1 00:00:02,737 --> 00:00:04,512 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:04,572 --> 00:00:08,486 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:08,543 --> 00:00:10,352 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:13,188 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:13,249 --> 00:00:14,956 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,618 --> 00:00:19,862 It's Stalinism! The Board of Education is purging our lifestyle from the curriculum! 7 00:00:19,922 --> 00:00:23,062 Will you please let Mr. Durban answer the question? 8 00:00:23,125 --> 00:00:25,935 They can pretend that we don't exist, but you can't, Richard! 9 00:00:25,995 --> 00:00:27,599 We elected you to the City Council 10 00:00:27,663 --> 00:00:29,540 and we damn well expect you to stand up to them! 11 00:00:29,598 --> 00:00:32,044 People, the bigger issue before the Council 12 00:00:32,101 --> 00:00:34,810 is health coverage for same-sex partners. 13 00:00:34,871 --> 00:00:36,441 That's a battle we can win. 14 00:00:36,506 --> 00:00:38,247 That's your answer? Compromise? 15 00:00:38,308 --> 00:00:41,812 It's called politics. You don't get it, Richard, we want it all. 16 00:00:41,878 --> 00:00:44,950 And if you can't deliver, we'll find somebody who will! 17 00:00:45,982 --> 00:00:49,691 You'll have your chance next year. That's called politics, too. 18 00:00:53,323 --> 00:00:55,234 Congratulations, Cliff. 19 00:00:55,292 --> 00:00:58,399 Your talent for annoying people hasn't diminished with age. 20 00:00:58,462 --> 00:01:01,602 Between making friends and getting results, it's a no-brainer. 21 00:01:01,666 --> 00:01:05,273 Well, then, congratulations again. You're failing on both counts. 22 00:01:05,336 --> 00:01:07,816 MAN 1: What are you doing? You're nuts! MAN 2: Yeah? The hell with you! 23 00:01:07,872 --> 00:01:09,681 (sun FIRING) 24 00:01:09,740 --> 00:01:11,048 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,821 Oh, my God. Richard. 26 00:01:24,423 --> 00:01:28,269 I saw him, Officers. He had a green raincoat. He ran towards 7th. 27 00:01:28,694 --> 00:01:33,973 30 Charlie to Central. Signal 10-54. We have a male down, Bleecker and 7th. 28 00:01:34,566 --> 00:01:36,409 (SIREN BLARING) 29 00:01:37,636 --> 00:01:39,707 (POLICE RADIO CHATTERING) 30 00:01:43,476 --> 00:01:47,185 Councilman Richard Durban. Caught one in the head. No exit wound. 31 00:01:47,547 --> 00:01:50,687 All personal items are intact. This lady saw it. 32 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:52,786 What did you see, ma'am? 33 00:01:52,852 --> 00:01:55,924 I heard a loud voice. They were arguing. 34 00:01:56,155 --> 00:02:00,865 I was across the street. Then this guy shot that man with a gun and ran away. 35 00:02:01,127 --> 00:02:02,869 The one who shot, what did he look like? 36 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:04,170 Well, I didn't see his face. 37 00:02:04,231 --> 00:02:06,939 I just saw he was wearing a green raincoat. 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,379 Thank you, ma'am. If you think of anything else, tell the officer. 39 00:02:10,437 --> 00:02:14,715 I saw him leave. He was by himself. He lives just a few blocks away. 40 00:02:15,442 --> 00:02:17,080 Anybody follow him from the meeting? 41 00:02:17,144 --> 00:02:18,680 You're accusing one of us? 42 00:02:18,746 --> 00:02:21,317 I knew everybody in that room. We're like a family. 43 00:02:21,382 --> 00:02:24,921 I don't know many family reunions that need a police detail at the front door. 44 00:02:24,986 --> 00:02:28,433 That's to protect us from them, the paranoid straight community. 45 00:02:28,490 --> 00:02:30,060 That's who killed Richard Durban. 46 00:02:30,125 --> 00:02:33,629 Hey, fella, gay, straight, undecided, give me a name, I'll make an arrest. 47 00:02:33,695 --> 00:02:36,539 Oh, come on, you... Thanks for your cooperation. 48 00:02:37,966 --> 00:02:41,175 The community relations course the department gave us sure paid off big time. 49 00:02:41,236 --> 00:02:43,238 Yeah, don't throw away your notes. 50 00:02:43,304 --> 00:02:46,878 Detectives, we got something in the trash can up near the corner. 51 00:02:49,211 --> 00:02:54,456 Well, like the lady said, it's green and it's a raincoat. 52 00:02:54,817 --> 00:02:57,627 Any chance he left his calling card? 53 00:02:57,686 --> 00:02:59,666 No. But he left this. 54 00:03:50,241 --> 00:03:54,156 I, along with every citizen of New York, feel outrage and grief. 55 00:03:55,180 --> 00:03:56,853 I want to offer the city's condolences 56 00:03:56,915 --> 00:03:58,952 to Councilman Durban's family, to the people of... 57 00:03:59,017 --> 00:04:01,361 Have we got a suspect to go with those condolences? 58 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:04,560 Ballistics matched the slug to the .22 in the raincoat. 59 00:04:04,623 --> 00:04:07,934 No prints on the weapon, and the serial number's been filed off. 60 00:04:07,993 --> 00:04:09,233 Well, what about the raincoat? 61 00:04:09,294 --> 00:04:10,671 The lab's working it up. 62 00:04:10,729 --> 00:04:13,267 The pockets were empty, no laundry marks. 63 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:14,676 We called the manufacturer. 64 00:04:14,734 --> 00:04:18,580 The past year, they sold 8,000 of them in the five boroughs. 65 00:04:19,072 --> 00:04:22,349 So you're proposing to put an ad in at lost and found 66 00:04:22,408 --> 00:04:23,819 and hope somebody claims it? 67 00:04:23,877 --> 00:04:26,551 Well, we've gone public about a suspect in a green coat. 68 00:04:26,613 --> 00:04:28,889 Maybe someone saw him on 7th Avenue. 69 00:04:28,948 --> 00:04:31,519 Other than that, we don't know anything yet. 70 00:04:31,584 --> 00:04:34,498 How about you find out by this afternoon? 71 00:04:34,555 --> 00:04:37,001 You run into any obstacles, call me. 72 00:04:37,057 --> 00:04:38,161 Yes, sir. 73 00:04:42,796 --> 00:04:45,367 The date for the memorial hasn't been set yet. 74 00:04:45,432 --> 00:04:47,639 Hold on. Contributions? 75 00:04:47,701 --> 00:04:50,045 To the Gay Men's Health Crisis. 76 00:04:50,538 --> 00:04:53,576 I still can't believe it. It's such a waste. 77 00:04:54,608 --> 00:04:56,452 Richard was the first gay politician 78 00:04:56,511 --> 00:04:59,390 who could make people forget their prejudices. 79 00:04:59,447 --> 00:05:02,587 That could make some people very uncomfortable. 80 00:05:02,651 --> 00:05:08,124 The lunatic fringe. They called this morning to say good riddance and worse. 81 00:05:08,623 --> 00:05:11,194 What did they say before Mr. Durban was shot? 82 00:05:11,359 --> 00:05:14,738 There were death threats. Goes with the territory. 83 00:05:14,796 --> 00:05:17,504 These kooks even threatened his family. 84 00:05:17,599 --> 00:05:19,910 You mean his parents or his live-in partner? 85 00:05:19,969 --> 00:05:22,950 No, Richard lived alone. I meant his ex-wife. 86 00:05:23,339 --> 00:05:25,979 She was very supportive of Richard's politics. 87 00:05:26,042 --> 00:05:30,855 Well, if we wanted to look up some of these kooks, where would you suggest we start? 88 00:05:30,913 --> 00:05:34,360 Talk to Councilman Crossley. Kooks are his biggest boosters. 89 00:05:36,986 --> 00:05:39,991 Yeah, I was watching the TV with my wife when they flashed the bulletin. 90 00:05:40,057 --> 00:05:41,593 Hey, I was stunned. 91 00:05:41,658 --> 00:05:44,298 Was that just before you broke out the champagne? 92 00:05:44,361 --> 00:05:48,138 You must be kidding me, right? Besides the fact that I liked Durban personally, 93 00:05:48,198 --> 00:05:50,644 I also lost my juiciest political target. 94 00:05:50,701 --> 00:05:54,410 Well, we heard that some of your supporters might not share your regrets. 95 00:05:54,471 --> 00:05:57,077 So what, it's political? Is that the line from downtown? 96 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:58,676 Right now, that's our line. 97 00:05:58,742 --> 00:06:02,691 Look, guys, I pounded a beat for a lot of years in Canarsie. I know how it goes. 98 00:06:02,747 --> 00:06:05,353 You guys caught a heavy one, you got the brass dogging you 99 00:06:05,416 --> 00:06:07,896 to get this thing turned around in time for the evening news, right? 