you were
uncomfortable, so you say

with your friends robbing
vendors

and attacking women

you decided to stick around

because that was less
uncomfortable for you

than leaving?

I know now
that I should've left.

But if you'd left,
you wouldn't have been able

to show your friends
how tough you are.

Objection, Your Honor.

Argumentative.

Sustained.

How many times did you bang
Susan Capp's head against

the side of the boat,
Mr. Salazar?

I don't know.

More than once?

Yes.

More than twice?

Yes.

More than ten times?

No.

Because someone pulled
you off.

I didn't know what I was doing.

You just knew
that you wanted to do it

in front of your friends.

I have no further questions.

The events following
the Puerto Rican Day Parade

shocked and horrified us.

We watched young men engage
in brutal and bestial behavior

and we felt, correctly,
that they must be punished.

We in the Puerto Rican community
felt this no less

than anyone else.

We felt a particular sense
of revulsion and dread

because we knew it would be held
against all Puerto Ricans.

We knew that our parade

a joyful expression
of our culture and our pride

would forever be linked
to events

that had nothing to do with it.

Now, the prosecution has worked
very hard

to establish a link
between those events

and the crime for which
the defendant is charged.

They would only be too happy

to turn your shock
and your horror

into a blind reflex of vengeance
directed at the defendant.

And I'm going to be
quite honest with you

that's a very hard thing
to resist

but it's also the very essence
of your responsibility as jurors

to do so.

There is no question
that this young man

did something very wrong
that day.

This woman's death is a tragedy

and it must be answered for.

But it was not manslaughter.

Nestor Salazar acted foolishly
and impulsively

and negligently

but he did not commit
manslaughter.

And your sworn oath requires

that you find him not guilty
of that.

The defense would like you
to see Nestor Salazar

as a follower, a hanger on.

A timid polite boy
who was compelled

to commit this horrible crime

by the stronger personalities
of his friends.

They were the ones robbing
the vendors

and sexually assaulting
the women

egging him on to commit
an act of violence

wholly uncharacteristic
of him

and accidental in nature.

Well, there's no question
that what we saw

in the park that day

was the behavior of a mob

not an Hispanic mob

not a Puerto Rican mob

just a mob

with all the false bravado
and anonymity that provides.

But a mob is made up of people

and we hold people responsible

for the consequences
of their actions.

The consequence
of the defendant's action

is that a woman is dead.

We can dispense
with the discussion

of who in this group was
less of a bad person

or more of a bad person.

We can focus, we must focus
on what was done

on what he did.

What happened that Sunday
afternoon in Central Park

in June, was the suspension
of civilization.

This is when civilization gets
restored.

This is how it gets restored.

Find him guilty of manslaughter.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have,
Your Honor.

What say you?

We find the defendant guilty
of Manslaughter

in the Second Degree.

The parents are heading back
to Boston tonight.

I promised them
we'd make arrangements

to fly them down
for sentencing.

Oh...

I'm surprised they're willing
to come back.

We started off
with a white guy

put a Brazilian
behind bars

for what happened at the Puerto Rican Day
Parade.

New York City, the melting pot.