100 00:06:07,952 --> 00:06:10,956 Well, hey, have you even considered that maybe Durban was mugged? 101 00:06:11,022 --> 00:06:12,968 Considered and rejected. 102 00:06:13,024 --> 00:06:16,369 Well, so what, he must've been killed by some flag-waving redneck? 103 00:06:16,427 --> 00:06:17,872 Excuse me, I must've been asleep 104 00:06:17,929 --> 00:06:20,341 when the Village People took over the police department. 105 00:06:20,398 --> 00:06:21,672 Come on. 106 00:06:24,737 --> 00:06:26,080 (SIGHING) 107 00:06:27,039 --> 00:06:29,747 So much for the politics of tolerance. 108 00:06:29,808 --> 00:06:31,344 So what? 109 00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:34,789 These people don't shoot each other, they bore each other to death. 110 00:06:34,847 --> 00:06:37,350 Hey, we got a guy shooting up the White House. 111 00:06:37,416 --> 00:06:40,397 Guess knocking off a gay politician's not out of the question. 112 00:06:40,452 --> 00:06:42,523 Well, before we roll out the Warren Commission, 113 00:06:42,588 --> 00:06:45,570 how about we take a look at Durban's personal life? 114 00:06:45,625 --> 00:06:48,231 Even for some gays, it was messy. 115 00:06:48,294 --> 00:06:50,399 And it's not for politicians? 116 00:06:50,463 --> 00:06:52,500 Durban was gay and a politician. 117 00:06:56,436 --> 00:06:58,279 We were married for seven years. 118 00:06:59,506 --> 00:07:02,544 It took me longer than that to accept who Richard was. 119 00:07:04,144 --> 00:07:06,682 I had as much difficulty with it as he did. 120 00:07:07,982 --> 00:07:10,519 But we finally became friends again. 121 00:07:10,918 --> 00:07:13,262 And now, some sick mind... 122 00:07:14,088 --> 00:07:16,659 So you think he was targeted because of his views? 123 00:07:16,724 --> 00:07:20,570 Yes. I campaigned for him last year. 124 00:07:20,628 --> 00:07:23,541 You wouldn't believe the calls I got. 125 00:07:23,597 --> 00:07:27,409 One time, my 11-year-old answered the phone. They called him a faggot. 126 00:07:28,570 --> 00:07:31,608 Did you know much about your ex-husband's personal life? 127 00:07:31,673 --> 00:07:34,813 Is that a nice way of asking if he cruised the gay bars? 128 00:07:36,344 --> 00:07:40,451 Richard was 47. His wild oats were sown a long time ago. 129 00:07:40,515 --> 00:07:42,324 With all due respect, Mrs. Durban, 130 00:07:42,384 --> 00:07:45,058 some of us older guys still have some life left in us. 131 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,896 I'm not suggesting he was celibate. 132 00:07:47,956 --> 00:07:50,836 For a few months now he's had a young friend living with him. 133 00:07:50,893 --> 00:07:53,032 His assistant said he was living alone. 134 00:07:53,096 --> 00:07:54,973 Richard was discreet. 135 00:07:55,031 --> 00:07:56,738 Did you ever meet this person? 136 00:07:56,799 --> 00:07:57,937 No. 137 00:07:58,301 --> 00:08:01,475 But Richard and I had rearranged our son's visiting schedule. 138 00:08:01,537 --> 00:08:04,347 Did your husband ever tell you his friend's name? 139 00:08:04,907 --> 00:08:07,478 Joe. I don't know his last name. 140 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,354 Go ahead, open it up. 141 00:08:12,616 --> 00:08:14,254 (KEYS JINGLING) 142 00:08:24,394 --> 00:08:26,635 Has Mr. Durban's roommate been around today? 143 00:08:26,697 --> 00:08:27,835 Haven't seen him. 144 00:08:27,898 --> 00:08:30,606 Well, I've been in the basement fixing the boiler. 145 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:31,702 Uh-huh. 146 00:08:31,769 --> 00:08:34,512 But you've met him, right? Oh, sure. Mr. Gibb. 147 00:08:34,839 --> 00:08:37,342 He's usually in during the day. 148 00:08:37,408 --> 00:08:40,218 The dresser and the closet have been cleaned out. 149 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:43,558 Looks like he took the art collection with him, too. 150 00:08:44,516 --> 00:08:45,586 Gee. 151 00:08:46,918 --> 00:08:49,831 Think he went out to make funeral arrangements? 152 00:08:49,888 --> 00:08:51,128 Is this Mr. Gibb? 153 00:08:51,189 --> 00:08:55,365 Yeah. Nice young fella. Very popular. 154 00:08:56,262 --> 00:08:57,468 How so? 155 00:08:57,530 --> 00:09:01,979 He seemed like he had a lot of friends coming in and out of here every day. 156 00:09:02,601 --> 00:09:05,707 When Mr. Durban was out? Yeah, I guess. 157 00:09:08,174 --> 00:09:11,383 The lab found some hairs on the raincoat. What have you got? 158 00:09:11,444 --> 00:09:14,186 New evidence that May-December romances don't work. 159 00:09:14,246 --> 00:09:17,751 Seems like Mr. Gibb wasn't quite as fond of monogamy as Mr. Durban. 160 00:09:17,818 --> 00:09:19,320 Anything else? Yeah. 161 00:09:19,386 --> 00:09:21,263 We pulled the IUDs on their apartment. 162 00:09:21,321 --> 00:09:23,528 Figured any calls made during the day were from Gibb. 163 00:09:23,590 --> 00:09:25,467 Anybody he called might know where he is. 164 00:09:25,525 --> 00:09:28,369 But mostly it's pizza parlors and a hair salon. 165 00:09:28,428 --> 00:09:30,931 There's a lot of 812 prefixes. Beepers. 166 00:09:30,997 --> 00:09:32,772 Yeah. We left our number for call-backs. 167 00:09:32,833 --> 00:09:34,403 Keep me posted. 168 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:36,845 Oh, no, I'd really like to surprise him. 169 00:09:37,904 --> 00:09:41,318 Just tell him it's an old friend. Oh, sure, I'll hold. 170 00:09:43,177 --> 00:09:47,387 Mr. Barnett? Oh, hi. My name's Mike Logan. 171 00:09:47,448 --> 00:09:50,054 Yeah. Well, actually, we... 172 00:09:50,117 --> 00:09:53,291 We have a mutual friend. Joe Gibb. 173 00:09:54,222 --> 00:09:56,133 Yeah, I'm trying to get in touch with him... 174 00:09:56,190 --> 00:09:59,933 Hello? Hello? He hung up. 175 00:10:00,194 --> 00:10:01,469 I had two of those. 176 00:10:01,530 --> 00:10:04,340 Soon as I mention Gibb's name, I get the dial tone. 177 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,312 Makes you wonder what they're up to with Mr. Gibb. 178 00:10:07,369 --> 00:10:08,814 (PHONE RINGING) 179 00:10:09,605 --> 00:10:13,678 Yeah? Oh, yes, I beeped you. 180 00:10:15,010 --> 00:10:17,718 Yeah, I got your number through Joe. 181 00:10:19,781 --> 00:10:23,355 What do I like? Well, nothing bizarre. 182 00:10:25,755 --> 00:10:29,532 Yeah, matter of fact, I've got a lunch break right now. Can you meet? 183 00:10:29,659 --> 00:10:33,607 My name's Lennie. Okay, Eddie, I'll meet you there. 184 00:10:35,231 --> 00:10:37,040 Eddie? I got a date. 185 00:10:38,334 --> 00:10:40,041 What do you think, shall I stick with this tie? 186 00:10:40,103 --> 00:10:42,242 Well, that's my personal favorite. 187 00:10:45,009 --> 00:10:48,479 I got to tell you, Lennie, you look just like my dad. 188 00:10:49,013 --> 00:10:51,516 Well, you don't look anything like my kid. 189 00:10:52,650 --> 00:10:57,429 Yeah, well, you should've seen me last year. I was working the 12th Avenue piers in drag. 190 00:10:58,188 --> 00:11:02,193 Makeup and a Wonderbra. Got a lot of attention from married guys. 191 00:11:03,093 --> 00:11:05,664 You married, Lennie? On and off. 192 00:11:07,165 --> 00:11:10,339 Married guys, they like to pretend they was coming on to a woman. 193 00:11:10,402 --> 00:11:13,906 Soon as you get them alone, they go straight for the cookies. 194 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:17,711 Yeah, well, that's very informative, Eddie, 195 00:11:17,776 --> 00:11:20,120 but I don't have a whole lot of time here. 196 00:11:20,178 --> 00:11:23,921 Okay. Routine question I gotta ask. You're not Vice, are you? 197 00:11:24,015 --> 00:11:25,289 No, no. Okay. 198 00:11:25,383 --> 00:11:26,691 So what's the deal? 199 00:11:26,751 --> 00:11:28,789 Deal is, if we're talking French it's one thing, 200 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:31,266 if we're talking Greek, it's another. 201 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:34,498 Well, what if I want the whole Berlitz course? 202 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:37,733 100 and a half, plus the room. 203 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:41,602 Well, let me see if I have enough on me. 204 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:44,212 Let's make this a threesome, okay? 205 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:46,045 This is entrapment. You said you weren't Vice. 206 00:11:46,105 --> 00:11:48,381 We're not, we're Homicide. Keep your hands on the table. 207 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:51,480 What's going on? I got nothing to do with no homicide. 208 00:11:52,713 --> 00:11:54,659 What's this for, packages? That's personal protection. 209 00:11:54,715 --> 00:11:58,060 I run into a lot of weirdoes. Weirdoes like Joe Gibb? 210 00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:02,260 Joey? Joey's one of my matchmakers. Why? What's he done? 211 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:05,633 He's disappeared, for starters. He cleared out of his 17th Street apartment. 212 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:07,501 You know where we can find him? No. 213 00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:09,472 Well, you can think about it tonight in the holding cell. 214 00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:12,272 Wait a minute, wait a minute. I guess... 215 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:16,376 I guess one of his boyfriends caught on to his little sideline. 216 00:12:16,437 --> 00:12:17,643 Joey called me this morning. 217 00:12:17,705 --> 00:12:21,778 He said he'd relocated to the Royale on Lex, okay? 218 00:12:23,611 --> 00:12:26,785 Mr. Gibb, it's the manager. GIBB: Yeah, what do you want? 219 00:12:26,848 --> 00:12:30,625 There's a leak in the room under you. I have to check your bathroom. 220 00:12:31,219 --> 00:12:32,425 (LOCK CLICKING) 221 00:12:33,421 --> 00:12:35,163 Jesus! Don't move. Police. 222 00:12:35,224 --> 00:12:37,261 What the hell is this? Shut up. 223 00:12:38,060 --> 00:12:39,664 He's clean. Sit down. 224 00:12:41,030 --> 00:12:43,510 You wanna tell me what's going on here? When we're in the mood. 225 00:12:43,565 --> 00:12:46,102 Hey, where did you get these? What? I own them. 226 00:12:46,168 --> 00:12:49,012 They look a little big for you. A friend of mine gave them to me. 227 00:12:49,071 --> 00:12:51,813 Are these a gift, too? Yeah. So what? 228 00:12:51,974 --> 00:12:53,453 You can help us hang them in the precinct. 229 00:12:53,509 --> 00:12:55,353 Let's go. Come on. 230 00:12:59,683 --> 00:13:03,790 You guys got the wrong idea here. Richard wanted me to have those things. 231 00:13:04,554 --> 00:13:06,431 For something to remember him by. 232 00:13:06,489 --> 00:13:09,231 You don't strike me as a sentimental guy. 233 00:13:10,193 --> 00:13:13,231 No? Inside, I'm a big pussycat. 234 00:13:15,365 --> 00:13:19,405 So did Durban know you were running an escort service out of his apartment? 235 00:13:20,671 --> 00:13:24,209 So what if he didn't? I'm just helping people make a connection. 236 00:13:24,608 --> 00:13:26,281 It's a lonely city out there. 237 00:13:26,343 --> 00:13:29,552 Yeah, you seem to be a real goodwill expert, Joey. 238 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,586 We looked at your yellows. Multiple arrests for prostitution, public lewdness. 239 00:13:34,652 --> 00:13:38,532 There's nothing violent in there. Just consenting adults having fun. 240 00:13:38,957 --> 00:13:42,769 Maybe Durban decided to spoil the party. He found out, didn't he? 241 00:13:43,395 --> 00:13:46,467 No. Wouldn't matter if he did. 242 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:51,839 Richard had a hard spot for me. Wanted to reform me. 243 00:13:53,004 --> 00:13:55,041 But a boy needs his amusements. 244 00:13:55,107 --> 00:13:56,984 Then why did you run? 245 00:13:57,309 --> 00:13:59,846 Figured the police would come knocking. And... 246 00:13:59,911 --> 00:14:02,916 Nothing personal, guys, but I don't like cops. 247 00:14:04,817 --> 00:14:06,660 You better start liking us, pretty boy, 248 00:14:06,719 --> 00:14:09,529 because you're gonna spend a lot of time with us. 249 00:14:09,689 --> 00:14:13,398 Now, what were you doing when Durban was shot around 10 p.m.? 250 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:17,598 I was home. Look, why don't you lay off me 251 00:14:17,663 --> 00:14:20,940 and go bother that right-wing messiah, Councilman Crossley? 252 00:14:22,068 --> 00:14:25,881 He rang the bell about 9:30. He had a bug up his butt about something. 253 00:14:27,174 --> 00:14:29,677 You talked to him? 254 00:14:29,743 --> 00:14:32,417 No, but I saw him through the peephole. 255 00:14:32,713 --> 00:14:35,091 Did you see what he was wearing? 256 00:14:36,416 --> 00:14:39,727 Yeah, some kind of a green coat and a pissed-off look. 257 00:14:39,787 --> 00:14:41,767 I had company. I didn't want to deal with him. 258 00:14:41,822 --> 00:14:47,102 Yeah, well, your company better have a name and better remember you real well, Joey, 259 00:14:47,162 --> 00:14:50,905 or you're gonna find out what cops like to do for amusement. 260 00:14:53,468 --> 00:14:57,473 Leo Barnett. We were playing pinochle. 261 00:15:01,809 --> 00:15:04,517 I'm Detective Briscoe. This is Detective Logan. 262 00:15:04,679 --> 00:15:07,456 Oh, nice to meet you. But I don't know how I can help. 263 00:15:07,516 --> 00:15:10,292 Actually, Mr. Barnett, we've already met. 264 00:15:12,221 --> 00:15:16,431 On the phone. I called to ask you about Joey Gibb. 265 00:15:17,426 --> 00:15:20,270 Oh, that was you. Thought we were disconnected. 266 00:15:20,329 --> 00:15:21,933 I didn't know it was the police. 267 00:15:21,997 --> 00:15:25,467 Mr. Gibb said he was with you when Mr. Durban was shot. 268 00:15:25,534 --> 00:15:29,142 He said that? What do you say? 269 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,452 Yes. 270 00:15:40,517 --> 00:15:42,292 You had to think about it? 271 00:15:42,352 --> 00:15:45,731 I had gone to Councilman Durban's house to drop off a report. 272 00:15:45,989 --> 00:15:48,868 He chaired the Council Transportation Committee. 273 00:15:48,925 --> 00:15:51,600 Mr. Gibb told me Durban would be home soon. 274 00:15:51,662 --> 00:15:55,269 I needed to explain some charts to him, so I waited a little while. 275 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:57,313 Were you with Gibb at 10:00? 276 00:15:57,368 --> 00:16:00,315 Yes. I left about 10:15. 277 00:16:02,173 --> 00:16:04,210 You see anybody else at the apartment? 278 00:16:04,275 --> 00:16:06,721 No. But I heard the doorbell. 279 00:16:06,777 --> 00:16:10,919 Mr. Gibb told me that Councilman Crossley had come by. 280 00:16:13,852 --> 00:16:17,095 He went there to drop off a report. To drop something. 281 00:16:17,623 --> 00:16:20,763 Either way, he backs up Gibb's alibi and his story about Crossley. 282 00:16:20,826 --> 00:16:22,271 Pretty damn neat. 283 00:16:22,861 --> 00:16:26,707 Maybe Gibb said, "if the cops come by, tell them you were with me" 284 00:16:26,765 --> 00:16:28,802 "or I'll have a chat with your wife." 285 00:16:28,867 --> 00:16:31,211 What, a little blackmail? 286 00:16:31,837 --> 00:16:33,647 How do you want to check it out? 287 00:16:33,706 --> 00:16:36,346 Let's find out what time Mr. Barnett gets home. 288 00:16:39,913 --> 00:16:42,052 I told you, I don't know anything else. 289 00:16:42,115 --> 00:16:43,753 We just have a few more questions. 290 00:16:43,816 --> 00:16:45,955 Mind if we come in? MRS. BARNETT: Who is it, Leo? 291 00:16:46,019 --> 00:16:47,623 Just the super. 292 00:16:51,524 --> 00:16:54,061 Can't we talk in my office tomorrow? 293 00:16:54,127 --> 00:16:55,266 LOGAN: No. 294 00:16:55,329 --> 00:16:57,866 Now look, we thought maybe we could sit down with you and your wife, 295 00:16:57,931 --> 00:17:01,276 talk about Durban, Gibb, some of your other friends. 296 00:17:06,273 --> 00:17:08,549 What do you want? Well, for starters, what were you doing 297 00:17:08,609 --> 00:17:10,885 with Joey Gibb at Durban's apartment? 298 00:17:13,647 --> 00:17:17,619 What do you think I was doing? All right? Will you leave now? 299 00:17:18,253 --> 00:17:20,392 Did Durban know what was going on? 300 00:17:22,691 --> 00:17:23,863 No. 301 00:17:28,129 --> 00:17:32,839 Yes. Joey said Durban found out what he was doing and was throwing him out. 302 00:17:33,568 --> 00:17:38,575 Okay, so when you finished doing what you were doing with Joey, 303 00:17:39,041 --> 00:17:41,647 are you sure about the time you left? 304 00:17:42,378 --> 00:17:44,984 You think Joey shot Durban? 305 00:17:45,047 --> 00:17:47,323 BRISCOE: Well, you said Durban was throwing him out. 306 00:17:47,383 --> 00:17:49,727 Ask him again about linoleum. 307 00:17:49,785 --> 00:17:51,389 That's what I'm doing. 308 00:17:52,955 --> 00:17:57,461 Are you sure you didn't leave earlier? Are you sure you were still there at 10:00? 309 00:18:01,365 --> 00:18:03,811 Yes. I don't know. 310 00:18:03,867 --> 00:18:07,508 Whatever you say, okay? Whatever you want. 311 00:18:11,241 --> 00:18:13,414 Yes, ma'am. Van Buren. 312 00:18:16,146 --> 00:18:20,094 So what do you want to tell her first? That Gibb says he was with Barnett 313 00:18:20,150 --> 00:18:23,428 when Durban was shot, or that Barnett says maybe he wasn't? 314 00:18:23,488 --> 00:18:26,958 Barnett would've said anything to keep us out of his apartment. 315 00:18:27,525 --> 00:18:28,868 Lieutenant? 316 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,573 Gibb's hair doesn't match the hairs on the shooter's coat. 317 00:18:32,830 --> 00:18:36,403 We can live with that. Gibb said he saw Crossley mad 318 00:18:36,467 --> 00:18:39,414 half an hour before the shooting, wearing a green coat. 319 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:41,074 Crossley. Look at this. 320 00:18:47,846 --> 00:18:49,325 From the City Channel. 321 00:18:49,381 --> 00:18:51,952 Rights, always rights. I talk about decency. 322 00:18:52,017 --> 00:18:56,295 Why is a gay teacher any more likely to make indecent advances to a student 323 00:18:56,355 --> 00:18:59,234 of the same sex than a straight teacher is to make advances 324 00:18:59,291 --> 00:19:00,634 to a student of the opposite sex? 325 00:19:00,693 --> 00:19:02,138 Well, that's what I was gonna ask you. 326 00:19:02,194 --> 00:19:05,175 What is it about you people? Are we here to debate, 327 00:19:05,364 --> 00:19:08,141 or pander to the grossest stereotypes about gay people? 328 00:19:08,201 --> 00:19:11,671 Stereotypes? How many lovers do you have in a year, Mr. Durban? 329 00:19:12,172 --> 00:19:15,153 In a week? In two hours... Crossley told you he liked Durban? 330 00:19:15,208 --> 00:19:16,209 Bars? I resent that... 331 00:19:16,276 --> 00:19:17,277 You resent? I resent you... 332 00:19:17,343 --> 00:19:19,914 Okay. Well, let's check his alibi. 333 00:19:19,979 --> 00:19:22,482 My children. ...my son 334 00:19:22,549 --> 00:19:25,826 to grow up in a city where people are not taught to hate... 335 00:19:26,186 --> 00:19:29,031 I was a cop's wife for 20 years. I know the drill. 336 00:19:29,924 --> 00:19:34,202 So can you tell us where your husband was the night Councilman Durban was shot? 337 00:19:35,062 --> 00:19:38,635 He was supposed to speak at a fundraising dinner on Fulton Street. 338 00:19:38,699 --> 00:19:41,839 But he got tired, so he came home early. About 10:00. 339 00:19:42,436 --> 00:19:44,882 You mean he passed up a chance to make a speech? 340 00:19:44,939 --> 00:19:48,944 If Kevin accepted all his speaking invitations, he'd never be home. 341 00:19:49,411 --> 00:19:51,584 He's very strong for the family. 342 00:19:52,781 --> 00:19:55,990 I believe he mentioned that in one of his debates with Mr. Durban. 343 00:19:56,051 --> 00:19:58,998 Those weren't debates. That was a nightclub act. 344 00:19:59,254 --> 00:20:02,098 Yeah, the one we saw looked like a pier-six brawl. 345 00:20:03,125 --> 00:20:06,038 You gentlemen don't know a dog and pony show when you see one? 346 00:20:06,094 --> 00:20:07,402 You're saying it was all faked? 347 00:20:07,462 --> 00:20:09,135 No, they disagreed, 348 00:20:09,197 --> 00:20:10,938 but they were friends. 349 00:20:10,999 --> 00:20:15,210 They helped each other score points with their constituents. It's done a lot. 350 00:20:16,773 --> 00:20:20,778 I wouldn't exactly say friends. More like each other's evil twin. 351 00:20:21,511 --> 00:20:23,513 But the brawls were an act. 352 00:20:23,579 --> 00:20:25,991 We called it the "Fag and Redneck Review." 353 00:20:26,048 --> 00:20:27,493 Sounds like you didn't approve. 354 00:20:27,550 --> 00:20:29,552 I was Richard's campaign manager. 355 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:32,156 Half of me felt it undermined our legitimacy. 356 00:20:32,221 --> 00:20:33,599 And how'd the other half feel? 357 00:20:33,657 --> 00:20:34,863 Excited. 358 00:20:34,925 --> 00:20:37,838 When Richard got a hearing for health benefits for same-sex partners 359 00:20:37,895 --> 00:20:39,704 at the Knights of Columbus. 360 00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:42,309 So Crossley was his ticket to a wider audience? 361 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:46,610 Until Richard got tired of the shtick. He called it quits a couple of weeks ago. 362 00:20:46,670 --> 00:20:48,911 Did Crossley get tired of it, too? 363 00:20:48,972 --> 00:20:52,010 Crossley had trouble separating show biz from reality. 364 00:20:52,342 --> 00:20:54,413 He thought he and Richard were pals. 365 00:20:54,478 --> 00:20:57,858 He asked Richard last week to do a debate in Staten Island. 366 00:20:57,916 --> 00:21:01,796 Richard had to say no three times and spell it. 367 00:21:01,853 --> 00:21:03,491 You got to love these guys. 368 00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:06,900 They pretend to be friends so they can pretend to be enemies. 369 00:21:06,958 --> 00:21:09,529 Yeah, and you wonder why they can't get the potholes filled. 370 00:21:09,594 --> 00:21:11,938 Now, Crossley's a Brooklyn politico, right? 371 00:21:11,996 --> 00:21:13,532 Yeah. A Coney Island baby. 372 00:21:13,731 --> 00:21:17,145 So why does he want Durban to take their act to Staten Island? 373 00:21:18,437 --> 00:21:22,408 And he's up for re-election next year and he passes up a major fundraiser 374 00:21:22,474 --> 00:21:24,385 the night Durban gets killed? 375 00:21:25,044 --> 00:21:28,924 All right, either he needs a new campaign manager or we need a new map. 376 00:21:32,952 --> 00:21:36,764 Crossley. He rode in on last year's conservative revolution 377 00:21:36,822 --> 00:21:40,965 and he was riding right back out again because the census bureau can't count. 378 00:21:41,561 --> 00:21:42,733 Can't count what? 379 00:21:42,796 --> 00:21:44,833 Underprivileged, minorities, immigrants. 380 00:21:44,898 --> 00:21:47,344 The city sued to get them counted and won. 381 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:52,474 Gets more federal funds, but it has to redraw the lines for City Council districts. 382 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:56,853 Oh, so Crossley's district was getting erased? 383 00:21:57,143 --> 00:22:00,614 It's not official, but yeah. Thanks to the late Mr. Durban. 384 00:22:00,681 --> 00:22:03,093 He wasn't in charge of redistricting, was he? 385 00:22:03,150 --> 00:22:05,926 No, a commission was. But it has members who are close to people 386 00:22:05,987 --> 00:22:09,560 who wanted a favor from people Durban helped out on a zoning matter. 387 00:22:09,624 --> 00:22:13,333 So the fix was in. Durban was... You know. 388 00:22:13,394 --> 00:22:17,206 But he had a strong political will. He knew how to get what he wanted. 389 00:22:17,265 --> 00:22:19,711 Did Crossley know what Durban did to him? 390 00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:23,580 I knew it. He knew it. My secretary knew it. 391 00:22:27,576 --> 00:22:30,022 My respect for Durban is growing by the hour. 392 00:22:30,078 --> 00:22:32,024 Yeah, he's so smart he's dead. 393 00:22:32,314 --> 00:22:34,487 If Crossley knew how smart Durban had been... 394 00:22:34,549 --> 00:22:37,393 Hello. Yeah. Put me through to Ballistics. 395 00:22:38,587 --> 00:22:40,863 It's Logan. You beeped me? 396 00:22:41,957 --> 00:22:43,095 Go. 397 00:22:47,230 --> 00:22:50,939 Where? All right, thanks. 398 00:22:53,136 --> 00:22:55,548 They raised the serial number on the murder weapon. 399 00:22:55,605 --> 00:22:58,609 It was stolen from a gun shop in Brooklyn in 1985. 400 00:22:59,242 --> 00:23:02,655 Great. That means it could've been through more hands by now than... 401 00:23:02,712 --> 00:23:05,124 Where in Brooklyn? Canarsie. 402 00:23:05,783 --> 00:23:07,490 Crossley's old precinct. 403 00:23:12,923 --> 00:23:16,302 We talked to your partner, Crossley. You busted that burglar. 404 00:23:16,393 --> 00:23:22,639 Yeah. When I was a cop, just like you guys. We are on the same side here. 405 00:23:22,933 --> 00:23:27,815 Well, the problem is, the burglar had 16 guns in his car when you stopped him, 406 00:23:28,139 --> 00:23:30,483 and you only turned in 15 guns to the evidence room. 407 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:33,887 16, 15... So somebody miscounted. 408 00:23:34,612 --> 00:23:36,990 Or you helped yourself to a drop piece. 409 00:23:37,882 --> 00:23:42,262 You check my service record. 20 years on the force, and I always went by the book. 410 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,660 You show us where in the book it says you can lie to a police officer. 411 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:49,104 Or maybe it just slipped your mind to tell us you were at Durban's place 412 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,606 half an hour before he got shot. 413 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:52,665 I didn't think it was relevant, 414 00:23:52,732 --> 00:23:54,234 since I was home when he was killed. 415 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:57,213 Well, what did you want to see him about that was so pressing? 416 00:23:57,269 --> 00:24:00,148 We were supposed to debate each other in Staten Island. Durban begged off. 417 00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:01,844 I thought he owed me an explanation. 418 00:24:01,907 --> 00:24:04,046 Our witness said you looked pretty upset. 419 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:07,114 I was upset. Because he wasn't there. 420 00:24:07,179 --> 00:24:11,185 No, you were upset because Durban wiped your Council district off the map. 421 00:24:12,686 --> 00:24:17,567 It's politics. In his shoes, I would have done the same thing. 422 00:24:17,858 --> 00:24:20,236 And we think you did, but with a bullet. 423 00:24:23,697 --> 00:24:25,870 I might have disagreed with Durban, 424 00:24:26,166 --> 00:24:29,704 but don't confuse me with some gay-bashing skinhead. 425 00:24:29,770 --> 00:24:31,681 Why, because you wear a suit? 426 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:37,052 Now, I did not kill Richard Durban. You guys got the brass and the media on your backs. 427 00:24:37,111 --> 00:24:39,148 Don't try to make it my problem. 428 00:24:39,847 --> 00:24:43,761 Now, I've answered your questions, and I have work to do. 429 00:24:49,924 --> 00:24:51,801 Councilman Crossley. 430 00:24:51,859 --> 00:24:54,636 Motive, access to the murder weapon, 431 00:24:54,696 --> 00:24:58,166 and everyone who knows him says he sometimes wore a green coat. 432 00:24:58,267 --> 00:25:02,215 We searched his house, his office, we can't find it. And he won't produce it. 433 00:25:02,271 --> 00:25:06,913 The one in the trash can fits him and hairs on it are consistent with his hair. 434 00:25:07,209 --> 00:25:08,620 Consistent with his... 435 00:25:08,677 --> 00:25:11,749 They match his hair color, thickness and cross-sectional shape. 436 00:25:11,814 --> 00:25:13,122 That's the best forensics can do. 437 00:25:13,182 --> 00:25:14,855 But his wife gives him an alibi. 438 00:25:14,917 --> 00:25:18,627 She loves her husband. And she hates perverts. 439 00:25:20,023 --> 00:25:22,025 It's gonna tear the city apart. 440 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,433 (ADAM SIGHING) 441 00:25:26,229 --> 00:25:27,264 So? 442 00:25:28,531 --> 00:25:33,105 So I'll call Crossley's lawyer and arrange to have him turn himself in. 443 00:25:38,642 --> 00:25:41,088 You really think you can convince a jury? Yes. 444 00:25:41,145 --> 00:25:44,957 It's a show. The establishment politicians don't care about convicting me. 445 00:25:45,015 --> 00:25:47,518 They just need to show they're politically correct by indicting me. 446 00:25:47,585 --> 00:25:52,125 Mr. Crossley, you are not on trial because you didn't buy the black Barbie. 447 00:25:53,057 --> 00:25:54,434 You're on trial for murder. 448 00:25:54,492 --> 00:25:59,407 Yeah? Well, let me tell you something. If Richard Durban had been heterosexual, 449 00:25:59,463 --> 00:26:01,876 you never would've trumped up this travesty. 450 00:26:01,933 --> 00:26:04,072 If he had been heterosexual, he wouldn't even be dead. 451 00:26:04,136 --> 00:26:05,945 What's that supposed to mean? 452 00:26:06,004 --> 00:26:08,746 His choice of friends. His lifestyle... 453 00:26:08,807 --> 00:26:10,650 Are not on trial. Come on. 454 00:26:15,046 --> 00:26:18,994 So you were one of the founders of the New York Gay Conservative Caucus? 455 00:26:19,518 --> 00:26:22,830 It's not an oxymoron, Ms. Kincaid. You don't have to be heterosexual 456 00:26:22,889 --> 00:26:26,302 to think the welfare state destroys individual responsibility. 457 00:26:26,859 --> 00:26:29,669 So you supported both Durban and Crossley? 458 00:26:30,029 --> 00:26:32,168 Durban on gay rights, Crossley on everything else. 459 00:26:32,231 --> 00:26:35,269 Okay. And you passed back and forth between the camps? 460 00:26:35,968 --> 00:26:39,040 It's not like I was a spy. They both were expecting me. 461 00:26:39,806 --> 00:26:43,083 And you were aware of the strings Durban pulled on the districting commission? 462 00:26:43,142 --> 00:26:45,623 Yes. Okay. Did you tell Crossley? 463 00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:50,992 Do you really believe Kevin Crossley's a murderer? 464 00:26:51,451 --> 00:26:55,399 The jury's going to decide that. You'll have to tell them what you know. 465 00:26:56,857 --> 00:27:01,169 These are very difficult times for us. The gays or the conservatives? 466 00:27:01,795 --> 00:27:03,399 The gay conservatives. 467 00:27:09,103 --> 00:27:11,743 WILEY: My constituency was happy the way things were. 468 00:27:12,307 --> 00:27:15,220 I told Councilman Durban I thought he'd made a mistake, 469 00:27:15,276 --> 00:27:19,520 that he should do what he could to see that Councilman Crossley kept his seat. 470 00:27:19,614 --> 00:27:21,457 And what did Mr. Durban say? 471 00:27:22,383 --> 00:27:25,523 That I'd have to find some other Neanderthal to support. 472 00:27:25,687 --> 00:27:30,034 And what did you do, Mr. Wiley, after you had your conversation with Mr. Durban? 473 00:27:30,159 --> 00:27:33,038 I called Councilman Crossley. I told him what happened. 474 00:27:33,095 --> 00:27:35,803 How did he react? He was stunned. 475 00:27:36,332 --> 00:27:38,903 He said he would talk to Mr. Durban himself. 476 00:27:40,636 --> 00:27:44,345 To your knowledge, did that conversation ever take place? 477 00:27:44,673 --> 00:27:45,845 Yes, it did. 478 00:27:46,075 --> 00:27:48,784 And did you speak to Mr. Crossley about it afterwards? 479 00:27:48,845 --> 00:27:52,088 Yes. He told me I wouldn't have to explain him to my friends anymore. 480 00:27:52,148 --> 00:27:55,459 He'd be leaving the Council. Did he seem upset about that? 481 00:27:56,253 --> 00:27:57,357 No. 482 00:27:58,822 --> 00:28:01,803 He made a joke. Thank you, Mr. Wiley. 483 00:28:05,428 --> 00:28:07,408 Sir, what was the joke? 484 00:28:07,464 --> 00:28:09,239 He said he was thinking of moving to Manhattan, 485 00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:11,871 becoming a fairy, and running against Durban. 486 00:28:14,705 --> 00:28:17,208 GIBB: I met Richard professionally. 487 00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:20,256 In the course of your duties as a prostitute. 488 00:28:20,978 --> 00:28:24,983 Hey, I'm not proud of that. Richard helped me get out of the life. 489 00:28:26,484 --> 00:28:28,987 He was a wonderful man. Everybody misses him. 490 00:28:29,053 --> 00:28:32,592 Before the murder, were you acquainted with Councilman Crossley? 491 00:28:34,192 --> 00:28:35,967 Not professionally. 492 00:28:36,762 --> 00:28:38,605 Yeah, I'd seen him with Richard. 493 00:28:38,664 --> 00:28:41,907 So you have no doubt that it was Councilman Crossley that you saw 494 00:28:41,967 --> 00:28:44,709 half an hour before Richard Durban was murdered? 495 00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:49,043 Plain as day. Banging on the door. He looked very upset. 496 00:28:49,441 --> 00:28:51,352 But you didn't open the door? 497 00:28:52,878 --> 00:28:57,089 Didn't think he wanted to talk to me. I knew I didn't want to talk to him. 498 00:28:57,583 --> 00:28:58,994 Thank you. 499 00:29:02,422 --> 00:29:05,403 How many times have you been arrested, Mr. Gibb? 500 00:29:07,493 --> 00:29:10,372 Five, six. Not counting the day after the murder, 501 00:29:10,430 --> 00:29:15,004 when the police found you with several thousand dollars' worth of property 502 00:29:15,068 --> 00:29:18,050 belonging to Mr. Durban? Richard gave me those things. 503 00:29:18,105 --> 00:29:19,516 After he was dead? 504 00:29:21,041 --> 00:29:23,885 Well, he wasn't gonna need them after he was dead. 505 00:29:24,244 --> 00:29:28,659 The day of the murder, hadn't Mr. Durban just thrown you out of his apartment 506 00:29:28,949 --> 00:29:32,328 because of your pimping and whoring? No. 507 00:29:32,386 --> 00:29:34,423 The police found you in a hotel. 508 00:29:36,390 --> 00:29:39,201 My relationship with Richard was in transition. 509 00:29:41,162 --> 00:29:42,800 Too bad for you. 510 00:29:43,798 --> 00:29:47,541 Durban paid your rent, Durban bought your groceries. 511 00:29:47,602 --> 00:29:51,345 Didn't he even fix your parking tickets? 512 00:29:51,406 --> 00:29:53,352 That meter was broken. 513 00:29:53,942 --> 00:30:00,656 Mr. Gibb, didn't you have good reason to murder Richard Durban? 514 00:30:02,284 --> 00:30:03,888 No, I loved him. 515 00:30:06,088 --> 00:30:07,567 He loved me. 516 00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:15,603 Yeah. Very touching. A hustler in love. 517 00:30:15,998 --> 00:30:18,535 We don't get to choose who our witnesses are. 518 00:30:19,869 --> 00:30:22,009 Gibb is the one who happens to have seen Crossley. 519 00:30:22,072 --> 00:30:24,848 Yeah, well, Powell made him look like the murderer. 520 00:30:24,908 --> 00:30:26,910 Here you are, Mr. Schiff. Yeah, but Gibb's hair doesn't match 521 00:30:26,977 --> 00:30:29,821 the hair on the coat. Powell will argue... 522 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:31,850 Thank you... that the hair got on the coat 523 00:30:31,915 --> 00:30:34,657 when it was put in the trash can. But Durban was shot at 10:00, 524 00:30:34,718 --> 00:30:36,698 and Gibb was with Leo Barnett at 10:00. 525 00:30:36,753 --> 00:30:38,664 Barnett. Family man. 526 00:30:40,257 --> 00:30:43,262 Are you going to tell the world about his secret life? 527 00:30:43,561 --> 00:30:46,269 No. I don't have to ask Barnett what he was doing with Gibb, 528 00:30:46,330 --> 00:30:48,901 I just have to ask him when he was doing it. 529 00:30:48,966 --> 00:30:50,343 Powell might bring it up. 530 00:30:50,401 --> 00:30:51,675 JACK: Let him. 531 00:30:52,069 --> 00:30:56,711 Just because Barnett is a closet homosexual doesn't mean that he can't tell time. 532 00:30:58,576 --> 00:31:01,819 It was about 9:30 when I heard the doorbell. 533 00:31:01,879 --> 00:31:04,086 And what time did you leave the apartment? 534 00:31:04,148 --> 00:31:05,992 A few minutes after 10:00. 535 00:31:06,051 --> 00:31:07,962 Was Mr. Gibb there when you left? 536 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:09,090 Yes. 537 00:31:09,154 --> 00:31:11,794 And was Mr. Gibb there the whole time you were there? 538 00:31:11,857 --> 00:31:12,892 Yes. 539 00:31:17,963 --> 00:31:23,208 Mr. Barnett, didn't you tell the police you might have left Mr. Gibb alone before 10:00? 540 00:31:24,169 --> 00:31:25,546 I don't think so. 541 00:31:26,104 --> 00:31:30,212 I have Detective Logan's report on his interview with you in your apartment. 542 00:31:30,543 --> 00:31:33,114 You said you didn't know what time you left. 543 00:31:34,247 --> 00:31:37,353 I do know when I left. It was after 10:00. 544 00:31:38,685 --> 00:31:45,034 I see. Now, you'd been to Mr. Durban's apartment before, is that correct? 545 00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:50,502 Yes. He was chairman of the committee that oversees my department. 546 00:31:50,931 --> 00:31:53,571 I would meet with him a couple of times a month. 547 00:31:56,337 --> 00:31:59,511 Mr. Barnett, do you drive a blue Chrysler? 548 00:32:02,743 --> 00:32:03,778 Yes. 549 00:32:04,645 --> 00:32:10,095 And when you visited Mr. Durban on Wednesday nights, 550 00:32:10,952 --> 00:32:15,128 you parked it on 12th Avenue, near the piers, 551 00:32:15,724 --> 00:32:18,898 more than a mile from Mr. Durban's apartment? 552 00:32:23,064 --> 00:32:24,168 No. 553 00:32:26,735 --> 00:32:31,650 I'm sorry. I meant 7th Avenue. Is that where you parked the night of the murder? 554 00:32:35,211 --> 00:32:36,315 Yes. 555 00:32:37,013 --> 00:32:41,325 Now, you were saying you don't remember what time you left the apartment? 556 00:32:41,417 --> 00:32:44,227 Objection. The witness has already said he was very sure. 557 00:32:44,287 --> 00:32:45,664 Sustained. 558 00:32:46,489 --> 00:32:48,969 Just remind me then, please, Mr. Barnett. 559 00:32:49,458 --> 00:32:52,962 What time did you leave that apartment? 560 00:32:58,902 --> 00:33:00,176 I, uh... 561 00:33:01,338 --> 00:33:05,377 I think it was around 10:00. 562 00:33:06,543 --> 00:33:10,582 POWELL: You didn't check your watch as you walked out the door, did you? 563 00:33:13,850 --> 00:33:15,558 No. No, I didn't. 564 00:33:17,388 --> 00:33:19,197 So it is possible 565 00:33:20,158 --> 00:33:24,265 that you left Mr. Gibb before 10:00? 566 00:33:27,031 --> 00:33:29,807 Yes. I suppose it is. 567 00:33:34,973 --> 00:33:39,047 So you don't know where Mr. Gibb was 568 00:33:39,144 --> 00:33:42,853 when Mr. Durban was murdered, do you? 569 00:33:46,085 --> 00:33:47,530 No, I don't. 570 00:33:52,891 --> 00:33:53,926 Powell! 571 00:33:55,961 --> 00:33:59,705 I'm sorry about your witness, Jack. If I were you, I'd have the police take 572 00:33:59,766 --> 00:34:01,404 another look at Gibb after my client is acquitted. 573 00:34:01,468 --> 00:34:02,879 That was way beyond sleazy. 574 00:34:02,936 --> 00:34:04,882 You really shouldn't take these setbacks so personally. 575 00:34:04,938 --> 00:34:08,647 You as good as told Barnett you had evidence that he cruised gay prostitutes. 576 00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:10,585 You even told him the time and the place. 577 00:34:10,644 --> 00:34:12,453 I just asked a few simple questions. 578 00:34:12,512 --> 00:34:15,152 The man is terrified of being exposed. 579 00:34:15,982 --> 00:34:18,326 He gave you the answers you wanted to hear. 580 00:34:18,385 --> 00:34:21,458 You committed blackmail in front of 200 witnesses. 581 00:34:21,522 --> 00:34:23,866 Blackmail? You gonna arrest me? 582 00:34:27,728 --> 00:34:30,607 We can undo the damage by nailing Barnett on redirect. 583 00:34:30,664 --> 00:34:32,337 Make him explain what Powell did to him. 584 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,177 The jury already heard Barnett change his story once. If we make him change it again, 585 00:34:36,237 --> 00:34:37,841 they won't believe anything he says. 586 00:34:37,905 --> 00:34:40,715 So we let him shoot us in the foot and walk away? 587 00:34:41,575 --> 00:34:44,455 Briscoe and Logan interviewed Barnett at his office. 588 00:34:44,546 --> 00:34:46,253 A few hours later, they interviewed him at home. 589 00:34:46,315 --> 00:34:48,659 Do you think that they went back just because they forgot to ask him 590 00:34:48,717 --> 00:34:50,390 what his mother's maiden name was? 591 00:34:50,452 --> 00:34:52,432 The cops blackmailed him first. 592 00:34:52,754 --> 00:34:56,327 We'll let one of them explain why Barnett's story is so flexible. 593 00:34:56,892 --> 00:34:59,338 Okay, we went to Barnett's apartment, 594 00:34:59,394 --> 00:35:02,705 and we might have threatened to raise our voices. So what? 595 00:35:02,931 --> 00:35:05,139 With his wife in the next room. 596 00:35:05,201 --> 00:35:07,511 Was she? Geez, I didn't see her there. 597 00:35:07,570 --> 00:35:10,744 His wife who doesn't know about his hobby of picking up young men? 598 00:35:10,807 --> 00:35:12,650 Hey, we got the guy's attention. 599 00:35:12,709 --> 00:35:15,155 He'd been having a little trouble focusing up till then. 600 00:35:15,211 --> 00:35:17,384 So you coerced his cooperation. 601 00:35:17,447 --> 00:35:20,018 No, we conducted an effective witness interview. 602 00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:24,429 At that point, you suspected Gibb. You were hoping Barnett would incriminate him. 603 00:35:24,487 --> 00:35:26,798 He got the message and gave you what you wanted to hear. 604 00:35:26,857 --> 00:35:30,805 Maybe. But then we moved on to Crossley and got you your actual killer. 605 00:35:30,861 --> 00:35:33,432 Who may be acquitted because the defense is using the statements 606 00:35:33,497 --> 00:35:35,135 you coerced from Barnett. 607 00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:37,702 What do you want us to do, slap each other on the wrist? 608 00:35:37,768 --> 00:35:41,477 No. I want you to tell the jury what you did. 609 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,056 At the time of our second interview with Mr. Barnett, 610 00:35:53,118 --> 00:35:55,120 our prime suspect was Mr. Gibb. 611 00:35:55,553 --> 00:35:58,329 And you were trying hard to break Mr. Gibb's alibi. 612 00:35:58,389 --> 00:36:02,201 That's correct. Detective Briscoe and I suggested to Mr. Barnett 613 00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:05,639 that we might tell his wife he was patronizing gay prostitutes 614 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:07,904 if he wasn't completely forthcoming. 615 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:10,843 And it was only then that he said he was 616 00:36:10,903 --> 00:36:13,645 uncertain about what time he left the apartment. 617 00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:17,412 Yes. Basically, he would have said anything to make us go away. 618 00:36:17,476 --> 00:36:20,548 But until you used excessive pressure, 619 00:36:20,946 --> 00:36:24,359 he'd been clear that he'd been with Mr. Gibb until 10:15? 620 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:27,563 That's correct. Thank you. 621 00:36:30,256 --> 00:36:32,999 Isn't it possible that Mr. Barnett was telling you the truth 622 00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:34,801 in his second interview? 623 00:36:34,861 --> 00:36:38,673 He would have told us Gibb was a hit man from Mars if we wanted him to. 624 00:36:38,832 --> 00:36:44,043 I see. Are you familiar with Section 135.60 of the Penal Law? 625 00:36:44,437 --> 00:36:46,474 I don't have that one memorized. 626 00:36:47,574 --> 00:36:50,282 Then you can just read the highlighted section. 627 00:36:54,816 --> 00:36:58,525 "A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he compels or induces" 628 00:36:58,586 --> 00:37:00,259 "a person to engage in conduct" 629 00:37:00,321 --> 00:37:03,666 "by instilling in him a fear that he will expose a secret." 630 00:37:03,725 --> 00:37:07,036 It's your testimony that that's what you did to Mr. Barnett? 631 00:37:07,628 --> 00:37:10,131 Yes. Have you been charged with coercion? 632 00:37:14,736 --> 00:37:16,216 No. How nice. 633 00:37:17,306 --> 00:37:20,378 You must have a friend in the District Attorney's office. 634 00:37:20,476 --> 00:37:22,183 Objection. Sustained. 635 00:37:22,511 --> 00:37:25,253 Make it a question, Mr. Powell, if you have one. 636 00:37:25,714 --> 00:37:28,888 I'll withdraw it. Detective Logan, 637 00:37:29,952 --> 00:37:34,765 you said Mr. Gibb was at one time your primary suspect in this case. 638 00:37:35,157 --> 00:37:36,397 Why was that? 639 00:37:36,658 --> 00:37:38,935 Because he disappeared from the victim's apartment. 640 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:41,942 Didn't you also suspect him because he was a pimp 641 00:37:42,365 --> 00:37:46,643 and a prostitute involved in a homosexual affair with the victim? 642 00:37:46,903 --> 00:37:49,281 Actually, we didn't know if that would be relevant. 643 00:37:49,339 --> 00:37:54,448 Really? Wasn't your suspicion of Mr. Gibb based in part on your knowledge 644 00:37:54,811 --> 00:37:57,724 that many gay lovers' quarrels turn violent? 645 00:37:57,780 --> 00:37:59,089 I wouldn't know about that. 646 00:37:59,150 --> 00:38:02,859 You've investigated murders resulting from gay lovers' quarrels, haven't you? 647 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,868 Yes. Tell me, are you familiar with an expression 648 00:38:07,358 --> 00:38:11,602 some police officers use to describe a murder in a gay neighborhood 649 00:38:11,662 --> 00:38:14,643 even before they know the circumstances of the crime? 650 00:38:16,066 --> 00:38:19,741 I'm not sure what you're referring to. I think you do, Detective. 651 00:38:20,137 --> 00:38:23,278 Do I have to bring in witnesses who've heard you say it? 652 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:25,648 Can I avoid that embarrassment? 653 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,227 They call it homo-cide. 654 00:38:46,799 --> 00:38:49,678 "Gays are unstable. Gays are violent." 655 00:38:49,735 --> 00:38:51,681 "They're so emotionally fragile," 656 00:38:51,737 --> 00:38:54,377 "they just go off their pretty little heads." 657 00:38:55,508 --> 00:38:59,217 Powell's giving the jury a short course in negative gay stereotypes. 658 00:38:59,312 --> 00:39:02,225 It's 1995. I hope they'll know better. 659 00:39:02,281 --> 00:39:03,760 Read the newspaper. 660 00:39:03,816 --> 00:39:06,798 Two Americans in five think homosexuality is a sin. 661 00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:10,599 Don't worry about two out of five, worry about one out of 12. 662 00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:17,903 CROSSLEY: I was at home with my wife. All night. 663 00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:20,274 Regarding People's 18, sir, 664 00:39:21,702 --> 00:39:26,777 did you acquire this gun from a burglar in 1985? 665 00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,522 I've never seen this gun before. 666 00:39:29,577 --> 00:39:34,287 Did you blame Richard Durban for taking away your Council seat? 667 00:39:34,415 --> 00:39:37,885 No, of course not. I was planning on quitting politics anyway. 668 00:39:38,386 --> 00:39:42,698 I mean, in New York City it's too late for politics. My wife and I are moving upstate. 669 00:39:42,757 --> 00:39:44,896 When did you last speak to Richard Durban? 670 00:39:44,959 --> 00:39:48,032 The day before he was shot. He came by my office. He... 671 00:39:48,864 --> 00:39:52,676 I might not have approved of Richard's lifestyle, but we were friends. 672 00:39:53,936 --> 00:39:55,609 He had some problems he wanted to talk about. 673 00:39:55,671 --> 00:39:58,083 What kind of problems? JACK: Objection. That would be hearsay. 674 00:39:58,140 --> 00:39:59,847 LESSING: So it would, Mr. Powell. 675 00:40:01,910 --> 00:40:06,381 As a result of your conversation with Mr. Durban, what did you do? 676 00:40:06,915 --> 00:40:09,760 I gave Mr. Durban some advice about personal security. 677 00:40:09,819 --> 00:40:12,356 Personal security? Yes. He was afraid of his boyfriend. 678 00:40:12,422 --> 00:40:14,698 Objection. Move to strike. Granted. 679 00:40:14,991 --> 00:40:17,835 The jury will disregard the witness's last remark. 680 00:40:18,128 --> 00:40:21,701 Mr. Crossley, did you shoot Richard Durban? 681 00:40:21,965 --> 00:40:24,809 No. No, I did not. 682 00:40:29,539 --> 00:40:31,075 If you were planning on quitting politics, 683 00:40:31,141 --> 00:40:34,055 why did you want to debate Richard Durban on Staten Island? 684 00:40:34,111 --> 00:40:35,920 We had a commitment. A commitment you made because 685 00:40:35,980 --> 00:40:39,393 you were thinking of moving to Staten Island and running for City Council there. 686 00:40:39,450 --> 00:40:42,090 Isn't that right? I told you, I'm quitting politics. 687 00:40:42,153 --> 00:40:44,565 I'm sure you are now, but then you wanted to stay in 688 00:40:44,622 --> 00:40:46,829 and you needed Richard Durban to help you. 689 00:40:46,891 --> 00:40:47,926 No. 690 00:40:49,693 --> 00:40:53,540 So you just wanted to debate Richard Durban for your health. 691 00:40:53,732 --> 00:40:55,143 I thought it would be a public service. 692 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,339 To give potential voters an opportunity 693 00:40:57,402 --> 00:40:59,939 to hear you speak. Not me. 694 00:41:00,272 --> 00:41:03,253 But I thought they should see someone like Richard Durban. 695 00:41:03,308 --> 00:41:05,982 An intelligent, successful politician 696 00:41:06,778 --> 00:41:09,554 who had just succeeded in running you out of city government. 697 00:41:09,614 --> 00:41:13,619 I thought they should see someone who acted contrary to nature and to God. 698 00:41:15,221 --> 00:41:17,098 Come on, Mr. Crossley, 699 00:41:17,690 --> 00:41:21,661 you couldn't have found his sexual orientation that upsetting. 700 00:41:21,727 --> 00:41:23,365 You just said you were friends. 701 00:41:23,429 --> 00:41:26,933 Well, only as long as I could stop myself from thinking about what he did. 702 00:41:26,999 --> 00:41:30,310 Where he did it. Sex in those bars, sex in the streets. 703 00:41:30,369 --> 00:41:32,576 Mr. Crossley... Sex with that sleazy hustler he picked up... 704 00:41:32,638 --> 00:41:35,448 Will Your Honor instruct the witness to confine his responses... 705 00:41:35,508 --> 00:41:37,420 I'm surprised he lived as long as he did. You bastard! 706 00:41:37,478 --> 00:41:40,049 You killed him, and now you smear him! LESSING: Order! 707 00:41:40,114 --> 00:41:42,219 Order in the court. See? Associating with people like that. 708 00:41:42,282 --> 00:41:43,659 The officer will remove that man. 709 00:41:43,717 --> 00:41:46,288 You gay-baiting pig! You killed Richard! 710 00:41:46,353 --> 00:41:48,390 Order in the court! We're queer and we're here! 711 00:41:48,455 --> 00:41:50,765 We're queer and we're here! Sit down or I'll cite you. 712 00:41:50,824 --> 00:41:52,861 CROSSLEY: You see what we have to deal with? You see what they're like? 713 00:41:52,926 --> 00:41:54,337 Mr. Crossley, that's enough. 714 00:41:54,394 --> 00:41:56,396 That's why I'm leaving this town. 715 00:41:56,463 --> 00:41:59,070 That's why. Right there. Order in the court! 716 00:41:59,134 --> 00:42:01,546 Right there. Right there. 717 00:42:01,603 --> 00:42:03,913 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 718 00:42:04,873 --> 00:42:06,079 Scum. 719 00:42:13,314 --> 00:42:17,421 After the murder of a prominent public figure like Richard Durban, 720 00:42:18,186 --> 00:42:19,995 there is a desire to blame. 721 00:42:22,057 --> 00:42:26,733 Mr. Durban's followers want to blame Kevin Crossley 722 00:42:27,930 --> 00:42:31,309 because they think he fits their idea of a villain. 723 00:42:34,270 --> 00:42:37,808 But the evidence against Councilman Crossley does not fit. 724 00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:40,885 There are no witnesses. 725 00:42:41,243 --> 00:42:43,224 No bloodstains. 726 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,159 No fingerprints. 727 00:42:47,117 --> 00:42:51,122 Just a hair and an old raincoat that 728 00:42:52,289 --> 00:42:54,599 could have belonged to anybody 729 00:42:54,758 --> 00:42:58,365 and a gun Councilman Crossley never saw, 730 00:42:59,996 --> 00:43:04,412 plus the testimony of a professional criminal and deviant. 731 00:43:05,336 --> 00:43:08,806 I hope, Councilman Crossley hopes, 732 00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:12,947 that the killer of Richard Durban is found and brought to justice. 733 00:43:13,711 --> 00:43:17,853 And as soon as you acquit Councilman Crossley the police can begin to look 734 00:43:17,915 --> 00:43:21,488 for that killer in the right places. Thank you. 735 00:43:23,821 --> 00:43:25,459 When you were sworn in, 736 00:43:26,091 --> 00:43:29,971 you promised to put aside prejudice in the search for the truth. 737 00:43:30,462 --> 00:43:35,707 The defense took no such vow and so they have regaled you with tales 738 00:43:35,767 --> 00:43:40,841 of the homosexual lifestyle which have nothing to do with the case at hand. 739 00:43:41,807 --> 00:43:44,310 Richard Durban was killed 740 00:43:44,376 --> 00:43:48,883 because he had Kevin Crossley thrown off the City Council 741 00:43:48,948 --> 00:43:51,895 and he refused to help him get back on again. 742 00:43:54,153 --> 00:43:58,124 Crossley was hurt and he was angry. 743 00:44:00,460 --> 00:44:03,703 He had a green raincoat and he had a gun 744 00:44:03,763 --> 00:44:07,540 which disappeared from police custody while it was in his possession. 745 00:44:10,537 --> 00:44:14,178 He went looking for Richard Durban and he quarreled with him 746 00:44:14,642 --> 00:44:17,054 and then he shot him down in the street. 747 00:44:18,679 --> 00:44:21,717 Richard Durban wasn't murdered because he was gay. 748 00:44:22,750 --> 00:44:26,357 He was murdered because Kevin Crossley was angry. 749 00:44:35,931 --> 00:44:40,778 Mr. Foreman, do you see any possibility that you can reach a verdict 750 00:44:40,835 --> 00:44:42,712 given additional time? 751 00:44:43,371 --> 00:44:46,784 We have tried, Your Honor. We are hopelessly deadlocked. 752 00:44:47,809 --> 00:44:50,790 Very well. You are dismissed with thanks. 753 00:44:51,479 --> 00:44:55,826 Mr. McCoy, Mr. Powell, we'll meet in my chambers tomorrow at 10:00 754 00:44:55,885 --> 00:44:59,128 to discuss a new date, if the People wish to proceed. 755 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:01,794 The defendant's bail is continued. 756 00:45:10,466 --> 00:45:12,036 If we wish to proceed? 757 00:45:12,101 --> 00:45:14,047 We try him again, they'll gay-bash again. 758 00:45:15,339 --> 00:45:16,818 Is there a sucker on every jury? 759 00:45:16,873 --> 00:45:18,910 It's hard to say. They don't wear a sign. 760 00:45:18,975 --> 00:45:21,285 So my mea culpa was for nothing. I'm sorry. 761 00:45:21,345 --> 00:45:23,552 Well, at least you didn't arrest me for coercion. 762 00:45:23,613 --> 00:45:25,650 It's just a Class-A misdemeanor. 763 00:45:27,517 --> 00:45:29,428 MAN: Pig! Pig! Pervert! 764 00:45:29,486 --> 00:45:31,762 (CROWD YELLING) 765 00:45:40,665 --> 00:45:42,144 (GLASS SHATTERING) 766 00:45:45,103 --> 00:45:46,241 Pig! Pervert! 767 00:45:46,304 --> 00:45:48,944 We're on the same side, if you don't know it. 768 00:45:49,874 --> 00:45:51,649 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 769 00:45:52,143 --> 00:45:53,144 MAN: Bastard! 770 00:46:00,352 --> 00:46:03,333 CLAIRE: Logan doesn't deserve this. I mean, you were there. 771 00:46:03,389 --> 00:46:05,835 I wanted to punch Crossley myself. 772 00:46:05,891 --> 00:46:07,529 But you didn't. 773 00:46:08,627 --> 00:46:12,837 And the federal prosecutor in Oklahoma isn't going to punch anybody, either. 774 00:46:14,033 --> 00:46:16,445 It's called the rule of law. 775 00:46:19,738 --> 00:46:21,946 Otherwise, what's the point? 776 00:46:23,510 --> 00:46:26,184 So what do you think will happen to him? 777 00:46:26,246 --> 00:46:29,955 He'll be walking a beat in Staten Island for two-and-a-half to five. 778 00:46:31,384 --> 00:46:32,920 He'll be fine.